NEBHSFB.com Top 10: Week 3

Class A (Rank/School/Record/PRV/Week 4 Opponent)

  1. Millard South | 2-1 | 1 – at Millard North
  2. Omaha Westside | 3-0 | 2 – at No. 6 Bellevue West
  3. Omaha North | 2-1 | 3 – vs. No. 10 Kearney
  4. Elkhorn South | 3-0 | 5 – at Grand Island
  5. Omaha Central | 2-1 | 4 – vs. Omaha Buena Vista
  6. Bellevue West | 1-2 | 6 – vs No. 2 Omaha Westside
  7. Creighton Prep | 3-0 | 8– vs. Millard West
  8. Papillion-La Vista South | 2-1 | OLI – vs. Omaha Westview
  9. Lincoln Southeast | 2-1 | 7 – at Norfolk (Thurs.)
  10. Kearney | 2-1| 9 – at No. 3 Omaha North

Dropped Out:
Millard West | 1-2 | 8 – at No. 7 Creighton Prep

OLI:
Fremont | 3-0 | OLI – at Columbus
Lincoln East | 2-1 | OLI – at Lincoln Southwest
Papillion-La Vista |2-1 | OLI – at Bellevue East
Also 3-0: LIncoln Northeast

Comments: Millard South’s forfeit in Week 1 to Arbor View (NV) does not matter much. The defending state champion Patriots have outscored their Top 10 opponents 137-0 over the last eight quarters. Don’t look at the stats when putting MIllard South prospects on your All-State lists. The first team won’t play much beyond halftime this season. Omaha Westside is the closest to stepping into a one-team Tier 1 in Class A. Tier 3 begins with Omaha North, who picked up a huge road win at No. 5 Omaha Central and hangs on at No. 3. Papillion-La Vista South is a solid entrant at No. 8 with a rejuvenated and explosive offense.

Class B

  1. Elkhorn North | 3-0 | 1 – vs. No. 7 Gretna
  2. Waverly | 3-0 | 2 – at Elkhorn (Thurs.)
  3. Scottsbluff | 3-0 | 3 – at No. 9 Seward
  4. Norris | 3-0 | 4 – at Blair
  5. Bennington | 2-1 | 5 – at Northwest (GI)
  6. Gretna East | 2-1 | 6 – vs. Lincoln Standing Bear (Thurs.)
  7. Gretna | 2-1 | 7 – at No. 1 Elkhorn North
  8. Skutt Catholic | 2-1 | 8 – at Ralston
  9. Seward | 1-2 | 9 – vs. No. 3 Scottsbluff
  10. McCook | 2-1 | 10 – at Crete

OLI:
Gering | 3-0 | OLI – vs. Ogallala
Northwest (Grand Island) | 2-1 | OLI – vs. No. 5 Bennington
Platteview | 3-0 | OLI – at Lincoln Pius X
Plattsmouth | 2-1 | OLI – at Lexington

Comments: As you were from Week 2. It did not make sense to drop McCook out of the Top 10 after a loss to the No. 2 team in Class B. Everybody else in the Top 10 won. Two Top 10 matchups are coming in Week 4 with top-ranked Elkhorn North hosting No. 7 Gretna, while No. 3 Scottsbluff will travel to No. 9 Seward.

Class C-1

  1. Wahoo | 3-0 | 1 – at Gross Catholic
  2. Central City | 3-0 | 2 – vs. Nebraska City (Thurs.)
  3. Ashland-Greenwood | 2-1 | 3 – at Auburn
  4. Columbus Lakeview | 3-0 | 4 – vs. No. 7 Mount Michael
  5. Sidney | 3-0 | 5 – at Mitchell
  6. O’Neill | 3-0 | 6 – vs. Ponca
  7. Mount Michael | 3-0 | 7 – at No. 4 Columbus Lakeview
  8. Pierce | 3-0 | 8 – at No. 9 Fort Calhoun
  9. Fort Calhoun | 3-0 | OLI- vs. No. 8 Pierce
  10. Scotus Central Catholic | 1-2 | 9 – at Aurora

Dropped Out:
Douglas County West | 1-2| 10 – vs. Roncalli Catholic

OLI:
Chadron | 3-0 | OLI – at Gothenburg
Gothenburg | 3-0 | NR – vs. Chadron
Syracuse | 3-0 | OLI – at Lincoln Christian
Also 3-0: Omaha Concordia

Comments: After being tied 28-28 at halftime, No. 3 Ashland-Greenwood put its foot on the gas to turn away Scotus Central Catholic, 49-28. Fort Calhoun enters at No. 9 this week and will host No. 8 Pierce on Friday night. Upstart Mount Michael has its biggest test of the season thus far in Week 4 when it travels to No 4 Columbus Lakeview. Chadron will travel to Gothenburg in a battle of 3-0 teams.

Class C-2

  1. Bishop Neumann | 3-0 | 1 – at Hastings St. Cecilia
  2. Norfolk Catholic | 2-1 | 2 – vs. Arlington
  3. Cedar Catholic | 3-0 | 4– vs. Tekamah-Herman
  4. Kearney Catholic | 3-0 | 3 – at Minden
  5. Grand Island Central Catholic | 3-0 | 9 – at Superior (Thurs.)
  6. Boone Central | 1-2 | 7 – vs. Wood River
  7. Lincoln Lutheran | 3-0 | OLI – vs. Boys Town (Thurs.)
  8. Doniphan-Trumbull | 2-1 | 6 – at Cross County
  9. Ord | 0-3 | 8 – at Broken Bow
  10. Archbishop Bergan | 2-1 | 10 – vs. Battle Creek

Dropped Out:
Raymond Central | 2-1 | 4 – vs. David City Aquinas

OLI:
Battle Creek | 1-2 | OLI – at No. 10 Archbishop Bergan
West Point-Beemer | 2-1 | NR – vs. North Bend Central
Wood River | 3-0 | OLI –at No. 6 Boone Central
Yutan | 2-1 | NR – at Conestoga

Comments: Trust none of these teams until later in October, which means the road to Week 9 will be tons of fun with parity expected. Raymond Central falls out of the Top 10 after a loss to Arlington.

Class D-1

  1. Dundy County-Stratton | 3-0 | 1 – at Hi-Line
  2. Shelby-Rising City | 3-0 | 2 –at Heartland
  3. Sandy Creek | 2-1 | 3 – at Tri County
  4. Hartington/Newcastle | 3-0 | 6 – vs. Niobrara/Verdigre
  5. Thayer Central | 3-0 | 7 – at No. 8 Sutton
  6. Bloomfield | 3-0 | 9 – at No. 7 Crofton
  7. Crofton | 2-1 | 8 – vs. No. 6 Bloomfield
  8. Sutton | 3-0 | 10 – vs. No. 5 Thayer Central
  9. Plainview | 2-1 | 5 – vs. Elkhorn Valley
  10. Lourdes Central Catholic | 2-1 | 4 – vs. Freeman

OLI:
Bridgeport | 2-1 | OLI – at Sandhills Valley
East Butler | 3-0 | OLI – at McCool Junction
Johnson-Brock | 2-1 | OLI – at Johnson County Central
North Platte St. Patrick’s | 2-1 | OLI – at Alma
Ravenna | 3-0 | OLI – at Pleasanton
Wausa/Osmond | 3-0 | OLI – at Boyd County
Also 3-0: Arcadia-Loup City, Hemingford, Johnson County Central

Comments: The Top Performers for Eight and Six Man will be combined with the 11-Man Top Performers from here on out due to lack of readership. Crofton picked up a huge 38-26 win over No. 9 Plainview (Would also like to apologize for having the wrong winner on the website). No. 5 Thayer Central travel to No. 8 Sutton, while No. 6 Bloomfield will pay a visit to No. 7 Crofton in the top D-2 games of Week 4. In Class D-1, 12 teams remain unbeaten.

Class D-2

  1. Archangels Catholic | 3-0 | 1 – at Riverside
  2. Howells-Dodge | 3-0 | 2 – at Nebraska Christian
  3. Wynot | 2-1 | 3 – vs. Randolph
  4. St. Mary’s | 3-0 | 4 – at Creighton
  5. Central Valley | 3-0 | 5 – vs. No. 9 Anselmo-Merna
  6. Lawrence-Nelson | 2-1 | 6 – vs. BDS
  7. Hitchcock County | 3-0 | 7 – vs. Overton
  8. Mullen | 3-0 | 9 – at Brady
  9. Anselmo-Merna | 3-0 | 10 – at No. 5 Central Valley
  10. Loomis | 2-1 | 8 –at Maywood/Hayes Center

OLI:
BDS | 2-1 | OLI – at Np. 6 Lawrence-Nelson
Cambridge | 3-0 | OLI – vs. Bertrand
Creighton | 2-1 | 10 – vs. No. 4 St. Mary’s
Elmwood-Murdock | 2-1 | OLI – vs. Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinhauer
Fullerton | 3-0 | OLI – vs. Osceola
Overton | 2-1 | OLI – at No. 7 Hitchcock County
Also 3-0:: Bertrand, Deshler, Neligh-Oakdale

Comments: A two-point loss to top-ranked Archangels Catholic is not enough to drop No. 3 Wynot down in the rankings. One of the bigger surprises of the season has been No. 9 Anselmo-Merna, who keeps rolling heading into a high-anticipated Week 4 matchup with defending state champion Central Valley. No. 5 Central Valley has given up six points in three wins this season. There are currently 12 remaining unbeaten teams in Class D-2.

Class D-6

  1. Stuart | 3-0 | 1 – at No. 2 Garden County
  2. Garden County | 3-0 | 2 – vs. No. 1 Stuart
  3. S-E-M | 2-1 | 4 – Idle
  4. Red Cloud | 2-0 | 5 – at Sterling
  5. Silver Lake | 2-1 | 3 – Idle
  6. Pawnee City | 2-0 | 7 – at No. 10 Hampton
  7. Leyton | 2-0 | 8 – Idle
  8. Southwest | 2-0 | 9 – at South Platte
  9. Wallace | 3-0 | 10 – Idle
  10. Hampton | 2-0 | OLI – vs. No. 6 Pawnee City

Dropped Out:
Hay Springs | 1-1 | 6 – vs. Creek Valley

OLI:
Potter-Dix | 2-1 | NR – vs. Sioux County
Wauneta-Palisade | 3-0 | OLI – Idle

Comments: A light Week 4 slate with four Top 10 teams taking their bye week. In a game added to the schedule after schedules were loaded into MaxPreps, No. 1 Stuart will now travel 263 miles to No. 2 Garden County. Defending champions Stuart already own two wins after teams in the top 5 this season (No. 3 S-E-M in Week 2 and No. 5 Silver Lake last week.