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Lake Stevens ranked No. 1 in season’s first AP poll.

Published 10:40 pm Wednesday, September 10, 2025

By Aaron Coe

Lake Stevens players run through colored smoke onto the field before the game against Sumner on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Lake Stevens, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
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Lake Stevens players run through colored smoke onto the field before the game against Sumner on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Lake Stevens, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Lake Stevens players run through colored smoke onto the field before the game against Sumner on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Lake Stevens, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Lake Stevens players run through colored smoke onto the field before the game against Sumner on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Lake Stevens, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2025, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

Class 4A

1. Lake Stevens (2) (1-0) 55

2. Gonzaga Prep (2) (1-0) 49

3. Graham-Kapowsin (1) (1-0) 44

4. Chiawana (1) (1-0) 38

5. Sumner (0-1) 36

6. Camas (1-0) 35

7. Bothell (1-0) 18

7. Puyallup (1-0) 18

9. Curtis (1-0) 10

10. Moses Lake (1-0) 5

10. Glacier Peak (1-0) 5

Others receiving votes: Kennedy Catholic 4. Emerald Ridge 4. Kamiakin 3. Richland 3. Skyview 3.

Class 3A

1. Bellevue (2) (1-0) 56

2. Eastside Catholic (2) (1-0) 54

3. O’Dea (2) (0-1) 47

4. Mount Tahoma (1-0) 44

5. Kennewick (1-0) 38

6. Lakes (1-0) 20

7. Enumclaw (1-0) 18

8. Seattle Prep (1-0) 14

9. Mt. Spokane (1-0) 13

10. Stanwood (1-0) 7

Others receiving votes: Southridge 4. Rainier Beach 4. Lincoln (Seattle) 3. Mercer Island 3. Federal Way 2. Gig Harbor 1. Mountlake Terrace 1. Tacoma (Lincoln) 1.

Class 2A

1. Anacortes (5) (1-0) 59

2. Lynden (1-0) 49

3. Franklin Pierce (1-0) 43

4. Archbishop Murphy (1) (1-0) 39

5. Tumwater (0-1) 34

6. Sehome (1-0) 27

7. North Kitsap (1-0) 23

8. Othello (1-0) 15

9. East Valley (Yakima) (1-0) 13

10. Prosser (1-0) 9

10. West Valley (Spokane) (1-0) 9

Others receiving votes: W. F. West 4. Sedro-Woolley 4. Toppenish 1. Orting 1.

Class 1A

1. Royal (6) (1-0) 60

2. Cashmere (1-0) 45

3. Lynden Christian (1-0) 37

4. Nooksack Valley (1-0) 33

5. Montesano (1-0) 32

6. King’s (1-0) 30

7. Omak (1-0) 24

8. Seton Catholic (0-1) 23

9. Life Christian Academy (0-1) 17

10. Cascade Christian (1-0) 11

Others receiving votes: LaCenter 7. Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 6. Zillah 3. 14, Colville 1. Mount Baker 1.

Class 2B

1. Napavine (3) (1-0) 48

2. Freeman (2) (1-0) 47

3. Okanogan (0-1) 35

4. Toledo (1-0) 34

5. Tri-Cities Prep (1-0) 24

5. Liberty Bell (1-0) 24

7. Northwest Christian (Colbert) (1-0) 21

8. Onalaska (0-1) 15

9. La Salle (0-0) 9

10. Newport (1-0) 7

Others receiving votes: Asotin 3. Pe Ell/Willapa Valley 3. Cle Elum/Roslyn 2. Adna 2. Columbia (Burbank) 1.

Class 1B

1. Wilbur-Creston (1) (1-0) 37

2. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (1) (0-0) 32

3. Liberty Christian (2) (0-0) 29

4. Naselle (1-0) 28

5. Neah Bay (1-0) 21

Others receiving votes: Lummi 7. DeSales (Walla Walla) 6.

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