Nebraska High School Associated Press Football Rankings (9/8)

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CLASS A
1. Millard West (2-0)
2. Bellevue West (2-0)
3. Omaha Westside (1-1)
4. Grand Island (2-0)
5. Omaha Central (2-0)
6. Millard North (1-1)
7. Norfolk (2-0)
8. Papillion-LaVista South (1-1)
9. Omaha Creighton Prep (1-1)
10. Omaha Burke (1-1)

Also Receiving Votes
Millard South, Omaha North

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CLASS B
1. Omaha Skutt (2-0)
2. Elkhorn South (2-0)
3. Gretna (2-0)
4. Elkhorn (2-0)
5. McCook (2-0)
6. Scottsbluff (2-0)
7. York (2-0)
8. Aurora (2-0)
9. Sidney (2-0)
10. Waverly (1-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Beatrice, Plattsmouth

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CLASS C1
1. Norfolk Catholic (2-0)
2. Columbus Scotus (2-0)
3. Wahoo Neumann (2-0)
4. Pierce (2-0)
5. Boys Town (2-0)
6. Ashland-Greenwood (1-1)
7. Wahoo (1-1)
8. Ogallala (2-0)
9. Boone Central/Newman Grove (1-1)
10. Chase County (2-0)

Others Receiving Votes
Broken Bow, Holdrege, Kearney Catholic, Wilber-Clatonia

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CLASS C2
1. Hastings St. Cecilia (2-0)
2. Battle Creek (2-0)
3. Sutton (2-0)
4. David City Aquinas (1-1)
5. Doniphan-Trumbull (2-0)
6. Gibbon (2-0)
7. Lutheran High Northeast (2-0)
8. Oakland-Craig (1-1)
9. Stanton (1-1)
10. Hartington Cedar Catholic (1-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Fremont Bergan, North Platte St. Patrick's, Yutan

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CLASS D1
1. Guardian Angels Central Catholic (1-0)
2. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (2-0)
3. Hemingford (1-0)
4. Howells-Dodge (1-0)
5. Creighton (1-0)
6. Perkins County (1-0)
7. Neligh-Oakdale (1-0)
8. Amherst (1-0)
9. Burwell (1-0)
10. East Butler (2-0)

Others Receiving Votes
Blue Hill, Heartland

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CLASS D2
1. Humphrey St. Francis (1-0)
2. Anselmo-Merna (1-0)
3. Giltner (1-0)
4. Exeter-Milligan (1-0)
5. Falls City Sacred Heart (1-1)
6. Stuart (1-0)
7. Garden County (1-0)
8. Sandhills/Thedford (1-0)
9. Chambers/Wheeler Central (1-0)
10. Bertrand (2-0)

Others Receiving Votes
Johnson-Brock, Kenesaw, Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Osceola

 

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Who makes up the AP?

 

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It's a formula that combines the polls from the Omaha and Lincoln papers and then also has a local newspaper "expert' for each class that also provides input. Those raters are:

Class A: Dale Miller, Grand Island Independent
Class B: Jeff Fielder, Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Class C1: Tom Behmer, Norfolk Daily News
Class C2: Brent Wasinius, Fremont Tribune
Class D1: Andrew Bottrell, North Platte Telegraph
Class D2: Nick Blasnitz, Hastings Tribune