Rebecca Slezak, The Denver Post
Keegan Holles gets tackled by a Regis Jesuit player at D. Kellogg Stadium in Aurora, Colorado on Sept. 24, 2021. At the end of the first half Cherry Creek leads 17-0. 
Getting your player ready...
A new week, a new No. 1.
For the second straight week, there’s a new team at atop one of the CHSAANow.com prep football rankings this week. Mancos claimed the top spot in Class 8-man. The Bluejays moved to 4-0 on the season after beating Montezuma-Cortez, 40-0, behind senior running back Chase Moore’s 242 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
Sanford, who was No. 1, slipped three spots to No. 4 after losing to No. 5 Vail Christian, 36-22.
The top spot in the other classes remained the same with Valor Christian (5A), Palmer Ridge (4A), Roosevelt (3A), Eaton (2A), Limon (1A) and Cheyenne Wells (6-man) remaining at the No. 1 positions.
Here’s this week’s rankings:
Class 5A
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Valor Christian (10) | 5-0 | 118 | 1 | W |
| 2. Cherry Creek (2) | 4-1 | 110 | 2 | W |
| 3. Columbine | 4-1 | 90 | 3 | L |
| 4. Ralston Valley | 5-0 | 85 | 4 | W |
| 5. Grandview | 4-1 | 64 | 6 | W |
| 6. Regis Jesuit | 3-2 | 57 | 5 | L |
| 7. Legend | 4-1 | 47 | 7 | W |
| 8. Cherokee Trail | 4-1 | 30 | 8 | W |
| 9. Arapahoe | 4-1 | 25 | 10 | W |
| 10. Douglas County | 5-0 | 15 | 9 | W |
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| Dropped out: None. | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Arvada West 9, ThunderRidge 7, Castle View 2, Chaparral 1. | ||||
Class 4A
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Palmer Ridge (9) | 5-0 | 192 | 1 | W |
| 2. Pine Creek (7) | 5-0 | 184 | 2 | W |
| 3. Dakota Ridge (3) | 5-0 | 159 | 3 | W |
| 4. Montrose (1) | 5-0 | 140 | 5 | W |
| 5. Erie | 5-0 | 124 | 7 | W |
| 6. Loveland (1) | 4-1 | 114 | 6 | W |
| 7. Chatfield (1) | 4-1 | 113 | 4 | L |
| 8. Ponderosa | 4-1 | 55 | 10 | W |
| 9. Golden | 5-0 | 49 | 8 | W |
| 10. Fountain-Fort Carson | 4-1 | 35 | 9 | W |
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| Dropped out: None. | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Pueblo West 17, Vista Ridge 13, Bear Creek 8, Fruita Monument 4, Cheyenne Mountain 1, Denver South 1, Longmont 1. | ||||
Class 3A
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Roosevelt (13) | 4-0 | 174 | 1 | W |
| 2. Lutheran (4) | 5-0 | 148 | 3 | W |
| 3. Mead (1) | 4-0 | 146 | 2 | W |
| 4. Fort Morgan | 4-0 | 118 | 4 | W |
| 5. Frederick | 3-0 | 98 | 5 | W |
| 6. Durango | 3-2 | 87 | 6 | W |
| 7. Evergreen | 4-0 | 56 | 7 | W |
| 8. Eagle Valley | 3-0 | 40 | 9 | W |
| 9. Holy Family | 2-2 | 33 | 8 | L |
| 10. Palisade | 3-2 | 31 | – | W |
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| Dropped out: Glenwood Springs (9). | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Glenwood Springs 19, Pueblo South 19, Discovery Canyon 6, Green Mountain 4, Northridge 4, Canon City 3, Pueblo East 2, Steamboat Springs 2. | ||||
Class 2A
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Eaton (18) | 4-0 | 220 | 1 | W |
| 2. Resurrection Christian (2) | 3-0 | 189 | 2 | W |
| 3. The Classical Academy (2) | 3-0 | 178 | 3 | W |
| 4. Severance (1) | 4-0 | 140 | 5 | W |
| 5. Basalt | 4-0 | 137 | 4 | W |
| 6. Moffat County | 4-0 | 81 | 7 | W |
| 7. Delta | 3-1 | 80 | 6 | W |
| 8. University | 3-1 | 61 | 8 | L |
| 9. Rifle | 2-2 | 45 | 9 | W |
| 10. The Academy | 4-0 | 42 | – | W |
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| Dropped out: Platte Valley (10). | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Platte Valley 30, Brush 19, Alamosa 18, Elizabeth 17, Faith Christian 2, Kent Denver 2, Alameda 1, Bayfield 1, La Junta 1, Northfield 1. | ||||
Class 1A
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Limon (10) | 4-0 | 162 | 1 | W |
| 2. Centauri (6) | 4-0 | 158 | 2 | W |
| 3. Florence | 5-0 | 124 | 3 | W |
| 4. Buena Vista | 5-0 | 92 | 4 | W |
| 5. North Fork | 4-0 | 90 | 6 | W |
| 6. Wray | 3-1 | 87 | 5 | W |
| 7. Wiggins | 4-0 | 76 | 8 | W |
| 8. Holyoke | 3-1 | 53 | 7 | W |
| 9. Yuma | 3-1 | 32 | 9 | W |
| 10. Strasburg | 2-3 | 25 | 10 | W |
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| Dropped out: None. | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Highland 9, Ignacio 9, Flatirons Academy 5, Monte Vista 4, Colorado Springs Christian 3, Manual 2, Meeker 2, Burlington 1, Gunnison 1. | ||||
8-man
| Team | Record | Points | Pvs | LW |
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| 1. Mancos (5) | 4-0 | 119 | 3 | W |
| 2. Sedgwick County (7) | 3-1 | 115 | 2 | W |
| 3. Haxtun (1) | 5-0 | 107 | 4 | W |
| 4. Sanford | 4-1 | 65 | 1 | L |
| 5. Vail Christian | 4-0 | 61 | 9 | W |
| 6. Dove Creek | 3-1 | 57 | 6 | W |
| 7. Dayspring Christian | 3-2 | 45 | 5 | L |
| 8. Merino | 2-2 | 38 | 8 | W |
| 9. Akron | 3-2 | 35 | 7 | L |
| 10. Holly | 3-1 | 23 | – | W |
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| Dropped out: Calhan (10). | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Simla 14, Fowler 12, Pikes Peak Christian 11, Hoehne 5, Swink 5, Lyons 2, Front Range Christian 1. | ||||
6-man
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| 1. Cheyenne Wells (19) | 5-0 | 190 | 1 | W |
| 2. Stratton | 3-1 | 150 | 4 | W |
| 3. Granada | 3-1 | 144 | 3 | W |
| 4. Fleming | 4-1 | 138 | 2 | W |
| 5. Prairie | 4-1 | 97 | 5 | W |
| 6. Idalia | 3-1 | 90 | 7 | W |
| 7. Branson/Kim | 5-0 | 66 | 6 | W |
| 8. Sierra Grande | 5-0 | 62 | 8 | W |
| 9. Briggsdale | 5-0 | 60 | 9 | W |
| 10. Genoa-Hugo | 4-0 | 28 | 10 | W |
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| Dropped out: None. | ||||
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| Others receiving votes: Cheraw 20. | ||||
