Three area teams ranked in first Kpreps.com rankings

Posted September 1, 2026

With the high school football season kicking off this week, Kpreps.com released their first rankings of the season Monday night.

Three area schools find themselves in the top five of their classifications, while several others are recognized outside the rankings. Holcomb checks in at No. 3 in Class 3A, while Wichita County is No. 5 in 8-Man, Division I and Ingalls is 5th in 6 Man.

Class 6A
1. Manhattan, 2. Mill Valley, 3. Derby, 4. Olathe NW, 5. Wichita NW
Others: Blue Valley NW, Blue Valley West, Gardner-Edgerton, Lawrence Free State, Junction City, Maize, Olathe North, Olathe West, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission NW, Washburn Rural, Wichita East, Wichita SE

Class 5A
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 2. St. James Academy, 3. Salina Central, 4. Basehor-Linwood, 5. Hays
Others: Andover, Andover Central, Bishop Carroll, Blue Valley, Blue Valley North, Blue Valley SW, Goddard, Hutchinson, Leavenworth, KC Piper, Maize South, Salina South, Spring Hill, Seaman

Class 4A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas, 2. Bishop Miege, 3. Eudora, 4. Great Bend, 5. Wamego
Others: Buhler, Chanute, Labette County, Lansing, Louisburg, McPherson, Mulvane, Ottawa, Rock Creek, Rose Hill, Tonganoxie, Wellington

Class 3A
1. Andale, 2. Topeka Hayen, 3. Holcomb, 4. Cheney, 5. Hoisington
Others: Baldwin, Clay Center, Frontenac, Girard, Hesston, Holton, Hugoton, Jefferson West, Nemaha Central, Pratt, Santa Fe Trail, Scott City, Wellsville, Wichita Collegiate

Class 2A
1. Sabetha, 2. Silver Lake, 3. Osage City, 4. Garden Plain, 5. Council Grove.
Others: Beloit, Caney Valley, Chaparral, Ellsworth, Halstead, Haven, Kingman, Marysville, Neodesha, Phillipsburg, Riley County, Riverside, Riverton, SE of Saline

Class 1A
1. Sterling, 2. Rossville, 3. Inman, 4. Centralia, 5. Smith Center
Othes: Conway Springs, Hillsboro, Jackson Heights, Jefferson County North, Moundridge, Olpe, Republic County, Sacred Heart, St. Mays, St. Mary’s Colgan, TMP Marian, Valley Heights

8-Man, Division I
1. South Central, 2. Trego, 3. Oberlin, 4. Lincoln, 5. Wichita County
Others: Cedar Vale-Dexter, Central Plains, Chase County, Clifton-Clyde, Ell-Saline, Hill City, Hoxie, Kiowa County, Lyndon, Oakley, Oswego, Oxford, Rawlins County, South Sumner, County, SE-Cherokee, West Elk

8-Man, Division II
1. Hanover, 2. Axtell, 3. Little River, 4. Victoria, 5. Sylvan-Lucas
Others: Argonia-Attica, Cunningham, Dighton, Flinthills, Frankfort, Hodgeman County, Hutchinson Central Christian, Kinsley, Lebo, Linn, Madison, Marmaton Valley, Meade, Osborne, Thunder Ridge, Troy, Wallace County

6-Man
1. Weskan, 2. South Barber, 3. Tescott, 4. Peabody-Burns, 5. Ingalls
Others: Logan, Marais des Cygnes Valley, Northern Valley, Otis-Bison, Wheatland-Grinnell

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