MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of September 26, first-place votes in parentheses, as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:
Fact Box
| Class AAAAAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Eden Prairie (9) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. Wayzata | (3-0) | ||
| 3. Lakeville North | (4-0) | ||
| 4. Mounds View | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Osseo | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Edina | (4-1) | ||
| 7. Stillwater | (3-1) | ||
| 8. Hopkins | (4-1) | ||
| 9. Minnetonka | (3-2) | ||
| 10. Maple Grove | (3-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Brainerd 5, Cretin-Derham Hall 3, White Bear Lake 3, Woodbury 2, Prior Lake 2, Eastview 2, Champlin Park 1, Coon Rapids 1. | |||
| Class AAAAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Totino-Grace (7) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. St. Thomas Academy (2) | (4-0) | ||
| 3. Mankato West | (4-0) | ||
| 4. Spring Lake Park | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Owatonna | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Farmington | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Moorhead | (4-0) | ||
| 8. Monticello | (4-0) | ||
| 9. Apple Valley | (3-1) | ||
| 10. Sartell-St. Stephen | (4-0) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Rochester John Marshall 7, Rogers 6, St. Paul Central 3, St. Michael-Albertville 2, Cambridge-Isanti 1. | |||
| Class AAAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. De La Salle (6) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. Rocori (4) | (4-0) | ||
| 3. South St. Paul (1) | (4-0) | ||
| 4. Hutchinson | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Becker | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Detroit Lakes | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Marshall | (4-0) | ||
| 8. Glencoe-Silver Lake | (3-1) | ||
| 9. Kasson-Mantorville | (4-0) | ||
| 10. Zimmerman | (3-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: St. Paul Harding 6, Faribault 5, Delano 4, Minneapolis Washburn 4, Holy Angels 2, Robbinsdale Cooper 1, Hermantown 1, Hill-Murray 1. | |||
| Class AAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Rochester Lourdes (6) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. Blue Earth | (4-0) | ||
| 3. Perham | (4-0) | ||
| 4. St. Croix Lutheran | (3-1) | ||
| 5. Morris Area/C-A | (4-0) | ||
| 6. St. Peter | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Watertown-Mayer | (4-0) | ||
| 8. Annandale | (3-1) | ||
| 9. Stewartville | (3-1) | ||
| 10. Tri-City United | (4-0) | ||
| Others receiving votes: New London-Spicer 9, Albany 2, Esko 1, Fairmont 1. | |||
| Class AA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Caledonia (5) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. Moose Lake Willow River | (4-0) | ||
| 3. BOLD | (4-0) | ||
| 4. Maple Lake | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Barnesville | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Luverne | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Hawley | (4-0) | ||
| 8. Lewiston-Altura | (5-0) | ||
| 9. Crosby-Ironton | (4-0) | ||
| 10. Chatfield | (4-0) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 2, Pierz 1, Jackson County Central 1. | |||
| Class A | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Mahnomen (6) | (4-0) | ||
| 2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | (4-0) | ||
| 3. Adrian | (4-0) | ||
| 4. Bethlehem Academy | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Canby | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Pine River-Backus | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Dawson-Boyd | (3-1) | ||
| 8. Fertile-Beltrami | (4-0) | ||
| 9. Lake Crystal-WM | (4-0) | ||
| 10. Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity | (3-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Minneota/Lincoln HI 5, Springfield 4, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 2, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 1, Ottertail Central 1. | |||
| Class 9-MAN | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Clinton-G-B (4) | (4-0) | ||
| (tie) Hills-Beaver Creeek (2) | (4-0) | ||
| 3. Spring Grove | (4-0) | ||
| 4. North Woods | (4-0) | ||
| 5. Stephen-Argyle | (4-0) | ||
| 6. Goodridge G-G | (4-0) | ||
| 7. Win-E-Mac | (4-0) | ||
| 8. Wheaton/H-N | (3-1) | ||
| 9. Ada-Borup | (3-1) | ||
| 10. Nicollet | (4-0) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Edgerton/Ellsworth 13, Onamia 9, Grand Meadow 3. |