Van-Far is up one spot to fifth in this week’s Class 1 statewide media rankings. Milan dropped into a tie for seventh with Ash Grove. Marceline dropped one spot to ninth, and Salisbury is back in the top ten in the final spot. Scotland County dropped out of the top ten, but is still getting votes. Bowling Green remains second in Class 2, and got one first place vote. South Shelby remains sixth. Blair Oaks remains on top of Class 3. Southern Boone is ninth, and Boonville is tenth. In Class 4, Hannibal remains fourth, Kirksville is up one to fifth. Helias dropped two places to fifth in Class 5, and Capital City dropped one to ninth. 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 (6), 5-0, 85, 1
2. CBC (1), 4-1, 77, 2
3. Nixa (2), 5-0, 75, T3
4. Lee’s Summit North, 5-0, 69, T3
5. DeSmet, 4-1, 48, 5
6. Blue Springs South, 4-1, 42, T6
7. Liberty, 4-1, 38, T6
8. Lee’s Summit, 4-1, 25, 8
9. Seckman, 5-0, 20, 9
10. Liberty North, 3-2, 11, 10
Also receiving votes: Columbia Rock Bridge (4-1), 5
CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Cardinal Ritter (9), 5-0, 90, 1
2. Platte County, 5-0, 81, 2
3. St. Pius X, 4-1, 68, 4
4. Carthage, 4-1, 55, 5
5. Jefferson City Helias, 4-1, 45, 3
T6. Cape Central, 5-0, 42, 7
T6. Eureka, 5-0, 42, 6
8. Branson, 5-0, 23, T9
9. Capital City, 4-1, 20, 8
10. Hazelwood East, 5-0, 18, 10
Also receiving votes: Grain Valley (4-1) 10; Republic (4-1), 1
CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Lutheran North (7), 4-1, 88, 1
2. Kearney (2), 5-0, 83, 2
3. Smithville, 4-1, 71, 3
4. Hannibal, 3-2, 63, 4
5. Kirksville, 5-0, 51, 6
6. Warrenton, 5-0, 38, 7
7. Nevada, 4-1, 31, 8
8. Warrensburg, 4-1, 19, 5
9. Carl Junction, 4-1, 18, NR
10. Savannah, 3-2, 13, 10
Dropped out: No. 9 Hillsboro
Also receiving votes: Parkway North (3-2), 7; Pleasant Hill (3-2), 6; Festus (5-0), 4; School of the Osage (4-1), 3
CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Blair Oaks (7), 4-1, 88, 1
2. Seneca (2), 5-0, 82, 2
3. Dexter, 5-0, 63, 3
4. Maryville, 3-2, 58, 4
5. Mt. Vernon, 4-1, 52, 5
6. St. Francis Borgia, 5-0, 51, 6
7. Park Hills Central, 4-1, 34, 7
8. Strafford, 5-0, 28, 8
9. Southern Boone, 3-2, 14, 10
10. Boonville, 4-1, 10, 9
Also receiving votes: Knob Noster (4-1), 9: Lift for Life (2-3), 6
CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Fair Grove (8), 5-0, 89, 1
2. Bowling Green (1), 5-0, 81, 2
3. Valle Catholic, 4-1, 67, 4
4. Warsaw, 5-0, 64, 5
5. Lafayette County, 4-1, 45, 7
6. South Shelby, 5-0, 44, 6
7. Lamar, 3-2, 38, 2
8. Mid Buchanan, 5-0, 22, 9
9. Mountain View-Liberty, 4-1, 16, 10
10. South Harrison, 5-0, 10, NR
Dropped out: No. 8 Caruthersville
Also receiving votes: Ava (4-1), 9; Caruthersville (4-1), 4; Pembroke Hill (5-0), 3; Scott City (4-1), 2; Hermann (5-0), 1
CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Marionville (5), 5-0, 86, 1
2. St. Vincent (4), 5-0, 85, 2
3. Adrian, 4-1, 72, 3
4. Tipton, 4-1, 60, 5
5. Van Far, 5-0, 52, 6
6. Windsor, 4-1, 47, 7
T7. Ash Grove, 4-1, 22, 9
T7. Milan, 3-2, 22, 4
9. Marceline, 3-2, 19, 8
10. Salisbury, 4-1, 17, NR
Dropped out: No. 10 Scotland County
Also receiving votes: Scotland County (3-2), 8; Penney (3-2), 3; Cass-Midway (3-2), 2
