2023 Preseason Rankings

Sallisaw will be top 10 before season end.....mark....my...words

Vype Top 10

1. Wagoner
2. Poteau
3. Blanchard
4. Tuttle
5. Weatherford
6. Clinton
7. Elk City
8. Ada
9. Cushing
10. Newcastle

This one is a lot closer, IMO.

I'm a 2A guy, but Cushing not in top 10??? Fill me in. I know they lost A LOT of seniors, but seem to have a good program and a successful offseason.

They should definitely be a top 10 team. I know they lost quite a bit, but they’ve built that program up into a good, steady program from junior high all the way up. From summer pride to 7 on 7s etc, they’re doing a lot more there than had been done before.

Should go 9-1 with the one loss coming to Wagoner, but they could possibly slip another game with not as much experience (possibly to Perkins). Should finish 2nd in their district and have a great chance at winning a first round game against the 3 seed from district 4. Then all of a sudden, they’re one of the 8 remaining teams in 4A. Quarters would be tough with either Tuttle or Blanchard, depending on who finishes 2nd in 4A-2. All this to say, they should be a quarterfinal-type team this year.

Need to clarify this. He hasn’t had a ton of success yet, but I believe he can. Getting your first head coaching job at 23 is tough and he took Watonga to the playoffs 3/4 years. Then becomes the DC on a semi final team then takes them back to the semis by implementing a new offense, so he had to be doing something right by teaching and getting the kids to buy into something different for their senior year.

He’ll have his work cut out for him for sure as he lost a lot of talent/production. If I was familiar with Elk City the way I am with Cushing, I might be more inclined to rank them higher. I just don’t know what they have coming up enough to rank them higher. If they fall back to what they had been prior to 2021, I just don’t think it will be because of Maynard.

Also, another reason I give him credit is his lineage. Having a grandpa and dad that were coaches, along with playing at tradition-rich Davis under Jody Weber and playing 4 years of college football, he’s been around football all his life. That’s a lot better resume than a lot of young high school football coaches.

Don't forget, we now have LC in our district. Those privates are hard to predict.