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SWX Pick 6 Power Rankings: CdA, Mead Take Command in Week 1

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The SWX Pick 6 Power Rankings are based on top-six voting system and reflect the perceived performance of each team regardless of classification. Voters include a handful of sports reporters and play-by-play commentators within the SWX organization.

Results vary week to week depending on the performance of each team.

New results will be released every Monday morning during the football season, beginning with the second full week of competition.

Week 1 Rankings:

Rank	Team	Record	Points	1st Place Votes
1.	Coeur d'Alene	2-0	29	4
2.	Mead	1-0	26	1
3T.	Gonzaga Prep	1-0	11
3T.	East Valley	1-0	11
5.	Waitsburg-Prescott	1-0	10
6	Ferris	1-0	5

*Also receiving points: Odessa-Harrington (4), Cusick2), Colfax (2), Kootenai (2), Wellpinit (1), Mt. Spokane (1), Timberlake (1)

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