Weekly Minnesota high school football rankings
October 14, 2021 10:22AM CDT
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Minneapolis (AP) — The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of October 13, first-place votes in parentheses, record and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:
| Class 6A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Lakeville South (5) | (6-0) | 50 | 1 |
| 2. Eden Prairie | (5-1) | 45 | 3 |
| 3. Maple Grove | (5-1) | 34 | 6 |
| (tie) Stillwater | (6-0) | 34 | 4 |
| 5. Centennial | (4-2) | 31 | 7 |
| 6. Shakopee | (5-1) | 23 | 2 |
| 7. Minnetonka | (5-1) | 22 | 8 |
| 8. Woodbury | (5-1) | 15 | 9 |
| 9. Wayzata | (4-2) | 11 | 5 |
| 10. St. Michael-Albertville | (4-2) | 8 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Anoka 1, Osseo 1.
| Class 5A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Mankato West (5) | (6-0) | 50 | 1 |
| 2. St. Thomas Academy | (6-0) | 42 | 3 |
| (tie) Andover | (6-0) | 42 | 2 |
| 4. Chaska | (6-0) | 35 | 5 |
| 5. Sauk Rapids-Rice | (6-0) | 29 | 6 |
| 6. Rochester Mayo | (5-1) | 26 | 8 |
| 7. Rogers | (5-1) | 20 | 9 |
| 8. Moorhead | (4-1) | 10 | 4 |
| 9. Robbinsdale Armstrong | (5-1) | 8 | NR |
| 10. Elk River | (4-2) | 5 | NR |
| (tie) Spring Lake Park | (4-2) | 5 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Mankato East 2, Mahtomedi 1.
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Becker (6) | (6-0) | 60 | 1 |
| 2. Hutchinson | (5-1) | 51 | 3 |
| (tie) Mound-Westonka | (6-0) | 51 | 2 |
| 4. Stewartville | (6-0) | 42 | 4 |
| 5. Holy Angels | (5-1) | 35 | 6 |
| 6. North Branch | (6-0) | 29 | 7 |
| 7. Willmar | (5-1) | 21 | 9 |
| 8. Kasson-Mantorville | (4-2) | 18 | 5 |
| 9. Fridley | (4-2) | 12 | 10 |
| 10. SMB-Wolfpack | (4-2) | 5 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Zimmerman 3, Rocori 3.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Lake City (4) | (6-0) | 49 | 1 |
| 2. Fairmont (1) | (6-0) | 46 | 2 |
| 3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | (6-0) | 38 | 4 |
| 4. Dassel-Cokato | (6-0) | 36 | 5 |
| 5. Providence Academy | (6-0) | 24 | 8 |
| 6. Cannon Falls | (5-1) | 21 | T6 |
| (tie) Pierz | (5-1) | 21 | T6 |
| 8. Rockford | (5-1) | 13 | 10 |
| (tie) Plainview Elgin-Millville | (5-1) | 13 | 9 |
| 10. Litchfield | (5-1) | 4 | 3 |
| (tie) Waseca | (5-1) | 4 | NR |
| (tie) Esko | (6-0) | 4 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Watertown-Mayer 2.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Blooming Prairie (4) | (6-0) | 40 | 1un |
| 2. Pipestone | (6-0) | 36 | 3 |
| 3. Minneapolis North | (5-1) | 30 | 4 |
| 4. Moose Lake-Willow River | (5-0) | 24 | T5 |
| 5. West Central Ashby | (6-0) | 22 | T5 |
| (tie) Kimball | (6-0) | 22 | 7 |
| 7. Chatfield | (5-1) | 16 | 8 |
| 8. Blue Earth Area | (5-1) | 9 | 2 |
| 9. Barnesville | (4-2) | 5 | NR |
| (tie) Maple River | (5-1) | 5 | NR |
| (tie) Rush City | (6-0) | 5 | NR |
Others receiving votes: St. Agnes 2, Triton 2, Royalton 1, Osakis 1.
| Class A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv | |
| 1. Murray County Central (4) | (6-0) | 40 | 1 | |
| 2. Minneota | (6-0) | 36 | 2 | |
| 3. BOLD | (6-0) | 32 | 3 | |
| 4. Rushford-Peterson | (6-0) | 27 | 6 | |
| 5. Mahnomen-Waubun | (5-1) | 23 | 7 | |
| 6. Ottertail Central | (6-0) | 15 | 9 | |
| 7. Ada-Borup | (5-1) | 11 | 4 | |
| 8. Polk County West | (5-1) | 10 | 10 | |
| 9. Martin County West | (5-1) | 5 | 8 | |
| (tie) Pine River-Backus | (5-1) | 5 | NR | |
| (tie) | Deer River | (6-0) | 5 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 4, Fillmore Central 3, Dawson-Boyd 2, New York Mills 2.
| Class 9-MAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Total | Points | Prv |
| 1. Verndale (5) | (6-0) | 50 | 1 |
| 2. Lanesboro | (6-0) | 44 | 2 |
| 3. Hancock | (6-0) | 39 | 3 |
| 4. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | (6-0) | 33 | 4 |
| 5. Fertile-Beltrami | (6-0) | 32 | 5 |
| 6. Mountain Iron-Buhl | (5-1) | 22 | 6 |
| 7. Mountain Lake Area | (5-1) | 15 | 7 |
| 8. Grand Meadow | (5-1) | 13 | NR |
| 9. Cherry | (5-1) | 8 | 8 |
| 10. Nevis | (4-1) | 5 | NR |
Others receiving votes: NCE-UH 4, Kittson County Central 4, Hills-Beaver Creek 2, Wheaton Herman Norcross 2, LeRoy-Ostrander 1, Hill City-Northland 1.