With the first football games of the season set to begin this week, coaches and media members came together to vote on the Colorado Preps football rankings for Week 1.

Holy Family, Delta and Stratton were the only defending champions to enter the season as their classification’s No. 1 teams. Neither team is in action this week as football season officially kicks off on Thursday.

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Class 5A

Rank Team Prev
1 Cherry Creek
2 Columbine
3 Mountain Vista
4 Valor Christian
5 Legend
6 Pine Creek
7 Ralston Valley
8 Regis Jesuit
9 Chatfield
10 Grandview

Class 4A

Rank Team Prev
1 Broomfield
2 Palmer Ridge
3 Montrose
4 Heritage
5 Pueblo West
6 Ponderosa
7 Mesa Ridge
8 Loveland
9 Dakota Ridge
10 Golden

Class 3A

Rank Team Prev
1 Holy Family
2 Windsor
3 Lutheran
4 Roosevelt
5 Green Mountain
6 Thompson Valley
7 Mead
8 Lewis-Palmer
9 Pueblo Central
10 Pomona

Class 2A

Rank Team Prev
1 Delta
2 The Classical Academy
3 Kent Denver
4 Eaton
5 Berthoud
6 Resurrection Christian
7 University
8 Wellington
9 Elizabeth
10 Basalt

Class 1A

Rank Team Prev
1 Wray
2 Limon
3 Wiggins
4 Meeker
5 Buena Vista
6 Colorado Springs Christian School
7 Centauri
8 Monte Vista
9 Yuma
10 Platte Valley

8-man

Rank Team Prev
1 Haxtun
2 Mancos
3 Simla
4 Byers
5 Dove Creek
6 Sedgwick County
7 Lyons
8 Merino
9 West Grand
10 Akron

6-man

Rank Team Prev
1 Stratton
2 Cheyenne Wells
3 Otis
4 Idalia
5 Granada
6 Arickaree
7 Eads
8 Sierra Grande
9 Wiley
10 Branson/Kim