Rankings Sept. 19
Class 6A
1. Jenks (1)#3-0
2. Tulsa Union (2)#2-1
3. Broken Arrow (3)#2-1
4. Southmoore (4)#3-0
5. Del City (6)#3-0
6. Edmond North (7)#3-0
7. Mustang (8)#2-1
8. Norman North (9)#2-0
9. Midwest City (10)#1-2
10. Putnam North (NR)#3-0
Owasso drops from No. 4 to out. I try not to be reactionary so I was I bit slower to drop Owasso but the Rams HAVE to show some semblance of offense to prove they belong in the top 10. I know, a lot of that has to do with the loss of Joe Lindsay and Trent Spurgeon, but Owasso just doesn’t deserve it right now. That led to everyone else moving up a spot, including Midwest City, who lose to Southmoore in double overtime. The Bombers proved they belonged in the top 10 with that win, especially scoring 35 on Southmoore’s defense. Moving into the No. 10 spot is Putnam North. The Panthers have won three games big in non-district play. Lawton was the other contender for the spot but they struggled before finally putting away Altus.
Class 5A
1. Tulsa Washington (1)#2-1
2. Carl Albert (2)#2-1
3. El Reno (3)#3-0
4. Shawnee (4)#3-0
5. Tulsa East Central (5)#2-1
6. Lawton MacArthur (6)#2-1
7. Ada (8)#3-0
8. Bixby (9)#1-2
9. Tulsa Kelley (10)#3-0
10. McAlester (NR)#3-0
Tulsa Washington stays in the top spot despite the loss to Class 6A Broken Arrow, though there was no real consideration to dropping the Hornets. They beat No. 2 Carl Albert to start the season and No. 5 Tulsa East Central last week. Bixby finally gets in the win column and moves up a spot, thanks to Carl Albert’s 38-6 blowout of Duncan. Tulsa Kelley also moves up a spot, while McAlester makes its first appearance in the rankings this season after a 26-18 win over Ardmore improved the Buffs to 3-0.
Class 4A
1. Glenpool (1)#3-0
2. Sallisaw (2)#3-0
3. Weatherford (6)#3-0
4. McGuinness (7)#2-1
5. Douglass (3)#2-1
6. Wagoner (5)#2-1
7. Grove (8)#2-1
8. Poteau (10)#3-0
9. Broken Bow (4)#1-2
10. Muldrow (NR)#3-0
This was a tough one to rank this week with McGuinness’ win over Millwood weighing against Douglass’ last week and Broken Bow, Star Spencer and Wagoner all losing. In the end, Weatherford and McGuinness made big jumps. Both have signature wins and it was hard to have either behind Douglass after what the Irish did to Millwood tonight. Star Spencer drops out although I’d imagine the Bobcats will be back ranked shortly. Poteau moves up two spots to No. 8 and Muldrow is the newcomer at No. 10. Broken Bow hangs in the top 10 after a loss to 3A Metro Christian.
Class 3A
1. Cascia Hall (1)#2-0
2. Tuttle (2)#3-0
3. Sequoyah-Claremore (3)#3-0
4. Clinton (4)#2-1
5. Madill (6)#3-0
6. Checotah (7)#3-0
7. Bethany (8)#3-0
8. Metro Christian (9)#3-0
9. Blanchard (10)#3-0
10. Purcell (5)#2-1
The only change here is Purcell dropping from No. 5 to No. 10 after losing Lexington 20-0. I considered dropping Purcell out but a couple of the candidates to move into the rankings also lost so I kept Purcell in there.
Class 2A
1. Lincoln Christian (2)#2-1
2. Millwood (1)#2-1
3. Kingfisher (3)#2-1
4. Davis (4)#3-0
5. Sequoyah-Tahlequah (5)#3-0
6. Vian (6)#3-0
7. Lexington (8)#3-0
8. Heritage Hall (7)#0-3
9. Bridge Creek (10)#1-1
10. Sperry (NR)#2-1
Another flip-flop at the top with Millwood’s loss and Lincoln’s win. Some people wondered last week when I said Millwood and Lincoln were clearly the top two teams but Lincoln’s loss was to one of the top teams in Arkansas regardless of class. I was surprised by Millwood’s loss tonight but the Falcons have got to find a running game to be successful deep into the playoffs in 2A. Sperry slides in at No. 10 after Sulphur lost to Elgin.
Class A
1. Okeene (1)#3-0
2. Tonkawa (2)#3-0
3. Ringling (3)#2-0
4. Hennessey (4)#3-0
5. OCS (5)#3-0
6. Stroud (6)#3-0
7. Commerce (7)#3-0
8. Woodland (8)#1-2
9. Talihina (9)#3-0
10. Apache (10)#3-0
There’s no change here with all 10 teams winning in the third week. In fact, the only top 10 team with a loss is No. 8 Woodland but they lost to No. 1 Okeene and No. 2 Tonkawa so I’m pretty comfortable with then where they are. I did give some consideration to Pawnee and will keep and eye on the Black Bears, though.
Class B
1. Garber (1)#3-0
2. Laverne (2)#3-0
3. Canton (3)#3-0
4. Porter (5)#3-0
5. Depew (6)#2-1
6. Fox (7)#3-0
7. Weleetka (4)#2-1
8. Alex (8)#2-1
9. Watts (9)#3-0
10. Ryan (NR)#3-0
Porter, Depew and Fox move up one spot each after Depew beats Weleetka. Copan’s loss to Oaks also opens the door for Ryan to move into the top 10 after a 42-14 win over Caddo.
Class C
1. Shattuck (1)#3-0
2. Timberlake (2)#3-0
3. Seiling (3)#3-0
4. Temple (4)#2-1
5. Thackerville (5)#2-1
6. Covington-Douglas (6)#1-2
7. Deer Creek-Lamont (7)#3-0
8. Corn Bible (8)#3-0
9. Waynoka (9)#3-0
10. Maud (NR)#3-0
The top nine stays the same as all of those teams pull off wins. But Forgan’s loss to Shattuck, couple with Maud’s win over Macomb boosts Maud into the top 10.
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Comments
I fixed their record. But I knew they were 1-2 when I did the rankings, just typed wrong. Midwest City is still in the rankings because they deserve to be. I take a different approach to rankings and have never understood why a lower ranked team that loses in a close game to a higher ranked team automatically drops. And they don’t in these rankings. Midwest City took Southmoore to double overtime. I have a feeling the Bombers will do just fine in district play. The great thing about high school football is we’ll find out before too long. If they lose anothe rgame, I expect them to drop.
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How is it that two defeated teams in Class 5A get ranked above Semifinalist of 2008, El Reno’s Tom Cobble and their undefeated record of 3-0? I could understand if this was OU’s schedule at play here, but El Reno has played some tough non-district teams, unlike OU has so far…OU plays powder-puff teams for their non-conference schedules. Put El Reno up against OU, and I guarantee, OU would get beat!
Slow down there a little bit. Carl Albert played Tulsa Washington and Duncan as tough non-district games. Tulsa Washington had Carl Albert, Tulsa East Central and Broken Arrow. El Reno had Guthrie (Not taking anything away from Woodward and Elk City there but there’s really no comparison). El Reno is in great shape but to me, it’s a pretty clear 1, 2, 3 right now. El Reno is in good shape and I expect them to be in contention late, but I don’t think they’ve done enough to move ahead of Tulsa Washington and/or Carl Albert in the rankings.
I think that Bartlesville has a good argument for number 10 in 6A also. Their first district test will be this week with Muskogee so that will give an indication if they are legit or not. PC North can justify their rank with Norman North this week even if they lose but play respectably. Lawton can show they are deserving of being ranked in two weeks when they host Mustang.
Why isn’t Tulsa Central ranked in the newsok Class 5A polls? Every other oklahoma sports cite has them ranked…including news9. They are a good team, plus they have a player name Demarco Cobbs.
Bartlesville certainly has an argument and we’ll see how they handle Muskogee. It’s incredible that Muskogee sill hasn’t scored through three (or, 2 1/4) games. It’ll definitely be interesting to see how PCN-Norman North plays out this week and Lawton-Mustang goes.
As for Tulsa Central, they’re certainly on the fringers of the top 10 but they have yet to be tested at all. They’ve played three teams that they should blow out and have certainly done that. They definitely get a test this week against Tulsa East Central and a good showing in that one will go a long way toward giving Central legitimacy. And yeah, Demarco Cobbs is the top recruit in the state so I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on him and on Central.
Midwest City is not 2-1, they are 1-2. They lost to DC and Southmoore, so how are they in the top 10 still.