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With several teams still undefeated, though, there’s little movement in the Minnesota high school football class-by-class rankings decided by 12 media members across the state.
By Jim Paulsen
Eden Prairie’s 21-20 overtime victory over previously unbeaten and Class 6A, No. 3-ranked Minnetonka Friday night in Eden Prairie catapulted the Eagles back into the 6A top 10, the most notable change in this week’s class-by-class high school football rankings.
Here’s a look at last week’s poll.
The rankings are compiled by the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Jim Paulsen from votes submitted by a panel of 12 media members across Minnesota, and distributed statewide by the Associated Press.
First-place votes in parentheses, record, total points
Class 6A
1. Lakeville North (5), 6-0, 113
2. Maple Grove (7), 6-0, 112
3. Shakopee, 5-1, 93
4. Minnetonka, 5-1, 78
5. Eagan, 4-2, 68
6. Edina, 4-2, 58
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7. Anoka, 4-2, 43
8. Eden Prairie, 3-3, 39
9. Buffalo, 5-1, 19
10. Blaine, 4-2, 18.
Also receiving votes: Mounds View 10, Forest Lake 3, St. Michael-Albertville 3, Lakeville South 2, Stillwater 1.
Class 5A
1. Alexandria (9), 6-0, 117
2. Moorhead (2), 6-0, 107
3. Owatonna (1), 6-0, 95
4. Andover, 5-1, 76
5. Robbinsdale Armstrong, 6-0, 74
6. Elk River, 5-1, 64
7. Mankato East, 5-1, 51
8. Two Rivers, 6-0, 3-1
9. Mankato West, 3-3, 9
10. (tie) Bemidji, 4-2, 8
10. Robbinsdale Cooper, 5-1, 8
Also receiving votes: St. Thomas Academy 6, Rochester John Marshall 5, Chanhassen 5, Monticello 2, Waconia 2.
Class 4A
1. Becker (11), 6-0, 118
2. Totino-Grace (1), 6-0, 106
3. Orono, 6-0, 100
4. Princeton, 6-0, 82
5. Byron, 5-1, 66
6. Providence Academy, 4-2, 49
7. Marshall, 5-1, 45
8. Rocori, 4-2, 30
9. Hill-Murray, 5-1, 24
10. Hermantown, 5-1, 14
Also receiving votes: Duluth Denfeld 6, North Branch 6, Holy Angels 5, Kasson-Mantorville 4, Minneapolis Camden 4, Hutchinson 1
Class 3A
1. Stewartville (11), 6-0, 119
2. Dassel-Cokato, 6-0, 104
3. Pequot Lakes (1), 6-0, 93
4. Albany, 6-0, 86
5, Waseca, 5-1, 62
6. Fergus Falls, 6-0, 54
7. Fairmont, 5-1, 42
8. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, 6-0, 41
9. Pine Island, 5-1, 23
10. Annandale, 5-1, 14
Also receiving votes: Luverne 13, Pierz 6, Holy Family 2, Zimmerman 1
CLASS 2A
1. Barnesville (8), 6-0, 113
2. Chatfield (3), 6-0, 100
3. Eden Valley-Watkins (1), 6-0, 98
4. Jackson County Central, 6-0, 81
5. Caledonia, 5-1, 64
6. Norwood Young America, 6-0, 6-0
7. Barnum, 6-0, 46
8. Cannon Falls, 5-1, 29
9. Kimball Area, 6-0, 25
10. Holdingford, 5-1, 10
Also receiving votes: Rush City 8, Staples-Motley 7, Moose Lake-Willow River 6, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 3, Pipestone 1, St. Agnes 1
CLASS 1A
1. Minneota (12), 6-0, 120
2. Springfield, 6-0, 104
3. Mahnomen/Waubun, 6-0, 94
4, Goodhue, 6-0, 89
5. Upsala/Swanville, 6-0, 67
6. BOLD, 5-1, 63
7. (tie) Ada-Borup West, 5-1, 33
7. (tie) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 5-1, 33
9. Blooming Prairie, 5-1, 23
10. Fillmore Central, 5-1, 19
Also receiving votes: Dawson-Boyd 5, Lester Prairie 4, Red Lake County 4, West Central Area 3, Adrian/Ellsworth 1, Parkers Prairie 1.
NINE-PLAYER
1. Nevis (8), 6-0, 116
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl (3), 6-0, 105
3. Fertile-Beltrami (1), 6-0, 85
4. Hills-Beaver Creek, 6-0, 79
5. LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli, 6-0, 64
6. Cherry, 6-0, 62
7. Spring Grove, 6-0, 54
8. Fosston, 6-0, 38
9. Hancock, 6-0, 28
10. Stephen-Argyle, 6-0, 12
Also receiving votes: Kingsland 4, Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke 3
Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune.
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