After beating Marceline, Milan took over fourth place in this week’s Class 1 statewide media rankings. Both were tie with Tipton for 5th last week. Tipton is still fifth, and Marceline dropped to eighth. Van-Far climbed two to sixth, and Scotland County remains tenth. Salisbury dropped out of the top ten, but is still getting votes. Bowling Green is up one to second Class 2, and got two first place votes. Fair Grove is the new number one. South Shelby is up one to sixth. Blair Oaks remains on top of Class 3. Boonville is ninth, and Southern Boone dropped one to tenth. In Class 4, Hannibal remains fourth, Kirksville remains in sixth. Helias is third in Class 5, and Capital City dropped two to eighth. Rock Bridge is getting votes in Class 6.
Missouri Media football rankings
Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a nine-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Cole Young, PrepsKC; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Chris Parker, Ozone Sports; Joe Andrews, Warrensburg Star-Journal; Anthony Crane, KQ2 St. Joseph; J.B. Connoley, NEMOPressbox.com; Cole Lee, semoball.com; Paul Halfacre, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
First-place votes in parenthesis.
CLASS 6
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Rockhurst (7), 4-0, 86, 1
2. CBC, 3-1, 75, 5
T3. Nixa (2), 4-0, 71, 4
T3. Lee’s Summit North, 4-0, 71, 3
5. DeSmet, 3-1, 51, 2
T6. Blue Springs South, 3-1, 39, 8
T6. Liberty, 3-1, 39, 7
8. Lee’s Summit, 3-1, 26, T9
9. Seckman, 4-0, 17, T9
10. Liberty North, 2-2, 9, 6
Also receiving votes: Joplin (3-1), 7; Columbia Rock Bridge (3-1), 2; Kirkwood (3-1), 2
CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Cardinal Ritter (9), 4-0, 90, 1
2. Platte County, 4-0, 80, 2
3. Jefferson City Helias, 4-0, 70, 3
4. St. Pius X, 3-1, 61, 5
5. Carthage, 3-1, 54, 4
6. Eureka, 4-0, 39, 7
7. Cape Central, 4-0, 38, 8
8. Capital City, 3-1, 18, 6
T9. Branson, 4-0, 16, 9
T9. Hazelwood East, 4-0, 16, 10
Also receiving votes: Grain Valley (3-1) 10; Republic (3-1), 2; Fort Osage (2-2), 1
CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Lutheran North (7), 3-1 88, 1
2. Kearney (2), 4-0, 83, 2
3. Smithville, 3-1, 70, 3
4. Hannibal, 2-2, 62, 4
5. Warrensburg, 4-0, 53, 5
6. Kirksville, 4-0, 43, 6
7. Warrenton, 4-0, 30, 7
8. Nevada, 3-1, 19, 8
9. Hillsboro, 2-2, 12, 9
10. Savannah, 2-2, 10, 10
Also receiving votes: Parkway North (3-1), 9; Carl Junction (3-1), 7; School of the Osage (3-1), 6; Ft. Zumwalt South (4-0), 3
CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Blair Oaks (6), 3-1, 87, 1
2. Seneca (3), 4-0, 84, 2
3. Dexter, 4-0, 60, 6
4. Maryville, 2-2, 52, 3
5. Mt. Vernon, 3-1, 48, T7
6. St. Francis Borgia, 4-0, 47, T7
7. Park Hills Central, 3-1, 34, 4
8. Strafford, 4-0, 25, 9
9. Boonville, 4-0, 24, NR
10. Southern Boone, 3-1, 17, 5
Dropped out: No. 10 Lift for Life
Also receiving votes: Lift for Life (2-2), 16; Knob Noster (3-1), 1
CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Fair Grove (7), 4-0, 88, 2
2. Bowling Green (2), 4-0, 81, 3
3. Lamar, 3-1, 66, 1
4. Valle Catholic, 3-1, 63, 4
5. Warsaw, 4-0, 59, 6
6. South Shelby, 4-0, 37, 7
7. Lafayette County, 3-1, 33, 8
8. Caruthersville, 4-0, 26, 9
9. Mid Buchanan, 4-0, 15, 10
10. Mountain View-Liberty, 3-1, 10, NR
Dropped out: No. 5 Ava
Also receiving votes: Ava (3-1), 9; South Harrison (4-0), 6; Pembroke Hill (4-0), 1; Scott City (3-1), 1
CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Marionville (6), 4-0, 87, 1
2. St. Vincent (3), 4-0, 84, 2
3. Adrian, 3-1, 70, 3
4. Milan, 3-1, 60, T5
5. Tipton, 3-1, 56, T5
6. Van Far, 4-0, 40, 8
7. Windsor, 3-1, 39, 4
8. Marceline, 2-2, 26, T5
9. Ash Grove, 3-1, 17, NR
10. Scotland County, 3-1, 9, 10
Dropped out: No. 9 Salisbury
Also receiving votes: Salisbury (3-1), 7
