MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of October 10, first-place votes in parentheses, as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:
| Class AAAAAA | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Eden Prairie (7) | (6-0) |
| 2. Edina | (6-1) |
| 3. Stillwater | (5-1) |
| 4. Osseo | (4-2 |
| 5. Wayzata | (4-1) |
| 6. Mounds View | (5-1) |
| 7. Maple Grove | (6-0) |
| 8. Lakeville North | (5-1) |
| 9. Prior Lake | (5-1) |
| 10. Hopkins | (4-2) |
| Others receiving votes: Cretin-Derham Hall 2, Eastview 1. | |
| Class AAAAA | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Totino-Grace (7) | (6-0) |
| 2. Spring Lake Park (1) | (6-0) |
| 3. Owatonna | (6-0) |
| 4. St. Thomas Academy | (5-1) |
| 5. Moorhead | (6-0) |
| 6. St. Paul Central | (6-0) |
| 7. Farmington | (5-1) |
| 8. Rogers | (5-1) |
| 9. Rochester Mayo | (5-1) |
| 10. Apple Valley | (4-2) |
| (tie) Monticello | (4-2) |
| Others receiving votes: Rochester John Marshall 9, Mahtomedi 8, Chanhassen 7, St. Michael-Albertville 5, Cambridge-Isanti 5, Sartell-St. Stephen 3, St. Cloud Tech 2. | |
| Class AAAA | |
| School | Record |
| 1. De La Salle (7) | (6-0) |
| 2. South St. Paul (2) | (6-0) |
| 3. Hutchinson (1) | (6-0) |
| 4. Detroit Lakes | (6-0) |
| 5. Glencoe-SL | (5-1) |
| 6. Marshall | (6-0) |
| 7. Kasson-Mantorville | (6-0) |
| 8. Becker | (5-1) |
| 9. Minneapolis Washburn | (5-1) |
| 10. Faribault | (5-1) |
| Others receiving votes: Fergus Falls 9, Hill-Murray 5, Hermantown 3, Delano 2, St. Anthony 2, Big Lake 1, | |
| Class AAA | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Rochester Lourdes (4) | (6-0) |
| 2. Perham (1) | (6-0) |
| 3. Blue Earth | (6-0) |
| 4. St. Croix Lutheran | (5-1) |
| 5. Morris Area/C-A | (6-0) |
| 6. Annandale | (5-1) |
| 7. Lake City | (5-1) |
| 8. Watertown-Mayer | (5-1) |
| 9. St. Peter | (5-1) |
| 10. Proctor | (5-1) |
| Others receiving votes: Esko 2, Tri-City United 2, Providence Academy/Heritage Christian Academy 1. | |
| Class AA | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Caledonia (5) | (6-0) |
| 2. Moose Lake/Willow Ri. | (6-0) |
| 3. BOLD | (6-0) |
| 4. Barnesville | (6-0) |
| 5. Luverne | (6-0) |
| 6. Hawley | (6-0) |
| 7. Lewiston-Altura | (7-0) |
| 8. Sibley East | (5-1) |
| (tie) Chatfield | (5-1) |
| 10. Waterville-E-M | (5-1) |
| Others receiving votes: Frazee 2, Holdingford 2, Mayer Lutheran 2, Pierz 1, Jackson County Central 1. | |
| Class A | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Mahnomen (6) | (6-0) |
| 2. SESM | (6-0) |
| 3. Bethlehem Academy | (6-0) |
| 4. Dawson-Boyd | (5-1) |
| 5. Minneota/LHI | (5-1) |
| 6. Lester Prairie/Holy Tri. | (5-1) |
| 7. Adrian | (5-1) |
| 8. Springfield | (5-1) |
| 9. Pillager | (5-1) |
| 10. Fertile-Beltrami | (5-1) |
| (tie) Blooming Prairie | (5-1) |
| Others receiving votes: Red Lake County 2, Canby 1, Barnum 1. | |
| Class 9-MAN | |
| School | Record |
| 1. Clinton-G-B (4) | (6-0) |
| 2. Hills-Beaver Creek (2) | (6-0) |
| 3. Spring Grove | (6-0) |
| 4. Stephen-Argyle | (6-0) |
| 5. Goodridge G-G | (6-0) |
| 6. Nicollet | (6-0) |
| 7. Wheaton/H-N | (5-1) |
| 8. Ada-Borup | (5-1) |
| 9. Nevis | (6-0) |
| 10. Edgerton/Ellsworth | (5-1) |
| Others receiving votes: Onamia 6, Grand Meadow 5, Win-E-Mac 5, Underwood 4. |