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Here are your Southwest Missouri high school football power rankings after Week 9

wyatt d. wheeler, springfield news-leader
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Our high school football power rankings following the ninth 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 ninth week of the year. These are our final power rankings until we rank each team in the area once the area's postseason concludes.

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Southwest Missouri Top 25 after 2023 regular season

1. Seneca (9-0) (Previous Week: 1) Beat Nevada 40-36.

2. Lebanon (9-0) (PW: 2) Beat Rolla 42-10.

3. Nixa (9-0) (PW: 3) Beat Ozark 51-7.

4. Ava (9-0) (PW: 4) Beat Willow Springs 73-0.

5. Lamar (9-0) (PW: 5) Beat Hollister 49-7.

6. Marionville (9-0) (PW: 6) Beat Miller 57-0.

7. Nevada (7-2) (PW: 7) Lost to Seneca 40-36.

8. Republic (7-2) (PW: 8) Beat Carl Junction 26-0.

9. Fair Grove (9-0) (PW: 9) Beat El Dorado Springs 57-8.

10. Mount Vernon (8-1) (PW: 10) Beat Reeds Spring 42-27.

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11. Kickapoo (8-1) (PW: 12) Beat Bolivar 44-7.

12. Joplin (7-2) (PW: 14) Beat Neosho 56-24.

13. Camdenton (7-2) (PW: 15) Beat Glendale 61-28.

14. Webb City (7-2) (PW: 13) Beat Branson 20-0.

15. Mountain View (6-3) (PW: 17) Beat Houston 35-14.

16. Reeds Spring (6-3) (PW: 11) Lost to Mount Vernon 42-27.

17. Mountain Grove (6-3) (PW: 19) Beat Thayer 35-7.

18. McDonald County (5-4) (PW: 16) Beat East Newton 38-13.

19. Carthage (5-4) (PW: 21) Beat Willard 28-14.

20. Forsyth (7-2) (PW: 22) Beat Central 65-35.

21. Aurora (5-4) (PW: NR) Beat Logan-Rogersville 15-13.

22. Sarcoxie (8-1) (PW: 25) Beat Ash Grove 46-18.

23. Logan-Rogersville (4-5) (PW: 18) Lost to Aurora 15-13.

24. Houston (4-5) (PW: 23) Lost to Mountain View 35-14.

25. Willard (4-5) (PW: 24) Lost to Carthage 28-14.

Dropped out: Bolivar (20)

Outside looking in (alphabetical): Ash Grove, Bolivar, Stockton, 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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