High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams through Week 9
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. St. Xavier (7-1) | 92.2 | 1 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass (8-0) | 90.6 | 2 |
| 3. Lexington Catholic (7-1) | 89.2 | 3 |
| 4. Christian Academy-Louisville (8-0) | 88.5 | 4 |
| 5. Manual (7-1) | 87.5 | 6 |
| 6. Bowling Green (7-1) | 87.4 | 7 |
| 7. Corbin (8-0) | 87.1 | t10 |
| 8. Highlands (7-2) | 86.8 | t15 |
| 9. Male (5-3) | 86.7 | 12 |
| 10. Boyle County (7-1) | 86.4 | 5 |
| 11. Ballard (7-1) | 86.0 | t8 |
| 12. South Warren (5-3) | 85.4 | t10 |
| 13. Trinity (5-4) | 84.9 | 14 |
| 14. Woodford County (8-0) | 84.8 | 13 |
| 15. Beechwood (7-1) | 84.4 | 17 |
| 16. Covington Catholic (6-2) | 84.0 | t8 |
| 17. Pikeville (6-2) | 83.5 | t15 |
| 18. Henderson County (7-1) | 82.4 | 25 |
| 19. Scott County (7-1) | 82.0 | 19 |
| 20. Central Hardin (7-1) | 81.6 | 20 |
| 21. Southwestern (8-0) | 81.3 | 18 |
| 22. Bryan Station (5-3) | 81.0 | 23 |
| 23. Pulaski County (8-1) | 80.5 | 21 |
| 23. Bullitt East (7-1) | 80.5 | 24 |
| 25. Owensboro (6-2) | 80.4 | NR |
Frederick Douglass’s Davaun Hart (26) scores a touchdown against Scott County at Birds Nest Stadium at Great Crossing High School on Sept. 23. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 83.5 |
| 2. Raceland | 76.1 |
| 3. Bethlehem | 58.6 |
| 4. Hazard | 57.4 |
| 5. Newport Central Catholic | 56.4 |
| 6. Louisville Holy Cross | 49.8 |
| 7. Kentucky Country Day | 48.3 |
| 8. Paintsville | 47.9 |
| 9. Sayre | 45.7 |
| 10. Williamsburg | 44.1 |
| 11. Crittenden County | 42.8 |
| 12. Campbellsville | 40.9 |
| 13. Pineville | 37.2 |
| 14. Bishop Brossart | 36.7 |
| 15. Nicholas County | 34.0 |
| 16. Russellville | 32.0 |
| 17. Paris | 30.2 |
| 18. Frankfort | 28.4 |
| 19. Bracken County | 25.1 |
| 20. Harlan | 24.5 |
| 21. Dayton | 23.8 |
| 22. Betsy Layne | 22.9 |
| 23. Ludlow | 21.5 |
| 24. Berea | 20.0 |
| 25. Fulton County | 15.2 |
| 26. Fort Knox | 11.4 |
| 27. Eminence | 7.1 |
| 28. Fairview | 1.9 |
| 29. Caverna | 0.6 |
| 30. Bellevue | 0.1 |
| 30. Lynn Camp | 0.1 |
| 30. Phelps | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 84.4 |
| 2. Lexington Christian | 78.0 |
| 3. Mayfield | 75.9 |
| 4. Owensboro Catholic | 66.0 |
| 5. Danville | 61.9 |
| 6. Lloyd | 55.4 |
| 7. Shelby Valley | 52.3 |
| 8. Murray | 51.1 |
| 9. Breathitt County | 48.3 |
| 10. Somerset | 47.6 |
| 11. Metcalfe County | 47.0 |
| 12. Hancock County | 46.5 |
| 13. Middlesboro | 44.7 |
| 14. Green County | 43.3 |
| 15. Caldwell County | 42.6 |
| 16. McLean County | 41.9 |
| 17. Butler County | 40.4 |
| 18. Walton-Verona | 38.5 |
| 19. Martin County | 37.0 |
| 20. Carroll County | 33.4 |
| 21. Covington Holy Cross | 30.1 |
| 22. Newport | 29.8 |
| 23. Todd Central | 28.8 |
| 24. Prestonsburg | 27.0 |
| 25. West Carter | 24.8 |
| 26. Leslie County | 23.9 |
| 27. Washington County | 23.6 |
| 28. Monroe County | 20.4 |
| 29. Edmonson County | 15.1 |
| 30. East Ridge | 11.6 |
| 31. Fort Campbell | 11.0 |
| 32. Owen County | 9.8 |
| 33. Gallatin County | 4.8 |
| 34. Ballard Memorial | 3.1 |
| 35. Shawnee | 1.5 |
| 36. Trimble County | 1.1 |
| 37. Knott Central | 0.9 |
| 38. Bath County | 0.1 |
| 38. Clinton County | 0.1 |
| 38. Morgan County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 88.5 |
| 2. Bardstown | 75.2 |
| 3. Paducah Tilghman | 68.7 |
| 4. Union County | 68.5 |
| 5. Elizabethtown | 65.7 |
| 6. Bell County | 65.0 |
| 7. Glasgow | 64.0 |
| 8. Belfry | 62.7 |
| 9. Lawrence County | 62.1 |
| 10. Mercer County | 60.8 |
| 11. Ashland Blazer | 60.4 |
| 12. Henry County | 56.3 |
| 13. East Carter | 54.7 |
| 14. Mason County | 51.4 |
| 14. Taylor County | 51.4 |
| 16. Casey County | 51.3 |
| 17. Greenup County | 48.5 |
| 18. Hart County | 47.7 |
| 19. Russell | 46.1 |
| 20. Rockcastle County | 43.0 |
| 21. LaRue County | 42.9 |
| 22. Estill County | 42.2 |
| 23. Trigg County | 41.5 |
| 24. Fleming County | 37.6 |
| 25. Garrard County | 36.0 |
| 26. Nelson County | 35.7 |
| 27. DeSales | 34.3 |
| 28. Adair County | 32.6 |
| 29. Magoffin County | 25.5 |
| 30. Western Hills | 21.6 |
| 31. Webster County | 20.1 |
| 32. Thomas Nelson | 19.6 |
| 33. Pike Central | 17.4 |
| 34. Powell County | 17.3 |
| 35. Floyd Central | 15.8 |
| 36. McCreary Central | 15.7 |
| 37. Lewis County | 14.4 |
| 38. Jackson County | 0.1 |
| 38. Pendleton County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Lexington Catholic | 89.2 |
| 2. Corbin | 87.1 |
| 3. Boyle County | 86.4 |
| 4. Johnson Central | 79.8 |
| 5. Franklin County | 77.2 |
| 6. Central | 76.6 |
| 7. Logan County | 73.2 |
| 8. Spencer County | 67.1 |
| 9. Letcher Central | 64.6 |
| 10. Hopkinsville | 64.4 |
| 11. Madisonville | 61.6 |
| 12. Warren East | 58.6 |
| 13. Franklin-Simpson | 56.6 |
| 14. Wayne County | 55.3 |
| 15. Bourbon County | 51.4 |
| 16. Lincoln County | 51.1 |
| 17. Boyd County | 50.5 |
| 18. Holmes | 49.1 |
| 19. Shelby County | 47.3 |
| 20. Scott | 45.3 |
| 21. John Hardin | 44.9 |
| 22. North Oldham | 44.8 |
| 23. Knox Central | 44.7 |
| 24. Rowan County | 44.4 |
| 25. Allen County | 44.0 |
| 26. Perry Central | 41.9 |
| 27. Clay County | 41.0 |
| 28. Harlan County | 38.6 |
| 29. Hopkins Central | 33.7 |
| 30. Warren Central | 30.9 |
| 31. Harrison County | 27.9 |
| 32. Russell County | 25.9 |
| 33. Anderson County | 25.8 |
| 34. Valley | 24.8 |
| 35. Waggener | 20.3 |
| 36. Moore | 19.0 |
| 37. Calloway County | 16.8 |
| 38. Marion County | 12.9 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. Frederick Douglass | 90.6 |
| 2. Bowling Green | 87.4 |
| 3. Highlands | 86.8 |
| 4. South Warren | 85.4 |
| 5. Woodford County | 84.8 |
| 6. Covington Catholic | 84.0 |
| 7. Scott County | 82.0 |
| 8. Southwestern | 81.3 |
| 9. Pulaski County | 80.5 |
| 10. Owensboro | 80.4 |
| 11. Cooper | 76.1 |
| 12. Greenwood | 72.3 |
| 13. South Oldham | 69.4 |
| 14. Collins | 66.2 |
| 15. Fairdale | 65.8 |
| 16. North Laurel | 63.8 |
| 17. Great Crossing | 61.1 |
| 18. Madison Southern | 60.3 |
| 19. Graves County | 56.8 |
| 20. Conner | 53.8 |
| 21. Atherton | 51.3 |
| 22. Whitley County | 48.5 |
| 23. West Jessamine | 46.3 |
| 24. Christian County | 44.9 |
| 25. Boone County | 43.4 |
| 26. Bullitt Central | 38.5 |
| 27. Seneca | 36.7 |
| 28. Montgomery County | 35.8 |
| 29. East Jessamine | 33.6 |
| 30. Grayson County | 31.5 |
| 30. Western | 31.5 |
| 32. North Bullitt | 30.2 |
| 33. Doss | 28.4 |
| 34. Grant County | 19.9 |
| 35. South Laurel | 18.2 |
| 36. Ohio County | 14.2 |
| 37. Jeffersontown | 9.9 |
| 38. Iroquois | 5.2 |
| 38. Muhlenberg County | 5.2 |
| 40. Breckinridge County | 0.7 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. St. Xavier | 92.2 |
| 2. Manual | 87.5 |
| 3. Male | 86.7 |
| 4. Ballard | 86.0 |
| 5. Trinity | 84.9 |
| 6. Henderson County | 82.4 |
| 7. Central Hardin | 81.6 |
| 8. Bryan Station | 81.0 |
| 9. Bullitt East | 80.5 |
| 10. Simon Kenton | 79.5 |
| 11. Ryle | 78.9 |
| 12. Daviess County | 75.4 |
| 13. Pleasure Ridge Park | 74.3 |
| 14. Madison Central | 73.9 |
| 15. North Hardin | 70.9 |
| 16. Clark County | 64.1 |
| 17. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 61.6 |
| 18. Dixie Heights | 61.5 |
| 19. Meade County | 58.8 |
| 20. Fern Creek | 58.3 |
| 21. McCracken County | 57.5 |
| 22. Campbell County | 56.8 |
| 22. Eastern | 56.8 |
| 24. Tates Creek | 54.3 |
| 25. Henry Clay | 53.4 |
| 26. Butler | 52.8 |
| 27. Apollo | 50.9 |
| 28. Barren County | 49.4 |
| 29. Oldham County | 44.9 |
| 30. Marshall County | 36.5 |
| 31. Lafayette | 33.5 |
| 32. Southern | 32.4 |