High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams through Week 9 (Oct. 15)
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. Frederick Douglass (4-3) | 92.8 | t2 |
| 2. Corbin (8-0) | 92.4 | t2 |
| 2. Trinity (6-3) | 92.4 | 1 |
| 4. Male (7-1) | 91.9 | 4 |
| 5. Boyle County (8-0) | 90.6 | 5 |
| 6. Highlands (8-1) | 88.9 | 7 |
| 7. Christian Academy-Louisville (7-1) | 88.7 | 6 |
| 8. Scott County (8-1) | 88.2 | 10 |
| 9. St. Xavier (5-3) | 88.1 | 11 |
| 10. Manual (7-1) | 87.3 | 8 |
| 11. Bryan Station (5-3) | 86.4 | 9 |
| 12. Ballard (5-3) | 85.9 | 13 |
| 13. Covington Catholic (8-0) | 85.6 | 12 |
| 14. Paducah Tilghman (8-0) | 85.3 | 19 |
| 14. Bowling Green (6-2) | 85.3 | 15 |
| 16. Franklin County (8-0) | 84.4 | 17 |
| 16. Lexington Catholic (4-4) | 84.4 | 18 |
| 18. South Warren (6-2) | 83.8 | 16 |
| 19. Beechwood (8-1) | 83.7 | 20 |
| 20. Mayfield (6-1) | 83.3 | 21 |
| 21. Owensboro Catholic (8-0) | 82.7 | 14 |
| 21. Lexington Christian (7-1) | 82.7 | 18 |
| 23. Central (3-5) | 82.4 | t23 |
| 24. Cooper (7-2) | 82.0 | t23 |
| 25. Owensboro (5-3) | 81.7 | NR |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | Rating |
| 1. Pikeville | 81.1 |
| 2. Raceland | 78.7 |
| 3. Campbellsville | 64.5 |
| 4. Kentucky Country Day | 56.1 |
| 5. Paris | 55.8 |
| 6. Newport Central Catholic | 55.1 |
| 7. Sayre | 49.4 |
| 8. Bethlehem | 48.5 |
| 9. Middlesboro | 45.8 |
| 10. Louisville Holy Cross | 41.2 |
| 11. Newport | 39.8 |
| 12. Hazard | 38.0 |
| 13. Williamsburg | 36.1 |
| 14. Paintsville | 32.9 |
| 15. Bishop Brossart | 27.7 |
| 16. Ludlow | 27.1 |
| 17. Covington Holy Cross | 20.3 |
| 18. Eminence | 20.0 |
| 19. Frankfort | 19.9 |
| 20. Harlan | 18.9 |
| 21. Nicholas County | 18.5 |
| 22. Russellville | 18.0 |
| 23. Dayton | 16.4 |
| 24. Caverna | 16.3 |
| 25. Pineville | 12.0 |
| 26. Fairview | 3.8 |
| 27. Lynn Camp | 1.2 |
| 28. Fulton County | 1.1 |
| 29. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 29. Bellevue | 0.1 |
| 29. Berea | 0.1 |
| 29. Jenkins | 0.1 |
| 29. Phelps | 0.1 |
| 29. Trimble County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Beechwood | 83.7 |
| 2. Mayfield | 83.3 |
| 3. Owensboro Catholic | 82.7 |
| 3. Lexington Christian | 82.7 |
| 5. Somerset | 56.9 |
| 6. Green County | 54.5 |
| 7. Shelby Valley | 54.3 |
| 8. Breathitt County | 50.4 |
| 9. Murray | 50.3 |
| 10. Crittenden County | 46.1 |
| 11. Martin County | 38.8 |
| 12. Washington County | 37.1 |
| 13. Metcalfe County | 37.0 |
| 14. Danville | 36.3 |
| 15. Carroll County | 34.3 |
| 16. Betsy Layne | 32.8 |
| 17. Monroe County | 32.3 |
| 18. Leslie County | 31.3 |
| 19. Bracken County | 30.9 |
| 20. Walton-Verona | 30.3 |
| 21. Caldwell County | 29.7 |
| 22. Todd Central | 23.5 |
| 23. Fort Campbell | 22.5 |
| 24. Floyd Central | 21.2 |
| 25. Pike Central | 21.1 |
| 26. Prestonsburg | 20.8 |
| 27. East Ridge | 14.9 |
| 28. W.E.B. DuBois | 14.5 |
| 29. Gallatin County | 14.2 |
| 30. Owen County | 14.0 |
| 31. Morgan County | 13.2 |
| 32. Edmonson County | 11.4 |
| 33. Clinton County | 9.6 |
| 34. Shawnee | 7.9 |
| 35. Knott Central | 1.8 |
| 36. Fort Knox | 0.8 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 88.7 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 84.4 |
| 3. Central | 82.4 |
| 4. Union County | 68.7 |
| 5. Belfry | 67.8 |
| 6. Bell County | 67.0 |
| 7. Mercer County | 67.0 |
| 8. Lloyd | 66.1 |
| 9. Hart County | 62.0 |
| 10. Glasgow | 61.9 |
| 11. Franklin-Simpson | 61.0 |
| 12. Lawrence County | 55.1 |
| 13. Rockcastle County | 54.8 |
| 14. Elizabethtown | 52.5 |
| 15. East Carter | 49.1 |
| 16. Fleming County | 46.9 |
| 17. Russell | 46.8 |
| 18. Adair County | 46.7 |
| 19. Clay County | 45.8 |
| 20. McLean County | 44.0 |
| 21. Casey County | 42.8 |
| 22. Hancock County | 41.5 |
| 23. Knox Central | 40.6 |
| 24. Hopkins Central | 37.2 |
| 25. LaRue County | 36.5 |
| 26. Webster County | 35.2 |
| 27. Garrard County | 34.2 |
| 28. Estill County | 31.3 |
| 29. Trigg County | 28.0 |
| 30. West Carter | 25.1 |
| 31. Butler County | 23.0 |
| 32. Bourbon County | 22.4 |
| 33. Marion County | 21.5 |
| 34. Magoffin County | 21.4 |
| 35. Jackson County | 18.9 |
| 36. Lewis County | 15.0 |
| 37. Powell County | 12.9 |
| 38. McCreary Central | 12.1 |
| 39. Bath County | 1.4 |
| 40. Pendleton County | 1.3 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Corbin | 92.4 |
| 2. Boyle County | 90.6 |
| 3. Covington Catholic | 85.6 |
| 4. Paducah Tilghman | 85.3 |
| 5. Franklin County | 84.4 |
| 6. Ashland Blazer | 81.5 |
| 7. Johnson Central | 75.1 |
| 8. Taylor County | 67.6 |
| 9. Bardstown | 66.0 |
| 10. Logan County | 64.5 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 62.0 |
| 12. Warren East | 61.8 |
| 13. Mason County | 58.2 |
| 14. Whitley County | 57.9 |
| 15. Boyd County | 56.2 |
| 16. Henry County | 56.0 |
| 17. Hopkinsville | 54.6 |
| 18. Spencer County | 54.3 |
| 19. Lincoln County | 51.9 |
| 20. Shelby County | 51.5 |
| 21. North Oldham | 51.3 |
| 22. Perry Central | 50.5 |
| 23. Wayne County | 49.5 |
| 24. Greenup County | 48.7 |
| 25. Allen County | 46.2 |
| 26. DeSales | 43.8 |
| 27. Nelson County | 43.1 |
| 28. John Hardin | 39.1 |
| 29. Rowan County | 32.8 |
| 30. Harrison County | 32.2 |
| 31. Jeffersontown | 28.3 |
| 32. Western Hills | 27.6 |
| 33. Russell County | 27.5 |
| 34. Calloway County | 25.3 |
| 35. Western | 23.1 |
| 36. Grant County | 22.4 |
| 37. Holmes | 16.9 |
| 38. Doss | 15.7 |
| 39. Breckinridge County | 10.2 |
| 40. Waggener | 6.4 |
| 41. Thomas Nelson | 4.5 |
| 42. Valley | 1.7 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. Highlands | 88.9 |
| 2. Scott County | 88.2 |
| 3. Bowling Green | 85.3 |
| 4. South Warren | 83.8 |
| 5. Cooper | 82.0 |
| 6. Owensboro | 81.7 |
| 7. Southwestern | 81.3 |
| 8. Woodford County | 80.5 |
| 9. Dixie Heights | 75.8 |
| 10. Greenwood | 72.9 |
| 10. South Oldham | 72.9 |
| 12. Pulaski County | 69.3 |
| 13. North Laurel | 67.8 |
| 14. Collins | 63.9 |
| 15. Graves County | 62.2 |
| 16. Madisonville | 60.7 |
| 17. Fairdale | 60.6 |
| 18. Conner | 56.9 |
| 19. Madison Southern | 55.1 |
| 20. Atherton | 52.5 |
| 21. Butler | 47.5 |
| 22. Grayson County | 45.9 |
| 23. West Jessamine | 42.1 |
| 24. Apollo | 41.3 |
| 25. Seneca | 40.4 |
| 26. Montgomery County | 40.2 |
| 27. Boone County | 37.4 |
| 28. Harlan County | 34.0 |
| 29. North Bullitt | 32.1 |
| 30. Scott High | 30.8 |
| 31. Moore | 30.1 |
| 32. East Jessamine | 28.8 |
| 33. South Laurel | 27.7 |
| 34. Bullitt Central | 25.0 |
| 35. Marshall County | 24.5 |
| 36. Anderson County | 21.3 |
| 37. Ohio County | 14.7 |
| 38. Muhlenberg County | 11.8 |
| 39. Iroquois | 2.5 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. Frederick Douglass | 92.8 |
| 2. Trinity | 92.4 |
| 3. Male | 91.9 |
| 4. St. Xavier | 88.1 |
| 5. Manual | 87.3 |
| 6. Bryan Station | 86.4 |
| 7. Ballard | 85.9 |
| 8. Bullitt East | 80.4 |
| 9. Simon Kenton | 80.1 |
| 10. Ryle | 78.9 |
| 11. Pleasure Ridge Park | 77.3 |
| 12. Henderson County | 77.1 |
| 13. Central Hardin | 74.7 |
| 14. Meade County | 73.0 |
| 15. George Rogers Clark | 69.4 |
| 16. North Hardin | 69.3 |
| 17. Madison Central | 67.3 |
| 18. Great Crossing | 66.6 |
| 19. Tates Creek | 65.5 |
| 20. Campbell County | 64.9 |
| 21. Fern Creek | 63.4 |
| 22. McCracken County | 57.6 |
| 23. Daviess County | 55.0 |
| 24. Eastern | 51.2 |
| 25. Barren County | 50.3 |
| 25. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 50.3 |
| 27. Oldham County | 49.8 |
| 28. Christian County | 46.0 |
| 29. Southern | 36.8 |
| 30. Warren Central | 33.0 |
| 31. Henry Clay | 32.6 |
| 32. Lafayette | 31.6 |