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Michigan 8-player top 10 football rankings after Week 6 of the 2019 regular season
Only one of the 8-player teams STATE CHAMPS! top 10 rankings lost in Week 6, with then-No. 9 Suttons Bay falling by a point at home to No. 4 Gaylord St. Mary. The Norsemen drop into the honorable mention ranks, replaced by new No. 10 Mio. Like the Snowbirds of St. Mary — the only team to beat them so far — the Thunderbolts from Mio AuSable High School are in their first season of 8-player football, and thriving. Mio lost its final 23 games in 11-player football, going winless in 2017 and 2018.
The bonus? After Gaylord St. Mary beat Mio, 48-32, in Week 2, the two teams will have a rematch in Week 8.
Here is the 8-player top 10 after Week 6 of the 2019 regular season:
1 Morrice (6-0) — Beat Burton Madison, 70-6. (Last ranking: 1) Up next: home vs. Flint International Academy
2 Powers North Central (6-0) — Beat Crystal Falls Forest Park, 34-8. (Last ranking: 2) Up next: home vs. Newberry
3 Pickford (5-1) — Beat Cedarville, 64-20. (Last ranking: 3) Up next: at Stephenson
4 Gaylord St. Mary (6-0) — Beat No. 9 Suttons Bay, 48-47. (Last ranking: 4) Up next: home vs. Vestaburg
5 Colon (6-0) — Beat Bellevue, 43-8. (Last ranking: 5) Up next: home vs. Camden-Frontier
6 Deckerville (6-0) — Beat Mayville, 44-12. (Last ranking: 6) Up next: home vs. HM Kinde North Huron
7 Pellston (6-0) — Beat Hale, 48-6. (Last ranking: 7) Up next: at Hillman
8 Portland St. Patrick (6-0) — Beat Manistee Catholic Central, 60-12. (Last ranking: 8) Up next: home vs. Onekama
9 Martin (6-0) —Beat HM Bridgman, 50-16. (Last ranking:10) Up next: home vs. Vermontville Maple Valley
10 Mio (5-1) — Beat Posen, 46-26. (Last ranking: HM) Up next: at AuGres Sims
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Dropped out: No. 9 Suttons Bay (5-1).
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The next five:
Climax-Scotts (5-1)
Suttons Bay (5-1)
Kingston (5-1)
Kinde North Huron (5-1)
Mesick (5-1)
