If feels good to finally have the 2023 football season underway!
Last years champion, in each classification, is still the top team, except in Class 1A and Class 6-man. St Marys Colgan has received the votes to be the top team in Class 1A. Where in Class 6-man, Ashland has received the number one position.
The only teams receiving all number one votes from the polling team are as follows: Mill Valley, Andale, Axtell and Ashland.
The closest race for number one is between Manhattan and Gardner-Edgerton. They were tied for the number one slot, but I gave that position to last years champions.
The second closest race is between Nemaha Central and Sabetha. Only two points separate those two. Only 14.74 miles between these two towns of Seneca and Sabetha as the crow flies also. What a game that will be, the 8th week of the season!
Super Top 10 All-Classes
1. Mill Valley
2. Gardner-Edgerton
3. Wichita Northwest
4. Manhattan
5. Bishop Miege
6. Blue Valley SW
7. Olathe North
8. Andale
9. Kapaun
10. St Thomas Aquinas
11. Blue Valley NW
12. Lawrence
13. Derby
14. Hays
15. DeSoto
6A
1. Manhattan
2. Gardner-Edgerton
3. Wichita NW
4. Blue Valley NW
5. Olathe North
Others: Washburn Rural, Lawrence, Derby
5A
1. Mill Valley
2. Blue Valley SW
3. Kapaun
4. DeSoto
5. Hays
Others: Bishop Carroll, Maize, Salina Central, Great Bend, Shawnee Hts
4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. Aquinas
3. St James
4. Eudora
5. Andover Central
Others: Abilene, Louisburg
3A
1. Andale
2. Cheney
3. Collegiate
4. Hayden
5. Clay Center
Others: Scott City
2A
1. Nemaha Central
2. Sabetha
3. Hoisington
4. Silver Lake
5. Ellsworth
Others: Rossville, SE of Saline, Kingman
1A
1. St Marys Colgan
2. Smith Center
3. St Marys
4. Sedgwick
5. Marion
Others: Centralia, Olpe, Conway Springs, Jeff Co North
8-man D-I
1. Wichita Co-Leoti
2. Lyndon
3. Meade
4. West Elk
5. Little River
Others: Clifton-Clyde, Hill City, Hoxie, Burlingame, Quinter
8-man D-II
1. Axtell
2. Osborne
3. Dighton
4. Kingsley
5. Wallace Co
Others: Frankfort, Minneola, Canton-Galva, Hodgeman Co, Thunder Ridge, Victoria, Sylvan-Lucas
6-man
1. Ashland
2. Cheylin
3. Cunningham
4. N. Valley
5. Waverly
Others: Ingalls, Tescott
Long time Ranking team members
Rich Epp OpenSpacesSports Colby
Dusty Deines KDNS Beloit
Conor Nichol Sunflower Sports SolutionsHays
Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune Great Bend
Adam Kadavy KSKL Scott City/Garden City
Brock Kappelmann KSCB Liberal
Tim McGonagle KSKL Scott City/Garden City
Rocky Downing KFRM 550 AM
Pat Strathman ESPN Wichita