High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams ahead of the postseason (Oct. 29)
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. Male (9-1) | 93.2 | 2 |
| 2. Corbin (10-0) | 92.7 | 3 |
| 3. Boyle County (10-0) | 91.8 | 6 |
| 3. Trinity (7-3) | 91.8 | 4 |
| 5. St. Xavier (7-3) | 91.1 | 5 |
| 6. Christian Academy-Louisville (9-1) | 89.6 | 7 |
| 7. Frederick Douglass (5-4) | 89.2 | 1 |
| 8. Bryan Station (7-3) | 89.1 | 11 |
| 9. Highlands (9-1) | 88.3 | 8 |
| 10. Manual (8-2) | 88.1 | 10 |
| 11. Ballard (7-3) | 87.4 | 13 |
| 12. Scott County (8-2) | 86.6 | 9 |
| 13. Covington Catholic (10-0) | 86.4 | 14 |
| 14. Bowling Green (7-3) | 86.1 | 12 |
| 15. Franklin County (10-0) | 85.3 | 16 |
| 16. Mayfield (8-1) | 84.8 | 18 |
| 17. Paducah Tilghman (10-0) | 84.6 | 15 |
| 17. Lexington Catholic (6-4) | 84.6 | 20 |
| 19. South Warren (8-2) | 83.5 | 23 |
| 20. Beechwood (9-1) | 83.0 | 19 |
| 21. Owensboro Catholic (10-0) | 82.8 | 24 |
| 22. Lexington Christian (9-1) | 82.6 | 20 |
| 23. Cooper (8-2) | 82.3 | t21 |
| 24. Ryle (6-4) | 81.8 | NR |
| 25. Pikeville (7-2) | 81.1 | NR |
Ratings by class
| CLASS A | Rating |
| 1. Pikeville | 81.1 |
| 2. Raceland | 76.3 |
| 3. Campbellsville | 63.7 |
| 4. Kentucky Country Day | 54.5 |
| 5. Paris | 53.9 |
| 6. Newport Central Catholic | 53.1 |
| 7. Sayre | 49.8 |
| 8. Middlesboro | 48.2 |
| 9. Louisville Holy Cross | 47.1 |
| 10. Bethlehem | 43.0 |
| 11. Newport | 38.7 |
| 12. Hazard | 35.6 |
| 13. Williamsburg | 34.1 |
| 14. Paintsville | 32.6 |
| 15. Bishop Brossart | 29.5 |
| 16. Ludlow | 28.7 |
| 17. Eminence | 25.6 |
| 18. Frankfort | 21.5 |
| 19. Russellville | 21.4 |
| 20. Nicholas County | 20.3 |
| 21. Covington Holy Cross | 19.4 |
| 22. Caverna | 16.9 |
| 23. Dayton | 15.5 |
| 23. Harlan | 15.5 |
| 25. Pineville | 8.7 |
| 26. Bellevue | 6.1 |
| 27. Fairview | 5.5 |
| 28. Phelps | 2.5 |
| 29. Ballard Memorial | 0.1 |
| 29. Berea | 0.1 |
| 29. Fulton County | 0.1 |
| 29. Jenkins | 0.1 |
| 29. Lynn Camp | 0.1 |
| 29. Trimble County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 2A | |
| 1. Mayfield | 84.8 |
| 2. Beechwood | 83.0 |
| 3. Owensboro Catholic | 82.8 |
| 4. Lexington Christian | 82.6 |
| 5. Somerset | 57.2 |
| 6. Breathitt County | 53.6 |
| 7. Shelby Valley | 53.2 |
| 8. Green County | 52.5 |
| 9. Murray | 47.3 |
| 10. Crittenden County | 46.8 |
| 11. Martin County | 39.4 |
| 12. Washington County | 37.5 |
| 13. Metcalfe County | 35.0 |
| 14. Danville | 34.4 |
| 15. Bracken County | 33.7 |
| 16. Carroll County | 33.6 |
| 17. Leslie County | 33.4 |
| 18. Monroe County | 32.9 |
| 19. Caldwell County | 32.3 |
| 20. Betsy Layne | 32.2 |
| 21. Walton-Verona | 27.7 |
| 22. Todd Central | 25.2 |
| 23. Fort Campbell | 21.9 |
| 24. Prestonsburg | 21.3 |
| 25. Pike Central | 20.3 |
| 26. W.E.B. DuBois | 19.3 |
| 27. Floyd Central | 18.1 |
| 28. East Ridge | 16.3 |
| 29. Edmonson County | 14.6 |
| 30. Clinton County | 13.0 |
| 31. Owen County | 12.6 |
| 32. Morgan County | 11.4 |
| 33. Gallatin County | 10.2 |
| 34. Shawnee | 5.0 |
| 35. Fort Knox | 1.1 |
| 36. Knott Central | 0.1 |
| CLASS 3A | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 89.6 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 84.6 |
| 3. Central | 80.4 |
| 4. Belfry | 69.4 |
| 5. Bell County | 68.3 |
| 6. Mercer County | 67.8 |
| 7. Union County | 67.2 |
| 8. Lloyd | 65.6 |
| 9. Hart County | 64.4 |
| 10. Glasgow | 63.0 |
| 11. Franklin-Simpson | 61.9 |
| 12. Rockcastle County | 57.8 |
| 13. Lawrence County | 55.4 |
| 14. Elizabethtown | 52.6 |
| 15. East Carter | 51.6 |
| 16. Clay County | 48.5 |
| 17. Adair County | 46.6 |
| 18. Russell | 45.9 |
| 19. McLean County | 45.8 |
| 20. Fleming County | 45.1 |
| 21. Hancock County | 42.3 |
| 22. Casey County | 41.6 |
| 23. LaRue County | 36.9 |
| 24. Webster County | 36.8 |
| 25. Hopkins Central | 35.7 |
| 26. Knox Central | 35.2 |
| 27. West Carter | 32.5 |
| 28. Garrard County | 32.4 |
| 29. Estill County | 32.2 |
| 30. Magoffin County | 28.5 |
| 31. Marion County | 25.9 |
| 32. Butler County | 22.3 |
| 33. Trigg County | 22.2 |
| 34. Bourbon County | 17.4 |
| 35. Powell County | 14.5 |
| 36. Jackson County | 13.8 |
| 37. McCreary Central | 13.3 |
| 38. Lewis County | 10.0 |
| 39. Bath County | 1.1 |
| 40. Pendleton County | 0.1 |
| CLASS 4A | |
| 1. Corbin | 92.7 |
| 2. Boyle County | 91.8 |
| 3. Covington Catholic | 86.4 |
| 4. Franklin County | 85.3 |
| 5. Paducah Tilghman | 84.6 |
| 6. Ashland Blazer | 80.8 |
| 7. Johnson Central | 77.0 |
| 8. Taylor County | 71.6 |
| 9. Logan County | 65.6 |
| 10. Bardstown | 65.2 |
| 11. Letcher Central | 59.6 |
| 12. Henry County | 58.0 |
| 13. Warren East | 57.8 |
| 14. Boyd County | 57.3 |
| 15. Mason County | 56.6 |
| 16. Spencer County | 55.8 |
| 17. Whitley County | 55.0 |
| 18. North Oldham | 52.9 |
| 19. Greenup County | 52.4 |
| 20. Perry Central | 52.0 |
| 21. Hopkinsville | 51.5 |
| 22. Wayne County | 51.0 |
| 23. Lincoln County | 50.8 |
| 24. Shelby County | 49.8 |
| 25. Allen County | 49.5 |
| 26. DeSales | 45.8 |
| 27. Nelson County | 43.2 |
| 28. John Hardin | 37.2 |
| 29. Harrison County | 36.9 |
| 30. Jeffersontown | 31.5 |
| 31. Western Hills | 29.0 |
| 32. Russell County | 27.3 |
| 33. Rowan County | 25.1 |
| 34. Calloway County | 25.0 |
| 35. Western | 22.4 |
| 36. Doss | 15.1 |
| 37. Grant County | 14.9 |
| 38. Holmes | 13.4 |
| 39. Thomas Nelson | 10.7 |
| 40. Waggener | 5.9 |
| 41. Breckinridge County | 4.2 |
| 42. Valley | 0.1 |
| CLASS 5A | |
| 1. Highlands | 88.3 |
| 2. Scott County | 86.6 |
| 3. Bowling Green | 86.1 |
| 4. South Warren | 83.5 |
| 5. Cooper | 82.3 |
| 6. Southwestern | 81.0 |
| 7. Owensboro | 80.2 |
| 8. Woodford County | 77.6 |
| 9. Dixie Heights | 73.0 |
| 9. Greenwood | 73.0 |
| 11. South Oldham | 71.6 |
| 12. Pulaski County | 69.3 |
| 13. Madisonville | 67.7 |
| 14. North Laurel | 66.8 |
| 15. Collins | 64.5 |
| 16. Graves County | 61.9 |
| 17. Madison Southern | 60.5 |
| 18. Conner | 57.8 |
| 19. Atherton | 57.0 |
| 20. Fairdale | 56.7 |
| 21. Grayson County | 47.8 |
| 22. Seneca | 42.7 |
| 23. Butler | 42.3 |
| 24. Apollo | 40.0 |
| 25. Boone County | 39.6 |
| 26. West Jessamine | 37.9 |
| 27. North Bullitt | 36.1 |
| 28. Montgomery County | 35.0 |
| 29. Harlan County | 34.4 |
| 30. Scott High | 32.8 |
| 31. East Jessamine | 31.4 |
| 32. South Laurel | 30.3 |
| 33. Moore | 29.9 |
| 34. Anderson County | 27.0 |
| 35. Marshall County | 23.5 |
| 36. Bullitt Central | 19.9 |
| 37. Ohio County | 16.7 |
| 38. Muhlenberg County | 16.6 |
| 39. Iroquois | 0.1 |
| CLASS 6A | |
| 1. Male | 93.2 |
| 2. Trinity | 91.8 |
| 3. St. Xavier | 91.1 |
| 4. Frederick Douglass | 89.2 |
| 5. Bryan Station | 89.1 |
| 6. Manual | 88.1 |
| 7. Ballard | 87.4 |
| 8. Ryle | 81.8 |
| 9. Bullitt East | 80.9 |
| 10. Simon Kenton | 78.2 |
| 11. Pleasure Ridge Park | 75.7 |
| 12. Central Hardin | 74.8 |
| 13. Henderson County | 74.5 |
| 14. Meade County | 70.6 |
| 15. North Hardin | 68.4 |
| 16. Tates Creek | 67.3 |
| 17. Great Crossing | 66.9 |
| 18. George Rogers Clark | 66.3 |
| 19. Campbell County | 66.1 |
| 20. Madison Central | 65.2 |
| 21. Fern Creek | 64.9 |
| 22. Daviess County | 58.0 |
| 23. McCracken County | 55.1 |
| 24. Eastern | 51.7 |
| 25. Oldham County | 48.8 |
| 26. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 48.2 |
| 27. Barren County | 46.2 |
| 28. Christian County | 43.3 |
| 29. Henry Clay | 34.0 |
| 30. Warren Central | 31.0 |
| 31. Southern | 30.9 |
| 32. Lafayette | 30.5 |