High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams through Week 7
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. Male (5-0) | 92.7 | 1 |
| 2. South Warren (5-1) | 88.8 | t5 |
| 3. St. Xavier (5-1) | 88.5 | t3 |
| 4. Frederick Douglass (7-0) | 88.3 | 2 |
| 5. Corbin (6-0) | 88.2 | t5 |
| 6. Manual (5-1) | 88.0 | t3 |
| 7. Beechwood (6-0) | 87.8 | 7 |
| 8. Boyle County (5-1) | 86.9 | 8 |
| 9. Lexington Christian (6-0) | 86.8 | 9 |
| 10. Johnson Central (4-2) | 84.6 | NR |
| 11. Ryle (4-2) | 83.9 | 10 |
| 11. Trinity (1-6) | 83.9 | 11 |
| 13. Covington Catholic (4-3) | 83.0 | 12 |
| 14. Ballard (4-2) | 82.1 | 13 |
| 15. Central (4-3) | 81.8 | 16 |
| 16. Lexington Catholic (5-1) | 81.5 | 15 |
| 17. Bryan Station (5-1) | 81.3 | 14 |
| 18. Christian Academy-Louisville (6-1) | 80.8 | t17 |
| 19. Woodford County (6-0) | 79.6 | 23 |
| 19. Franklin County (4-3) | 79.6 | 19 |
| 21. Dixie Heights (3-3) | 78.0 | 25 |
| 22. Scott County (3-3) | 77.8 | t20 |
| 23. Southwestern (5-1) | 77.7 | NR |
| 24. Bowling Green (3-4) | 77.5 | t20 |
| 25. Daviess County (6-1) | 77.1 | NR |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 77.0 |
| 2. Raceland | 68.2 |
| 3. Paintsville | 55.7 |
| 4. Bethlehem | 55.0 |
| 5. Newport Central Catholic | 54.2 |
| 6. Crittenden County | 51.5 |
| 7. Kentucky Country Day | 51.4 |
| 8. Hazard | 50.7 |
| 9. Williamsburg | 49.8 |
| 10. Russellville | 49.5 |
| 11. Sayre | 46.3 |
| 12. Louisville Holy Cross | 45.6 |
| 13. Bishop Brossart | 42.7 |
| 14. Frankfort | 40.1 |
| 15. Campbellsville | 33.7 |
| 16. Eminence | 32.4 |
| 17. Nicholas County | 30.1 |
| 18. Pineville | 26.2 |
| 19. Betsy Layne | 20.3 |
| 20. Ludlow | 18.8 |
| 21. Dayton | 17.1 |
| 22. Paris | 14.4 |
| 23. Bracken County | 14.2 |
| 24. Fort Knox | 13.1 |
| 25. Phelps | 12.4 |
| 26. Fulton County | 12.1 |
| 27. Berea | 9.2 |
| 28. Lynn Camp | 8.9 |
| 29. Harlan | 8.5 |
| 30. Bellevue | 4.1 |
| 31. Caverna | 1.8 |
| 32. Fairview | 0.1 |
| 32. Jenkins | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 87.8 |
| 2. Lexington Christian | 86.8 |
| 3. Mayfield | 76.1 |
| 4. Danville | 58.8 |
| 5. Caldwell County | 57.1 |
| 6. Murray | 55.1 |
| 7. Owensboro Catholic | 54.1 |
| 8. Somerset | 51.9 |
| 9. West Carter | 51.5 |
| 10. Middlesboro | 49.0 |
| 11. Walton-Verona | 44.8 |
| 12. Carroll County | 41.9 |
| 13. Hancock County | 41.8 |
| 14. Breathitt County | 40.8 |
| 15. Green County | 40.3 |
| 16. Lloyd | 39.7 |
| 16. Metcalfe County | 39.7 |
| 18. Shelby Valley | 37.5 |
| 19. Newport | 34.7 |
| 20. McLean County | 30.8 |
| 21. Martin County | 29.7 |
| 22. Butler County | 26.9 |
| 23. Covington Holy Cross | 23.4 |
| 24. Todd Central | 23.1 |
| 25. Washington County | 22.7 |
| 26. Monroe County | 21.2 |
| 27. Edmonson County | 19.9 |
| 28. Prestonsburg | 17.3 |
| 29. Leslie County | 16.9 |
| 30. Clinton County | 16.1 |
| 31. Bath County | 10.4 |
| 32. Gallatin County | 7.9 |
| 33. Fort Campbell | 6.5 |
| 34. Morgan County | 6.2 |
| 35. East Ridge | 5.4 |
| 36. Knott Central | 5.2 |
| 37. Owen County | 3.6 |
| 38. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 38. Shawnee | 0.1 |
| 38. Trimble County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 80.8 |
| 2. Ashland Blazer | 71.9 |
| 3. Bardstown | 68.6 |
| 4. Belfry | 64.2 |
| 5. Bell County | 64.0 |
| 6. Mercer County | 63.9 |
| 7. Glasgow | 63.1 |
| 8. Elizabethtown | 60.7 |
| 9. Paducah Tilghman | 60.2 |
| 10. DeSales | 59.9 |
| 11. Union County | 58.9 |
| 12. Lawrence County | 57.2 |
| 13. Russell | 55.9 |
| 14. Taylor County | 54.6 |
| 15. Rockcastle County | 52.2 |
| 16. East Carter | 47.1 |
| 17. Adair County | 45.1 |
| 18. Estill County | 43.1 |
| 19. Henry County | 42.1 |
| 20. LaRue County | 41.9 |
| 21. Garrard County | 41.5 |
| 22. Mason County | 39.2 |
| 23. Greenup County | 39.1 |
| 24. Fleming County | 36.5 |
| 25. Trigg County | 35.4 |
| 26. Casey County | 34.7 |
| 27. Pike Central | 32.4 |
| 28. Hart County | 28.5 |
| 29. Western Hills | 27.6 |
| 30. Magoffin County | 24.5 |
| 31. Thomas Nelson | 22.6 |
| 32. Nelson County | 21.6 |
| 33. McCreary Central | 18.3 |
| 34. Floyd Central | 17.0 |
| 35. Pendleton County | 12.5 |
| 36. Webster County | 6.6 |
| 37. Powell County | 4.4 |
| 38. Jackson County | 3.0 |
| 39. Lewis County | 2.7 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Corbin | 88.2 |
| 2. Boyle County | 86.9 |
| 3. Johnson Central | 84.6 |
| 4. Central | 81.8 |
| 5. Lexington Catholic | 81.5 |
| 6. Franklin County | 79.6 |
| 7. Hopkinsville | 68.0 |
| 8. John Hardin | 66.6 |
| 9. Logan County | 66.1 |
| 10. Lincoln County | 61.8 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 61.5 |
| 12. Wayne County | 57.0 |
| 13. Spencer County | 55.6 |
| 14. Bourbon County | 52.9 |
| 15. Knox Central | 52.5 |
| 16. Franklin-Simpson | 51.7 |
| 17. Holmes | 51.1 |
| 18. Calloway County | 48.9 |
| 19. Allen County-Scottsville | 48.8 |
| 20. Madisonville | 47.8 |
| 21. Rowan County | 47.7 |
| 22. Russell County | 46.8 |
| 23. Warren East | 45.7 |
| 24. Scott | 45.6 |
| 25. Clay County | 43.4 |
| 26. Harlan County | 41.9 |
| 27. North Oldham | 40.4 |
| 27. Perry Central | 40.4 |
| 29. Shelby County | 39.5 |
| 30. Waggener | 39.0 |
| 31. Moore | 36.7 |
| 32. Boyd County | 34.8 |
| 33. Anderson County | 33.6 |
| 34. Harrison County | 32.4 |
| 35. Hopkins Central | 31.1 |
| 36. Warren Central | 15.4 |
| 37. Marion County | 11.5 |
| 38. Valley | 9.1 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. South Warren | 88.8 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass | 88.3 |
| 3. Covington Catholic | 83.0 |
| 4. Woodford County | 79.6 |
| 5. Scott County | 77.8 |
| 6. Southwestern | 77.7 |
| 7. Bowling Green | 77.5 |
| 8. Cooper | 76.7 |
| 9. Owensboro | 76.6 |
| 10. Highlands | 75.4 |
| 11. Pulaski County | 74.4 |
| 12. Conner | 71.1 |
| 13. Graves County | 70.3 |
| 14. South Oldham | 65.8 |
| 15. Greenwood | 64.7 |
| 16. Collins | 63.7 |
| 17. North Laurel | 59.4 |
| 18. Madison Southern | 57.9 |
| 19. Great Crossing | 57.7 |
| 20. Fairdale | 54.8 |
| 21. Whitley County | 51.0 |
| 22. Bullitt Central | 50.8 |
| 23. North Bullitt | 50.1 |
| 24. Boone County | 47.1 |
| 25. West Jessamine | 47.0 |
| 26. Montgomery County | 46.0 |
| 27. Christian County | 42.7 |
| 28. East Jessamine | 42.0 |
| 29. Doss | 41.5 |
| 30. Grayson County | 39.1 |
| 31. Atherton | 35.6 |
| 32. Western | 28.3 |
| 33. Grant County | 24.7 |
| 34. South Laurel | 19.3 |
| 35. Ohio County | 18.8 |
| 36. Breckinridge County | 18.1 |
| 37. Iroquois | 15.8 |
| 38. Muhlenberg County | 13.7 |
| 39. Seneca | 13.5 |
| 40. Jeffersontown | 12.9 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. Male | 92.7 |
| 2. St. Xavier | 88.5 |
| 3. Manual | 88.0 |
| 4. Ryle | 83.9 |
| 4. Trinity | 83.9 |
| 6. Ballard | 82.1 |
| 7. Bryan Station | 81.3 |
| 8. Dixie Heights | 78.0 |
| 9. Daviess County | 77.1 |
| 10. Oldham County | 76.0 |
| 11. Bullitt East | 74.5 |
| 12. North Hardin | 74.0 |
| 13. Henderson County | 73.1 |
| 14. Central Hardin | 71.0 |
| 15. Pleasure Ridge Park | 69.7 |
| 16. Madison Central | 68.3 |
| 17. Fern Creek | 67.9 |
| 18. McCracken County | 62.6 |
| 19. Simon Kenton | 62.4 |
| 20. Apollo | 62.1 |
| 21. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 58.2 |
| 22. Eastern | 58.0 |
| 23. Henry Clay | 55.9 |
| 24. Meade County | 53.3 |
| 24. Tates Creek | 53.3 |
| 26. Clark County | 52.5 |
| 27. Butler | 50.8 |
| 28. Campbell County | 50.4 |
| 29. Southern | 47.4 |
| 30. Lafayette | 44.6 |
| 31. Barren County | 38.3 |
| 32. Marshall County | 36.2 |