High School Football

Lots of movement in the new Kentucky high school football polls

Frederick Douglass' Jefferson Harkless (25) carries the ball past Danville's Jaleel Warren (4) in the first quarter of their their game at Danville High School in Danville, Ky., Saturday, Aug 19, 2017.
Frederick Douglass' Jefferson Harkless (25) carries the ball past Danville's Jaleel Warren (4) in the first quarter of their their game at Danville High School in Danville, Ky., Saturday, Aug 19, 2017. aslitz@herald-leader.com

The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, total points, previous rankings and next opponent:

Class A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Paintsville

8

5-1

140

1

2. Beechwood

6

4-1

131

2

3. Hazard

3-1

113

5

4. Kentucky Country Day

5-1

107

3

5. Ludlow

1

5-0

86

6

6. Raceland

4-2

69

4

7. Russellville

4-2

49

8

8. Pikeville

1-3

48

7

9. Bracken County

5-1

23

NR

10. Paris

4-1

17

NR

Others receiving votes: Louisville Holy Cross 15, Williamsburg 8, Phelps 8, Bishop Brossart 8, Harlan 3.

Class 2A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Danville

8

6-0

138

2

2. DeSales

6

5-0

135

3

3. Mayfield

1

5-1

111

1

4. Lexington Christiam

6-0

109

4

5. Christian Academy of Louisville

4-1

86

5

6. Somerset

4-2

72

7

7. Newport Central Catholic

3-3

65

6

t8. Walton-Verona

4-2

27

10

t8. Glasgow

4-2

27

8

10. Owensboro Catholic

3-3

13

NR

Others receiving votes: Washington County 11, Lloyd Memorial 8, Monroe County 8, Leslie County 6, Metcalfe County 4, Prestonsburg 2, Shelby Valley 2, Todd County Central 1.

Class 3A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Belfry

9

4-1

144

1

2. Corbin

5

4-1

133

2

3. Boyle County

5-1

109

3

4. Central

4-2

100

4

5. Elizabethtown

4-1

92

5

6. Caldwell County

5-1

68

6

7. Casey County

5-0

51

8

8. LaRue County

1

6-0

36

9

9. Lexington Catholic

3-3

35

7

10. Union County

5-0

20

t10

Others receiving votes: Bell County 18, Western Hills 9, Pike County Central 8, Lawrence County 1, Fleming County 1.

Class 4A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Johnson Central

15

5-0

150

1

2. Wayne County

5-1

133

3

3. Collins

4-2

103

4

4. Rockcastle County

4-1

93

2

5. Ashland Blazer

4-2

81

6

6. Allen County-Scottsville

5-1

52

9

7. Logan County

6-0

47

8

8. Mercer County

4-2

42

7

9. Shelby County

4-2

23

5

10. Franklin-Simpson

3-3

22

NR

Others receiving votes: Knox Central 19, Scott 16, Taylor County 13, Madisonville 9, Franklin County 8, John Hardin 6, Bourbon County 4, Mason County 2, Hopkinsville 1, West Jessamine 1.

Class 5A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Covington Catholic

14

6-0

140

1

2. Bowling Green

4-2

113

2

3. Christian County

5-0

109

3

4. South Warren

6-0

103

4

5. South Oldham

4-1

74

5

6. Perry County Central

5-0

58

6

7. Owensboro

2-3

34

8

8. Anderson County

4-1

32

10

9. Apollo

5-1

23

NR

10. Madison Southern

4-2

22

NR

Others receiving votes: Southwestern 21, Fern Creek 13, Montgomery County 8, South Laurel 7, Bullitt Central 5, North Laurel 3, Whitley County 3, Highlands 2.

Class 6A

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Trinity

14

6-0

140

1

2. St. Xavier

5-0

125

2

3. Male

5-1

99

4

4. Simon Kenton

6-0

91

5

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

4-1

82

3

6. Scott County

4-2

73

6

7. Ryle

4-1

58

7

8. Frederick Douglass

4-1

34

NR

9. Butler

4-2

21

8

10. Tates Creek

4-1

19

10

Others receiving votes: Meade County 12, Central Hardin 7, Campbell County 3, Ohio County 3, Manual 2, Conner 1.

Organizations that voted in this week’s poll: The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; East Kentucky Broadcasting, Pikeville; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; Daily Enterprise, Harlan; The Gleaner, Henderson; Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; The Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro; Times Leader Princeton, Princeton; WDKY, Lexington; WKYX, Paducah; WRUS, Russellville.

Josh Moore: 859-231-1307, @HLpreps

This story was originally published September 25, 2017 at 3:55 PM with the headline "Lots of movement in the new Kentucky high school football polls."

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