The News Tribune’s Week 5 Prep Football State Rankings

I’m at CenturyLink Field, helping cover the Arizona-Seahawks game, so I don’t have enough time to provide an in-depth rationale for this week’s rankings.

Here’s the quick-and-dirty version:

4A: No movement at all in the Top 10, as all teams won. Skyview, Davis, Arlington, Woodinville and Union are beating down the door to be ranked. Going to be hard to keep those teams out for much longer.

3A: The first four teams remain the same, Peninsula moves to fifth after Camas lost to Skyview. The Papermakers fall just one spot, which is more of an indicator of how good I believe Skyview is than anything else. Kennewick leaps into the Top 10, despite losing to Kamiakin, 14-6. If Kamiakin is a top-four team, then Kennewick is pretty good, too.

2A: North Thurston holds steady at No. 5, despite losing, 43-36, to No. 3 Tumwater. All the teams below North Thurston have worse losses than losing to the defending state champions. Cheney falls out and Lakewood pops in. Outside of ATM, the Cascade Conference hasn’t done much, but maybe that will change.

1A: Cashmere cemented itself at No. 1 with a beat-down of Spokane West Valley. Chelan welcomed back quarterback Michael Amsel Jr. and cracks the Top 10.

CLASS 4A
1. Ferris (4-0)
2. Eastlake (4-0)
3. Bellarmine Prep (4-0)
4. Chiawana (4-0)
5. Skyline (2-2)
6. Olympia (4-0)
7. Kentlake (4-0)
8. Spokane Central Valley (4-0)
9. Federal Way (4-0)
10. Bethel (4-0)
Next: Arlington (4-0), Issaquah (3-1), Jefferson (2-2), Lake Stevens (4-0), Lewis & Clark (3-1), Mead (3-1), Newport (3-1), Richland (3-1), Skyview (2-2), Union (3-1), Wenatchee (4-0), Woodinville (4-0)

CLASS 3A
1. Bellevue (4-0)
2. Lakes (4-0)
3. O’Dea (4-0)
4. Kamiakin (4-0)
5. Peninsula (4-0)
6. Camas (3-1)
7. Meadowdale (4-0)
8. Mount Si (3-1)
9. Kennewick (3-1)
10. Bonney Lake (4-0)
Next: Auburn Mountainview (3-1), Bainbridge (4-0), Ferndale (2-2), Ingraham (4-0), Kennedy Catholic (3-1), Mercer Island (3-1), Mountain View (3-1), Oak Harbor (4-0), Seattle Prep (4-0)

CLASS 2A
1. Lynden (4-0)
2. Archbishop Murphy (4-0)
3. Tumwater (3-1)
4. Prosser (3-1)
5. North Thurston (3-1)
6. Sequim (4-0)
7. Othello (2-2)
8. W.F. West (3-1)
9. Spokane West Valley (3-1)
10. Lakewood (4-0)
Next: Cheney (3-1), Deer Park (4-0), Franklin Pierce (3-1), Mount Baker (3-1), Port Angeles (4-0), Selah (3-1), Washougal (4-0), White River (3-1)

CLASS 1A
1. Cashmere (4-0)
2. Montesano (4-0)
3. Cascade Christian (3-1)
4. Connell (3-1)
5. Royal (3-1)
6. Meridian (3-1)
7. Nooksack Valley (3-1)
8. Charles Wright (3-0)
9. Okanogan (4-0)
10. Chelan (2-2)
Next: Burbank (3-1), Cle Elum (3-1), Freeman (4-0), Hoquiam (3-1), King’s (3-1), Life Christian (2-2), Newport (4-0), Orting (2-2), River View (3-1), Tenino (4-0), Toledo (4-0), Zillah (4-0)

CLASS 2B
1. Adna (4-0)
2. Waitsburg-Prescott (4-0)
3. Colfax (3-0)
4. Naselle (4-0)
5. Napavine (3-1)
Next: DeSales (2-1), Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (3-0), Morton/White Pass (3-1), Reardan (3-0), Wahkiakum (2-2), Willapa Valley (3-1),

CLASS 1B
1. Lummi (4-0)
2. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (4-0)
3. Neah Bay (3-1)
4. Colton (4-0)
5. Cusick (3-1)
Next: Garfield/Palouse (2-1), Lacrosse-Washtucna (3-1), Liberty Christian (3-1), Touchet (3-0), Wellpinit (4-0)