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Here are your Southwest Missouri high school football power rankings after Week 7

Wyatt D. Wheeler, Springfield News-Leader
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Our high school football power rankings following the seventh week of the 2023 regular season are here.

News-Leader reporter Wyatt Wheeler ranked more than 50 teams in southwest Missouri before cutting the list down to 25. The following five teams who barely missed the cut will be listed alphabetically as teams that are on the outside looking in.

Among the considered factors in the rankings:

  • Watching the teams play

  • Previous rankings

  • Previous results

  • Season success

  • Conversations

Note that rankings don't necessarily mean a Class 1 team ranked higher than a Class 6 team would beat them head-to-head, but the rankings show dominance by class.

Here are the rankings after the seventh week of the year.

More: Week 7 Southwest Missouri high school football takeaways and scores

Images of Rolla's visit to Kickapoo in Springfield on October 6th, 2023.
Images of Rolla's visit to Kickapoo in Springfield on October 6th, 2023.

Southwest Missouri Top 25 after Week 7

1. Seneca (7-0) (Previous Week: 1) Beat East Newton 50-14. Week 8 vs. McDonald County.

2. Lebanon (7-0) (PW: 2) Beat West Plains 52-14. Week 8 vs. Camdenton.

3. Nixa (7-0) (PW: 4) Beat Willard 47-14. Week 8 @ Republic.

4. Ava (7-0) (PW: 3) Beat Thayer 58-24. Week 8 vs. Cabool.

5. Lamar (6-1) (PW: 5) Beat Nevada 14-0. Week 8 vs. Cassville.

6. Marionville (7-0) (PW: 7) Beat Sarcoxie 42-6. Week 8 vs. Ash Grove.

7. Nevada (6-1) (PW: 6) Lost to Lamar 14-0. Week 8 @ Monett.

8. Republic (6-1) (PW: 9) Beat Branson 35-25. Week 8 vs. Nixa.

9. Fair Grove (7-0) (PW: 10) Beat Buffalo 57-14. Week 8 vs. Clever.

10. Reeds Spring (5-2) (PW: 11) Beat Aurora 26-12. Week 8 @ Logan-Rogersville.

More: How Marionville football built itself into a sustainable area power

11. Camdenton (6-1) (PW: 12) Beat Hillcrest 35-14. Week 8 @ Lebanon.

12. Mount Vernon (6-1) (PW: 13) Beat Hollister 56-13. Week 8 vs. Marshfield.

13. Webb City (5-2) (PW: 8) Lost to Carthage 20-13. Week 8 vs. Neosho.

14. Kickapoo (6-1) (PW: 14) Beat Rolla 45-6. Week 8 vs. Glendale.

15. McDonald County (4-3) (PW: 15) Beat Monett 45-14. Week 8 @ Seneca.

16. Joplin (4-3) (PW: 17) Beat Carl Junction 37-13. Week 8 vs. Carthage.

17. Logan-Rogersville (4-3) (PW: 23) Beat Marshfield 41-19. Week 8 vs. Reeds Spring.

18. Houston (4-3) (PW: 21) Beat Willow Springs 69-15. Week 8 vs. Mountain Grove.

19. Forsyth (6-1) (PW: 25) Beat Strafford 42-28. Week 8 vs. Butler.

20. Carthage (4-3) (PW: NR) Beat Webb City 20-13. Week 8 @ Joplin.

More: Southwest Missouri's top high school football performers of Week 7

21. Ash Grove (6-1) (PW: 20) Beat Clever 28-20. Week 8 @ Marionville.

22. Willard (3-4) (PW: 18) Lost to Nixa 47-14. Week 8 vs. Carl Junction.

23. Bolivar (5-2) (PW: 19) Beat Waynesville 42-29. Week 8 @ Hillcrest.

24. Cassville (4-3) (PW: 22) Beat Catholic 42-0. Week 8 @ Lamar.

25. Mountain View (4-3) (PW: NR) Beat Cabool 24-20. Week 8 vs. Salem.

Dropped out: Sarcoxie (16), Strafford (24)

Outside looking in (alphabetical): Diamond, Glendale, Sarcoxie, Strafford, West Plains

Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or X at @WyattWheeler_NL. He's also the host of the weekly "Wyatt's World Podcast" on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcasting platforms

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