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Minnesota’s high school football class-by-class state poll for Week 4

In the only change at the top, Elk River took over at No. 1 in Class 5A.

Quarterback Levi Harris leads the new No. 1 team in Class 5A football. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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By Jim Paulsen

The Minnesota Star Tribune

Polls are compiled by Minnesota Star Tribune Strib Varsity reporter Jim Paulsen. Voting is by members of the Minnesota media.

The voters: Randy Shaver, Strib Varsity; Joe Brown, West Central Tribune; Pat Ruff, Rochester Post Bulletin; Jace Frederick, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Steve Thomson, WCCO Radio; Jamey Malcomb, Duluth News Tribune; Reagan Hoverman, Duluth News Tribune; Gary Giombetti, Mesabi Daily News; Andy Rennecke, St. Cloud Live; Brian Jerzak, formerly of PrepRedZone.com; Marcus Fuller, Strib Varsity; Jim Paulsen, Strib Varsity.

One voter did not vote this week.

Football state polls

First-place votes in parentheses, followed by record, total points, previous ranking

Class 6A

1. Maple Grove (10), 3-0, 108, 1

2. Minnetonka (1), 3-0, 98, 2

3. Forest Lake, 3-0, 73, 6

4. Shakopee, 3-0, 68, 3

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Others receiving votes: Stillwater 15, Rosemount 8, Champlin Park 5, Andover 3, Mounds View 1.

Class 5A

1. Elk River (5), 3-0, 100, 2

2. Chanhassen (4), 3-0, 83, 1

3. St. Thomas Academy (1), 3-0, 78, 3t

4. Mankato East, 3-0, 74, 3t

5. Spring Lake Park (1), 3-0, 61, 6

6. Mahtomedi, 3-0, 46, 5

7. Chaska, 3-0, 44, 8

8. Robbinsdale Armstrong, 3-0, 39, 9

9. Brainerd, 3-0, 29, 10

10. Alexandria, 2-1, 14, unranked

Others receiving votes: Tartan 13, Northfield 10, Cretin-Derham Hall 5, Waconia 5, Rochester Mayo 3, Two Rivers 1.

Class 4A

1. Byron (8), 3-0, 100, 1

2. Marshall (1), 3-0, 90, 2

3. Kasson-Mantorville (1), 3-0, 75, 5

4. Fergus Falls, 3-0, 73, 6t

5. Hermantown, 3-0, 69, 4

6. Zimmerman (1), 3-0, 51, 9

7. Orono, , 2-1, 41, 8

8. SMB, 3-0, 28, unranked

9. (tie) Stewartville, 2-1, 26, 3

9. (tie) North Branch, 3-0, 26, unranked

Others receiving votes: South St. Paul 16, Rocori 6, Hill-Murray 3, Winona 2, Grand Rapids 1, Holy Angels 1

Class 3A

1. Annandale (6), 3-0, 106, 1

2. Albany (3), 3-0, 93, 2

3. Pequot Lakes (1), 3-0, 77, 3

4. Waseca (1), 3-0, 58, 7t

5. Holy Family, 3-0, 52, 5t

6. Minneapolis North, 3-0, 50, 5t

7. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 3-0, 49, 7t

8. Pierz, 3-0, 38, 10

9. Pine Island, 3-0, 25, unranked

10. Fairmont, 2-1, 18, 4

Others receiving votes: St. Croix Lutheran 15, Luverne 9, Breck 5, Concordia Academy 4, Litchfield 3, Brooklyn Center 1, Albert Lea 1.

Class 2A

1. Jackson County Central (9), 3-0, 107, 1

2. Chatfield (2), 3-0, 82, 3

3. Holdingford, 3-0, 76, 2

4. Staples-Motley, 3-0, 59, 4

5. Moose Lake-Willow River 3-0, 57, 6

6. Pillager, 3-0, 46, unranked

7. Goodhue, 3-0, 44, 8t

8. Osakis, 3-0, 39, 7

9. Redwood Valley, 3-0, 33, 10

10. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 3-0, 27, unranked

Others receiving votes: Le Sueur-Henderson 13, Barnesville 8, Rochester Lourdes 7, Eden Valley-Watkins 4, Aitkin 2, St. Cloud Cathedral 2.

Class 1A

1. Minneota (10), 3-0, 106, 1

2. Springfield, 3-0, 90, 3

3. Mahnomen/Waubun, 3-0, 79, 2

4. Fillmore Central (1), 3-0, 63, 4

5. Dawson-Boyd, 3-0, 60, 5

6. Mountain Iron-Buhl, 3-0, 46, 6

7. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, 3-0, 44, 9

8. Cleveland, 3-0, 43, 7

9. Deer River, 3-0, 30, unranked

10. Red Lake County, 3-0, 26, unranked

Others receiving votes: Breckenridge 14, Ottertail Central 12, Barnum 5, Bagley 1, Nevis 1.

Nine-player

1. Hills-Beaver Creek (8), 3-0, 66, 1

2. Kingsland (2), 3-0, 85, 3

3. Kittson County Central, 3-0, 73, 5

4. Wabasso (1), 3-0, 49, 8

5. Edgerton, 3-0, 47, 7

6. Mille Lacs, 3-0, 44, unranked

7. Red Rock Central, 3-0, 44, 9t,

8. Hillcrest Lutheran, 3-0, 38, 9t

9. Mabel-Canton, 3-0, 34, unranked

10. Fosston, 3-0, 32, unranked

Others receiving votes: Bertha-Hewitt 29, Spring Grove 12, Cook County 7, Cromwell-Wright 3, Houston 3.

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