High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams ahead of the postseason
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. Male (9-0) | 94.2 | 1 |
| 2. St. Xavier (9-1) | 91.1 | 2 |
| 3. Boyle County (9-1) | 89.1 | 8 |
| 4. South Warren (9-1) | 89.0 | 4 |
| 5. Lexington Christian (10-0) | 88.5 | 7 |
| 6. Corbin (10-0) | 88.2 | 3 |
| 7. Beechwood (10-0) | 87.7 | 9 |
| 8. Manual (7-3) | 87.1 | 6 |
| 9. Johnson Central (8-2) | 85.2 | 11 |
| 10. Trinity (3-7) | 84.8 | 10 |
| 11. Woodford County (10-0) | 83.8 | 14 |
| 11. Covington Catholic (7-3) | 83.8 | 13 |
| 13. Frederick Douglass (9-1) | 83.7 | 5 |
| 14. Ryle (7-3) | 83.3 | 12 |
| 15. Ballard (7-3) | 83.0 | 15 |
| 16. Christian Academy-Louisville (9-1) | 82.5 | 21 |
| 16. Franklin County (7-3) | 82.5 | t17 |
| 18. Southwestern (9-1) | 82.2 | t19 |
| 19. Owensboro (9-1) | 81.7 | 24 |
| 20. Lexington Catholic (8-2) | 81.6 | t17 |
| 21. Bryan Station (9-1) | 81.0 | 16 |
| 22. Daviess County (9-1) | 80.9 | 23 |
| 22. Highlands (5-5) | 80.9 | t19 |
| 24. Bowling Green (5-5) | 79.8 | 22 |
| 25. Scott County (5-5) | 79.6 | 25 |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 76.1 |
| 2. Raceland | 68.0 |
| 3. Russellville | 56.6 |
| 4. Bethlehem | 56.5 |
| 5. Paintsville | 56.1 |
| 6. Hazard | 53.7 |
| 7. Crittenden County | 50.1 |
| 8. Newport Central Catholic | 49.7 |
| 9. Kentucky Country Day | 49.1 |
| 10. Louisville Holy Cross | 48.8 |
| 11. Sayre | 47.7 |
| 12. Williamsburg | 47.6 |
| 13. Frankfort | 39.8 |
| 14. Bishop Brossart | 39.6 |
| 15. Pineville | 31.9 |
| 16. Campbellsville | 29.4 |
| 16. Nicholas County | 29.4 |
| 18. Eminence | 27.5 |
| 19. Betsy Layne | 24.2 |
| 20. Ludlow | 23.9 |
| 21. Paris | 16.6 |
| 22. Dayton | 15.5 |
| 23. Fort Knox | 13.3 |
| 24. Bracken County | 13.1 |
| 25. Phelps | 12.6 |
| 26. Fulton County | 11.5 |
| 27. Berea | 8.3 |
| 28. Harlan | 7.7 |
| 29. Lynn Camp | 2.5 |
| 30. Caverna | 2.0 |
| 31. Bellevue | 0.9 |
| 32. Fairview | 0.1 |
| 32. Jenkins | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Lexington Christian | 88.5 |
| 2. Beechwood | 87.7 |
| 3. Mayfield | 73.0 |
| 4. Danville | 61.5 |
| 5. Owensboro Catholic | 61.4 |
| 6. Caldwell County | 60.3 |
| 7. Murray | 59.2 |
| 8. Somerset | 50.6 |
| 9. West Carter | 48.9 |
| 10. Middlesboro | 47.8 |
| 11. Metcalfe County | 44.1 |
| 12. Breathitt County | 43.0 |
| 13. Walton-Verona | 41.5 |
| 14. Green County | 40.8 |
| 15. Lloyd | 40.7 |
| 16. Carroll County | 39.6 |
| 17. Hancock County | 36.5 |
| 17. Shelby Valley | 36.5 |
| 19. Martin County | 32.7 |
| 20. Newport | 30.1 |
| 21. Butler County | 29.5 |
| 22. Covington Holy Cross | 27.6 |
| 23. Todd Central | 26.4 |
| 24. McLean County | 26.2 |
| 25. Monroe County | 24.4 |
| 26. Washington County | 21.5 |
| 27. Prestonsburg | 14.7 |
| 28. Edmonson County | 14.1 |
| 29. Bath County | 12.4 |
| 30. Leslie County | 10.5 |
| 31. Clinton County | 9.4 |
| 32. Morgan County | 9.0 |
| 33. Owen County | 6.2 |
| 34. Knott Central | 5.7 |
| 35. Gallatin County | 5.6 |
| 36. Fort Campbell | 2.3 |
| 37. East Ridge | 1.3 |
| 37. Trimble County | 1.3 |
| 39. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 39. Shawnee | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 82.5 |
| 2. Bardstown | 70.1 |
| 3. Mercer County | 69.9 |
| 4. Belfry | 67.6 |
| 5. Ashland Blazer | 66.6 |
| 6. Bell County | 64.4 |
| 7. Glasgow | 62.9 |
| 8. Union County | 60.5 |
| 9. Elizabethtown | 59.3 |
| 10. Paducah Tilghman | 58.9 |
| 11. Russell | 58.2 |
| 12. Lawrence County | 56.9 |
| 13. DeSales | 55.6 |
| 14. Taylor County | 54.9 |
| 15. East Carter | 54.1 |
| 16. Rockcastle County | 48.9 |
| 17. LaRue County | 46.0 |
| 18. Adair County | 44.5 |
| 19. Estill County | 44.3 |
| 20. Garrard County | 42.7 |
| 21. Henry County | 40.3 |
| 22. Mason County | 40.0 |
| 23. Fleming County | 37.8 |
| 24. Casey County | 35.5 |
| 25. Greenup County | 34.4 |
| 26. Trigg County | 33.3 |
| 27. Hart County | 33.1 |
| 28. Western Hills | 32.9 |
| 29. Magoffin County | 25.6 |
| 30. Thomas Nelson | 25.5 |
| 31. Pike Central | 24.9 |
| 32. Nelson County | 18.9 |
| 33. McCreary Central | 15.2 |
| 34. Pendleton County | 13.0 |
| 35. Floyd Central | 12.0 |
| 36. Powell County | 7.6 |
| 37. Lewis County | 4.2 |
| 38. Webster County | 1.3 |
| 39. Jackson County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Boyle County | 89.1 |
| 2. Corbin | 88.2 |
| 3. Johnson Central | 85.2 |
| 4. Franklin County | 82.5 |
| 5. Lexington Catholic | 81.6 |
| 6. Central | 75.6 |
| 7. Hopkinsville | 73.3 |
| 8. Lincoln County | 68.9 |
| 9. Logan County | 65.5 |
| 10. John Hardin | 65.2 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 61.6 |
| 12. Spencer County | 61.2 |
| 13. Holmes | 57.9 |
| 14. Bourbon County | 57.5 |
| 15. Franklin-Simpson | 54.7 |
| 16. Allen County | 53.3 |
| 17. Knox Central | 53.1 |
| 18. Wayne County | 51.4 |
| 19. Rowan County | 50.1 |
| 20. Madisonville | 49.3 |
| 21. Perry Central | 47.5 |
| 22. Warren East | 44.1 |
| 23. Shelby County | 42.9 |
| 24. Scott | 42.4 |
| 25. Harlan County | 40.5 |
| 25. Moore | 40.5 |
| 27. Calloway County | 38.9 |
| 28. Russell County | 38.3 |
| 29. Clay County | 37.9 |
| 30. Waggener | 37.3 |
| 31. North Oldham | 37.2 |
| 32. Boyd County | 33.7 |
| 33. Hopkins Central | 33.2 |
| 34. Anderson County | 31.8 |
| 35. Harrison County | 27.1 |
| 36. Warren Central | 15.5 |
| 37. Marion County | 10.8 |
| 38. Valley | 7.3 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. South Warren | 89.0 |
| 2. Covington Catholic | 83.8 |
| 2. Woodford County | 83.8 |
| 4. Frederick Douglass | 83.7 |
| 5. Southwestern | 82.2 |
| 6. Owensboro | 81.7 |
| 7. Highlands | 80.9 |
| 8. Bowling Green | 79.8 |
| 9. Scott County | 79.6 |
| 10. Cooper | 74.4 |
| 11. Pulaski County | 72.8 |
| 12. South Oldham | 71.3 |
| 13. Conner | 68.3 |
| 14. Graves County | 66.9 |
| 15. Greenwood | 66.0 |
| 16. Great Crossing | 62.6 |
| 17. Collins | 61.1 |
| 18. North Laurel | 60.0 |
| 19. Fairdale | 55.6 |
| 20. Madison Southern | 52.2 |
| 21. Bullitt Central | 51.0 |
| 22. Whitley County | 50.0 |
| 23. West Jessamine | 47.8 |
| 24. Boone County | 47.3 |
| 25. Doss | 44.5 |
| 26. Christian County | 42.8 |
| 27. North Bullitt | 42.2 |
| 28. Montgomery County | 41.2 |
| 29. East Jessamine | 40.2 |
| 30. Atherton | 37.6 |
| 31. Grayson County | 37.1 |
| 32. Western | 26.2 |
| 33. Grant County | 24.9 |
| 34. Breckinridge County | 20.3 |
| 35. Muhlenberg County | 20.0 |
| 36. South Laurel | 16.2 |
| 37. Jeffersontown | 16.0 |
| 38. Iroquois | 11.9 |
| 39. Ohio County | 11.0 |
| 40. Seneca | 10.3 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. Male | 94.2 |
| 2. St. Xavier | 91.1 |
| 3. Manual | 87.1 |
| 4. Trinity | 84.8 |
| 5. Ryle | 83.3 |
| 6. Ballard | 83.0 |
| 7. Bryan Station | 81.0 |
| 8. Daviess County | 80.9 |
| 9. Dixie Heights | 78.6 |
| 10. Bullitt East | 74.6 |
| 11. Oldham County | 74.4 |
| 12. Madison Central | 72.0 |
| 13. North Hardin | 71.3 |
| 14. Central Hardin | 69.3 |
| 14. Pleasure Ridge Park | 69.3 |
| 16. Henderson County | 68.3 |
| 17. Fern Creek | 63.8 |
| 18. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 63.4 |
| 19. McCracken County | 61.8 |
| 20. Simon Kenton | 61.7 |
| 21. Apollo | 60.7 |
| 22. Eastern | 54.3 |
| 23. Tates Creek | 53.0 |
| 24. Campbell County | 52.3 |
| 25. Southern | 51.8 |
| 26. Clark County | 51.7 |
| 27. Butler | 50.9 |
| 28. Meade County | 50.6 |
| 29. Henry Clay | 50.3 |
| 30. Lafayette | 44.0 |
| 31. Barren County | 36.7 |
| 32. Marshall County | 35.8 |