Brian Rosener is the keeper of the Semoball Cup which is presented to the school with the most successful season. It is based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams and individuals. The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Rosener has been the sports editor for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo. since December 2001. He was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended Lindbergh High School and Webster University. He is married to Jennifer, a Poplar Bluff native, has a son Jack and a dog named Satchel who stands in for his @semoballBrian photo.

Media's football poll after Week 6

Posted Monday, October 14, 2013, at 8:49 PM

MISSOURI FOOTBALL RANKINGS

Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 15-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis.

CLASS 6

Rank, team Rec Pts. LW

1. Blue Springs (15) 6-0 150 1

2. Hazelwood Central 6-0 130 2

3. Francis Howell 5-1 124 3

4. CBC 5-1 96 6

5. Lee's Summit 6-0 92 7

6. Liberty 4-2 76 8

7. Jefferson City 4-2 43 9

8. Rockhurst 2-4 36 4

9. Rock Bridge 4-2 29 5

10. Fort Zumwalt West 4-2 27 10

Also receiving votes: De Smet (3-3) 9, Blue Springs South (3-3) 7, Raymore-Peculiar (3-3) 4, Eureka (5-1) 2

CLASS 5

Rank, team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Lee's Summit West (11) 5-1 146 1

2. Fort Osage (3) 6-0 137 2

3. Kirkwood (1) 6-0 122 3

4. Webster Groves 4-2 94 4

5. Parkway Central 5-1 75 6

6. Kickapoo 6-0 67 7

7. Staley 3-3 54 5

8. Nixa 5-1 44 8

9. Vianney 4-2 32 9

T10. Camdenton 5-1 26 10

T10. Kearney 5-1 26 --

Also receiving votes: Fort Zumwalt East (6-0) 1, Park Hill South (3-3) 1

CLASS 4

Rank, team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Webb City (15) 5-1 150 1

2. Bolivar 6-0 135 2

3. Harrisonville 5-1 117 3

4. Helias 4-2 100 5

5. Moberly 6-0 81 6

6. Carl Junction 5-1 67 8

7. Westminster 5-1 62 4

8. Pleasant Hill 6-0 34 --

9. Hannibal 5-1 31 10

10. Hillcrest 4-2 30 7

Dropped out: Liberty North (3-3)

Also receiving votes: Festus (5-1) 9, Carthage (4-2) 4, Savannah (5-1) 3, Ladue (5-1) 1, Liberty North (3-3) 1

CLASS 3

Rank, team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Maryville (12) 6-0 147 1

2. John Burroughs (3) 6-0 138 2

3. O'Fallon Christian 6-0 100 7

4. Reeds Spring 6-0 98 6

5. California 5-1 85 3

6. Oak Grove 5-1 77 4

7. Duchesne 5-1 68 5

8. Hogan 6-0 47 9

9. Park Hills Central 6-0 38 10

10. Centralia 5-1 12 --

Dropped out: Monett (5-1)

Also receiving votes: Monett (5-1) 8, Seneca (4-2) 3, Center (4-2) 2, Pembroke Hill (5-1) 2

CLASS 2

Rank, team Rec. Pts. LW

1. MV-Liberty (9) 6-0 144 2

2. Lamar (6) 5-1 139 1

3. Strafford 6-0 110 5

4. Mountain Grove 5-1 101 3

5. Caruthersville 4-1 77 6

6. South Callaway 5-1 74 4

7. Lafayette County 6-0 59 7

8. Blair Oaks 5-1 45 9

9. Palmyra 6-0 44 8

10. Ash Grove 6-0 20 T10

Dropped out: Lawson (4-2)

Also receiving votes: Brookfield (5-1) 6, Lathrop (5-1) 3, Holden (4-2) 1, Lawson (4-2) 1, Montgomery County (6-0) 1

CLASS 1

Rank, team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Valle Catholic (15) 6-0 150 1

2. Westran 6-0 130 2

3. Hamilton 5-1 122 3

4. Cass Midway 6-0 105 4

5. Salisbury 6-0 90 5

6. Milan 5-0 62 6

7. East Buchanan 6-0 52 9

8. Thayer 4-2 39 8

9. Chaffee 6-0 27 10

10. Skyline 5-1 17 7

Also receiving votes: Osceola (5-1) 12, South Harrison (4-2) 9, Jasper (6-0) 4, Marceline (3-3) 3, Marionville (4-2) 3

My ballot this week:

CLASS 6 -- 1 Blue Springs; 2 Hazelwood Central; 3 Francis Howell; 4 Lee's Summit; 5 Liberty; 6 CBC; 7 Jeff City; 8 Blue Springs South; 9 Ray-Pec; 10 Rock Bridge

CLASS 5 -- 1 Lee's Summit West; 2 Ft. Osage; 3 Kirkwood; 4 Nixa; 5 Kickapoo; 6 Camdenton; 7 Kearney; 8 Webster Groves; 9 Parkway Central; 10 Vianney

CLASS 4 -- 1 Webb City; 2 Bolivar; 3 Harrisonville; 4 Pleasant Hill; 5 Carl Junction; 6 Westminster; 7 Moberly; 8 Hannibal; 9 Hillcrest; 10 Helias

CLASS 3 -- 1 Maryville; 2 John Burroughs; 3 California; 4 Oak Grove; 5 O'Fallon Christian; 6 Duchesne; 7 Reeds Spring; 8 Park Hills Central; 9 Hogan Prep; 10 Pembroke Hill

CLASS 2 -- 1 Mt. View-LIberty; 2 Lamar; 3 Mountain Grove; 4 Strafford; 5 South Callaway; 6 Caruthersville; 7 Ash Grove; 8 Lafayette County; 9 Palmyra; 10 Lathrop

CLASS 1 -- 1 Valle; 2 Westran; 3 Hamilton; 4 Salisbury; 5 Cass-Midway; 6 East Buchanan; 7 Milan; 8 Thayer; 9 Chaffee; 10 Skyline

Thoughts on local teams:

Chaffee moved up with Skyline's 49-29 loss to Class 2 No. 10 Ash Grove but East Buchanan jumped up with a win over Class 2 No. 10 Lawson. ... Jackson fans can take note that Vianney's Markel Smith broke the Missouri single-game rushing record with 541 yards and seven touchdowns on 42 carries and that Battle (5-1) knocked off Class 2 No. 4 South Callaway. ... Park Hills Central fans note that California, Oak Grove and Duchesne all lost to ranked opponents in games decided by 4 points or less.

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Thayer beat Hayti by 9.. Chaffee was up 46-6 when they pulled starters.. but good logic fellas

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 7:33 AM
Thayer lost to an undefeated Highland team out of Arkansas and to Mountain View Liberty who is ranked #1 in Class 2. They've played a way more brutal schedule than Chaffee and they are usually ranked most years so reputation may have a bit to do with that as well. Also, comparing opponents is pointless. If we go by your logic, Chaffee will struggle with Malden because Malden beat East Prairie with ease while your Chaffee team struggled until late. That's why I say never compare opponents. Any team can have an off night.

-- Posted by Cheesehead. on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 9:24 AM
Chaffee beat Portageville by 30. Malden was losing to start the 4th quarter. East Prarie had two perimeter athletes that Malden does not have.

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 12:54 PM
Your point is? Malden only let East Prairie score 7 points while Chaffee allowed them to score 32. As I was trying to tell you, comparing opponents is pointless. You can't bring up one game Chaffee did better than Malden, but not bring up a game that Malden did better than Chaffee. The better team will win Friday.

Malden is good as a whole, not just one or two players like East Prairie seems to be. Trust, Chaffee will have their hands full Friday night, as will Malden. It will be a shootout IMO.

-- Posted by Cheesehead. on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 1:00 PM
I agree you can't compare opponents to know who's better But in the case of Chaffee and Thayer how else are you supposed to judge that? If you go on tradition then the people your using to judge them are factory workers or farmers or working in an office. They don't matter. And if you were going off past history Chaffee wouldn't be ranked because they lost 36 straight games.

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 1:04 PM
I'm not saying they are voting on past teams. However, if a team has a history of being ranked, voters are going to lean more towards that team because they are known to produce winning teams, than a team that has a history of losing and are finally having a winning season. You have to earn your ranking for the most part and I agree with you, Chaffee has earned the right being ranked but I don't see them ranked ahead of Thayer just yet. I'm not saying I agree with how they rank teams but that is just one of the many factors I'm sure they use to rank teams. Just be happy they are ranked and getting some attention. Semo teams tend to be overlooked by most voters.

-- Posted by Cheesehead. on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 1:11 PM
I agree with you that's how they do it because they do it is all sports. I just think it's wrong and I think there is no point in a preseason poll.. Nobody knows who's good except for Valle, Lamar, and Webb City

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 1:21 PM

Brian Rosener
Last year the No.1 team in the preseason poll in 5 of the 6 classes went on to win the state title. The other was picked second in the preseason, beating the top-ranked team in the championship game.

Here's the preseason poll: http://semoball.com/blogs/rosener/entry/49129
How did East Prairie run up 32 points on Chaffee?

-- Posted by buyer beware on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 4:48 PM
lack of tackling in open space and backside ends and linebackers not keeping responsibility and allowing full field cutbacks

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Tue, Oct 8, 2013, at 4:56 PM
EP scored 32 points on Chaffee because of Red Devil mistakes and probably because they were over-looking the lowly Eagles. 10 out of 10 times, the Devils beat EP. 9 out of 10 times they probably hold them to 1 score or less. East Prairie isn't very good and Chaffee was probably looking ahead to Malden. We were very simple on defense that night and they took advantage of it. EP moved the ball some throughout the night, but for the majority of the night we were able to keep them in check.

Look at the final score...Chaffee is pretty good. They sliced up the eagles defense all night. They had no answer for Peyton or Jimmy. No one has really had an answer for our offense all season. The game wasn't as close as everyone on here is saying...EP couldn't stop Chaffee. The devils were able to move the ball at will all night long.

Friday night will be a test, but I gotta go with my devils. No one has been able to hold our offense and I doubt Malden will. Defensively, we've got to be better prepared. Because Malden is a lot better than EP on both sides of the ball. By this time next week, we will hopefully be conference champs and looking to finish our season on a high note of 9-0.

-- Posted by heisinthedetails04 on Wed, Oct 9, 2013, at 12:18 PM
Matt Main?

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Wed, Oct 9, 2013, at 12:31 PM
you made my point for me Brian. Other than the top 2/3 teams in state nobody really knows who the 7th best team in the state is.

-- Posted by Coach Horrell on Wed, Oct 9, 2013, at 7:37 PM

Brian Rosener
I'm not sure how that makes your point.
Let me break down the Class 4 (probably the hardest since it's the largest class with the most teams).
Your argument is we can't possibly know the seventh best team in the preseason, but I'd say we were pretty close.
In the preseason our top four featured 3 of 4 semifinals (Webb City Helias and Harrisonville). Now, granted the quarterfinalists were just 3 of 8 but, 2 of the teams ranked 4-7 were beat by another ranked team in previous rounds. Had they not faced each other then maybe we get 5 of 8.
Vashon, tied for sixth in the preseason, lost to St. Mary's, a non-ranked team in the preseason that made it to the quarterfinals. St. Mary's beat unranked Miller and unranked Hillsboro after that. The only ranked team out of that quarterfinal bracket, other than Vashon, was Sikeston which lost by 3 to Cape Central.
My point is that a preseason poll can rank the teams pretty accurately but over the course of 10 weeks and the playoffs things do change. That's why there's a new poll each week.

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