By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Four Shawnee County teams earned spots in the 2026 Kansas Volleyball Association Preseason State Rankings, released Wednesday.
Silver Lake volleyball is ranked No. 1 in the KVA Class 3A preseason state rankings after posting a 46-1 record last season, including 37 straight wins to end the season. [File photo/TSN]
Defending state champion Silver Lake is No. 1-ranked in Class 3A after posting a 46-1 record last season and ending the year with 37 straight victories.
Hayden is second-ranked in 4A after posting a runnerup state finish last fall while Rossville is No. 3 in 2A and Washburn Rural No. 7 in 6A. Both the Bulldawgs and Junior Blues were state qualifiers last season.
KVA PRESEASON STATE RANKINGS
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley West
2. Mill Valley
3. Olathe Northwest
4. Blue Valley
5. Manhattan
6. Blue Valley North
7. Washburn Rural
8. Garden City
9. Olathe West
10. Lawrence Free State
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Maize South
3. St. James Academy
4. Andover Central
5. Blue Valley Southwest
6. Great Bend
7. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
8. Bishop Carroll
9. Lansing
10. De Soto
Class 4A
1. Andale
2. Hayden
3. Clay Center
4. Bishop Miege
5. Eudora
6. McPherson
7. Circle
8. Wellington
9. Rock Creek
10. Paola
Class 3A
1. Silver Lake
2. Hoisington
3. Holton
4. Hesston
5. Halstead
6. Beloit
7. Cheney
8. Ellsworth
9. Wichita-Trinity Academy
10. Riley County
Class 2A
1. Ellinwood
2. Valley Heights
3. Rossville
4. Jefferson County North
5. Oakley
6. Hillsboro
7. Moundridge
8. Inman
9. Conway Springs
10. Thomas More Prep-Marian
Class 1A Division I
1. Little River
2. Centralia
3. Goessel
4. Wabaunsee
5. Quinter
6. South Gray
7. St. John-Hudson
8. Sylvan-Lucas
9. Greeley County
10. Rural Vista
Class 1A Division II
1. Linn
2. Hanover
3. Axtell
4. Cheylin
5. Marais des Cygnes Valley
6. Wheatland-Grinnell
7. Victoria
8. Argonia
9. Hutchinson Central Christian
10. Western Plains
