NORFOLK – Here are NCN Sports Now’s high school football rankings for week 5. Voting this week: Brandon Aksamit, Hunter Arterburn, Jay Hannah, Jon Kipper, Andrew Lacy, Eric McKay, Chris Whitney and Andrew Wolff.
CLASS A
1. Omaha Burke (5-0, LW: 1)
– Last week: def. Omaha Northwest 47-8; This week: @ #8 Omaha Westside
2. Bellevue West (5-0, LW: 2)
– Last week: def. Norfolk 48-7; This week: @ Omaha South
3. Omaha North (5-0, LW: 3)
– Last week: def. #9 Grand Island 26-20; This week: vs. Lincoln East
4. Millard West (4-1, LW: 4)
– Last week: def. Papillion-La Vista South 40-6; This week: @ Omaha Bryan
5. Creighton Prep (4-1, LW: 5)
– Last week: def. Papillion-La Vista 38-21; This week: @ Papillion-La Vista South
6. Lincoln High (5-0, LW: 6)
– Last week: def. North Platte 54-14; this week: vs. Omaha Central
7. Kearney (5-0, LW: 7)
-Last week: def. Fremont 61-16; This week: @ Millard North
8. Omaha Westside (4-1, LW: 8)
-Last week: def. Omaha Central 63-7; This week: vs. #1 Omaha Burke
9. Grand Island (3-2, LW: 9)
-Last week: lost to #3 Omaha North 26-20; This week: @ Millard South
10. Lincoln Southwest (3-2, LW: 10)
-Last week: def. Omaha Bryan 56-14; This week: vs. North Platte
Also receiving votes: Millard South
CLASS B
1. Elkhorn South (5-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. Blair 59-0; This week: @ Seward
2. Gretna (5-0, LW: 3)
-Last week: def. #8 Omaha Skutt 24-7; This week: @ Bennington
3. Columbus (5-0, LW: 5)
-Last Week: def. Ralston 34-0; This week: @ #8 Omaha Skutt Catholic
4. York (4-1, LW: 8)
-Last week: def. #6 McCook 20-7; This week: vs. Sidney
5. Scottsbluff (5-0, LW: 7)
-Last week: def. Northwest 34-27; This week: vs. #6 McCook
6. McCook (4-1, LW: 3)
-Last week: lost to #4 York 20-7; This week: @ #5 Scottsbluff
7. Elkhorn (4-1, LW: 6)
-Last week: def. Crete 21-18; This week: vs. Waverly
8. Omaha Skutt Catholic (3-2, LW: 4)
-Last week: lost to #2 Gretna 24-7; This week: vs. #3 Columbus
9. Beatrice (4-1, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. Omaha Roncalli 20-14; This week: @ South Sioux City
10. Aurora (3-2, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. Gering 57-20; This week: @ Crete
Also receiving votes: Northwest, Seward
CLASS C1
1. Norfolk Catholic (5-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. Pierce 28-13; This week: @ O’Neill
2. Aquinas Catholic (5-0, LW: 2)
-Last week: def. #10 Bishop Neumann 39-14; This week: vs. David City
3. Boys Town (5-0, LW: 3)
-Last Week: def. Fort Calhoun 45-6; This week: @ #10 Bishop Neumann
4. Wayne (5-0, LW: 4)
-Last week: def. Madison 48-6; This week: @ Pierce
5. Fairbury (5-0, LW: 5)
-Last week: def. Lincoln Christian 54-0; This week: vs. Ashland-Greenwood
6. Wahoo (4-1, LW: 6)
-Last week: def. David City 63-0; This week: @ North Bend Central
7. Kearney Catholic (4-1, LW: 8)
-Last week: def. Cozad 26-14; This week: @ Mitchell
8. West Point-Beemer (5-0, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. O’Neill 41-21; This week: @ Madison
9. Boone Central/Newman Grove (3-2, LW: 10)
-Last week: def. Columbus Lakeview 35-0; This week: @ Ord
10. Bishop Neumann (3-2, LW: 10
-Last week: lost to #2 Aquinas Catholic 39-14; This week: vs. #3 Boys Town
Also receiving votes: Auburn, Chadron, Gordon-Rushville, Ord
CLASS C2
1. Wilber-Clatonia (5-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. HTRS 42-6; This week: @ Palmyra
2. Ponca (5-0, LW: 2)
-Last week: def. Crofton 42-0; This week: @ #10 Battle Creek
3. Centennial (5-0, LW: 3)
-Last Week: def. Fillmore Central 48-7; This week: vs. St. Paul
4. Hartington Cedar Catholic (5-0, LW: 4)
-Last week: def. #10 Battle Creek 21-6; This week: @ Lutheran High Northeast
5. Arcadia Loup City (5-0, LW: 6)
-Last week: def. St. Paul 30-8; This week: vs. Centura
6. Oakland-Craig (4-1, LW: 5)
-Last week: def. BRLD 28-20; This week: vs. Wisner-Pilger
7. Freeman (5-0, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. Johnson County Central 27-6; This week: @ #9 Lincoln Lutheran
8. Sutton (5-0, LW: 8)
-Last week: def. Shelby-Rising City 44-0; This week: @ Cross County
9. Lincoln Lutheran (4-1, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. Malcolm 42-7; This week: vs. #7 Freeman
T10. Battle Creek (3-2, LW: 6)
-Last week: lost to #4 Hartington Cedar Catholic 21-6; This week: vs. #2 Ponca
T10. Valentine (3-2, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. North Platte St. Patrick’s 12-6, This week: @ Hershey
Also receiving votes: Logan View
CLASS D1
1. Creighton (4-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. Hartington-Newcastle 54-8; This week: @ Niobrara/Verdigre
2. Guardian Angels Central Catholic (5-0, LW: 2)
-Last week: def. Omaha Nation 62-8; This week: BYE
3. Burwell (4-0, LW: 3)
-Last Week: def. CWCE 28-20; This week: vs. West Holt
4. South Loup (4-0, LW: 4)
-Last week: DNP; This week: vs. Ravenna
5. Howells-Dodge (4-0, LW: 6)
-Last week: def. Neligh-Oakdale 46-12; This week: vs. Elgin Public/Pope John
6. Kenesaw (4-0, LW: 7)
-Last week: def. Thayer Central 77-18; This week: vs. Franklin
7. Heartland (4-0, LW: 5)
-Last week: def. McCool Juntion 56-26; This week: vs. Thayer Central
8. Medicine Valley (5-0, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. Alma 50-14; This week: @ Southwest
9. Nebraska Lutheran (4-0, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. Nebraska Christian 50-22; This week: @ #10 East Butler
10. East Butler (3-1, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. Clarkson/Leigh 28-8; This week: vs. #9 Nebraska Lutheran
Also receiving votes: Clearwater-Orchard, CWCE, Diller-Odell, Perkins County, Wakefield
CLASS D2
1. Falls City Sacred Heart (4-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. Mead 60-0; This week: @ Meridian
2. BDS (4-0, LW: 2)
-Last week: def. Pawnee City 74-0; This week: @ Pawnee City
3. Twin Loup (4-0, LW: 3)
-Last Week: def. North Central 56-26; This week: vs. Sterling
4. Humphrey St. Francis (4-0, LW: 4)
-Last week: DNP; This week: vs. Scribner-Snyder
5. Blue Hill (4-0, LW: 5)
-Last week: def. Axtell 57-20; This week: vs. #8 Lawrence-Nelson
T6. Mullen (5-0, LW: 6)
-Last week: def. Garden County 56-32; This week: vs. Crawford
T6. Bloomfield (4-0, LW: 7)
-Last week: def. Elkhorn Valley 76-8; This week: vs. North Central
8. Lawrence-Nelson (4-0, LW: 8)
-Last week: def. Giltner 44-36; This week: @ #5 Blue Hill
9. Fullerton (5-0, LW: 9)
-Last week: def. Scribner-Snyder 54-6; This week: @ Osceola
10. Friend (3-1, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. Exeter-Milligan 48-0; This week: vs. Mead
Also receiving votes: Paxton, Wynot
SIX-MAN
1. Riverside (4-0, LW: 1)
-Last week: def. Elba 84-0; This week: @ Santee
2. Harvard (4-0, LW: 2)
-Last week: def. #5 Deshler 32-20; This week: vs. Elwood
3. Cody-Kilgore (4-0, LW: 4)
-Last week: def. Hyannis 37-34; This week: vs. Sioux County
4. Spalding Academy (5-0, LW: NR)
-Last week: def. Heartland Lutheran 53-6; This week: @ Elba
5. Deshler (3-1, LW: 3)
-Last week: lost to #2 Harvard 32-20; This week: @ Red Cloud
