High school football: Six undefeated teams in Cantrall’s top 25 through Week 8
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. Male (6-0) | 91.8 | 1 |
| 2. St. Xavier (6-1) | 90.5 | 3 |
| 3. South Warren (6-1) | 89.4 | 2 |
| 4. Corbin (7-0) | 89.0 | 5 |
| 5. Frederick Douglass (7-0) | 88.3 | 4 |
| 6. Boyle County (6-1) | 87.1 | 8 |
| 7. Manual (5-2) | 86.4 | 6 |
| 8. Beechwood (7-0) | 86.3 | 7 |
| 9. Lexington Christian (7-0) | 86.1 | 9 |
| 10. Johnson Central (5-2) | 84.4 | 10 |
| 11. Trinity (2-6) | 84.3 | t11 |
| 12. Ryle (5-2) | 84.0 | t11 |
| 13. Covington Catholic (4-3) | 83.0 | 13 |
| 14. Ballard (4-3) | 82.1 | 14 |
| 15. Lexington Catholic (5-2) | 81.7 | 16 |
| 16. Central (5-3) | 81.6 | 15 |
| 17. Christian Academy-Louisville (7-1) | 81.1 | 18 |
| 18. Woodford County (7-0) | 80.8 | t19 |
| 19. Cooper (5-2) | 80.3 | NR |
| 20. Bryan Station (6-1) | 80.1 | 17 |
| 21. Franklin County (4-3) | 79.6 | t19 |
| 22. Southwestern (6-1) | 79.0 | 23 |
| 23. Dixie Heights (4-3) | 78.2 | 21 |
| 24. Pikeville (6-2) | 77.9 | NR |
| 25. Scott County (4-3) | 77.8 | 22 |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 77.9 |
| 2. Raceland | 67.8 |
| 3. Bethlehem | 57.8 |
| 4. Paintsville | 54.9 |
| 5. Newport Central Catholic | 54.8 |
| 6. Crittenden County | 53.0 |
| 7. Kentucky Country Day | 51.4 |
| 8. Hazard | 51.0 |
| 9. Williamsburg | 50.6 |
| 10. Russellville | 49.5 |
| 11. Sayre | 45.6 |
| 12. Bishop Brossart | 43.6 |
| 13. Frankfort | 43.5 |
| 14. Louisville Holy Cross | 42.8 |
| 15. Campbellsville | 33.7 |
| 16. Nicholas County | 29.7 |
| 17. Pineville | 29.0 |
| 18. Betsy Layne | 20.6 |
| 19. Eminence | 19.6 |
| 20. Ludlow | 17.9 |
| 21. Paris | 14.3 |
| 22. Fort Knox | 13.1 |
| 23. Bracken County | 12.9 |
| 24. Fulton County | 12.1 |
| 25. Phelps | 11.8 |
| 26. Berea | 9.2 |
| 27. Harlan | 7.3 |
| 28. Lynn Camp | 5.5 |
| 29. Caverna | 1.8 |
| 30. Bellevue | 0.9 |
| 31. Dayton | 0.7 |
| 32. Fairview | 0.6 |
| 33. Jenkins | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 86.3 |
| 2. Lexington Christian | 86.1 |
| 3. Mayfield | 76.1 |
| 4. Danville | 60.6 |
| 5. Caldwell County | 57.6 |
| 6. Murray | 56.6 |
| 7. Owensboro Catholic | 55.1 |
| 8. West Carter | 50.3 |
| 9. Somerset | 50.2 |
| 10. Middlesboro | 49.0 |
| 11. Walton-Verona | 43.8 |
| 12. Carroll County | 42.2 |
| 13. Hancock County | 41.8 |
| 14. Breathitt County | 40.8 |
| 15. Green County | 40.1 |
| 16. Metcalfe County | 39.7 |
| 17. Lloyd | 37.9 |
| 18. Newport | 36.2 |
| 19. Martin County | 33.7 |
| 20. Shelby Valley | 33.1 |
| 21. McLean County | 30.8 |
| 22. Butler County | 25.7 |
| 23. Covington Holy Cross | 25.6 |
| 24. Washington County | 24.3 |
| 25. Todd Central | 23.1 |
| 26. Monroe County | 21.2 |
| 27. Edmonson County | 19.9 |
| 28. Prestonsburg | 18.2 |
| 29. Leslie County | 16.6 |
| 30. Clinton County | 16.1 |
| 31. Bath County | 10.8 |
| 32. Gallatin County | 7.6 |
| 33. Morgan County | 6.2 |
| 34. Fort Campbell | 5.7 |
| 35. Knott Central | 4.8 |
| 36. East Ridge | 4.3 |
| 37. Owen County | 4.2 |
| 38. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 38. Shawnee | 0.1 |
| 38. Trimble County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 81.1 |
| 2. Ashland Blazer | 71.0 |
| 3. Bardstown | 68.2 |
| 4. Belfry | 64.2 |
| 5. Mercer County | 63.9 |
| 6. Bell County | 63.3 |
| 7. Glasgow | 63.1 |
| 8. Elizabethtown | 60.7 |
| 9. Paducah Tilghman | 60.2 |
| 10. DeSales | 59.8 |
| 11. Union County | 58.9 |
| 12. Lawrence County | 58.6 |
| 13. Russell | 57.3 |
| 14. Taylor County | 54.6 |
| 15. Rockcastle County | 52.2 |
| 16. East Carter | 48.2 |
| 17. Adair County | 45.1 |
| 18. Estill County | 43.6 |
| 19. Garrard County | 42.3 |
| 20. Henry County | 41.9 |
| 20. LaRue County | 41.9 |
| 22. Mason County | 37.8 |
| 23. Fleming County | 37.6 |
| 23. Greenup County | 37.6 |
| 25. Casey County | 34.7 |
| 26. Trigg County | 33.1 |
| 27. Pike Central | 30.9 |
| 28. Hart County | 28.5 |
| 29. Western Hills | 27.5 |
| 30. Magoffin County | 24.9 |
| 31. Thomas Nelson | 22.6 |
| 32. Nelson County | 21.6 |
| 33. McCreary Central | 17.4 |
| 34. Floyd Central | 16.0 |
| 35. Pendleton County | 9.7 |
| 36. Webster County | 6.6 |
| 37. Powell County | 6.5 |
| 38. Jackson County | 3.0 |
| 39. Lewis County | 2.6 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Corbin | 89.0 |
| 2. Boyle County | 87.1 |
| 3. Johnson Central | 84.4 |
| 4. Lexington Catholic | 81.7 |
| 5. Central | 81.6 |
| 6. Franklin County | 79.6 |
| 7. Hopkinsville | 68.0 |
| 8. Logan County | 66.4 |
| 9. John Hardin | 65.3 |
| 10. Lincoln County | 64.8 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 63.7 |
| 12. Spencer County | 56.5 |
| 13. Bourbon County | 54.2 |
| 13. Wayne County | 54.2 |
| 15. Franklin-Simpson | 51.7 |
| 16. Knox Central | 51.3 |
| 17. Holmes | 50.8 |
| 18. Allen County-Scottsville | 48.8 |
| 19. Rowan County | 48.7 |
| 20. Madisonville | 47.6 |
| 21. Russell County | 46.8 |
| 22. Calloway County | 46.5 |
| 23. Warren East | 45.7 |
| 24. Scott | 45.6 |
| 25. Harlan County | 41.9 |
| 26. Clay County | 41.3 |
| 26. Shelby County | 41.3 |
| 28. Perry Central | 41.1 |
| 29. Waggener | 39.6 |
| 30. North Oldham | 38.4 |
| 31. Moore | 38.0 |
| 32. Boyd County | 35.0 |
| 33. Hopkins Central | 33.3 |
| 34. Anderson County | 32.2 |
| 35. Harrison County | 31.2 |
| 36. Warren Central | 15.2 |
| 37. Marion County | 11.7 |
| 38. Valley | 7.9 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. South Warren | 89.4 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass | 88.3 |
| 3. Covington Catholic | 83.0 |
| 4. Woodford County | 80.8 |
| 5. Cooper | 80.3 |
| 6. Southwestern | 79.0 |
| 7. Scott County | 77.8 |
| 8. Bowling Green | 77.5 |
| 9. Highlands | 77.1 |
| 10. Owensboro | 76.6 |
| 11. Pulaski County | 75.8 |
| 12. Graves County | 70.3 |
| 13. South Oldham | 69.6 |
| 14. Conner | 67.8 |
| 15. Collins | 65.6 |
| 16. Greenwood | 64.7 |
| 17. Great Crossing | 60.9 |
| 18. North Laurel | 58.3 |
| 19. Madison Southern | 56.3 |
| 20. Fairdale | 55.9 |
| 21. Bullitt Central | 50.8 |
| 22. Whitley County | 50.0 |
| 23. West Jessamine | 47.0 |
| 24. North Bullitt | 46.5 |
| 25. Boone County | 45.6 |
| 26. Montgomery County | 42.8 |
| 27. Christian County | 42.7 |
| 28. Doss | 40.4 |
| 29. East Jessamine | 40.2 |
| 30. Grayson County | 39.1 |
| 31. Atherton | 35.9 |
| 32. Western | 32.2 |
| 33. Grant County | 24.7 |
| 34. Ohio County | 18.8 |
| 35. South Laurel | 18.7 |
| 36. Breckinridge County | 18.1 |
| 37. Muhlenberg County | 13.7 |
| 38. Seneca | 13.5 |
| 39. Jeffersontown | 12.1 |
| 40. Iroquois | 11.9 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. Male | 91.8 |
| 2. St. Xavier | 90.5 |
| 3. Manual | 86.4 |
| 4. Trinity | 84.3 |
| 5. Ryle | 84.0 |
| 6. Ballard | 82.1 |
| 7. Bryan Station | 80.1 |
| 8. Dixie Heights | 78.2 |
| 9. Daviess County | 77.1 |
| 10. Bullitt East | 75.8 |
| 11. North Hardin | 74.0 |
| 12. Oldham County | 73.3 |
| 13. Pleasure Ridge Park | 71.5 |
| 14. Madison Central | 71.4 |
| 15. Central Hardin | 71.0 |
| 16. Henderson County | 70.6 |
| 17. Fern Creek | 67.0 |
| 18. Apollo | 65.0 |
| 19. Simon Kenton | 62.5 |
| 20. McCracken County | 62.0 |
| 21. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 59.1 |
| 22. Eastern | 58.0 |
| 23. Henry Clay | 55.9 |
| 24. Clark County | 55.2 |
| 25. Meade County | 53.3 |
| 26. Tates Creek | 52.5 |
| 27. Campbell County | 50.7 |
| 28. Southern | 49.6 |
| 29. Butler | 49.2 |
| 30. Lafayette | 44.6 |
| 31. Barren County | 38.3 |
| 32. Marshall County | 36.2 |