Faribault High School and Bethlehem Academy Football in Preseason Rankings

The preseason football rankings issued by MaxPreps.com have Faribault rated 25th in Class AAAA while Bethlehem Academy is ninth in Class A.

The Falcons open their season at Class AAAAA Rochester Mayo, rated 19th, while the Cardinals are home against Wabasha-Kellogg, ranked 18th in Class A.

Both Faribault teams play Friday night and the Falcon game will be on Power 96 radio.

Below are the top 10 teams in each class,(MaxPreps.com has no rankings for 9-man football yet.)

Class A

1. Minneota
2. Goodhue
3. B-O-L-D (Olivia)
4. Fillmore Central (Harmony, Preston)
5. Braham
6. Minneapolis North
7. Browerville
8. Wabasso
9. Faribault Bethlehem Academy
10. Blooming Prairie

Others from area include Mankato Loyola 14th, Wabasha-Kellogg 18th, Rushford-Peterson 20th

Class AA

1. Caledonia
2. Triton
3. Pipestone
4. Otter Tail Central
5. Lewiston-Altura
6. Chatfield
7. Paynesville
8. Blue Earth
9. Minnewaska Area (Glenwood)
10. Redwood Valley (Redwood Falls)

Others from area include Maple River 11th, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 14th, Kenyon-Wanamingo 17th, Dover-Eyota 19th, NRHEG 23rd

Class AAA

1. Pierz
2. Albany
3. Jackson County Central
4. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
5. Tri-City United (Montgomery-Lonsdale, Lecenter)
6. Annandale
7. Montevideo
8. Glencoe-Silver Lake
9. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
10. Rochester Lourdes

Others from area include Cannon Falls 11th, Belle Plaine 14th, LaCrescent 23rd

Class AAAA

1. Becker
2. Orono
3. Rocori (Cold Spring)
4. South St. Paul
5. Benilde-St. Margaret's
6. Stewartville
7. Zimmerman
8. Hutchinson
9. Marshall
10. Winona

Others from area include: Waseca 13th, Kasson-Mantorville 15th, Mankato East 22nd and Faribault 25th.

Class AAAAA

1. Moorhead
2. Mankato West
3. St. Michael-Albertville
4. St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights)
5. Rogers
6. Spring Lake Park
7. Sartell-St. Stephen
8. Alexandria
9. Chaska
10. Robbinsdale Cooper (New Hope)

Others from area include: Apple Valley 16th, Rochester Mayo 19th, Rochester John Marshall 23rd and Northfield 24th

Class AAAAAA

1. Totino-Grace
2. Osseo
3. Eden Prairie
4. East Ridge of Woodbury
5. Wayzata
6. Robbinsdale Armstrong
7. Rosemount
8. Woodbury
9. Lakeville North
10. Edina

Others from area include: Prior Lake 11th, Lakeville South 13th, Burnsville 14th, Eagan 19th.