The Minnesota Top 25

1. Maple Grove: The Crimson pulled away from host Stillwater in a 37-17 victory. James Engle Jr. carried 24 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns.

2. Minnetonka: Caleb Francois rushed for 178 yards in a 41-0 win over East Ridge.

3. Shakopee: The Sabers’ highly touted defense posted a 41-0 shutout at Eagan.

4. Edina: Mason West passed for 207 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-21 win at Hopkins. Chase Bjorgaard rushed for 191 yards and two touchdowns.

5. Forest Lake: Mack Jurkovich rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown in the Rangers’ 21-18 victory over Prior Lake at Forest Lake.

6. Moorhead: The Spuds put up a 29-point third quarter in a 48-10 victory over Rogers and produced 346 yards of total offense.

7. Elk River (5A): A touchdown with 3:48 left gave the Elks a 50-42 victory over Bemidji at Bemidji State. Elk River rushed for 499 yards, getting 172 from Braedon Becker and 159 from Carsyn Kleffman.

8. Chanhassen (5A): Michael McDowell kicked a 29-yard field goal with 2.6 seconds left for a 24-22 home victory over Alexandria.

9. Wayzata: Thor Soukup passed for two TDs and ran for one, but Andover won 44-20 at Wayzata.

10. Mankato West (5A): A rally fell short, and West lost 21-19 at Mahtomedi. Osborne Lorenz’s two fourth-quarter touchdown passes made it close.

11. Andover: Quarterback Joseph Mapson rushed for 273 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-20 victory at Wayzata.

12. Eden Prairie: The Eagles led by 35 at halftime of a 49-21 home victory over Anoka.

13. Becker (4A): Orono won 21-0 and stalled Becker coach Dwight Lundeen at 413 victories over 56 years at the school.

14. Prior Lake: The Lakers gave up 193 rushing yards to Forest Lake in a 21-18 loss.

15. Blaine: The Bengals broke a fourth-quarter tie with a 19-yard TD run by Jameson Niska with 8:30 remaining and defeated Lakeville North 21-14.

16. East Ridge: A 41-0 loss to Minnetonka came at a cost. QB Cedric Tomes, who is committed to the Gophers for basketball, left the game early with a broken finger on his left hand.

17. Orono (4A): Senior quarterback Griffin Mauer made his first career start for Orono, rushing for a touchdown and throwing for one in a 21-0 victory over Becker.

18. Mankato East (5A): The Cougars pulled off a 28-7 victory over Owatonna.

19. Stillwater: The Ponies trailed No. 1 Maple Grove by only a touchdown early in the fourth quarter before slipping to a 37-17 loss.

20. St. Thomas Academy (5A): For the fifth year in a row, the Cadets defeated Cretin-Derham Hall, pulling away in the third quarter and winning 27-14.

21. Eagan: The Wildcats, trying to build on their success of last season, instead got rolled 41-0 by Shakopee.

22. Jackson County Central (2A): The only Class 2A team on this list cruised 61-25 over Maple River.

23. Rocori (4A): QB Max Fredin went 31-for-46 for 273 passing yards in a 28-7 victory at Totino-Grace.

24. Cretin-Derham Hall (5A): St. Thomas Academy senior running back Dominic Baez made it tough on the Raiders in a 27-14 Cadets victory.

25. Hermantown (4A): The Hawks rolled 52-7 over Duluth Denfeld.