An early peek at football rankings
Posted on July 8th, 2009 – 9:27 PMBy John Millea
Yes, it’s only July and there is a lot of summer left in Minnesota. But before we know it, the state fair will be here and we’ll be on the doorstep of another prep sports year. As noted in the previous post, I attended a high school football team’s summer workout today and I might do the same on Friday before beginning a stretch of football-free vacation.
A website called PrepNation.com, whose national rankings land in my e-mailbox with regularity, is in the process of putting together state-by-state preseason football rankings. Here is PrepNation.com’s top five for our part of the world:
1. Wayzata
2. Cretin-Derham Hall
3. Eden Prairie
4. Blaine
5. Woodbury
It’s become almost an annual ritual for those top three teams to be there when rankings come out. Blaine certainly had a great playoff run last fall and Woodbury has been on the rise, but I’m not completely sure if the Bengals and Royals will be worthy of top five status this fall.
So, the topic on the table is: Who should be ranked, and why, when the football season rolls around?
You have the floor …
4 Responses to "An early peek at football rankings"
Won’t the Royals be affected by the opening of East Ridge? Or am I off base. As I understand it East Ridge would be essentially a split of Woodbury and Park CG.
I’m sure there will be some effect on Woodbury, but Woodbury and Park do retain all their seniors for the coming year. East Ridge won’t have a senior class. It will hurt them more in the 2010 season.
This is true. Forgot about that part.
Anytime you lose your all-star quarterback in a spread offense, like Blaine has, there will be a transition period. They still have a strong offensive and defensive line though, so they will be tough.
