Here are my composite ratings for the preseason. I take the OWH, LJS and Huskerland rankings and assign 10 pts for a first place team, 9 pts for second, 8 pts for third, etc. Then total the points and the top ten teams in point totals make the composite top 10.
CLASS A
1. Omaha Burke (3) - 30 pts
2. Bellevue West - 27
3. Omaha North - 23
4. Omaha Creighton Prep - 21
5. Millard North - 19
6. Millard West - 17
7. Lincoln Southeast - 10
8. Kearney - 8
9. Lincoln High - 7
10. Grand Island - 3
Contenders
Omaha Westside - 2
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CLASS B
1. Elkhorn South (3) - 30 pts
2. McCook - 26
3. Omaha Skutt - 24
4. York - 22
5. Gretna - 17
6. Elkhorn - 13
7. Beatrice - 11
8. Scottsbluff - 10
9. Norris - 8
10t. Aurora - 2
10t. Grand Island Northwest - 2
Contenders
(none)
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CLASS C1
1. David City Aquinas (2) - 29 pts
2. Norfolk Catholic (1) - 27
3t. O'Neill - 23
3t. Wahoo Neumann - 23
5t. Boys Town - 14
5t. Kearney Catholic - 14
7. Boone Central/Newman Grove - 11
8. Columbus Scotus - 10
9. Wahoo - 9
10. Fairbury - 4
Contenders
Chase County - 1
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CLASS C2
1. Battle Creek (1) - 28 pts
2t. Centennial (1) - 25
2t. Yutan (1) - 25
4. Valentine - 15
5. St. Paul - 14
6t. Oakland-Craig - 13
6t. Wilber-Clatonia - 13
8. Hartington Cedar Catholic - 12
9. Hastings St. Cecilia - 10
10. Sutton - 4
Contenders
North Platte St. Patrick's - 3; Fremont Bergan - 2; Lincoln Lutheran - 1
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CLASS D1
1. Creighton - 24 pts
2. Guardian Angels Central Catholic - 23
3t. Burwell (1) - 20
3t. Howells-Dodge (1) - 20
5. East Butler (1) - 18
6t. Chambers/Wheeler Central/Ewing - 13
6t. Perkins County - 13
8. Cambridge - 12
9. South Loup - 8
10. Elm Creek - 6
Contenders
Palmer - 5; Atkinson West Holt - 2; Neligh-Oakdale - 1
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CLASS D2
1. Falls City Sacred Heart (2) - 29 pts
2. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (1) - 28
3. Twin Loup - 23
4. Humphrey St. Francis - 21
5. Blue Hill - 17
6. Osceola - 16
7. Wynot - 12
8. Sandhills/Thedford - 7
9t. Bloomfield - 5
9t. Lawrence-Nelson - 5
Contenders
Mullen - 2
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6-MAN
1. Riverside (2) - 10 pts
2. Harvard - 8
3. Cody-Kilgore - 6
4t. Silver Lake - 2
4t. Spalding Academy - 2
Contenders
Deshler - 1; Wilcox-Hildreth - 1
