Edina coach Jason Potts and Mounds View coach Aaron Moberg called in to chat with Shaver after their teams upset Minnetonka and Forest Lake.

Class 6A’s Maple Grove stands alone as a unanimous top pick in the seven football classes.

The seven top-10s got shaken up, but there’s nothing shaky about the No. 1 teams.

The list begins with a handful of undefeated squads still left out — Kasson-Mantorville, Minneapolis North, North Branch, Waseca and Albert Lea — but angling for more attention.

The top teams in the other classes stayed put in this week’s class-by-class polls.

The class-by-class state rankings ahead of Week 4’s games otherwise stayed firm at their peak.

The Bluejays, with North Dakota State commit Deron Russell, and the Cardinals faced off in a Strib Varsity livestream Friday at 7 p.m.

Minneapolis North is off to its best start since 2022, when it finished 9-1. The Polars are tied for No. 5 in Class 3A with Holy Family.

Strib Varsity football writer Jim Paulsen started with quarterbacks, because it’s football, but his list hits every position and shows every college commitment.

Randy Shaver and Strib Varsity reporters reveal our Preseason Dream Team. Watch it here: