Top-ranked Scottsbluff is one of the nation's Top 500 11-Man squads while Humphrey St. Francis and Howells-Dodge squeeze into the 8-Man/6-Man Top 25 nationally.
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It's automatic every Monday during the high school football season. Football fans from all corners of the state login to their computers hoping the school they are loyal to moved up in the rankings, took over the top spot, or simply made the climb into the rankings.
But what about the national rankings? Oh what a coupe that would be to find your alma mater alongside traditional powers Mater Dei, St. Frances Academy or St. John Bosco. Heck, landing a Top 100 ranking would be pretty cool, too.
Well, this week we did the work for you. Scouring through the MaxPreps National Rankings, we unearthed the current MaxPreps ranking for each member of Nebraska's Top 10 11-Man and 8-Man/6-Man football teams.
Humphrey St. Francis and Howells-Dodge, the top two 8-Man programs in Nebraska, represent the Cornhusker State in our Top 25 nationally. Third-ranked Cambridge comes in at No. 39 out of the 1,776 football programs included in our 9-Man/8-Man/6-Man database. Top-ranked and Class B power Scottsbluff dropped 16 spots to 421st nationally following a 51-10 win over Alliance last weekend to lead the way for the big schools.
Second to the Bearcats is Class C1 power Wahoo, who is representing well after knocking off Columbus Scotus 69-14 to claim the 470th spot out of the 14,243 schools listed in our 11-Man rankings database. Hastings Adams Central, Nebraska's second-ranked Class C1 squad, rounds out the Cornhusker State Top 3 at No. 479 nationally following a 37-14 win over Kearney Catholic last weekend.
Millard West took advantage of its 43-14 defeat of Lincoln East to leap 36 spots to 486th, while Class C1's Pierce moved up 60 spots to 489th following its 60-6 win over West Point-Beemer.
Humphrey St. Francis, Nebraska's top dog in the 8-Man/6-Man ranks, climbed 12 spots to 19th this week following a 50-0 win over Riverside. Howells-Dodge edged Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 28-20 to climb one spot to 23rd while Cambridge rose 34 places to 39th nationally after edging Dundy County-Stratton 40-22 last weekend.
Fourth-ranked Arcadia/Loup City moved up 2 spots to 41st after blasting Amherst 42-6 while Elm Creek dropped seven spots to 53rd nationally after dealing Ansley-Litchfield a 42-16 loss. Top-ranked 6-Man club Cody-Kilgore, ranked 15th in Nebraska's Class 8-Man/6-Man poll, rose 36 spots to 80th nationally after knocking off Sioux County 40-6.
As you browse through this week's Top 10, listed on the top line is the school, its won-loss record in parenthesis, the school's point differential this fall and its MaxPreps power ranking.
Where do Nebraska's Top 10 11-Man football programs rank nationally?
1. Scottsbluff (8-0) 359-90 42.9Dropped 16 spots to 421st following a 51-10 win over Alliance
2. Wahoo (8-0) 468-54 41.7Rose 6 spots to 470th following a 69-14 win over Columbus Scotus
3. Adams Central (Hastings) (8-0) 331-77 41.5Jumped 81 spots to 479th following a 37-14 win over Kearney Catholic
4. Millard West (Omaha) (8-0) 269-74 41.3Improved 36 spots to 486th following a 43-14 win over Lincoln East
5. Pierce (8-0) 380-68 41.3Moved up 60 spots to 487th following a 60-6 win over West Point-Beemer
6. Bellevue West (Bellevue) (8-0) 431-35 38.8Rose 194 spots to 624th following a 57-6 win over Omaha North
7. Skutt Catholic (Omaha) (8-0) 305-116 37.4Jumped 11 spots to 728th following a 47-6 win over Omaha Gross Catholic
8. Omaha Westside (Omaha) (7-1) 355-70 35.8Improved 46 spots to 828th following a 50-0 win over Columbus
9. Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln) (7-1) 249-72 34.3Moved up 208 spots to 970th following a 40-13 win over Papillion-LaVista South
10. Millard South (Omaha) (7-1) 329-112 33.5Rose 214 spots to 1,040th following a 46-23 win over Omaha Creighton Prep
Where do Nebraska's Top 10 8-Man/6-Man football programs rank nationally?
1. St. Francis (Humphrey) (7-0) 440-26 70.9Rose 12 spots to 19th following a 50-0 win over Riverside
2. Howells-Dodge (Howells) (7-0) 280-123 68.5Jumped 1 spot to 23rd following a 28-20 win over Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
3. Cambridge (7-0) 403-150 62.1Moved up 34 spots to 39th following a 40-22 win over Dundy County-Stratton
4. Arcadia/Loup City (Arcadia) (6-1) 346-129 62.0Improved 2 spots to 41st following a 42-6 win over Amherst
5. Elm Creek (7-0) 250-64 60.1Dropped 7 spots to 53rd following a 42-16 win over Ansley/Litchfield
6. Central Valley (Greeley) (7-0) 352-121 60.0Rose 5 spots to 54th following a 44-33 win over Chambers/Wheeler Central/Ewing
7. Kenesaw (6-1) 245-81 59.8Dropped 2 spot to 57th following a 45-0 win over Blue Hill
8. Ravenna (6-1) 372-233 59.4Jumped 22 spots to 58th following a 70-30 win over Nebraska Christian
9. Wakefield (6-1) 386-166 58.6Dropped 21 spots to 61st following an 86-22 win over Winnebago
10. Fullerton (6-1) 278-182 58.4Dropped 1 spot to 63rd following a 54-14 win over Heartland
