Cantrall’s ratings: Top three teams change in boys’ top 25 (Jan. 31)
There were plenty of changes near the top of this week’s top 25 in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ basketball in Kentucky.
Bowling Green jumped from third to No. 1. Covington Catholic, tied for fourth last week, is now second. Lexington Catholic, which didn’t play last week because of a pause for COVID, dropped two spots to third.
Clark County remained fourth while Elizabethtown fell from second to fifth.
New to the top 10 this week was Dixie Heights, up from 24th to eighth.
Note: Teams that are not included this week have not yet played or there is not enough data for a rating.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Boys’ top 25
1. Bowling Green (6-0) | 84.2 |
2. Cov. Catholic (9-2) | 83.3 |
3. Lex. Catholic (9-0) | 83.1 |
4. Clark County (9-0) | 83.0 |
5. Elizabethtown (4-1) | 82.8 |
6. North Laurel (10-0) | 82.7 |
7. DeSales (6-3) | 80.2 |
8. Dixie Heights (8-2) | 78.8 |
9. St. Henry (7-1) | 78.7 |
10. John Hardin (4-1) | 78.6 |
11. Lincoln County (5-1) | 77.9 |
11. Warren Central (4-1) | 77.9 |
13. South Laurel (7-3) | 77.7 |
14. Beechwood (8-2) | 77.5 |
15. Oldham County (2-1) | 76.8 |
16. McCracken Co. (8-3) | 76.6 |
16. Highlands (5-3) | 76.6 |
18. Ashland Blazer (6-2) | 75.6 |
19. South Oldham (3-1) | 75.1 |
20. Lou. Trinity (4-4) | 74.9 |
21. Dunbar (5-1) | 74.5 |
22. Henry Clay (4-3) | 74.3 |
23. Owensboro (2-1) | 74.1 |
24. LaRue County (4-0) | 73.9 |
24. Rowan County (5-1) | 73.9 |
24. St. Xavier (8-2) | 73.9 |
Boys’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 76.6 |
2. Paducah Tilghman | 70.8 |
3. Murray | 70.4 |
4. Marshall County | 61.2 |
5. Graves County | 58.7 |
6. Mayfield | 58.5 |
7. Calloway County | 57.8 |
8. St. Mary | 51.6 |
9. Carlisle County | 43.4 |
10. Christian Fellowship | 41.0 |
11. Hickman County | 37.8 |
12. Fulton County | 34.4 |
13. Ballard Memorial | 21.9 |
14. Community Christian | 21.8 |
15. Fulton City | 15.0 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Lyon County | 70.4 |
2. Madisonville | 68.5 |
3. University Heights | 66.2 |
4. Christian County | 63.1 |
5. Henderson County | 62.0 |
6. Hopkinsville | 60.9 |
7. Webster County | 59.0 |
8. Union County | 50.2 |
9. Crittenden County | 49.4 |
10. Caldwell County | 48.0 |
11. Hopkins Central | 43.9 |
12. Trigg County | 42.9 |
13. Dawson Springs | 38.0 |
14. Livingston Central | 33.3 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 74.1 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 69.1 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 67.9 |
4. Meade County | 60.8 |
5. Ohio County | 60.1 |
6. Daviess County | 56.8 |
7. Edmonson County | 55.2 |
8. Grayson County | 54.9 |
9. McLean County | 54.6 |
10. Butler County | 52.7 |
11. Apollo | 51.6 |
12. Hancock County | 45.9 |
13. Breckinridge County | 45.3 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 42.1 |
15. Cloverport | 10.7 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 84.2 |
2. Warren Central | 77.9 |
3. Greenwood | 67.3 |
4. Barren County | 65.5 |
5. Allen County-Scottsville | 65.1 |
6. Franklin-Simpson | 63.2 |
7. Clinton County | 63.0 |
8. Logan County | 62.3 |
9. South Warren | 61.5 |
10. Russell County | 55.3 |
11. Metcalfe County | 54.6 |
12. Glasgow | 53.8 |
13. Russellville | 48.2 |
14. Cumberland County | 45.6 |
15. Monroe County | 43.8 |
16. Warren East | 42.9 |
17. Todd Central | 38.1 |
18. Foundation Christian | 5.0 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 82.8 |
2. John Hardin | 78.6 |
3. LaRue County | 73.9 |
4. Bardstown | 72.3 |
5. North Hardin | 67.5 |
6. Central Hardin | 65.7 |
7. Hart County | 57.1 |
8. Marion County | 56.5 |
9. Taylor County | 55.5 |
10. Thomas Nelson | 52.6 |
11. Green County | 51.8 |
12. Washington County | 50.7 |
13. Adair County | 50.4 |
14. Campbellsville | 47.4 |
15. Bethlehem | 35.5 |
16. Nelson County | 33.5 |
17. Caverna | 32.1 |
6TH REGION | |
1. DeSales | 80.2 |
2. Bullitt East | 66.4 |
3. Bullitt Central | 56.3 |
4. North Bullitt | 52.2 |
5. Lou. Holy Cross | 49.9 |
6. Beth Haven | 43.8 |
7. Evangel | 41.2 |
8. Whitefield Academy | 37.2 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Louisville Trinity | 74.9 |
2. St. Xavier | 73.9 |
3. Louisville Christian | 70.8 |
4. Collegiate | 56.6 |
5. Country Day | 43.0 |
6. Walden | 40.0 |
7. Highlands Latin | 34.3 |
8. Portland Christian | 30.1 |
8. St. Francis | 30.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 76.8 |
2. South Oldham | 75.1 |
3. Simon Kenton | 71.3 |
4. Collins | 69.0 |
5. North Oldham | 67.2 |
6. Spencer County | 66.9 |
7. Woodford County | 64.2 |
8. Walton-Verona | 61.8 |
9. Anderson County | 58.1 |
10. Grant County | 56.0 |
11. Henry County | 54.3 |
12. Shelby County | 53.7 |
13. Gallatin County | 52.3 |
14. Owen County | 49.2 |
15. Trimble County | 44.1 |
16. Carroll County | 42.0 |
17. Williamstown | 38.1 |
18. Eminence | 25.5 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 83.3 |
2. Dixie Heights | 78.8 |
3. St. Henry | 78.7 |
4. Beechwood | 77.5 |
5. Highlands | 76.6 |
6. Conner | 68.5 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 65.2 |
8. Newport Catholic | 64.5 |
9. Holmes | 63.8 |
10. Lloyd | 63.2 |
11. Cooper | 61.7 |
12. Ryle | 58.9 |
13. Newport | 56.3 |
14. Boone County | 53.9 |
15. Ludlow | 47.9 |
16. Dayton | 34.3 |
17. Villa Madonna | 24.1 |
18. Bellevue | 19.2 |
19. Heritage Academy | 10.4 |
20. Covington Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 83.0 |
2. Montgomery County | 73.4 |
3. Mason County | 69.6 |
4. Campbell County | 67.0 |
5. Robertson County | 66.3 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 65.1 |
7. Scott | 58.5 |
8. Bourbon County | 56.7 |
9. Harrison County | 55.2 |
10. Augusta | 50.7 |
11. Bracken County | 50.4 |
12. Calvary Christian | 49.2 |
13. Pendleton County | 44.6 |
14. Paris | 42.3 |
15. Nicholas County | 39.5 |
16. St. Patrick | 18.0 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 83.1 |
2. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 74.5 |
3. Henry Clay | 74.3 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 73.4 |
5. Madison Central | 71.1 |
6. Bryan Station | 70.5 |
7. Madison Southern | 69.3 |
8. Lexington Christian | 68.4 |
9. Scott County | 67.1 |
10. Lafayette | 66.6 |
11. Tates Creek | 63.3 |
12. Franklin County | 59.1 |
13. Frankfort | 59.0 |
14. Great Crossing | 57.6 |
15. Sayre | 57.5 |
16. Western Hills | 54.4 |
17. Berea | 51.1 |
18. Model | 43.5 |
19. Trinity Christian | 32.4 |
20. Frankfort Christian | 9.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Lincoln County | 77.9 |
2. East Jessamine | 69.6 |
3. Somerset | 69.0 |
4. West Jessamine | 68.3 |
5. Boyle County | 67.3 |
6. Pulaski County | 66.6 |
7. Danville | 62.8 |
8. McCreary Central | 62.7 |
9. Southwestern | 61.9 |
10. Rockcastle County | 54.6 |
11. Wayne County | 54.4 |
12. Mercer County | 53.9 |
13. Garrard County | 49.9 |
14. Casey County | 48.2 |
15. Somerset Christian | 35.8 |
16. Danville Christian | 31.9 |
17. Burgin | 26.5 |
13TH REGION | |
1. North Laurel | 82.7 |
2. South Laurel | 77.7 |
3. Harlan County | 70.6 |
4. Clay County | 67.3 |
5. Knox Central | 66.3 |
6. Corbin | 64.0 |
7. Harlan | 58.3 |
8. Bell County | 57.1 |
9. Barbourville | 55.0 |
10. Lynn Camp | 54.2 |
11. Williamsburg | 52.8 |
12. Jackson County | 49.3 |
13. Middlesboro | 47.2 |
14. Pineville | 46.7 |
15. Whitley County | 45.5 |
16. Red Bird | 28.3 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 65.2 |
2. Knott Central | 58.4 |
3. Wolfe County | 57.8 |
4. Estill County | 55.9 |
5. Breathitt County | 55.8 |
6. Leslie County | 54.4 |
7. Perry Central | 54.1 |
8. Letcher Central | 51.5 |
9. Buckhorn | 43.7 |
10. Cordia | 42.7 |
11. Owsley County | 35.6 |
12. Lee County | 33.9 |
13. Jackson City | 31.1 |
14. Powell County | 24.5 |
15. June Buchanan | 16.2 |
16. Riverside Christian | 0.5 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Johnson Central | 70.5 |
2. Shelby Valley | 64.7 |
3. Pikeville | 63.7 |
4. Martin County | 61.7 |
5. Paintsville | 60.7 |
6. Belfry | 59.2 |
7. Betsy Layne | 57.4 |
8. East Ridge | 57.1 |
9. Magoffin County | 56.5 |
10. Lawrence County | 55.9 |
11. Pike Central | 48.7 |
12. Prestonsburg | 40.0 |
13. Floyd Central | 39.5 |
13. Phelps | 39.5 |
15. Jenkins | 15.8 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 75.6 |
2. Rowan County | 73.9 |
3. Boyd County | 68.5 |
4. Russell | 58.3 |
5. East Carter | 57.7 |
6. West Carter | 56.5 |
7. Lewis County | 54.2 |
8. Raceland | 53.7 |
9. Bath County | 52.7 |
10. Elliott County | 50.9 |
11. Greenup County | 47.2 |
12. Morgan County | 46.0 |
13. Fleming County | 40.5 |
14. Fairview | 37.9 |
15. Menifee County | 30.5 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 29.1 |
This story was originally published January 31, 2021 at 4:54 PM.