Who’s No. 1 in the latest Kentucky high school football media rankings?
Below are the top 10 high school football teams in each of the six classes for the 2023 season, according to the latest (Oct. 11) poll of media members from around Kentucky as compiled by the Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes.
Teams are listed with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total rankings points and last week’s ranking. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted.
Class 6A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Male (22) 6-1 220 1
2. Trinity 5-3 183 2
3. Manual 6-1 163 5
4. Frederick Douglass 3-3 154 4
5. St. Xavier 4-3 139 3
6. Bryan Station 5-2 111 6
7. Bullitt East 6-1 80 8
8. Ballard 4-3 72 7
9. Pleasure Ridge Park 4-3 45 9
10. Simon Kenton 4-2 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Fern Creek 12, Ryle 10, Tates Creek 4, George Rogers Clark 2, Meade County 2.
Class 5A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Bowling Green (11) 5-2 196 1
2. Highlands (6) 7-1 192 2
3. South Warren (5) 6-1 188 3
4. Scott County 7-1 161 4
5. Woodford County 5-1 116 6
6. Cooper 6-2 104 5
7. Owensboro 5-3 88 8
8. Southwestern 4-3 60 7
9. Greenwood 5-2 48 9
10. Atherton 6-1 22 NR
Others receiving votes: South Oldham 13, North Laurel 6, Madisonville 4, West Jessamine 4, Dixie Heights 3, Graves County 2, Grayson County 2, Collins 1.
Class 4A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Boyle County (20) 7-0 218 1
2. Corbin (1) 7-0 193 2
3. Covington Catholic 7-0 176 3
4. Paducah Tilghman 7-0 144 4
5. Franklin County (1) 7-0 140 5
6. Ashland Blazer 8-0 109 6
7. Taylor County 5-2 69 7
8. Johnson Central 5-3 62 8
9. Logan County 5-2 23 9
10. (tie) DeSales 5-2 20 T10
10. (tie) Jeffersontown 7-0 20 NR
Others receiving votes: North Oldham 11, Warren East 6, Wayne County 6, Whitley County 6, Letcher County Central 3, Nelson County 3, Mason County 1.
Class 3A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Christian Academy (21) 6-1 217 1
2. Union County (1) 8-0 152 3
3. Lexington Catholic 3-4 142 2
4. Lloyd Memorial 7-0 126 4
5. Central 3-4 116 6
6. Franklin-Simpson 7-0 111 7
7. Bell County 7-1 100 5
8. Hart County 7-0 78 8
9. Rockcastle County 6-1 49 9
10. Mercer County 6-1 48 10
Others receiving votes: Belfry 45, Glasgow 21, McLean County 3, Lawrence County 2.
Class 2A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Lexington Christian (20) 6-1 218 1
2. Beechwood (1) 7-1 193 2
3. Owensboro Catholic (1) 7-0 175 3
4. Mayfield 5-1 162 4
5. Green County 6-1 122 5
6. Somerset 5-2 111 6
7. Murray 5-2 70 7
8. Betsy Layne 7-0 42 9
9. Crittenden County 4-3 40 10
10. Shelby Valley 4-3 36 8
Others receiving votes: Washington County 19, Carroll County 10, Pike County Central 6, Floyd Central 3, Leslie County 3.
Class A
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Raceland (19) 5-2 215 1
2. Pikeville 4-2 193 2
3. Campbellsville (2) 7-0 169 3
4. Kentucky Country Day (1) 7-0 162 4
5. Paris 7-0 134 5
6. Sayre 7-0 111 6
7. Bethlehem 4-3 69 7
8. Newport Central Catholic 3-4 68 8
9. Middlesboro 5-2 31 NR
10. Newport 4-3 23 9
Others receiving votes: Louisville Holy Cross 20, Williamsburg 7, Eminence 6, Hazard 1, Paintsville 1.
Voters: Scott Brown (YourSportsEdge.com), Edward Marlowe (WKDZ-FM), Mark Mathis (Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer), Micheal Compton (Bowling Green Daily News), Kaden Gaylord-Day (WBKO-TV), Josh Claywell (The Kentucky Standard, LaRue County Herald News), Dominique Yates (WLKY-TV), Brooks Holton (The Courier Journal), Jason Frakes (The Courier Journal), Kent Spencer (WHAS-TV), James Weber (Cincinnati Enquirer), Brendan Connelly (Cincinnati Enquirer), Evan Dennison (LinkNKy.com), Ivan Rice (Bourbon County Citizen), Jared Peck (Lexington Herald-Leader), Brian Milam (WKYT-TV), Mike Marsee (Danville freelancer), Les Dixon (13thRegionMediaNetwork.com), John Henson (HarlanCountySports.com), Steve LeMaster (Floyd County Chronicle), Randy White (Pikeville Appalachian News-Express), Matthew Sparks (Ashland Daily Independent)
How @HLpreps voted
CLASS 6A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Male | 6-1 |
| 2 | Trinity | 5-3 |
| 3 | Frederick Douglass | 3-3 |
| 4 | Bryan Station | 5-2 |
| 5 | Manual | 6-1 |
| 6 | St. Xavier | 4-3 |
| 7 | Bullitt East | 6-1 |
| 8 | Pleasure Ridge Park | 4-3 |
| 9 | Simon Kenton | 4-2 |
| 10 | Ballard | 4-3 |
CLASS 5A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | South Warren | 6-1 |
| 2 | Scott County | 7-1 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 5-2 |
| 4 | Highlands | 7-1 |
| 5 | Woodford County | 5-1 |
| 6 | Cooper | 6-2 |
| 7 | Greenwood | 5-2 |
| 8 | Southwestern | 4-3 |
| 9 | Owensboro | 5-3 |
| 10 | West Jessamine | 5-2 |
CLASS 4A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Boyle County | 7-0 |
| 2 | Corbin | 7-0 |
| 3 | Franklin County | 7-0 |
| 4 | Covington Catholic | 7-0 |
| 5 | Paducah Tilghman | 7-0 |
| 6 | Ashland Blazer | 8-0 |
| 7 | Taylor County | 5-2 |
| 8 | Warren East | 5-2 |
| 9 | Johnson Central | 5-3 |
| 10 | Jeffersontown | 7-0 |
CLASS 3A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Christian Academy-Louisville | 6-1 |
| 2 | Union County | 8-0 |
| 3 | Lloyd Memorial | 6-0 |
| 4 | Hart County | 7-0 |
| 5 | Franklin-Simpson | 7-0 |
| 6 | Mercer County | 6-1 |
| 7 | Glasgow | 6-1 |
| 8 | Central | 3-4 |
| 9 | Lexington Catholic | 3-4 |
| 10 | Rockcastle County | 6-1 |
CLASS 2A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Lexington Christian | 6-1 |
| 2 | Owensboro Catholic | 7-0 |
| 3 | Beechwood | 7-1 |
| 4 | Mayfield | 5-1 |
| 5 | Green County | 6-1 |
| 6 | Somerset | 5-2 |
| 7 | Betsy Layne | 7-0 |
| 8 | Crittenden County | 4-3 |
| 9 | Carroll County | 5-3 |
| 10 | Murray | 5-2 |
CLASS A | ||
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Raceland | 5-2 |
| 2 | Pikeville | 4-2 |
| 3 | Campbellsville | 7-0 |
| 4 | Paris | 7-0 |
| 5 | Sayre | 7-0 |
| 6 | Kentucky Country Day | 7-0 |
| 7 | Bethlehem | 4-3 |
| 8 | Middlesboro | 5-2 |
| 9 | Newports Central Catholic | 3-4 |
| 10 | Williamsburg | 4-2 |
This story was originally published October 11, 2023 at 9:38 PM.
