The Buhler Crusaders and Mulvane Wildcats, ranked fourth and fifth in Class 4A by Kansas Pregame, will play Friday night at Mulvane.
Buhler plays at Great Bend on Sept. 19. Great Bend is ranked third in Class 5A.
Hutchinson High School plays Friday at Andover Central, ranked third in Class 4A. The Salthawks play at Derby, Class 6A’s No. 1 team, on Oct. 3.
Listed as others are Maize, Class 6A; Hutchinson Trinity Catholic and Inman, Class 1A, Little River, Eight-Man I; Hutchinson Central Christian, Eight-Man II; and Cunningham, Six-Man.
Other No. 1-ranked teams are St. Thomas Aquinas, 5A; Bishop Miege, 4A; Andale, 3A; Southeast of Saline, 2A; Conway Springs, 1A; Wichita County, Eight-Man I; Axtell, Eight-Man II; and Weskan, Six-Man.
Kansas Pregame posted its rankings Wednesday on social media.
KANSAS PREGAME 2025 PRESEASON RANKINGS
CLASS 6A
1. Derby
2. Wichita Northwest
3. Manhattan
4. Gardner-Edgerton
5. Blue Valley Northwest
Others:Â Blue Valley West, Lawrence-Free State, Maize, Olathe North, Shawnee Mission East, Wichita East, Wichita South.
CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Mill Valley
3. Great Bend
4. Hays
5. St. James Academy
Others:Â Basehor-Linwood, Blue Valley, Blue Valley North, Salina Central, Topeka Seaman.
CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. Kapaun Mount Carmel
3. Andover Central
4. Buhler
5. Mulvane
Others:Â Chanute, Eudora, Louisburg, McPherson, Ottawa, Wamego, Wellington, Winfield.
CLASS 3A
1. Andale
2. Topeka Hayden
3. Cheney
4. Wichita Collegiate
5. Wellsville
Others:Â Frontenac, Hesston, Holcomb, Holton, Prairie View, Rock Creek, Scott City.
CLASS 2A
1. Southeast of Saline
2. Nemaha Central
3. Beloit
4. Osage City
5. Hoisington
Others:Â Council Grove, Ellsworth, Garden Plain, Humboldt, Phillipsburg, Riley County, Royal Valley, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. Marys.
CLASS 1A
1. Conway Springs
2. Jackson Heights
3. St. Mary’s-Colgan
4. Rossville
5. Plainville
Others:Â Centralia, Hutchinson Trinity, Inman, Jefferson County North, Marion, Olpe, Riverside, Sedgwick, Sterling, Smith Center, Thomas More Prep-Marian, Troy, Valley Heights.
EIGHT-MAN I
1. Wichita County
2. South Central
3. Lincoln
4. Central Plains
5. Ell-Saline
Others:Â Cedar Vale/Dexter, Chase County, Clifton-Clyde, Decatur County, Hill City, Hoxie, Kinsley, Little River, Lyndon, Madison, Rawlins Co., St. Francis, Sylvan-Lucas, Wakeeney-Trego.
EIGHT-MAN II
1. Axtell
2. Hanover
3. Victoria
4. Hodgeman County
5. Burlingame
Others:Â Dighton, Frankfort, Hutchinson Central Christian, Lebo, Minneola, Osborne, Rural Vista.
SIX-MAN
1. Weskan
2. South Barber
3. Golden Plains
Others:Â Cunningham, Ingalls, Marais des Cygnes Valley, Otis Bison, Peabody-Burns, Tescott.
