Jackson County Central is third in the final state Class 2A Minnesota high school football media poll.
The Huskies are 8-0. They play their first Section 3AA playoff game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Swearingen Field vs. the winner of Tuesday’s game between Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial and LeSueur-Henderson.
Barnesville and Chatfield are again 1-2.
Fairmont stays eighth in the Class 3A poll. The Cardinals (6-2) have a bye Tuesday and host the winner of the Albert Lea-Luverne game Saturday in Section 3AAA.
Marshall remains seventh in Class 4A. The Tigers (7-1) host either New Ulm or Willmar Saturday in Section 2AAAA.
The top-ranked team remained the same in each class.
In addition to Barnesville, other teams staying at the top are Nevis (9-player), Minneota (1A), Stewartville (3A) and Becker (4A), Moorhead (5A) and Maple Grove (6A).
Following are the complete state rankings. Listed are rank, team, won-loss record, total poll points and last week’s ranking. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Class 2A
1. Barnesville (9), 8-0, 115 1
2. Chatfield (3), 8-0, 109 2
3. Jackson County Central, 8-0, 94 3
4. Norwood Young America, 8-0, 74 4
5. Kimball Area, 8-0, 72 6
6. Barnum, 8-0, 68 5
7. Eden Valley-Watkins, 7-1, 49 7
8. Caledonia, 6-2, 28 10
9. Rush City, 8-0, 24 NR
10. Staples-Motley, 8-0, 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Holdingford 6, Moose Lake-Willow River 2, Pillager 1, St. Agnes 1, Triton 1.
Nine-Player
1. Nevis (7), 8-0, 115 1
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl (4), 8-0, 106 2
3. Fertile-Beltrami (1), 8-0, 94 3
4. Hills-Beaver Creek, 8-0, 81 4
5. LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli, 8-0, 73 5
6. Spring Grove, 8-0, 63 6
7. Fosston, 8-0, 50 7
8. Hancock, 8-0, 42 8
9. Cherry, 7-1, 20 9
10. Goodridge/Grygla, 7-1, 12 10
Others receiving votes: Kingsland 4.
Class 1A
1. Minneota (12), 8-0, 120 1
2. Springfield, 8-0, 103 2
3. Mahnomen/Waubun, 8-0, 92 3
4. Goodhue, 8-0, 90 4
5. Upsala/Swaville, 8-0, 68 5
6. BOLD, 7-1, 63 6
7. Blooming Prairie, 7-1, 36 8
8. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 7-1, 33 7
9. Fillmore Central, 7-1, 32 9
10. Red Lake County, 7-1, 19 10
Others receiving votes: Deer River 3, Adrian/Ellsworth 1.
Class 3A
1. Stewartville (12), 8-0, 120 1
2. Pequot Lakes, 8-0, 102 3
3. Albany, 8-0, 95 4
4. Waseca, 7-1, 79 5
5. Dassel-Cokato, 7-1, 71 2
6. Fergus Falls, 8-0, 64 6
7. Annandale, 7-1, 41 10
8. Fairmont, 6-2, 29 8
9. Morris/Chokio-Alberta, 7-1, 27 7
10. Two Harbors, 7-1, 16 NR
Others receiving votes: Holy Family 8, Pine Island 5, Minneapolis North 3.
Class 4A
1. Becker (11), 8-0, 119 1
2. Totino-Grace (1), 8-0, 109 2
3. Princeton, 8-0, 94 3
4. Byron, 7-1, 81 4
5. Rocori, 6-2, 56 t8
6. Providence Academy, 6-2, 54 6
7. Marshall, 7-1, 48 7
8. Hill-Murray, 7-1, 37 t8
9. Orono, 6-2, 33 5
10. Hermantown, 7-1, 26 10
Others receiving votes: Holy Angels 2, North Branch 1.
Class 5A
1. Moorhead (10), 8-0; 117 1
2. Owatonna (2), 8-0, 108 2
3. Robbinsdale Armstrong, 8-0, 96 5
4. Elk River, 7-1, 83 6
5. Andover, 7-1, 59 4
6. Two Rivers, 8-0, 57 7
7. Alexandria, 6-2, 44 3
8. Mankato West, 5-3, 39 8
9. Robbinsdale Cooper, 7-1, 28 9
10. Bemidji, 6-2, 16 10
Others receiving votes: Mankato East 9, Chanhassen 1, Monticello 1, Rochester John Marshall 1.
Class 6A
1. Maple Grove (12), 8-0, 120 1
2. Shakopee, 7-1, 107 2
3. Edina, 6-2, 84 4
4. Lakeville North, 7-1, 83 5
5. Minnetonka, 6-2, 79 3
6. Eden Prairie, 5-3, 52 7
7. Forest Lake, 6-2, 40 9
8. Eagan, 5-3, 29 10
9. Mounds View, 6-2, 26 NR
10. Blaine, 5-3, 14 8
Others receiving votes: Anoka 11, Lakeville South 7, East Ridge 3.