Here are the Week 8 Associated Press prep football rankings.

Class 4A
1. Skyline (9) 7-0 90
2. Olympia 7-0 73
3. Ferris 7-0 72
4. Auburn 7-0 66
5. Central Valley 6-1 40
6. Southridge 7-0 39
7. Marysville-Pilchuck 7-0 38
8. Issaquah 6-1 36
9. Gig Harbor 6-1 22
10. Bothell 5-2 6
Other teams receiving votes: none

Class 3A
1. Bellevue (8) 7-0 89
2. Ferndale (1) 7-0 80
3. Lakes 7-0 69
4. Union 7-0 62
5-tie. West Seattle 7-0 50
5-tie. Kennedy 6-1 50
7. Eastside Catholic 6-1 41
8. Liberty (Renton) 6-1 20
9. O'Dea 5-2 13
10. North Kitsap 6-1 9

Class 2A
1. Prosser (8) 7-0 89
2. Archbishop Murphy (1) 7-0 81
3. Tumwater 7-0 70
4. Burlington-Edison 7-0 60
5. Othello 6-1 52
6. Steilacoom 7-0 42
7. Selah 7-0 34
8. Lynden 5-2 23
9. Black Hills 6-1 14
10. Pullman 5-2 13
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, W. F. West 8.

Class 1A
1. Royal (9) 7-0 97
2. Cashmere (1) 6-0 89
3. Montesano 7-0 80
4. Orting 7-0 70
5. Cascade Christian 6-1 54
6. Castle Rock 6-1 37
7. Cascade (Leavenworth) 5-1 31
8. Nooksack Valley 6-1 29
9. Forks 6-1 28
10. Chelan 5-1 17
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Connell 11.

Class 2B
1. LaSalle (8) 7-0 80
2. Asotin 6-1 69
3. Colfax 5-0 63
4. Willapa Valley 7-0 52
5. Concrete 6-1 41
6 (tie). Garfield-Palouse 6-0 30
6 (tie).Toutle Lake 6-1 30
8. DeSales 5-2 28
9. Reardan 6-1 19
10. White Swan 5-2 11
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Adna 9. 12, Liberty Bell 8.

Class 1B
1. Cusick (5) 7-0 77
2. Tri-Cities Prep (3) 6-0 74
3. LaCrosse-Washtucna 6-0 62
4. Odessa 6-1 39
5. Lummi 6-1 36
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Lake Quinault 20.

The fall sports playoffs begin in earnest this week.

Here are some highlights:

The Narrows League has its cross country championships today and the South Puget Sound League will run tomorrow. Mount Rainier Lutheran's second-ranked boys team will go for the Sea-Tac League championship Thursday at Port Orchard.

The SPSL 4A golf tournament begins today at Gold Mountain Golf Club and the SPSL/WCC 3A is at Chambers Bay today. (There's a reason to go out for the high school golf team).

League swim meets get going on Friday and Saturday.

Soccer and volleyball get started next week.

In football news...

Skyline is ranked No. 8 in the nation by USA Today.

Renton and Tyee had a double-forfeit after 35 players were ejected from their game on Friday night. A lack of players has forced Tyee to forfeit the rest of its season.

Finally, a reader e-mailed me recently, asking if there was any correlation between having a great freshman and/or junior varsity football team means a varsity team will be great two or three years down the road.

What do you think? Does success at the freshman or JV team mean the varsity will have success in the future?