Streaming on Strib Varsity on Thursday and Friday are five games worth a watch.

Maple Grove and Minnetonka faced off in last year’s Class 6A high school state title game at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Gophers recruit Luke Ryerse kicked a 56-yard field goal, second-longest in state history, and Cedric Tomes scored on two runs and a pass. Chanhassen, Mankato West, Minnetonka and Totino-Grace also took big victories.

With several teams still undefeated, though, there’s little movement in the class-by-class rankings.

No. 2 state-ranked Moorhead and its juggernaut offense averaging more than 50 points per game makes the 100 or so mile trip down Interstate 94 to play at No. 1 Alexandria and its wealth of athletic talent.

The assignment is to produce a state football ranking that crosses classes. Complicating that — or making it more intriguing? — is that it is very difficult for smaller schools to keep up in the numbers game.

David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen have missed on a single prediction this season, but only one can be right about this week’s big Class 6A game.

The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Jim Paulsen produced his annual list, complete with college plans and this time including players from outside the Twin Cities.