Our final high school football power rankings of the 2022 high school football regular season are here.
News-Leader reporter Wyatt Wheeler ranked more than 50 teams in southwest Missouri before cutting the list down to 25. This year, the following five teams who barely missed the cut will be listed alphabetically.
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.