Following their win over Hannibal Friday night, the Kirksville Tigers climbed to third in this week’s Class 4 statewide media rankings. Hannibal dropped two spots to sixth. In Class 1, Van-Far dropped a spot to sixth, Milan went from a tie for seventh into eighth place, Salisbury is up one to ninth, and Westran debuts in tenth. Marceline is getting votes. Bowling Green remains second in Class 2, with three first place votes. South Shelby is in a tie for fifth. Blair Oaks remains on top of Class 3. Southern Boone is ninth, and Boonville is tenth. Helias is tied for fourth in Class 5, and Capital City dropped out of the top tenth but is still getting votes. 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. CBC (5), 5-1, 85, 2
2. Nixa (3), 6-0, 80, 3
3. Lee’s Summit North (1), 6-0, 77, 4
4. DeSmet, 5-1, 59, 5
5. Rockhurst, 5-1, 51, 1
6. Lee’s Summit, 5-1, 41, 8
7. Blue Springs South, 4-2, 40, 6
8. Seckman, 6-0, 28, 9
9. Liberty North, 4-2, 14, 10
10. Liberty, 4-2, 13, 7
Also receiving votes: Columbia Rock Bridge (5-1), 6; Park Hill (4-2), 1
CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Cardinal Ritter (9), 5-0, 90, 1
2. Platte County, 6-0, 81, 2
3. St. Pius X, 5-1, 67, 3
T4. Carthage, 5-1, 58, 4
T4. Jefferson City Helias, 5-1, 58, 5
6. Eureka, 6-0, 46, T6
7. Branson, 6-0, 35, 8
8. Cape Central, 5-1, 21, T6
9. Republic, 5-1, 17, NR
10. Grain Valley, 4-2, 9 NR
Dropped out: No. 9 Capital City and No. 10 Hazelwood East
Also receiving votes: Hazelwood East (5-1), 5; Capital City (4-2), 4; Lafayette (6-0), 4
CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Lutheran North (7), 5-1, 88, 1
2. Kearney (2), 6-0, 82, 2
3. Kirksville, 6-0, 67, 5
4. Smithville, 4-2, 57, 3
5. Warrenton, 6-0, 46, 6
6. Hannibal, 3-3, 38, 4
7. Nevada, 5-1, 37, 7
8. Warrensburg, 5-1, 32, 8
9. Savannah, 4-2, 24, 10
10. Festus, 6-0, 13, NR
Dropped out: No. 9 Carl Junction
Also receiving votes: Pleasant Hill (4-2), 6; School of the Osage (5-1), 3; Carl Junction (4-2), 1; Parkway
North (4-2), 1
CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Blair Oaks (7), 5-1, 88, 1
2. Seneca (2), 6-0, 82, 2
3. Dexter, 6-0, 65, 3
4. Maryville, 4-2, 60, 4
5. St. Francis Borgia, 6-0, 56, 6
6. Mt. Vernon, 5-1, 44, 5
7. Park Hills Central, 5-1, 31, 7
8. Strafford, 6-0, 27, 8
9. Southern Boone, 4-2, 16, 9
10. Boonville, 5-1, 13, 10
Also receiving votes: Lift for Life (3-3), 7; Knob Noster (5-1), 6
CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Fair Grove (6), 6-0, 87, 1
2. Bowling Green (3), 6-0, 83, 2
3. Valle Catholic, 5-1, 68, 3
4. Warsaw, 6-0, 66, 4
T5. Lafayette County, 5-1, 43, 5
T5. South Shelby, 6-0, 43, 6
7. Mid Buchanan, 6-0, 26, 8
8. South Harrison, 6-0, 23, 10
9. Caruthersville. 5-1, 13, NR
10. Ava, 5-1, 12, NR
Dropped out: No. 7 Lamar, No. 9 Mountain View-Liberty
Also receiving votes: Mountain View-Liberty (4-2), 10; Pembroke Hill (6-0), 9; Lamar (3-3), 7; Hermann (5-1), 2; Portageville (4-2), 2; Brookfield (6-0), 1
CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts.
1. Marionville (5), 6-0, 86, 1
2. St. Vincent (4), 6-0, 85, 2
3. Adrian, 5-1, 72, 3
4. Tipton, 5-1, 61, 4
5. Windsor, 5-1, 51, 6
6. Van Far, 5-1, 42, 5
7. Ash Grove, 5-1, 34, T7
8. Milan, 4-2, 28, T7
9. Salisbury, 5-1, 25, 10
10. Westran, 4-2, 6, NR
Dropped out: No. 9 Marceline
Also receiving votes: Marceline (3-3), 2; Penney (3-3), 2;
