Sunday, August 8, 2010

Olathe North ranked in Prepnation.com Poll

Prepnation.com has become the "go to" source for high school football rankings in recent years. They recently released their 2010 Preseason National Prep Poll, including rankings in all six of their designated regions. Olathe North was the only Sunflower League team to sneak into the Midlands rankings, but there are also quite a few schools in the area who made it.

Prepnation.com Preseason Midlands Region Rankings
(2009 records in parenthesis, local teams in bold)

1. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (13-1)
2. Denver, Colo., Mullen (14-0)
3. Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst (9-3)
4. Sandy, Utah, Alta (10-3)
5. Eden Prairie, Minn. (12-1)
6. Blue Springs, Mo. (12-2)
7. Webster Groves, Mo. (13-0)
8. Hutchinson, Kan. (13-0)
9. Omaha, Neb., Millard South (13-0)
10. Iowa City, Iowa, City High (14-0)
11. Florissant, Mo., Hazelwood Central (13-1)
12. Provo, Utah, Timpview (11-2)
13. Gardner, Kan., Gardner-Edgerton (12-1)
14. Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata (9-2)
15. Kaysville, Utah, Davis (10-3)
16. Parker, Colo., Chaparral (8-3)
17. Minnetonka, Minn. (8-3)
18. Arvada, Colo., West (11-2)
19. Creve Coeur, Mo., DeSmet (12-1)
20. West Des Moines, Iowa, Dowling Catholic (12-1)
21. Aurora, Colo., Grandview (6-5)
22. Littleton, Colo., Columbine (8-4)
23. Eagle, Idaho (11-1)
24. Murray, Utah, Cottonwood (8-4)
25. Olathe, Kan., North (13-0)

In terms of Prepnation's national top 100 rankings, Rockhurst came in at #53 and Blue Springs at #92.

Here is a list of some of the best poll positions of Sunflower League teams since 1996. A few things to note: From 1996 through 2006 Prepnation.com's preseason rankings only included 10 teams in each region. In 2007, the preseason list expanded to 25 teams per region. The only Sunflower League team to have achieved the #1 ranking in the Midlands Region since 1996 was Olathe North in 2004. The parenthesis represent which week the team peaked at the ranking.

1996: Olathe North #2 Midlands Region (Final Rankings)

1997: Olathe North #3 Midlands Region (Final Rankings)

2000: Olathe North #4 Midlands Region, #20 Nationally (Final Rankings)

2001: Olathe North #4 Midlands Region, #25 Nationally (Final Rankings)

2002: Olathe North #4 Midlands Region, #24 Nationally (Final Rankings)

2003: Olathe North #9 Midlands Region (Final Rankings)

2004: Olathe North #1 Midlands Region, #24 Nationally (Week 15)

2005: Olathe East #8 Midlands Region (Week 15); Olathe South #8 Midlands Region (Week 11)

2006: SM West #3 Midlands Region (Week 15)

2007: Olathe South #23 Midlands Region (Preseason)

2008: Olathe East #9 Midlands Region (Week 12)

2009: Olathe North #9 Midlands Region (Final Rankings)

2010: Olathe North #25 Midlands Region (Preseason Rankings - in progress)

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