Colony, a 46-0 winner over Lathrop last weekend, is the large-school team to beat for the second week in a row. The Knights will take the No. 1 ranking into a Friday home game against Soldotna, the No. 3 team among small schools.
Colony avoided the jinx that came with the No. 1 ranking for preseason favorite North Pole, which lost to Colony 17-7 in its season opener. Bartlett replaced the Patriots as the No. 1 team and promptly lost to South.
Also maintaining their spots in the large-school poll are No. 2 Service and No. 4 Palmer. New teams grabbed the No. 3 and No. 5 spots -- West, tied for fifth with Chugiak last week, jumped to No. 3 after beating the Mustangs 37-21; and South, unranked last week, is ranked fifth thanks to a 27-7 win over Dimond.
Bounced from the rankings were Juneau-Douglas, ranked third going into a game last week in St. George, Utah, where the Crimson Bears suffered their first loss of the season. Chugiak also fell out of the rankings.
In the small-school rankings, Kenai held onto the top spot by rolling past Nikiski 41-0.
The only change in the small-school poll was the emergence of a new No. 5. Monroe replaced Sitka by virtue of last week's 27-26 overtime victory over the visiting Wolves.
ASBN football rankings The Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network's Week 4 rankings:
Large schools
1. Colony (3-0)
2. Service (3-0)
3. West (3-0)
4. Palmer (3-0)
5. South (2-1).
Small schools
1. Kenai (3-0)
2. Eielson (3-0)
3. Soldotna (2-1)
4. Kodiak (2-1)
5. Monroe (3-0)
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