High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams through Week 6
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. St. Xavier (4-1) | 91.8 | 1 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass (6-0) | 91.3 | 3 |
| 3. Boyle County (6-0) | 91.2 | 4 |
| 4. South Warren (3-2) | 90.4 | 2 |
| 5. Christian Academy-Louisville (6-0) | 88.6 | 6 |
| 6. Manual (6-0) | 87.9 | t7 |
| 7. Lexington Catholic (5-1) | 86.2 | 9 |
| 8. Covington Catholic (5-1) | 85.7 | t7 |
| 9. Corbin (5-0) | 85.6 | 10 |
| 10. Male (3-2) | 85.3 | 12 |
| 11. Woodford County (5-0) | 85.2 | 11 |
| 12. Trinity (3-3) | 85.1 | NR |
| 13. Ballard (5-1) | 85.0 | 5 |
| 14. Beechwood (4-1) | 84.5 | 13 |
| 15. Pikeville (3-2) | 83.9 | 15 |
| 16. Bowling Green (5-1) | 83.2 | 14 |
| 17. Highlands (4-2) | 82.2 | 20 |
| 18. Southwestern (5-0) | 81.9 | 18 |
| 19. Pulaski County (5-1) | 80.6 | 21 |
| 20. Daviess County (4-2) | 80.3 | NR |
| 21. Central Hardin (5-1) | 80.1 | NR |
| 22. Scott County (4-1) | 79.9 | 16 |
| 23. Henderson County (4-1) | 78.5 | NR |
| 24. Franklin County (2-4) | 78.3 | 25 |
| 25. Ryle (3-2) | 77.9 | NR |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 83.9 |
| 2. Raceland | 77.8 |
| 3. Bethlehem | 59.9 |
| 4. Hazard | 57.4 |
| 5. Newport Central Catholic | 53.3 |
| 6. Louisville Holy Cross | 49.9 |
| 7. Paintsville | 49.7 |
| 8. Kentucky Country Day | 45.4 |
| 9. Crittenden County | 43.5 |
| 10. Sayre | 41.7 |
| 11. Pineville | 41.6 |
| 11. Williamsburg | 41.6 |
| 13. Campbellsville | 40.4 |
| 14. Nicholas County | 36.7 |
| 15. Bishop Brossart | 34.0 |
| 16. Frankfort | 33.1 |
| 17. Paris | 31.6 |
| 18. Russellville | 30.3 |
| 19. Bracken County | 25.1 |
| 20. Dayton | 24.9 |
| 21. Betsy Layne | 22.9 |
| 22. Ludlow | 22.7 |
| 23. Harlan | 18.8 |
| 24. Berea | 17.6 |
| 25. Fulton County | 16.3 |
| 26. Fort Knox | 9.3 |
| 27. Eminence | 9.1 |
| 28. Fairview | 0.6 |
| 29. Caverna | 0.5 |
| 30. Lynn Camp | 0.3 |
| 31. Bellevue | 0.1 |
| 31. Phelps | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 84.5 |
| 2. Mayfield | 77.8 |
| 3. Lexington Christian | 77.6 |
| 4. Owensboro Catholic | 68.9 |
| 5. Danville | 61.7 |
| 6. Lloyd | 53.1 |
| 7. Somerset | 52.9 |
| 8. Murray | 52.5 |
| 9. Shelby Valley | 50.1 |
| 10. Butler County | 49.1 |
| 11. Middlesboro | 46.5 |
| 12. Breathitt County | 45.7 |
| 13. Hancock County | 45.4 |
| 14. Metcalfe County | 45.0 |
| 15. Green County | 41.6 |
| 16. Caldwell County | 40.8 |
| 17. Walton-Verona | 40.4 |
| 18. McLean County | 36.4 |
| 19. West Carter | 33.0 |
| 20. Carroll County | 31.8 |
| 21. Martin County | 30.2 |
| 22. Newport | 29.9 |
| 23. Covington Holy Cross | 28.4 |
| 24. Todd Central | 25.7 |
| 25. Prestonsburg | 23.6 |
| 26. Washington County | 23.2 |
| 27. Leslie County | 21.5 |
| 27. Monroe County | 21.5 |
| 29. Fort Campbell | 14.2 |
| 30. East Ridge | 12.6 |
| 31. Edmonson County | 12.2 |
| 32. Gallatin County | 10.4 |
| 33. Owen County | 8.7 |
| 34. Morgan County | 2.3 |
| 34. Trimble County | 2.3 |
| 36. Clinton County | 1.3 |
| 37. Ballard Memorial | 0.4 |
| 38. Bath County | 0.1 |
| 38. Knott Central | 0.1 |
| 38. Shawnee | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 88.6 |
| 2. Bardstown | 77.2 |
| 3. Union County | 69.4 |
| 4. Glasgow | 68.5 |
| 5. Paducah Tilghman | 68.4 |
| 6. Belfry | 66.3 |
| 7. Elizabethtown | 66.0 |
| 8. Bell County | 62.7 |
| 9. Mercer County | 61.0 |
| 10. Lawrence County | 60.8 |
| 11. East Carter | 57.8 |
| 12. Ashland Blazer | 57.6 |
| 13. Henry County | 52.1 |
| 14. Casey County | 50.4 |
| 15. Mason County | 48.9 |
| 16. Taylor County | 48.1 |
| 17. Hart County | 46.9 |
| 18. Greenup County | 46.5 |
| 19. Russell | 46.0 |
| 20. LaRue County | 45.5 |
| 21. Trigg County | 43.1 |
| 22. Rockcastle County | 42.4 |
| 23. Estill County | 39.5 |
| 24. DeSales | 38.6 |
| 25. Fleming County | 37.8 |
| 26. Garrard County | 36.4 |
| 27. Adair County | 35.6 |
| 28. Nelson County | 32.2 |
| 29. Magoffin County | 25.2 |
| 30. Western Hills | 22.3 |
| 31. McCreary Central | 21.2 |
| 32. Floyd Central | 17.8 |
| 33. Thomas Nelson | 17.5 |
| 34. Webster County | 17.1 |
| 35. Pike Central | 16.0 |
| 36. Powell County | 14.3 |
| 37. Lewis County | 13.0 |
| 38. Pendleton County | 4.1 |
| 39. Jackson County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Boyle County | 91.2 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 86.2 |
| 3. Corbin | 85.6 |
| 4. Franklin County | 78.3 |
| 5. Johnson Central | 77.0 |
| 6. Logan County | 73.7 |
| 7. Central | 70.2 |
| 8. Hopkinsville | 66.3 |
| 9. Spencer County | 65.9 |
| 10. Madisonville | 61.4 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 59.6 |
| 12. Warren East | 56.9 |
| 13. Franklin-Simpson | 56.5 |
| 14. Lincoln County | 55.3 |
| 15. Holmes | 54.1 |
| 16. Shelby County | 50.3 |
| 17. Wayne County | 49.8 |
| 18. Bourbon County | 49.5 |
| 19. Allen County-Scottsville | 48.2 |
| 20. Knox Central | 47.6 |
| 21. Scott | 47.2 |
| 22. North Oldham | 45.0 |
| 23. Clay County | 43.2 |
| 23. Perry Central | 43.2 |
| 25. Boyd County | 42.0 |
| 26. Rowan County | 41.9 |
| 27. Harlan County | 41.6 |
| 28. John Hardin | 41.4 |
| 29. Harrison County | 31.5 |
| 30. Warren Central | 30.9 |
| 31. Russell County | 28.4 |
| 32. Hopkins Central | 28.0 |
| 33. Moore | 27.2 |
| 34. Valley | 23.4 |
| 35. Anderson County | 23.3 |
| 36. Waggener | 21.8 |
| 37. Calloway County | 20.2 |
| 38. Marion County | 15.7 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. Frederick Douglass | 91.3 |
| 2. South Warren | 90.4 |
| 3. Covington Catholic | 85.7 |
| 4. Woodford County | 85.2 |
| 5. Bowling Green | 83.2 |
| 6. Highlands | 82.2 |
| 7. Southwestern | 81.9 |
| 8. Pulaski County | 80.6 |
| 9. Scott County | 79.9 |
| 10. Owensboro | 77.3 |
| 11. Greenwood | 71.1 |
| 12. Cooper | 70.6 |
| 13. Fairdale | 69.3 |
| 14. Great Crossing | 66.7 |
| 15. South Oldham | 65.9 |
| 16. North Laurel | 65.1 |
| 17. Collins | 63.7 |
| 18. Graves County | 60.5 |
| 19. Conner | 58.9 |
| 20. Madison Southern | 55.8 |
| 21. Atherton | 54.7 |
| 22. Whitley County | 50.1 |
| 23. West Jessamine | 48.5 |
| 24. Boone County | 47.3 |
| 25. Christian County | 45.8 |
| 26. Montgomery County | 37.8 |
| 27. Seneca | 36.8 |
| 28. Bullitt Central | 36.7 |
| 29. East Jessamine | 35.1 |
| 30. North Bullitt | 31.6 |
| 31. Grayson County | 30.0 |
| 32. Doss | 29.8 |
| 32. Western | 29.8 |
| 34. Grant County | 16.2 |
| 35. South Laurel | 14.2 |
| 36. Ohio County | 13.3 |
| 37. Jeffersontown | 11.7 |
| 38. Breckinridge County | 5.8 |
| 39. Iroquois | 3.8 |
| 40. Muhlenberg County | 2.4 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. St. Xavier | 91.8 |
| 2. Manual | 87.9 |
| 3. Male | 85.3 |
| 4. Trinity | 85.1 |
| 5. Ballard | 85.0 |
| 6. Daviess County | 80.3 |
| 7. Central Hardin | 80.1 |
| 8. Henderson County | 78.5 |
| 9. Ryle | 77.9 |
| 10. Bullitt East | 77.3 |
| 11. Bryan Station | 75.6 |
| 12. Madison Central | 72.7 |
| 13. North Hardin | 72.2 |
| 14. Pleasure Ridge Park | 71.8 |
| 15. Simon Kenton | 71.4 |
| 16. Dixie Heights | 67.0 |
| 17. Clark County | 65.7 |
| 18. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 62.0 |
| 19. Campbell County | 58.7 |
| 20. Fern Creek | 58.6 |
| 21. McCracken County | 56.6 |
| 22. Meade County | 56.3 |
| 23. Butler | 53.3 |
| 24. Henry Clay | 53.2 |
| 25. Eastern | 52.9 |
| 26. Barren County | 52.2 |
| 27. Oldham County | 51.6 |
| 28. Tates Creek | 50.6 |
| 29. Apollo | 49.8 |
| 30. Lafayette | 40.3 |
| 31. Marshall County | 40.0 |
| 32. Southern | 32.3 |