Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 14-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star; Chris Geinosky, The Liberty Tribune; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Jim Powers, High School Sports Caravan; Larry Thornton, KSDK radio; Cameron Teague-Robinson, The Columbia Tribune; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Mike Scott, Ozone Sports; Rance Burger, The Springfield News-Leader; Cody Thorn, The St. Joseph News-Press; J.B Connoley, KRES radio; Chris Pobst, Sikeston Standard-Democrat; Matt King, The Daily Journal.
First-place votes in parenthesis.
__CLASS 6__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. CBC (12), 4-1, 138, 1 2. Blue Springs (2), 4-1, 126, 2 3. Kirkwood, 4-1, 105, 3 4. Rockhurst, 5-0, 101, 5 5. Jefferson City, 4-1, 75, 6 6. Hazelwood Central, 5-0, 73, 7 7. Lee's Summit, 4-1, 44, 10 8. Springfield Kickapoo, 4-1, 41, 4 9. Raymore-Peculiar, 4-1, 38, NR 10. Eureka, 4-1, 19, 8 Dropped out: No. 9 SLUH Also receiving votes: Park Hill (3-2), 4; SLUH (3-2), 3; Lee's Summit West (3-2), 2; Blue Springs South (3-2), 1
__CLASS 5__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Chaminade (12), 4-1, 136, 1 2. Battle (2), 5-0, 123, 2 3. Staley, 4-1, 113, 3 4. Liberty, 5-0, 93, 4 5. Glendale, 5-0, 81, 7 6. Nixa, 5-0, 76, 5 7. Fort Zumwalt North, 4-1, 64, 6 8. Park Hill South, 4-1, 39, T9 9. Jackson, 4-1, 19, NR 10. Liberty North, 2-3, 9, 8 Dropped out: No. T9 Timberland Also receiving votes: Timberland (4-1), 6; Vianney (1-4), 5; William Chrisman (5-0), 3; Pattonville (2-3), 2; Carthage (4-1), 1
__CLASS 4__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Kearney (14), 5-0, 140, 1 2. Carl Junction, 4-1, 121, 4 3. Parkway North, 4-1, 108, 2 4. Hannibal, 4-1, 80, 7 5. Platte County, 3-2, 77, 3 6. St. Dominic, 5-0, 69, 5 7. Webb City, 3-2, 67, 8 8. Ladue, 4-1, 48, 9 9. Hillsboro, 5-0, 24, 10 10. Smithville, 5-0, 19, NR Dropped out: No. 6 Harrisonville Also receiving votes: Harrisonville (3-2), 17
__CLASS 3__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Maryville (12), 5-0, 138, 1 2. Blair Oaks (2), 5-0, 128, 2 3. Center, 5-0, 100, 4 4. Monett, 4-1, 90, 5 5. McCluer South-Berkley, 5-0, 78, 6 6. John Burroughs, 3-2, 63, 3 7. Park Hills Central, 5-0, 58, 7 8. Richmond, 5-0, 57, 8 9. Mexico, 3-2, 27, 9 10. Osage, 5-0, 24, 10 Also receiving votes: Odessa (3-2), 5; Hogan Prep (5-0), 1; Oak Grove (3-2), 1
__CLASS 2__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Lamar (14), 4-0, 140, 1 2. Mtn. View-Liberty, 5-0, 123, 2 3. Centralia, 5-0, 114, 3 4. Mountain Grove, 5-0, 92, 4 5. Trinity, 5-0, 78, 5 6. Lutheran North, 4-1, 66, 7 7. Malden, 5-0, 63, 6 8. Fair Grove, 5-0, 42, 8 9. Macon, 5-0, 27, 9 10. Lawson, 4-1, 16, 10 Also receiving votes: South Callaway (5-0), 7; Brookfield (3-2), 1; Lexington (5-0), 1
__CLASS 1__ Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Valle Catholic (14), 5-0, 140, 1 2. Marceline, 5-0, 123, 2 3. Hamilton-Penney, 5-0, 114, 3 4. Lincoln, 5-0, 98, 4 5. Hayti, 5-0, 81, 7 6. Cass-Midway, 5-0, 70, 8 7. East Buchanan, 4-1, 49, 10 8. Maysville, 4-1, 23, NR 9. Polo, 4-1, 18, 6 T10. Monroe City, 4-1, 15, NR T10. Lockwood, 4-1, 15, 5 Dropped out: No. 9 Westran Also receiving votes: Ash Grove (5-0), 8; Westran (4-1), 6; Wellington-Napoleon (4-1), 5; Thayer (3-2), 5