CovCath still No. 1 in Cantrall ratings; Tates Creek creeps back into Top 25
The top four teams held their places in the high school football ratings on Sunday after the first round of the state playoffs.
Covington Catholic (11-0) is rated No. 1 in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for the fourth consecutive week, followed by Trinity (11-0), St. Xavier (9-2) and Scott County (9-2). No. 5 Male (9-2) and No. 6 Boyle County (10-1) swapped positions this week.
Last week’s Top 25 teams went 21-2 in playoff openers. The only teams that lost were Ryle (8-3), which fell three spots into a tie for 12th with Christian County (11-0), and Madison Central (6-5), which lost 20-7 at home to Henry Clay (6-5) on Friday night to fall out of the Top 25. No. 11 South Oldham (9-1) and Beechwood (8-2), unrated this week, did not play.
Tates Creek (9-2), which dropped out of the Top 25 last week, was back in the ratings at No. 25 after an impressive 53-14 rout of city rival Bryan Station (1-10). The Commodores have their most wins in a season since the 2001 team went 10-4.
Tates Creek will get a rematch at home with No. 16 Frederick Douglass (9-2) in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs on Friday night. Only 2.1 rating points separate the Lexington teams that first met in week two of the regular season. Douglass, the home team in that Aug. 25 game, won 49-22.
Lexington Christian (10-1) is No. 20 in the ratings. The Eagles play at Prestonsburg in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs on Friday night.
Scott County plays host to Henry Clay in another Class 6A game on Friday night. The Cardinals routed the Blue Devils 57-28 on Sept. 29.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
TOP 25 | Ratings | Last week |
1. Covington Catholic (11-0) | 93.2 | 1 |
2. Trinity (11-0) | 92.2 | 2 |
3. St. Xavier (9-2) | 91.7 | 3 |
4. Scott County (9-2) | 90.9 | 4 |
5. Male (9-2) | 88.5 | 6 |
6. Boyle County (10-1) | 85.3 | 5 |
7. Bowling Green (9-2) | 84.4 | 11 |
8. Belfry (10-1) | 83.6 | 7 |
9. Simon Kenton (10-1) | 82.9 | 8 |
10. Mayfield (10-1) | 82.5 | t9 |
11. South Oldham (9-1) | 82.0 | t12 |
12. Christian County (11-0) | 81.6 | t12 |
12. Ryle (8-3) | 81.6 | t9 |
14. DeSales (11-0) | 81.4 | 14 |
15. Pleasure Ridge Park (7-4) | 81.2 | 16 |
16. Frederick Douglass (9-2) | 81.1 | t17 |
17. Southwestern (9-2) | 80.7 | t19 |
18. Danville (11-0) | 80.6 | 15 |
19. Elizabethtown (10-1) | 80.4 | t17 |
20. Lexington Christian (10-1) | 80.3 | t19 |
21. Butler (7-4) | 79.8 | NR |
22. Central (9-2) | 79.4 | NR |
23. South Warren (9-2) | 79.3 | NR |
24. Beechwood (8-2) | 79.1 | 24 |
25. Tates Creek (9-2) | 79.0 | NR |
Class A
1. Beechwood | 79.1 |
2. Paintsville | 70.1 |
3. Raceland | 61.4 |
4. Pikeville | 59.4 |
5. Hazard | 59.0 |
6. Country Day | 57.0 |
7. Paris | 48.6 |
8. Russellville | 47.5 |
9. Lou. Holy Cross | 47.3 |
10. Williamsburg | 44.6 |
11. Frankfort | 38.5 |
12. Bracken County | 36.9 |
13. Crittenden County | 36.4 |
14. Campbellsville | 34.1 |
15. Lynn Camp | 30.9 |
16. Bethlehem | 19.3 |
Class 2A
1. Mayfield | 82.5 |
2. DeSales | 81.4 |
3. Danville | 80.6 |
4. Lexington Christian | 80.3 |
5. Louisville Christian | 76.0 |
6. Glasgow | 71.1 |
7. Somerset | 64.7 |
8. Owensboro Catholic | 64.0 |
9. Newport Catholic | 61.6 |
10. Lloyd | 61.0 |
11. Walton-Verona | 58.6 |
12. Murray | 45.0 |
13. Monroe County | 41.4 |
14. Prestonsburg | 39.8 |
15. Hancock County | 34.8 |
16. Washington County | 32.4 |
Class 3A
1. Boyle County | 85.3 |
2. Belfry | 83.6 |
3. Elizabethtown | 80.4 |
4. Central | 79.4 |
5. Corbin | 78.4 |
6. Paducah Tilghman | 70.7 |
7. Lexington Catholic | 70.2 |
8. Caldwell County | 67.4 |
9. Casey County | 57.1 |
10. LaRue County | 56.6 |
11. Waggener | 54.9 |
12. Western Hills | 54.8 |
13. Garrard County | 51.0 |
14. Bell County | 46.4 |
15. Floyd Central | 40.9 |
16. Powell County | 32.3 |
Class 4A
1. Franklin-Simpson | 78.0 |
2. Johnson Central | 76.9 |
3. Wayne County | 76.4 |
4. Collins | 74.7 |
5. Ashland Blazer | 69.5 |
6. Hopkinsville | 65.1 |
7. Knox Central | 63.7 |
8. Scott High | 63.4 |
9. Madisonville | 62.4 |
10. Western | 61.2 |
11. Rockcastle County | 58.9 |
12. Shelby County | 54.9 |
13. Mercer County | 54.4 |
14. Logan County | 50.3 |
15. Bourbon County | 49.7 |
16. East Jessamine | 47.7 |
Class 5A
1. Covington Catholic | 93.2 |
2. Bowling Green | 84.4 |
3. South Oldham | 82.0 |
4. Christian County | 81.6 |
5. Southwestern | 80.7 |
6. South Warren | 79.3 |
7. Highlands | 72.7 |
8. Madison Southern | 72.2 |
9. Doss | 66.2 |
10. North Laurel | 65.2 |
11. Harlan County | 62.7 |
12. Montgomery County | 60.9 |
13. Whitley County | 59.0 |
14. Anderson County | 58.5 |
15. Bullitt Central | 56.2 |
16. Greenwood | 55.0 |
Class 6A
1. Trinity | 92.2 |
2. St. Xavier | 91.7 |
3. Scott County | 90.9 |
4. Male | 88.5 |
5. Simon Kenton | 82.9 |
6. Pleasure Ridge Park | 81.2 |
7. Frederick Douglass | 81.1 |
8. Butler | 79.8 |
9. Tates Creek | 79.0 |
10. Central Hardin | 78.3 |
11. Henry Clay | 77.8 |
12. Campbell County | 75.5 |
13. McCracken County | 71.2 |
14. Ballard | 69.5 |
15. Daviess County | 67.7 |
16. Henderson County | 62.0 |
This story was originally published November 5, 2017 at 5:30 PM with the headline "CovCath still No. 1 in Cantrall ratings; Tates Creek creeps back into Top 25."