Five teams in the Post-Crescent coverage area are in the WIAA football playoffs. Who's close to joining them?

With Week 7 of the high school football season this week, here is a look at teams that have qualified for the WIAA postseason and those on the verge of doing so.

A team must have a winning record in conference play to guarantee a spot in the playoffs. The lists below take that into account and do not include instances where a team can be .500 or below and still make the postseason depending on how the brackets unfold.

They're in

Fox Valley Lutheran (5-1, 4-0 North Eastern Conference): Foxes share top spot in NEC with Luxemburg-Casco and finish season at Wrightstown, then home against Luxemburg-Casco and Freedom.

Kimberly (5-0, 4-0 Fox Valley Association): Papermakers sit alone atop FVA and finish regular season against Neenah, at Kaukauna and at Appleton North.

Menasha (5-1, 4-0 Fox River Classic Conference-South): Bluejays tied atop FRCC-South with Notre Dame. Finish season at Notre Dame, home against Sheboygan North and at Green Bay Southwest.

Weyauwega-Fremont (6-0, 4-0 CWC-Large): Warhawks tied atop conference with Stratford and Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Finish season at Amherst, then at home against Stratford and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.

Xavier (5-1, 4-0 Bay): The Hawks are alone atop the Bay and finish the regular season vs. Shawano and Winneconne and at New London.

Need one more conference win

Appleton North (5-1, 3-1 FVA): Lightning finish season at Kaukauna, at Appleton East and at home against Kimberly.

Clintonville (3-5, 3-1 Northwoods): Truckers play at Oconto Falls, at home against Coleman and at Tomahawk to end the regular season.

Hortonville (4-2, 3-1 Valley Football Association): Polar Bears finish season at D.C. Everest, at home against Wausau West and at Marshfield.

Kaukauna (5-1, 3-1 FVA): Ghosts finish season at Appleton North, then home against Kimberly and Appleton East.

Neenah (5-1, 3-1 FVA): Rockets finish season at Kimberly, at home against Fond du Lac and at Oshkosh North.

Winneconne (4-2, 3-1 Bay): Wolves finish at home against Seymour, at Xavier and hosting Waupaca.

Wrightstown (5-1, 3-1 North Eastern): Tigers finish regular season playing top teams in the NEC. They host Fox Valley Lutheran this week before games at Little Chute and home against Luxemburg-Casco.

Need two more conference wins

Little Chute (4-2, 2-2 North Eastern): Mustangs close regular season at Freedom before home games against Wrightstown and Denmark.

Need to win out

Appleton East (2-4, 1-3 FVA): Patriots finish season at Oshkosh West, at home against Appleton North and at Kaukauna.

Brillion (2-4, 1-3 Eastern Wisconsin): Lions finish regular season vs. Chilton, at Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Christian and home against Valders.

Chilton (2-4, 1-3 Eastern Wisconsin): Tigers complete regular season at Brillion, home against Roncalli and at Two Rivers.

New London (2-4, 1-3 Bay): Bulldogs are home against Waupaca and at Shawano before hosting Xavier.

Seymour (1-5, 1-3 Bay): Thunder are at Winneconne, at Waupaca and home against Shawano.

Shiocton (1-5, 1-3 CWC-Large): The Chiefs finish their season at home against Manawa, at Wittenberg-Birnamwood and at Nekoosa.

St. Mary Catholic (2-4, 1-3 Trailways): Zephyrs close regular season at home vs. Randolph and Oshkosh Lourdes then at Cambria-Friesland.

Waupaca (1-5, 1-3 Bay): Comets are at New London, home against Seymour and at Winneconne to finish the season.

Vote for the top athlete: Top volleyball players, high-scoring football stars and a soccer hat trick: Vote for Cellcom Post-Crescent high school athlete of the week

Papermakers tops in Associated Press football poll

Here is this week's Associated Press high school football poll. The poll includes first-place votes in parentheses, season record and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers. Teams are arranged in three divisions of equal size based on current enrollments:

Large Division: 1, Kimberly (9) 5-0 94; 2, Kettle Moraine (1) 6-0 85; 3, Muskego 6-0 77; 4, Waunakee 6-0 73; 5, Franklin 6-0 64; 6, Sussex Hamilton 6-0 49; 7, Mukwonago 5-1 38; 8, Verona 5-1 18; 9, Middleton 5-1 13; 10, Mount Horeb/ Barneveld 6-0 12. Others receiving votes: Neenah 7, Appleton North 7, Badger 4, Stevens Point 3, New Richmond 3, Kaukauna 2, Racine Case 1.

Medium Division: 1, Columbus (7) 6-0 96; 2, Port Washington (3) 6-0, 73; 3, Lodi 6-0 73; 4, Two Rivers 6-0 60; 5, Plymouth 6-0 57; 6, Catholic Memorial 4-2 45; 7, Green Bay Notre Dame 5-1 32; 8, Baldwin-Woodville 5-1 15; 9, Kewaunee 6-0 14; 10, Appleton Xavier 5-1 13. Others receiving votes: Winnebago Lutheran 10, Platteville 9, Luxemburg-Casco 6, Brodhead/Juda 6, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6, Southern Door 5, Ellsworth 5, Rice Lake 3, Westby 2, Wisconsin Lutheran 1, Racine St. Catherine's 1.

Small Division: 1, Kenosha St. Joseph's (6) 6-0 87; 2, St. Mary's Springs (3) 6-0 86; 3, Cashton 6-0 75; 4, La Crosse Aquinas (1) 5-1 69; 5, Marshall 6-0 54; 6, Edgar 5-1 49; 7, Bangor 5-1 42; 8, Pepin/Alma 6-0 33; 9, Auburndale 6-0 19; 10, Boyceville 6-0 10. Others receiving votes: Weyauwega-Fremont 7, Spring Valley 6, Darlington 4, Lancaster 4, Colby 3, Mondovi 2.

Appleton North, Xavier lead area teams in girls volleyball rankings

Here are the latest girls rankings by the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association.

Division 1: 1, Divine Savior Holy Angels 28-0; 2, Oconomowoc 27-3; 3, Appleton North 21-5; 4, Manitowoc Lincoln 15-6; 5, Sussex Hamilton 17-6; 6, Waunakee 23-7; 7, Hartland Arrowhead 12-11; 8, Oak Creek 25-6; 9, Mukwonago 19-7; 10, Bay Port 11-1.

Division 2: 1, Appleton Xavier 29-2; 2, Fox Valley Lutheran 28-6; 3, Pewaukee 22-5; 4, Luxemburg-Casco 21-6; 5, McFarland 21-6; 6, Bloomer 21-4; 7, Sauk Prairie 24-4; 8, Madison Edgewood 12-7; 9, Shawano 26-2; 10, Oconto Falls 22-7.

Division 3: 1, St. Croix Falls 19-1; 2, Howards Grove 13-2; 3, McDonnell Central 27-4; 4, Laconia 21-0; 5, Lake Country Lutheran 16-8; 6, Barron 16-3; 7, Cuba City 12-2; 8, Stratford 18-6; 9, St. Mary Catholic 15-3; 10, Webster 14-2.

Division 4: 1, Columbus Catholic 25-3; 2, Royall 17-2; 3, Newman Catholic 20-10; 4, Prentice 27-7; 5, Athens 17-6; 6, Barneveld 16-2; 7, Wabeno/Laona 22-5; 8, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 14-3; 9, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 14-6; 10, Wonewoc-Center 15-0.

CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT: Thanks to our subscribers for making this coverage possible. Be sure to download our app on the App Store or Google Play. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Newsletters

This article originally appeared on Appleton Post-Crescent: Here's the high school football playoff qualifiers, contenders