Here are the preseason high school football rankings for Missouri, voted upon by a 10-person panel of sportswriters across the state. First-place votes are in parentheses, followed by 2007 record, points in the poll this week and the final ranking last year.

 


     
CLASS 6



     
1. Rockhurst [KC] (12) 13-0 60 1

     
2. Blue Springs 8-3 46 4

     
3. DeSmet [St.L] 8-3 26
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4. Blue Springs South 9-1 24 2

     
5. Fort Zumwalt West [O’Fallon] 9-2 8 --


     
Others receiving votes: Mehlville [St.L] (10-3) 7, St. Louis University
(6-5) 4, Jefferson City (8-2) 3, McCluer North [St.L] (8-3) 2

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CLASS 5



     
1. Lee's Summit West (9) 14-0 54 *1

     
2. Jackson 11-1 29 3

     
3. Park Hill [KC] (1) 7-3 28 --

     
4. Eureka (1) 9-1 22 --

     
5. Fort Osage [Independence] 10-2 13 5

     
5. Waynesville 12-1 13 1


     
Others receiving votes: Hazelwood East [St.L] (1) (8-2) 12, Ozark (8-5) 9

     
* Ranking in Class 4 last year

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CLASS 4



     
1. Kearney (6) 10-2 111 5

     
2. Carthage (3) 10-2 99 3

     
3. Harrisonville 14-0 77 *1

     
4. Webb City (1) 10-1 75 6

     
5. MICDS [St.L] 12-1 64 *3

     
6. Union (2) 9-2 63 10

     
7. Helias [Jefferson City] 10-1 55 7

     
8. Gateway Tech [St.L] 6-4 35 --

     
9. Smith-Cotton [Sedalia] 6-4 30 --

     
10. Festus 10-2 25 --

 


     
Others receiving votes: Grain Valley (12-1) 17, Farmington (9-1) 6, St.
Charles West (4-6) 2, Platte County [Platte City] (10-2) 1

     
* Ranking in Class 3 last year

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CLASS 3



     
1. Monett (3) 9-2 95 9

     
2. Pleasant Hill (3) 9-1 90 10

     
3. St. Pius X [KC] (1) 8-3 68


     
4. Ste. Genevieve (3) 6-4 58

     
5. Mountain Grove 10-1 55

     
6. Moberly 11-1 52 6

     
7. O’Hara [KC] 6-4 50
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8t. St. Francis Borgia [Washington] (2) 10-3 41 4

     
8t. Fulton 8-2 41 --

 
    10. New Madrid Co. Central [New Madrid] 9-2 31 10

 


     
Others receiving votes: Chillicothe (6-4) 18, Cassville (9-1) 17, Miller
Career [St.L] (5-6) 14, Berkeley [St.L] (6-3) 11, Fredericktown (9-2) 10, Osage
[Osage Beach] (7-4) 8, Oak Grove (7-3) 1

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CLASS 2



   
  1. Maplewood [St.L] (3) 12-1 102 4

     
2. Blair Oaks [Wardsville] (3) 11-3 97 2

     
3. Maryville (5) 9-1 95 7

     
4. Clark County [Kahoka] (1) 10-1 94 9

     
5. Lawson 14-0 70 1

     
6. Centralia 10-1 67 3

     
7. Hogan Prep [KC] 9-3 41 8

     
8. Plattsburg 7-3 32 --

     
9. Brookfield 8-2 28  --

     
10. Hermann 7-4 21 --

 


     
Others receiving votes: Trenton (11-1) 7, Fair Grove (5-5) 5, Crystal
City (10-2) 1


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CLASS 1



     
1. Orrick (12) 14-0 120 1

     
2. Thayer 13-1 106 2

     
3. Tipton 12-1 97 3

     
4. Cabool 8-4 54 *10

     
5. Miller 7-3 46 --

     
6. Princeton 10-3 40 5

     
7. Hayti 11-1 34 4

     
8. Adrian 8-3 33 6


     
9. Maysville 7-4 32 10

     
10. Concordia 8-2 26 --

 


     
Others receiving votes: West Platte [Weston] (8-4) 21, Fayette (8-3) 20,
Marceline (5-5) 17, Valle [Ste. Genevieve] (4-6) 7, Penney [Hamilton] (6-4) 3,
St. Vincent (4-6) 3, Marionville (9-1) 1


     
* Ranking in Class 2 last year

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ARKANSAS

 Here
are the preseason rankings, showing the top 10 overall high school football
teams (although most are from the classes of largest schools) and the top five
in Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, as voted by a panel of sports writers and
broadcasters whose employers are members of The Associated Press. Ranking is
given with first-place votes received, records and total points.

                   

OVERALL

1.
Cabot (8)         
0-0  176

2.
Fayetteville (5)   0-0 
172

3.
FS Southside (4)   0-0 
145

4.
Lake Hamilton (4)  0-0 
127

5.
Bentonville       
0-0  103

6.
Texarkana         
0-0   58

7.
LR Catholic       
0-0   56

8.
Pulaski Academy    0-0  
53

9.
Springdale Har-Ber      
0-0   38

10.
West Memphis      0-0  
35

Others
receiving votes: Nashville 25, LR Central 23, Pine Bluff 23, LR Christian 21,
Dollarway 17, Greenwood 15, Springdale 14, Russellville 13, FS Northside 12,
North Little Rock 12, Bryant 4, Shiloh Christian 3, Prescott 3, Charleston 2,
Helena-West Helena 2, Fountain Lake 1, Carlisle 1, Batesville 1

     

Class
6A

1.
Lake Hamilton (19)  0-0 
103

2.
Texarkana (2)      
0-0   69

3.
West Memphis       
0-0   66

4.
Pine Bluff         
0-0   46

5.
El Dorado          
0-0   13

Others
receiving votes: Marion 6, Jonesboro 5, Benton 4, Jacksonville 2, Mountain Home
1

     

Class
5A

1.
Pulaski Acad. (16)  0-0 
95

2.
Greenwood (2)      
0-0  61

3.
LR Christian (2)    0-0 
52

4.
Vilonia            
0-0  32

5.
Batesville (1)      0-0 
26

Others receiving votes: Monticello 25, Helena-West Helena 6, Cent Ark
Christian 5, Sylvan Hills 5, Harrison 4, Hope 2, Crossett 1, Beebe 1

     

Class
4A

1.
Nashville (12)       
0-0  87

2.
Dollarway (4)        
0-0  72

3.
Lonoke (1)           
0-0  38

4.
Shiloh Christian (3)  0-0 
33

5.
Warren           
0-0  26

5.
Newport          
0-0  26

Others
receiving votes: Osceola 17, Dardanelle 7, De Queen 4, Gravette 2, Stuttgart 2,
Dumas 1

     

Class
3A

1.
Prescott (10)      0-0 
81

2.
Fountain Lake (4)  0-0 
56

3.
Charleston (4)     0-0 
55

4.
Hoxie (1)         
0-0  38

5.
Harding Academy    0-0 
30

Others receiving votes: Glen Rose 22, Rison 14, Perryville 4, Jessieville
3, Bauxite 3, Earle 2, Barton 2, Mayflower 2, Lafayette County 1, Rivercrest 1,
Lavaca 1

     

Class
2A

1.
Bearden (6)       
0-0  84

2.
Junction City (9)  0-0 
83

3.
Mount Ida (4)      0-0 
62

4.
Carlisle (2)      
0-0  45

5.
Des Arc   
        0-0 
24

Others
receiving votes: Strong 8, Murfreesboro 4, Dierks 3, Cross County 1, Union
Christian 1