Jackson County Central is again fourth in Class 2A in this week’s state media high school football rankings. The Huskies are 6-0.
Barnesville (6-0) remains first, with Chatfield (6-0) and Eden Valley-Watkins (6-0) changing places in second and third.
JCC travels to Luverne (6-0) Thursday. The Cardinals missed making the top 10 in Class 3A by one point.
Fairmont (5-1) slipped to seventh in Class 3A after last week’s loss to Class 4A No. 7 Marshall (5-1).
Each of the other leaders remains the same, Nevis (9-player), Minneota (1A), Stewartville (3A), Becker (4A), Alexandria (5A) and Lakeville North (6A).
The rankings are compiled by the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Jim Paulsen from votes submitted by a panel of 12 media members across Minnesota.
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 (8), 6-0, 113 1
2. Chatfield (3), 6-0, 100 3
3. Eden Valley-Watkins (1), 6-0, 98 2
4. Jackson County Central, 6-0, 81 4
5. Caledonia, 5-1, 64 5
6. Norwood Young America, 6-0, 6-0 7
7. Barnum, 6-0, 46 8
8. Cannon Falls, 5-1, 29 9
9. Kimball Area, 6-0, 25 NR
10. Holdingford, 5-1, 10 6
Others receiving votes: Rush City 8, Staples-Motley 7, Moose Lake-Willow River 6, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 3, Pipestone 1, St. Agnes 1.
Nine-player
1. Nevis (8), 6-0, 116 1
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl (3), 6-0, 105 2
3. Fertile-Beltrami (1), 6-0, 85 3
4. Hills-Beaver Creek, 6-0, 79 4
5. LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli, 6-0, 64 6
6. Cherry, 6-0, 62 5
7. Spring Grove, 6-0, 54 7
8. Fosston, 6-0, 38 9
9. Hancock, 6-0, 28 10
10. Stephen-Argyle, 6-0, 12 NR
Others receiving votes: Kingsland 4, Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke 3.
Class 1A
1. Minneota (12), 6-0, 120 1
2. Springfield, 6-0, 104 2
3. Mahnomen/Waubun, 6-0, 94 3
4, Goodhue, 6-0, 89 4
5. Upsala/Swanville, 6-0, 67 5
6. BOLD, 5-1, 63 6
7. Ada-Borup West, 5-1, 33 8
(tie) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 5-1, 33 7
9. Blooming Prairie, 5-1, 23 9
10. Fillmore Central, 5-1, 19 10
Others receiving votes: Dawson-Boyd 5, Lester Prairie 4, Red Lake County 4, West Central Area 3, Adrian/Ellsworth 1, Parkers Prairie 1.
Class 3A
1. Stewartville (11), 6-0, 119 1
2. Dassel-Cokato, 6-0, 104 2
3. Pequot Lakes (1), 6-0, 93 4
4. Albany, 6-0, 86 5
5, Waseca, 5-1, 62 6
6. Fergus Falls, 6-0, 54 7
7. Fairmont, 5-1, 42 3
8. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, 6-0, 41 8
9. Pine Island, 5-1, 23 10
10. Annandale, 5-1, 14 NR
Others receiving votes: Luverne 13, Pierz 6, Holy Family 2, Zimmerman 1.
Class 4A
1. Becker (11), 6-0, 118 1
2. Totino-Grace (1), 6-0, 106 2
3. Orono, 6-0, 100 3
4. Princeton, 6-0, 82 5
5. Byron, 5-1, 66 6
6. Providence Academy, 4-2, 49 4
7. Marshall, 5-1, 45 10
8. Rocori, 4-2, 30 7
9. Hill-Murray, 5-1, 24 NR
10. Hermantown, 5-1, 14 NR
Others receiving votes: Duluth Denfeld 6, North Branch 6, Holy Angels 5, Kasson-Mantorville 4, Minneapolis Camden 4, Hutchinson 1.
Class 5A
1. Alexandria (9), 6-0, 117 1
2. Moorhead (2), 6-0, 107 2
3. Owatonna (1), 6-0, 95 3
4. Andover, 5-1, 76 4
5. Robbinsdale Armstrong, 6-0, 74 5
6. Elk River, 5-1, 64 6
7. Mankato East, 5-1, 51 7
8. Two Rivers, 6-0, 3-1 8
9. Mankato West, 3-3, 9 t10
10. Bemidji, 4-2, 8 t10
(tie) Robbinsdale Cooper, 5-1, 8 NR
Others receiving votes: St. Thomas Academy 6, Rochester John Marshall 5, Chanhassen 5, Monticello 2, Waconia 2.
Class 6A
1. Lakeville North (5), 6-0, 113 1
2. Maple Grove (7), 6-0, 112 2
3. Shakopee, 5-1, 93 5
4. Minnetonka, 5-1, 78 3
5. Eagan, 4-2, 68 6
6. Edina, 4-2, 58 4
7. Anoka, 4-2, 43 7
8. Eden Prairie, 3-3, 39 NR
9. Buffalo, 5-1, 19 t9
10. Blaine, 4-2, 18 8
Others receiving votes: Mounds View 10, Forest Lake 3, St. Michael-Albertville 3, Lakeville South 2, Stillwater 1.