Hype 25: A final look at the best high school football teams heading into the playoffs
The Kentucky high school football playoffs kick off Thursday, so it’s time to stop talking about who the best teams are and for them to start proving it.
The Herald-Leader Hype 25 has been a fun look at how teams from different classes compare to each other, but now they are locked into a five-week battle inside their divisions for the ultimate prize, a KHSAA state championship.
Here’s my final assessment of this year’s top 25 football teams across all classes.
Herald-Leader Hype 25
Kentucky high school football top 25 rankings by sports writer Jared Peck after Week 11 with season record followed by last week’s Hype 25 ranking (Prv) and each team’s class with its latest Kentucky High School Football Media Poll ranking (KMP) and the final KHSAA RPI.
Rank. Team (Record)… Prv…Class-KMP/RPI
1. Trinity (8-2)…1…6A-1/4
2. South Warren (10-0)…2…6A-2/1
3. Christian Academy-Louisville (10-0)…3…3A-1/1
4. Boyle County (9-1)…4…4A-1/1
5. St. Xavier (7-3)…5…6A-3/3
6. Paducah Tilghman (9-1)…6…4A-3/5
7. Franklin County (10-0)…7…4A-2/3
8. Johnson Central (10-0)…8…4A-5/2
9. Manual (8-2)…9…6A-4/2
10. Frederick Douglass (6-4)…10…6A-6/5
11. Woodford County (9-1)…11…5A-1/3
12. Highlands (8-2)…12…4A-4/4
13. Ryle (7-3)…14…6A-5/6
14. Male (6-4)…13…6A-7/8
15. Covington Catholic (7-3)…15…4A-6/9
16. Beechwood (9-1)…16…2A-1/5
17. Cooper (7-3)…17…5A-2/9
18. Owensboro Catholic (9-1)…18…2A-2/1
19. Mayfield (9-1)…19…2A-3/3
20. Owensboro (8-2)…20…5A-3/2
21. Pulaski County (8-2)…21…5A-5/1
22. Scott County (7-3)…22…5A-4/5
23. Atherton (9-1)…23…5A-6/6
24. Madison Central (6-4)…24…6A-8/7
25. Lexington Christian (7-3)…NR…2A-4/2
