Class B football: Week 8 roundup

NSAA has scored three Class B Week 8 games so far, and more results post overnight. Ranks here are NSAA wildcard projections from Oct. 16 at 11:07 a.m. CT. That update already counted Thursday's games and NSAA's 1-0 results but not Friday's scored games, and the ranks are not seeds.

Districts B-1, B-2, B-3 (geographic): champion + 2nd + 3rd place qualify (9). District B-4 (Emerging): champion only (1). Plus the 6 highest point averages among teams that did not finish 1st-3rd in their district = 16. Teams from District 4 (Emerging) are not eligible for wildcard qualification. Gretna (7-0) led B at that update, 1st of 23 by average (45.2857).

Results

No. 5 Waverly, No. 4 in the Hurrdat poll, beat No. 19 Lincoln Pius X 45-0 on the road Friday, moving to 6-2 while Lincoln Pius X fell to 2-6. Our full recap has the series history and season numbers.

No. 13 Elkhorn beat No. 10 Ralston 35-13 at home Thursday, moving to 3-5 while Ralston fell to 4-4. At NSAA's 11:07 a.m. update, which counted this result, Elkhorn's 37.8750 average was 2.8750 points above the No. 16 average (35.0000). Elkhorn has outscored opponents 210-196 in eight scored games. Ralston has been outscored 223-192 in eight scored games. Elkhorn was 2-0 against Ralston in NSAA regular-season meetings since 2020 before this one. The two share two common opponents this season: Gretna East (Elkhorn lost 42-20; Ralston lost 57-37); Omaha Skutt Catholic (Elkhorn lost 42-7; Ralston lost 31-6).

No. 8 Northwest beat T-16 Hastings 13-0 at home Friday, moving to 6-2 while Hastings fell to 1-7. Going in, Northwest's 40.8571 average was 5.8571 points above the No. 16 average (35.0000). Northwest has outscored opponents 193-118 in eight scored games. Hastings has been outscored 247-90 in eight scored games. Northwest was 4-2 against Hastings in NSAA regular-season meetings since 2020 before this one. The two share two common opponents this season: Aurora (Northwest lost 35-27; Hastings lost 27-10); McCook (Northwest won 35-0; Hastings lost 35-14).

Sources: secure.nsaahome.org; secure.nsaahome.org; hurrdatsports.com.

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Result note: a 1–0 entry is shown as listed by NSAA. It is not treated as evidence of an on-field score or a confirmed forfeit.