The 2009 preseason state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
Locally, Webb City, last year’s state champion, was selected No. 1 in the Missouri Class 4 poll, and Neosho enters the opening week with the No. 7 ranking.
First-place votes in parenthesis, followed by last year's won-loss record, points received and last year's final ranking.
CLASS 4
1. Webb City (6) 15-0 112 1
2. Helias (4) 12-2 92 2
3. Kearney (1) 13-1 85 3
4. MICDS 11-1 57 6
5. Bolivar 11-2 50 5
6. Harrisonville 9-3 43 9
7. Neosho 8-4 42
8. Hannibal 8-3 41
9. Staley 9-3 40
10. Farmington 10-3 29
Others receiving votes: Grain Valley (1) (4-6) 27, Normandy (9-2) 25, Smith-Cotton (12-1) 17.
CLASS 3
1. Cassville (8) 12-3 107 1
2. Monett (1) 11-1 90 4
3. Chillicothe (2) 13-1 89 2
4. Mountain Grove 9-2 72
5. Cardinal Ritter (1) 13-2 64 3
6. New Madrid Co. Cent. 10-3 54 10
7. Potosi 8-3 50
8. Pleasant Hill 10-3 31 6
9. Logan-Rogersville 9-4 26 7
10. Seneca 4-6 23
Others receiving votes: O'Hara (8-3) 18, Salem (8-3) 12, Ste. Genevieve (10-2) 9, Savannah (7-3) 8, Smithville (8-4) 3, Sullivan (12-2) 2, Oak Grove (7-3) 1,
CLASS 1
1. Orrick (12) 15-0 120 1
2. Hamilton-Penney 10-1 83 6
3. Tipton 13-1 76 3
4. Miller 10-2 73 8
5. Thayer 12-2 60 2
6. Princeton 12-2 58 4
7. Valle Catholic 10-3 53 9
8. Marceline 8-3 41
9. Greenfield 11-2 26 7
10. West Platte 11-2 20 5
Others receiving votes: University Charter Academy (7-4) 13, Braymer (6-5) 10, Hayti (9-2) 10, Westran (8-3) 9, Wellington-Napoleon (10-3) 5, Adrian (10-2) 2,
