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Marshfield, after impressive wins over former Wisconsin Valley Conference rivals D.C. Everest and Wausau West, are ranked No. 3 in this week’s WisSports.net State Football Coaches Poll, which was released Tuesday.
The Tigers (2-0) pounded D.C. Everest 35-21 and dominated Wausau West in a 42-14 win in their first two games.
Marshfield is ranked third behind two-time defending WIAA Division 2 state champion Waunakee and Monona Grove. Kimberly is fourth and Menomonie is fifth.
Marshfield opens its inaugural season in the Valley Football Association on Friday at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh against Oshkosh North.
In Division 5, Stratford is ranked fifth after a 2-0 start that included Marawood Conference wins over Auburndale and Pittsville.
Stratford plays at Phillips on Friday.
Brillion, also a defending state champion, tops the Division 5 poll, with last year’s state runner-up Colby second, Lancaster third and Cedar Grove-Belgium fourth.
Defending state champions Waukesha West (Division 1), West De Pere (Division 3) and Edgar (Division 6) top their respective polls. Potosi is ranked first in Division 7 and Big Foot is No. 1 in Division 4.
WisSports.Net State Football Coaches Poll, Aug. 30
Division 1
1. Waukesha West (2-0)
2. Kenosha Bradford (2-0)
3. Hartland Arrowhead (1-0)
4. Verona (2-0)
5. Appleton North (2-0)
6. Manitowoc (2-0)
7. Kenosha Tremper (2-0)
8. Menomonee Falls (2-0)
9. Middleton (2-0)
10. Milwaukee Marquette (1-1)
11. Germantown (2-0)
12. Mequon Homestead (1-1)
13. Muskego (2-0)
14. Green Bay Preble (2-0)
15. Hudson (1-1)
Division 2
1. Waunakee (2-0)
2. Monona Grove (2-0)
3. Marshfield (2-0)
4. Kimberly (2-0)
5. Menomonie (2-0)
6. Waterford (2-0)
7. Sussex Hamilton (2-0)
8. Franklin (2-0)
9. Beaver Dam (2-0)
10. Menasha (1-1)
11. DeForest (1-1)
12. Fort Atkinson (2-0)
13. South Milwaukee (2-0)
14. Wilmot (2-0)
15. Ashwaubenon (1-1)
Division 3
1. West De Pere (2-0)
2. Appleton Xavier (2-0)
3. Kewaskum (2-0)
4. New Berlin Eisenhower (2-0)
5. Luxemburg-Casco (2-0)
6. Mosinee (2-0)
7. Jefferson (2-0)
8. Mount Horeb/Barneveld (2-0)
9. Two Rivers (2-0)
10. Waukesha Catholic Memorial (1-1)
11. Milwaukee Lutheran (2-0)
12. Waupaca (1-1)
13. Wisconsin Lutheran (0-2)
14. Medford (2-0)
15. Evansville (2-0)
Division 4
1. Big Foot (2-0)
2. Nekoosa (2-0)
3. Wrightstown (2-0)
4. River Valley (2-0)
5. Somerset (2-0)
6. Platteville (2-0)
7. Omro (2-0)
8. Manitowoc Roncalli (2-0)
9. Valders (2-0)
10. Spooner (2-0)
11. Durand (2-0)
12. Kewaunee (1-1)
13. Lake Mills (2-0)
14. Mayville (2-0)
15. Brodhead/Juda (1-1)
Division 5
1. Brillion (2-0)
2. Colby (2-0)
3. Lancaster (2-0)
4. Cedar Grove-Belgium (2-0)
5. Stratford (2-0)
6. Osseo-Fairchild (2-0)
7. Bonduel (1-1)
8. Necedah (2-0)
9. Westby (2-0)
10. Cuba City (2-0)
11. Greendale Martin Luther (2-0)
12. Cambridge (2-0)
13. Shoreland Lutheran (2-0)
14. Marathon (2-0)
15. Manawa (2-0)
Division 6
1. Edgar (2-0)
2. Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs (2-0)
3. Coleman (2-0)
4. Eau Claire Regis (2-0)
5. Shiocton (2-0)
6. Blair-Taylor (2-0)
7. Flambeau (2-0)
8. Stevens Point Pacelli (1-1)
9. Thorp (2-0)
10. Hurley (2-0)
11. Bangor (1-1)
12. Iowa-Grant (2-0)
13. Algoma (2-0)
14. Lake Country Lutheran (2-0)
15. Whitehall (2-0)
Division 7
1. Potosi (2-0)
2. Seneca (2-0)
3. Wausau Newman Catholic (2-0)
4. De Soto (2-0)
5. Shell Lake (2-0)
6. Greenwood/Granton (2-0)
7. Frederic (2-0)
8. Hillsboro (2-0)
9. Living Word Lutheran (2-0)
10. Athens (2-0)
11. Almond-Bancroft (2-0)
12. Randolph (1-1)
13. Spring Valley (2-0)
14. Highland (2-0)
15. Suring (2-0)