HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Defending national champion Hutchinson Community College has been picked to win its fifth consecutive Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football title in a vote of league coaches released Tuesday.
The Blue Dragons, who shared the KJCCC regular-season crown last year with Butler and Coffeyville, received 42 points and six of the seven first-place votes in the 2025 preseason poll. Hutchinson went 11-1 overall in 2024, winning its second national title under sixth-year head coach Drew Dallas.
Garden City, which collected the remaining first-place vote, was picked second with 36 points. The Broncbusters are looking for their first winning season since 2021 under second-year coach Kiyoshi Harris. Butler, coming off its 26th conference championship, was chosen third with 31 points. The Grizzlies are led by first-year head coach Kyle Woodall following the resignation of Bryce Vignery in March.
Coffeyville, which went 9-3 last season and shared the KJCCC title, was picked fourth with 29 points. Dodge City, which finished 6-4 under first-year coach Ryan Lusby, is fifth with 21 points. Independence (17) and Highland (13) round out the poll, with Tom Minnick taking over the Scotties program after a 5-6 season.
The KJCCC season opens Aug. 23, when Independence hosts Trinity Valley at 11 a.m. and Dodge City visits Tyler Junior College at 7 p.m. Highland and Butler open Aug. 30, with the Scotties hosting Snow College and the Grizzlies traveling to Northeast Oklahoma A&M.