High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams ahead of the postseason
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. St. Xavier (9-1) | 94.2 | 1 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass (10-0) | 91.4 | 2 |
| 3. Christian Academy-Louisville (10-0) | 88.4 | 4 |
| 4. Corbin (10-0) | 88.0 | 6 |
| 5. Highlands (8-2) | 87.7 | 5 |
| 6. Scott County (9-1) | 87.3 | t14 |
| 7. Male (6-4) | 87.2 | 9 |
| 8. Bowling Green (8-2) | 86.2 | 7 |
| 9. Lexington Catholic (8-2) | 86.0 | 3 |
| 10. Covington Catholic (8-2) | 85.6 | t12 |
| 11. Boyle County (8-2) | 85.5 | 8 |
| 12. Trinity (6-4) | 84.9 | 10 |
| 13. Pikeville (7-2) | 84.5 | t12 |
| 14. Ballard (8-2) | 84.4 | 17 |
| 15. Beechwood (9-1) | 83.9 | t14 |
| 16. Southwestern (10-0) | 83.7 | 22 |
| 17. Central Hardin (9-1) | 83.5 | 19 |
| 18. Bryan Station (7-3) | 83.3 | t20 |
| 19. Bullitt East (9-1) | 83.2 | 16 |
| 20. Simon Kenton (7-3) | 82.8 | 25 |
| 21. Woodford County (9-1) | 82.6 | 11 |
| 22. Manual (8-2) | 82.2 | t20 |
| 23. Owensboro (8-2) | 81.8 | 23 |
| 24. Henderson County (8-2) | 81.6 | 18 |
| 25. Johnson Central (8-2) | 80.7 | NR |
Frederick Douglass’s Ty Bryant (13) scores a touchdown against Boyle County on Friday night in Danville. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | |
| 1. Pikeville | 84.5 |
| 2. Raceland | 77.3 |
| 3. Bethlehem | 57.9 |
| 4. Newport Central Catholic | 57.8 |
| 5. Hazard | 54.9 |
| 6. Louisville Holy Cross | 48.7 |
| 7. Paintsville | 48.2 |
| 8. Crittenden County | 47.7 |
| 9. Kentucky Country Day | 47.3 |
| 10. Sayre | 45.1 |
| 11. Campbellsville | 44.8 |
| 12. Williamsburg | 44.0 |
| 13. Bishop Brossart | 36.0 |
| 14. Nicholas County | 33.9 |
| 15. Frankfort | 33.5 |
| 16. Pineville | 33.3 |
| 17. Paris | 31.2 |
| 18. Harlan | 26.8 |
| 19. Bracken County | 26.4 |
| 20. Dayton | 25.8 |
| 21. Russellville | 24.8 |
| 22. Ludlow | 22.9 |
| 23. Betsy Layne | 19.3 |
| 24. Berea | 18.3 |
| 25. Fulton County | 15.7 |
| 26. Fort Knox | 13.5 |
| 27. Eminence | 4.9 |
| 28. Caverna | 2.7 |
| 29. Fairview | 0.1 |
| 29. Lynn Camp | 0.1 |
| 29. Phelps | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 83.9 |
| 2. Mayfield | 80.1 |
| 2. Lexington Christian | 80.1 |
| 4. Owensboro Catholic | 71.3 |
| 5. Danville | 59.8 |
| 6. Lloyd | 57.1 |
| 7. Shelby Valley | 53.6 |
| 8. Breathitt County | 51.3 |
| 9. Murray | 49.3 |
| 10. Metcalfe County | 48.1 |
| 11. Somerset | 45.5 |
| 12. Green County | 45.2 |
| 13. Caldwell County | 44.7 |
| 14. Middlesboro | 44.2 |
| 15. Hancock County | 42.9 |
| 16. McLean County | 42.6 |
| 17. Butler County | 41.3 |
| 18. Walton-Verona | 37.5 |
| 19. Martin County | 36.1 |
| 20. Carroll County | 33.3 |
| 21. Newport | 29.9 |
| 22. Todd Central | 28.5 |
| 23. Prestonsburg | 26.7 |
| 24. Covington Holy Cross | 25.7 |
| 25. Leslie County | 24.7 |
| 25. Washington County | 24.7 |
| 27. Monroe County | 24.3 |
| 28. West Carter | 24.2 |
| 29. Edmonson County | 16.1 |
| 30. East Ridge | 14.1 |
| 31. Owen County | 11.6 |
| 32. Fort Campbell | 11.4 |
| 33. Trimble County | 7.2 |
| 34. Gallatin County | 3.5 |
| 35. Morgan County | 1.1 |
| 36. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 36. Bath County | 0.1 |
| 36. Clinton County | 0.1 |
| 36. Knott Central | 0.1 |
| 36. Shawnee | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 88.4 |
| 2. Bardstown | 74.8 |
| 3. Union County | 67.8 |
| 4. Paducah Tilghman | 67.2 |
| 5. Bell County | 65.7 |
| 6. Elizabethtown | 63.7 |
| 6. Glasgow | 63.7 |
| 8. Mercer County | 63.6 |
| 9. Ashland Blazer | 60.9 |
| 10. Belfry | 59.9 |
| 11. Lawrence County | 58.6 |
| 12. Taylor County | 55.6 |
| 13. Henry County | 55.3 |
| 14. East Carter | 53.2 |
| 15. Mason County | 50.2 |
| 16. Casey County | 49.5 |
| 17. Russell | 49.3 |
| 18. Hart County | 47.7 |
| 19. Greenup County | 47.2 |
| 20. LaRue County | 41.9 |
| 21. Estill County | 41.3 |
| 22. Nelson County | 40.6 |
| 23. Fleming County | 40.5 |
| 24. Rockcastle County | 39.5 |
| 25. Trigg County | 38.2 |
| 26. Garrard County | 36.9 |
| 27. DeSales | 33.8 |
| 28. Adair County | 29.3 |
| 29. Webster County | 21.8 |
| 30. Magoffin County | 21.5 |
| 31. Floyd Central | 21.0 |
| 32. McCreary Central | 19.0 |
| 33. Western Hills | 18.6 |
| 34. Powell County | 18.4 |
| 35. Pike Central | 18.1 |
| 36. Lewis County | 14.1 |
| 37. Thomas Nelson | 13.3 |
| 38. Pendleton County | 0.2 |
| 39. Jackson County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Corbin | 88.0 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 86.0 |
| 3. Boyle County | 85.5 |
| 4. Johnson Central | 80.7 |
| 5. Central | 79.8 |
| 6. Franklin County | 77.1 |
| 7. Logan County | 72.9 |
| 8. Spencer County | 70.0 |
| 9. Letcher Central | 68.8 |
| 10. Hopkinsville | 65.4 |
| 11. Warren East | 62.8 |
| 12. Madisonville | 59.0 |
| 13. Franklin-Simpson | 57.7 |
| 14. Wayne County | 57.2 |
| 15. Holmes | 52.5 |
| 16. Lincoln County | 51.4 |
| 17. Shelby County | 51.1 |
| 18. Boyd County | 51.0 |
| 19. Bourbon County | 48.4 |
| 20. Allen County | 45.6 |
| 21. Clay County | 43.4 |
| 22. Knox Central | 42.7 |
| 23. North Oldham | 42.6 |
| 24. Rowan County | 41.7 |
| 25. Harlan County | 40.9 |
| 26. Perry Central | 38.5 |
| 27. Scott | 38.4 |
| 28. John Hardin | 37.8 |
| 29. Warren Central | 35.7 |
| 30. Hopkins Central | 32.0 |
| 31. Anderson County | 26.4 |
| 32. Harrison County | 25.2 |
| 33. Russell County | 24.1 |
| 34. Valley | 23.1 |
| 35. Calloway County | 21.5 |
| 36. Waggener | 15.4 |
| 37. Moore | 15.2 |
| 38. Marion County | 13.2 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. Frederick Douglass | 91.4 |
| 2. Highlands | 87.7 |
| 3. Scott County | 87.3 |
| 4. Bowling Green | 86.2 |
| 5. Covington Catholic | 85.6 |
| 6. Southwestern | 83.7 |
| 7. Woodford County | 82.6 |
| 8. Owensboro | 81.8 |
| 9. Pulaski County | 79.9 |
| 10. Greenwood | 79.7 |
| 11. Cooper | 76.7 |
| 12. South Warren | 76.2 |
| 13. South Oldham | 68.6 |
| 14. Fairdale | 67.4 |
| 15. Great Crossing | 66.1 |
| 16. North Laurel | 63.1 |
| 17. Madison Southern | 58.1 |
| 18. Collins | 57.7 |
| 18. Graves County | 57.7 |
| 20. Conner | 51.2 |
| 21. Whitley County | 50.5 |
| 22. Atherton | 49.6 |
| 23. Christian County | 47.9 |
| 24. West Jessamine | 45.8 |
| 25. Seneca | 43.4 |
| 26. Boone County | 41.5 |
| 27. Montgomery County | 39.9 |
| 28. Bullitt Central | 36.9 |
| 29. East Jessamine | 34.5 |
| 30. Western | 30.8 |
| 31. Grayson County | 30.6 |
| 32. North Bullitt | 29.7 |
| 33. Doss | 25.7 |
| 34. South Laurel | 20.4 |
| 35. Ohio County | 17.7 |
| 36. Grant County | 16.3 |
| 37. Jeffersontown | 6.9 |
| 38. Iroquois | 5.9 |
| 38. Muhlenberg County | 5.9 |
| 40. Breckinridge County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. St. Xavier | 94.2 |
| 2. Male | 87.2 |
| 3. Trinity | 84.9 |
| 4. Ballard | 84.4 |
| 5. Central Hardin | 83.5 |
| 6. Bryan Station | 83.3 |
| 7. Bullitt East | 83.2 |
| 8. Simon Kenton | 82.8 |
| 9. Manual | 82.2 |
| 10. Henderson County | 81.6 |
| 11. Ryle | 76.4 |
| 12. Daviess County | 74.2 |
| 13. Pleasure Ridge Park | 73.7 |
| 14. Madison Central | 69.5 |
| 15. Clark County | 68.9 |
| 16. North Hardin | 67.6 |
| 17. Meade County | 66.7 |
| 18. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 61.5 |
| 19. Dixie Heights | 60.6 |
| 20. Campbell County | 60.1 |
| 21. Fern Creek | 57.4 |
| 22. Tates Creek | 56.9 |
| 23. Eastern | 56.7 |
| 24. McCracken County | 54.2 |
| 25. Butler | 53.7 |
| 26. Henry Clay | 51.6 |
| 27. Apollo | 49.3 |
| 28. Barren County | 45.3 |
| 29. Oldham County | 43.9 |
| 30. Southern | 34.5 |
| 31. Lafayette | 32.2 |
| 31. Marshall County | 32.2 |