Three weeks of the High School football season are complete, and there has been some movement across the rankings of the seven classes of football.

Nine area teams cracked the Top-10, with several other area teams receiving votes this week. There were 12 area teams ranked last week.

 

There is only one new #1 ranked team this week. Wheaton-Herman/Norcross stayed at  #1 in 9-Man, Minneota remained #1 in Class A, Chatfield stayed at #1 in Class AA, Cannon Falls was at the top of Class AAA, Hutchinson remained #1 in Class AAAA, while Mankato West at #1 in Class AAAAA. Eden Prairie made the jump from #2 last week to #1 in Class AAAAAA this week.

See the full rankings below from the Associated Press.

9-Man Minnesota State High School Football Rankings

Lanesboro stayed at #2 this week and Spring Grove remained at #6, while also receiving one first-place vote. Spring Grove and Lanesboro meet up to wrap up the regular season in Week 8.

 

Mabel-Canton fell from the Top 10 after their loss to Spring Grove last week. The Cougars and Grand Meadow both received votes this week.

1. Norcross (4) 85
2. Lanesboro (2) 76
3. Fertile-Beltrami (2) 70
4. Mountain Iron-Buhl 68
5. Hills-Beaver Creek 57
6. Spring Grove (1) 49
7. Verndale (1) 46
8. Renville County West 31
9. Hancock 24
10. Kittson County Central 21

Others receiving votes: Osakis Nevis 7, Grand Meadow 6, Cherry 5, Mabel-Canton 5, Red Rock Central 1, Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal 1.

Class A Minnesota State Football Rankings

Fillmore Central is the one team from southeast Minnesota to crack the Top 10 in Class A this week. The Falcons moved from #7 to #6 this week after their win over the Hayfield Vikings.

Randolph was tied for 9th last week but fell from the Top 10 after a one-point loss to Bethlehem Academy. The Faribault BA Cardinals and Randolph both received votes this week.

1. Minneota (8) 98
2. BOLD 65
(tie) Mayer Lutheran (1) 65
4. Lester Prairie (1) 58
5. New York Mills 57
6. Fillmore Central 52
7. Mahnomen/Waubun 45
8. Kerkhover-Murdock-Sunburg 34
9. Deer River 32
10. Ottertail Central 9

Others receiving votes: Lakeview 7, Martin County West 6, Pine River-Backus 3, Bethlehem Academy 5, Red Lake County Central 3, Murray County Central 2, Randolph 2, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 2, Chisholm 1.

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Class AA Minnesota State Football Rankings

The Chatfield Gophers and the Caledonia Warriors remained at #1 and #3 this week. The two Section 1 powers will meet in the regular season during Week 7 (Friday, October 7th). A game that we will broadcast on 103.1 KFIL.

1. Chatfield (9) 98
2. Minneapolis North 84
3. Caledonia (1) 79
4. Barnesville 65
5. Jackson Co. Central 59
6. Pipestone Area 48
7. Eden Valley-Watkins 42
8. Royalton 22
9. Kimball Area 12
10. Concordia Academy 10

Others receiving votes: Osakis 9, St. Clair/Loyola 9, Blue Earth Area 5, Norwood Young America 2, West Central Area/Ashby 2, Maple River 1.

Class AAA Minnesota State Football Rankings

Cannon Falls remained at #1 while Plainview-Elgin-Millville fell from #6 to #7 despite a big win over Triton last week. Rochester Lourdes is another Section 1 team to watch. The Eagles received votes this week and their long loss of the season came against Chatfield who is #1 in Class AA.

1. Cannon Falls (8) 98 
2. Esko (1) 81
3. Pierz (1) 76
4. Watertown-Mayer 63
5. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 60
6. Milaca 44
7. Plainview-Elgin-Millville 38
8. Aitkin 36
9. Dassel-Cokato 12
10. Waseca 9

Others receiving votes: Providence Academy 8, Minneapolis Henry 6, Fairmont 3, Rochester Lourdes 3, Two Harbors 3, Zimmerman 3, New London-Spicer 2, Belle Plaine 1.

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Class AAAA Minnesota State Football Rankings

Hutchinson, Rocori, and Stewartville remained as the Top 3 teams ranked in Class AAAA. The Stewartville Tigers are coming off a win over Faribault and have a big matchup this week against Byron, who was ranked #4 a week ago. The Bears fell to Winona in OT last week and fell from the Top 10. Kasson-Mantorville, Byron, and Winona all received votes this week.

1. Hutchison (9) 99
2. Rocori 78
3. Stewartville 66
4. Simley 62
5. Holy Angels 57
6. Princeton 39
7. Mound Westonka 38
8. Marshall 34
9. Grand Rapids 21
10. Richfield 15

Others receiving votes: Kasson-Mantorville 11, North Branch 8, Becker 5, Detroit Lakes 5, Byron 4, Winona 4, Fridley 2

Class AAAAA Minnesota State Football Rankings

Rochester Mayo moved up from #7 last week to a tie at #6 after a win over Rochester Century. The Spartans will take on Rochester John Marshall this week. Mankato West remained at #1 followed by St. Thomas Academy, Elk River, and Mahtomedi, the same as a week ago.

1. Mankato West (9) 99
2. St. Thomas Academy 87
3. Elk River 75
4. Mahtomedi 74
5. Chanhassen 61
6. Robbinsdale Armstrong 39
(tie) Rochester Mayo 39
8. Spring Lake Park 22
9. Sauk Rapida-Rice 13
10. SP Harding/Humboldt 12

Others receiving votes: Chaska 11, St. Francis 10, Andover 3, Waconia 1.

Class AAAAAA Minnesota State Football Rankings

Eden Prairie moved up to #1 this week after taking down previous #1 Lakeville South last week. Maple Grove remained at #2. Lakeville South fell to #5 after the loss to Eden Prairie.

1. Eden Prairie (9) 90
2. Maple Grove 80
3. Prior Lake 67
4. Stillwater 57
5. Lakeville South 55
6. Rosemont 44
7. Woodbury 41
8. Shakopee 30
9. Forest Lake 17
10. Minnetonka 16

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