MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of October 3, 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 (8) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Wayzata | (4-0) | ||
| 3. Edina | (5-1) | ||
| 4. Stillwater | (4-1) | ||
| 5. Osseo | (3-2) | ||
| 6. Maple Grove | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Mounds View | (4-1) | ||
| 8. Lakeville North | (4-1) | ||
| 9. Prior Lake | (4-1) | ||
| 10. Hopkins | (4-2) | ||
| Others receiving votes: White Bear Lake 8, Brainerd 5, Minnetonka 5, Cretin-Derham Hall 4, Woodbury 1, Champlin Park 1. | |||
| Class AAAAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Totino-Grace (7) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Spring Lake Park (1) | (5-0) | ||
| 3. Owatonna | (5-0) | ||
| 4. Farmington | (5-0) | ||
| 5. St. Thomas Academy | (4-1) | ||
| 6. Moorhead | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Rochester John Marshall | (4-1) | ||
| 8. Apple Valley | (4-1) | ||
| 9. St. Paul Central | (5-0) | ||
| 10. Mankato West | (0-5) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Mahtomedi 14, Rogers 14, Cambridge-Isanti 3, East Ridge 1. | |||
| Class AAAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. De La Salle (8) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. South St. Paul (2) | (5-0) | ||
| 3. Hutchinson (1) | (5-0) | ||
| 4. Becker | (5-0) | ||
| 5. Detroit Lakes | (5-0) | ||
| 6. Marshall | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Glencoe-Silver Lake | (4-1) | ||
| 8. Rocori | (4-1) | ||
| 9. Kasson-Mantorville | (5-0) | ||
| 10. Minneapolis Washburn | (4-1) | ||
| (tie) Delano | (4-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Fergus Falls 3, Robbinsdale Cooper 3, Hill-Murray 2, Holy Angels 2, Hermantown 1, Faribault 1, St. Paul Highland Park 1. | |||
| Class AAA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Rochester Lourdes (5) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Perham | (5-0) | ||
| 3. Blue Earth | (5-0) | ||
| 4. St. Croix Lutheran | (4-1) | ||
| 5. Morris Area/C-A | (5-0) | ||
| 6. St. Peter | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Annandale | (4-1) | ||
| 8. Tri-City United | (5-0) | ||
| 9. Lake City | (4-1) | ||
| 10. Watertown-Mayer | (4-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Albany 2, Esko 2, Proctor 1. | |||
| Class AA | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Caledonia (5) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Moose Lake Willow River | (5-0) | ||
| 3. BOLD | (5-0) | ||
| 4. Maple Lake | (5-0) | ||
| 5. Barnesville | (5-0) | ||
| 6. Luverne | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Hawley | (5-0) | ||
| 8. Lewiston-Altura | (6-0) | ||
| 9. Chatfield | (5-0) | ||
| 10. Waterville-E-M | (4-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Sibley East 2, Hinckley-Finlayson 2, Holdingford 2, Jackson County Central 1, Mayer Lutheran 1, Pierz 1. | |||
| Class A | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Mahnomen (6) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | (5-0) | ||
| 3. Bethlehem Academy | (5-0) | ||
| 4. Dawson-Boyd | (4-1) | ||
| 5. Fertile-Beltrami | (5-0) | ||
| 6. Minneota Lincoln HI | (4-1) | ||
| 7. Lester Prairie Holy Trinity | (4-1) | ||
| 8. Adrian | (4-1) | ||
| 9. Canby | (4-) | ||
| 10. Springfield | (4-1) | ||
| Others receiving votes: Ottertail Central 6, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 1, Pillager 1, St. Clair 1. | |||
| Class 9-MAN | |||
| School | Record | ||
| 1. Clinton-G-B (4) | (5-0) | ||
| 2. Hills-Beaver Creek (3) | (5-0) | ||
| 3. Spring Grove | (5-0) | ||
| 4. Stephen-Argyle | (5-0) | ||
| 5. Goodridge G-G | (5-0) | ||
| 6. Win-E-Mac | (5-0) | ||
| 7. Nicollet | (5-0) | ||
| 8. Wheaton H-N | (4-1) | ||
| 9. Ada-Borup | (4-1) | ||
| 10. Edgerton/Ellsworth | (4-1) |