Rating the State: There’s a new No. 1 football team; LCA moves up to 15th
Covington Catholic swapped spots with Scott County this week, taking over at No. 1 in the third edtion of Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State.
The Cardinals had held the top spot the first two weeks of the football rankings.
The Colonels (5-0) defeated Beechwood 45-9 this past weekend while Scott County (3-2) lost 28-14 to La Salle, a school in Cincinnati.
Male, St. Xavier and Simon Kenton round out the top five, followed by Mayfield, Belfry, Pleasure Ridge Park, Bowling Green and South Warren.
Lexington Christian (5-0), a 48-13 winner against Walton-Verona, moved up six spots to No. 15 this week.
Note that some teams are not yet included in the rankings as they have not yet played at least two opponents from Kentucky.
Dave Cantrall’s top 25
TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
1. Covington Catholic (5-0) | 90.8 | 2 |
2. Scott County (3-2) | 90.1 | 1 |
3. Male (4-1) | 88.7 | 3 |
4. St. Xavier (4-0) | 88.5 | 4 |
5. Simon Kenton (5-0) | 87.6 | 5 |
6. Mayfield (5-0) | 86.0 | 6 |
7. Belfry (3-1) | 85.6 | 8 |
8. Pleasure Ridge Park (4-0) | 85.4 | 7 |
9. Bowling Green (3-2) | 83.3 | 10 |
10. South Warren (5-0) | 81.3 | 11 |
11. DeSales (4-0) | 81.1 | t13 |
11. Johnson Central (4-0) | 81.1 | NR |
13. Boyle County (4-1) | 81.0 | 16 |
14. Louisville Christian (4-1) | 80.5 | 9 |
15. Lexington Christian (5-0) | 79.6 | 21 |
16. Elizabethtown (3-1) | 79.5 | 12 |
17. Ryle (4-1) | 79.1 | t17 |
18. Danville (5-0) | 78.8 | 15 |
18. Butler (4-1) | 78.8 | 20 |
20. Christian County (4-0) | 78.5 | t17 |
21. South Oldham (3-1) | 77.8 | NR |
22. Central Hardin (3-2) | 77.4 | 23 |
23. Corbin (3-1) | 76.7 | 24 |
24. Madison Central (2-3) | 75.9 | 21 |
25. Ballard (2-3) | 75.7 | 25 |
Note: Teams are not included until they have played at least two opponents from Kentucky.
Ratings by class
Class A
1. Paintsville | 74.1 |
2. Beechwood | 72.9 |
3. Pikeville | 62.0 |
4. Raceland | 60.1 |
5. Hazard | 57.3 |
6. Russellville | 55.5 |
7. Country Day | 54.6 |
8. Lou. Holy Cross | 48.3 |
9. Williamsburg | 46.8 |
10. Paris | 41.6 |
11. Frankfort | 37.5 |
12. Fairview | 30.6 |
13. Eminence | 30.2 |
14. Ludlow | 28.9 |
15. Bracken County | 28.6 |
16. Bishop Brossart | 27.8 |
17. Campbellsville | 27.4 |
18. Harlan | 25.9 |
19. Crittenden County | 24.6 |
20. Nicholas County | 24.4 |
21. Bellevue | 22.3 |
22. Bethlehem | 20.7 |
23. Pineville | 20.6 |
24. Phelps | 18.3 |
25. Lynn Camp | 17.1 |
26. Fulton County | 8.6 |
27. Dayton | 3.5 |
28. Berea | 0.1 |
28. Caverna | 0.1 |
28. Fort Knox | 0.1 |
28. Fulton City | 0.1 |
28. Jenkins | 0.1 |
Class 2A
1. Mayfield | 86.0 |
2. DeSales | 81.1 |
3. Louisville Christian | 80.5 |
4. Lexington Christian | 79.6 |
5. Danville | 78.8 |
6. Newport Catholic | 67.7 |
7. Glasgow | 66.2 |
8. Somerset | 59.7 |
9. Owensboro Catholic | 59.4 |
10. Walton-Verona | 56.3 |
11. Lloyd | 55.0 |
12. Leslie County | 41.8 |
13. Monroe County | 40.7 |
14. Metcalfe County | 40.4 |
15. Cov. Holy Cross | 39.1 |
16. Murray | 38.7 |
17. Prestonsburg | 33.5 |
18. Green County | 30.7 |
19. Shelby Valley | 29.1 |
20. Washington County | 28.4 |
21. Ballard Memorial | 25.2 |
22. Hancock County | 24.9 |
23. Owen County | 24.2 |
24. McLean County | 23.8 |
24. Middlesboro | 23.8 |
26. Butler County | 23.5 |
27. Clinton County | 16.9 |
28. Todd Central | 15.1 |
29. Gallatin County | 13.1 |
30. Carroll County | 12.7 |
31. East Ridge | 10.0 |
32. Newport | 6.8 |
33. Betsy Layne | 2.7 |
34. Trimble County | 1.9 |
35. Shawnee | 0.1 |
35. Webster County | 0.1 |
Class 3A
1. Belfry | 85.6 |
2. Boyle County | 81.0 |
3. Elizabethtown | 79.5 |
4. Corbin | 76.7 |
5. Lexington Catholic | 75.6 |
6. Caldwell County | 72.9 |
7. Central | 70.6 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 64.7 |
9. Western Hills | 57.0 |
10. Waggener | 56.7 |
11. Casey County | 56.1 |
12. Garrard County | 53.3 |
13. Russell | 52.6 |
14. Union County | 49.6 |
15. Bell County | 47.3 |
16. LaRue County | 47.1 |
17. Edmonson County | 46.5 |
18. Bardstown | 46.4 |
19. Pike Central | 40.9 |
20. Fleming County | 40.6 |
21. Lawrence County | 40.5 |
22. Floyd Central | 37.2 |
23. Estill County | 34.3 |
24. Fort Campbell | 33.8 |
25. Trigg County | 32.6 |
26. Adair County | 32.3 |
27. Henry County | 31.0 |
28. West Carter | 30.2 |
29. Bath County | 24.2 |
30. McCreary Central | 22.9 |
31. Thomas Nelson | 21.5 |
32. Powell County | 21.1 |
33. Knott Central | 19.1 |
34. Hart County | 17.8 |
35. Breathitt County | 14.4 |
36. Pendleton County | 10.8 |
37. Morgan County | 8.4 |
38. Lewis County | 6.9 |
39. Jackson County | 3.7 |
40. Sheldon Clark | 3.5 |
41. Magoffin County | 2.0 |
Class 4A
1. Johnson Central | 81.1 |
2. Wayne County | 72.9 |
3. Franklin-Simpson | 71.7 |
4. Collins | 71.2 |
5. Hopkinsville | 65.3 |
6. Rockcastle County | 64.6 |
7. Scott High | 64.1 |
8. Mercer County | 61.3 |
9. Ashland Blazer | 60.8 |
10. John Hardin | 60.0 |
10. Shelby County | 60.0 |
12. Knox Central | 58.9 |
13. Allen County | 58.6 |
14. Madisonville | 57.5 |
15. Western | 53.9 |
16. Warren East | 53.3 |
17. Moore | 51.5 |
18. Bourbon County | 50.8 |
19. Franklin County | 50.2 |
20. Taylor County | 50.1 |
21. Greenup County | 49.6 |
22. Spencer County | 48.9 |
23. Logan County | 41.8 |
24. Mason County | 41.4 |
25. East Jessamine | 37.8 |
26. Warren Central | 36.2 |
27. West Jessamine | 32.6 |
28. Valley | 31.8 |
29. Russell County | 30.9 |
30. North Oldham | 30.7 |
31. Calloway County | 26.0 |
32. Holmes | 24.6 |
33. Harrison County | 23.3 |
34. Boyd County | 19.0 |
35. Rowan County | 16.2 |
36. Clay County | 16.0 |
37. Hopkins Central | 15.7 |
38. East Carter | 15.6 |
39. Marion County | 13.8 |
40. Breckinridge County | 7.4 |
Class 5A
1. Covington Catholic | 90.8 |
2. Bowling Green | 83.3 |
3. South Warren | 81.3 |
4. Christian County | 78.5 |
5. South Oldham | 77.8 |
6. Owensboro | 75.4 |
7. Southwestern | 71.9 |
8. Madison Southern | 69.6 |
9. Fern Creek | 69.1 |
10. Graves County | 68.9 |
11. Highlands | 67.6 |
12. Pulaski County | 66.5 |
13. Dixie Heights | 63.9 |
14. Whitley County | 62.3 |
15. North Laurel | 59.7 |
16. Doss | 59.1 |
17. Bullitt East | 58.1 |
18. Bullitt Central | 57.7 |
19. Anderson County | 54.8 |
20. Greenwood | 54.4 |
21. Montgomery County | 53.9 |
22. Apollo | 53.0 |
23. Harlan County | 52.0 |
24. Marshall County | 49.5 |
25. North Bullitt | 47.4 |
26. Oldham County | 45.2 |
27. Lincoln County | 44.2 |
28. South Laurel | 42.1 |
29. Fairdale | 41.9 |
30. Perry Central | 37.4 |
31. Atherton | 36.0 |
32. Southern | 34.6 |
33. Letcher Central | 33.9 |
34. Woodford County | 32.6 |
35. Iroquois | 28.0 |
36. Grant County | 14.0 |
37. Barren County | 12.8 |
38. Nelson County | 10.6 |
39. Grayson County | 7.6 |
Class 6A
1. Scott County | 90.1 |
2. Male | 88.7 |
3. St. Xavier | 88.5 |
4. Simon Kenton | 87.6 |
5. Pleasure Ridge Park | 85.4 |
6. Ryle | 79.1 |
7. Butler | 78.8 |
8. Central Hardin | 77.4 |
9. Madison Central | 75.9 |
10. Ballard | 75.7 |
11. Frederick Douglass | 75.6 |
12. Meade County | 75.3 |
13. Conner | 75.2 |
14. Tates Creek | 72.4 |
15. Manual | 71.9 |
16. Campbell County | 70.9 |
17. Lafayette | 69.2 |
18. McCracken County | 69.1 |
19. Henry Clay | 68.9 |
20. Bryan Station | 64.4 |
20. North Hardin | 64.4 |
22. Eastern | 63.3 |
23. Daviess County | 63.0 |
24. Henderson County | 57.5 |
25. Cooper | 53.8 |
26. Clark County | 51.4 |
27. Boone County | 50.3 |
28. Paul Dunbar | 42.4 |
29. Ohio County | 34.8 |
30. Jeffersontown | 29.5 |
31. Muhlenberg County | 25.4 |
32. Seneca | 20.1 |
This story was originally published September 17, 2017 at 5:50 PM with the headline "Rating the State: There’s a new No. 1 football team; LCA moves up to 15th."