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Football Coaches Poll: 9.11.22

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Each week during the high school football season select coaches from the seven Nebraska classes rated the teams in their class. Here are the 2022 ratings after Week 3, presented by Tom Dinsdale Automotive.

Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 

1. Omaha Westside (3-0), 1

2. Gretna (3-0), 3

3. Bellevue West (3-1), 2

4. Elkhorn South (3-0), 4

5. Omaha North (2-1), 6

6. Creighton Prep (1-3), 5

7. Millard South (1-2), 7

8. Kearney (3-0), 9

9. Millard North (2-1), NR

10. Lincoln Southwest (3-0), RV

Notes: Southwest and Millard North jump in after wins over Papio and Millard South. Westside stakes its claim to the top spot with win over Bellevue West. Big game: Gretna travels to Millard South. Receiving Votes: Grand Island (2-1), 10; Papillion-La Vista South (3-1), 8

Class B (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Omaha Gross Catholic (3-0), 3

2. Bennington (3-0), 1

3. Blair (3-0), 4

4. Scottsbluff (2-1), 2

5. Elkhorn (2-1), 5

6. Waverly (2-1), 8

7. Skutt Catholic (2-1), 6

8. Elkhorn North (3-0), 10

9. York (2-1), 9

10. Lincoln Pius X (2-1), 7

Notes: Gross vaults to the top with big win over Elkhorn and creates a reshuffling of the top-four. Their reward is a game with No. 3 Blair this Friday that could create even more shuffling. Big game, No. 2: After Blair and Gross, No. 4 Scottsbuff will travel to No. 9 York. Receiving Votes: Seward (2-1), NR

Class C-1 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Aurora (3-0), 1

2. Pierce (3-0), 2

3. Ashland-Greenwood (2-1), 4

4. Omaha Roncalli Catholic (3-0), 5

5. McCook (3-0), 3

6. Adams Central (2-1), 7

7. Boone Central (2-1), 6

8. Platteview (3-0), RV

9. Wahoo (1-2), RV

10. Columbus Scotus (2-1), RV

Notes: Top dog Aurora has defeated Class B Northwest and No. 3 and No.7 in the current poll. A win on Friday would be over No. 8 Platteview. The question will be who challenges the Huskies? Most think it’s the winner of Friday’s game in Pierce. Big game: No. 4 Roncalli travels to No. 2 Pierce. Receiving Votes: Minden (2-1), NR; DC West (3-0), RV; Central City (2-1), NR

Class C-2 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Norfolk Catholic (3-0), 1

2. Hartington Cedar Catholic (3-0), 2

3. Hastings St. Cecilia (3-0), 4

4. Ord (2-1), 5

5. Wahoo Neumann (3-0), 7

6. Battle Creek (2-1), 3

7. Malcolm (3-0), 8

8. Mitchell (3-0), NR

9. Oakland-Craig (1-2), 6

10. Fillmore Central (3-0), 8

Notes: Norfolk Catholic has taken on all comers and survived. Malcolm with a big overtime win over Oakland-Craig on Friday and Ord bounces back from a loss to NC with a win over Battle Creek. Big game: Hastings St. Cecilia travels to Bishop Neumann. Receiving Votes: Valentine (3-0), NR; Kearney Catholic (2-1), 9

Eight Man-1 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. North Platte St. Patrick’s (4-0), 1

2. Cross County (3-0), 2

3. Stanton (3-0), 6

4. Neligh-Oakdale (2-1), 3

5. Clarkson/Leigh (3-0), 5

6. Thayer Central (3-0), 9

7. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (3-0), 7

8. Riverside (3-1), RV

9. Palmyra (3-0), NR

10. Wisner-Pilger (2-1), 10

Notes: St. Pat’s and Cross County have been very solid early, but a bit unknown after that. Palmyra with an impressive win over Elmwood-Murdock to enter the ratings. Riverside returns. Big game: Off the win, Palmyra travels to Hebron for a date with Thayer Central. Receiving Votes: Elmwood-Murdock (2-1), 4; Ravenna (3-0), NR

Eight Man-2 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Howells-Dodge (3-0), 1

2. Dundy County Stratton (3-0), 2

3. Hitchcock County (3-0), 3

4. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (3-0), 4

5. Elgin Public/Pope John (3-0), 6

6. Kenesaw (3-0), 7

7. Falls City Sacred Heart (2-1), 9

8. Johnson-Brock (3-0), NR

9. Osceola (2-1), 5

10. Bloomfield (3-0), RV

Notes: Defending D-1 champion Howells-Dodge looks the part of a title contender with DCS and Hitchcock County chasing in a class full of unbeatens. Big game: Unbeatens HTRS and No. 8 Johnson-Brock square off on the field turf in Johnson. Receiving Votes: Sandhills/Thedford (2-1), 8; Central Valley (3-0), NR; Lawrence-Nelson (2-1), RV; Humphrey St. Francis (1-2), NR; Wynot (2-1), 10

Six Man (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Potter-Dix (3-0), 1

2. Arthur County (3-0), 3

3. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (3-0), 4

4. Parkview Christian (1-1), 2

5. Pawnee City (2-0), 8

6. Red Cloud (2-0), 9

7. Cody-Kilgore (2-1), 5

8. Shelton (2-0), 10

9. Sterling (3-0), 6

10. Wilcox-Hildreth (2-0), NR

Notes: Potter-Dix sure looks the part, scoring 85, 91 and 65 in three outings while giving up just 26 total. SEM escaped Parkview Christian 20-16 in Lincoln on Friday afternoon. Big game: No. 2 Arthur County at Hay Springs on Thursday. Receiving Votes: Hay Springs (1-1), RV; Garden County (2-1), RV

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