High School Football

Rating the State: Henry Clay’s upset of Scott County shakes up the rankings

Henry Clay’s Langston Jackson ran for a touchdown against Lafayette on Sept. 21.
Henry Clay’s Langston Jackson ran for a touchdown against Lafayette on Sept. 21.

Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Top 25

School

Rating

LW

1. Covington Catholic (6-0)

91.0

1

2. Male (7-0)

90.2

2

3. Frederick Douglass (7-0)

89.0

3

4. Louisville Christian (6-0)

88.2

4

5. Bowling Green (7-0)

87.1

8

6. Mayfield (7-0)

87.0

6

7. Boyle County (6-0)

86.5

9

8. St. Xavier (4-2)

86.3

11

9. Highlands (5-1)

85.4

10

10. Trinity (1-6)

84.7

7

11. Butler (5-2)

84.6

12

12. DeSales (6-0)

83.9

13

13. South Warren (7-0)

83.4

15

14. Belfry (5-1)

82.3

14

15. Southwestern (6-0)

82.2

17

16. Scott County (5-2)

82.0

5

17. Henry Clay (3-3)

81.9

24

18. Lexington Catholic (4-2)

81.8

18

19. Beechwood (4-2)

81.4

20

20. Franklin-Simpson (6-1)

80.8

21

21. Corbin (5-1)

80.4

16

21. Simon Kenton (5-2)

80.4

19

23. Central (4-2)

79.3

22

24. Owensboro (4-2)

77.2

NR

25. South Oldham (5-1)

76.9

23

Class A rankings

1. Beechwood

81.4

2. Pikeville

73.4

3. Raceland

66.6

4. Paintsville

62.7

5. Hazard

60.5

6. Lou. Holy Cross

59.2

7. Campbellsville

52.0

8. Crittenden County

49.0

9. Country Day

48.2

10. Williamsburg

47.0

11. Lynn Camp

42.3

12. Frankfort

42.0

13. Paris

39.6

14. Ludlow

35.5

15. Eminence

34.8

16. Nicholas County

34.4

17. Phelps

30.1

18. Pineville

29.3

19. Harlan

26.5

20. Russellville

26.1

21. Bracken County

25.9

22. Bellevue

23.2

23. Bethlehem

21.6

24. Bishop Brossart

21.3

25. Fulton County

14.8

26. Fort Knox

6.5

27. Fairview

0.3

28. Fulton City

0.2

29. Berea

0.1

29. Caverna

0.1

29. Dayton

0.1

29. Jenkins

0.1

Class 2A rankings

1. Louisville Christian

88.2

2. Mayfield

87.0

3. DeSales

83.9

4. Somerset

71.2

5. Glasgow

70.5

6. Danville

68.4

7. Lexington Christian

67.9

8. Owensboro Catholic

67.7

9. Newport Catholic

62.1

10. Walton-Verona

56.9

11. Lloyd

56.3

12. Murray

55.4

13. Shelby Valley

40.0

14. McLean County

38.9

15. Hancock County

38.1

16. Clinton County

34.8

17. Washington County

33.1

18. Monroe County

32.4

19. Carroll County

32.0

20. Newport

25.7

21. Leslie County

23.9

22. Todd Central

23.2

23. Green County

22.8

24. Prestonsburg

20.5

25. Middlesboro

20.4

26. Ballard Memorial

16.3

27. Metcalfe County

16.0

28. Cov. Holy Cross

13.3

29. Webster County

4.2

30. Butler County

4.0

31. Owen County

1.0

32. Gallatin County

0.9

33. East Ridge

0.3

34. Betsy Layne

0.1

34. Shawnee

0.1

Class 3A rankings

1. Boyle County

86.5

2. Belfry

82.3

3. Lexington Catholic

81.8

4. Corbin

80.4

5. Central

79.3

6. Paducah Tilghman

75.4

7. Caldwell County

72.0

8. Waggener

67.1

9. Elizabethtown

64.9

10. Bell County

63.6

11. Western Hills

56.4

12. Casey County

54.4

13. LaRue County

49.7

14. Russell

49.0

15. Union County

45.6

16. Lawrence County

45.1

17. Garrard County

44.4

18. Bardstown

43.6

19. Floyd Central

39.2

20. Trigg County

38.3

21. Powell County

36.5

22. Bath County

35.0

23. West Carter

34.3

24. Thomas Nelson

31.9

25. Hart County

31.4

26. Breathitt County

30.6

26. Henry County

30.6

28. Pike Central

28.4

29. Edmonson County

26.9

30. Fleming County

24.0

31. Fort Campbell

23.7

32. Estill County

19.5

33. Adair County

16.9

34. Sheldon Clark

13.9

35. Jackson County

10.7

36. Pendleton County

10.2

37. Morgan County

9.6

38. Lewis County

9.4

38. Magoffin County

9.4

40. Knott Central

8.2

41. McCreary Central

4.9

Class 4A rankings

1. Franklin-Simpson

80.8

2. Johnson Central

76.8

3. Ashland Blazer

73.9

4. Wayne County

70.3

5. Knox Central

66.2

6. Madisonville

61.0

7. Moore

60.7

8. John Hardin

60.4

8. Logan County

60.4

10. Hopkinsville

59.2

11. Franklin County

58.2

12. Warren East

57.7

13. Taylor County

57.2

14. Greenup County

56.1

15. Scott High

55.5

16. Collins

54.6

17. Allen County

53.1

18. Mercer County

51.6

19. Shelby County

51.0

20. Harrison County

43.7

21. Rockcastle County

43.6

22. East Jessamine

43.0

23. Russell County

40.0

24. Rowan County

38.1

25. North Oldham

38.0

26. Bourbon County

36.2

26. Spencer County

36.2

26. Warren Central

36.2

29. West Jessamine

33.1

30. Valley

31.8

30. Western

31.8

32. Clay County

31.0

33. Holmes

27.3

34. Calloway County

26.6

35. East Carter

24.4

36. Mason County

23.0

37. Breckinridge County

15.9

38. Hopkins Central

14.6

39. Marion County

13.5

40. Boyd County

11.2

Class 5A rankings

1. Covington Catholic

91.0

2. Bowling Green

87.1

3. Highlands

85.4

4. South Warren

83.4

5. Southwestern

82.2

6. Owensboro

77.2

7. South Oldham

76.9

8. Anderson County

73.9

9. Christian County

67.5

10. Pulaski County

64.4

11. Oldham County

64.2

12. Fern Creek

62.7

13. Graves County

61.3

14. Montgomery County

57.8

15. Madison Southern

57.5

16. Lincoln County

54.6

17. Bullitt Central

54.4

18. Dixie Heights

53.0

19. Apollo

52.6

20. Harlan County

50.3

21. South Laurel

50.0

22. North Bullitt

49.7

23. Whitley County

48.9

24. North Laurel

47.5

25. Doss

47.1

26. Greenwood

44.7

27. Bullitt East

44.2

28. Letcher Central

38.7

29. Woodford County

38.2

30. Perry Central

38.1

31. Marshall County

37.7

32. Grayson County

37.0

33. Southern

36.4

34. Atherton

34.3

35. Fairdale

33.2

36. Grant County

26.8

37. Iroquois

24.9

38. Barren County

20.7

39. Nelson County

17.0

Class 6A rankings

1. Male

90.2

2. Frederick Douglass

89.0

3. St. Xavier

86.3

4. Trinity

84.7

5. Butler

84.6

6. Scott County

82.0

7. Henry Clay

81.9

8. Simon Kenton

80.4

9. Ballard

76.8

10. North Hardin

75.8

11. Campbell County

75.7

12. Madison Central

75.1

13. Manual

74.1

14. Tates Creek

70.7

15. Conner

68.5

16. McCracken County

66.7

17. Henderson County

66.5

18. Central Hardin

66.4

18. Ryle

66.4

20. Pleasure Ridge Park

65.5

21. Meade County

65.0

22. Daviess County

63.6

23. Lafayette

59.2

24. Eastern

59.1

25. Bryan Station

57.9

26. Cooper

57.7

27. Clark County

56.6

28. Boone County

46.4

29. Paul Dunbar

44.7

30. Jeffersontown

37.0

31. Muhlenberg County

20.6

32. Seneca

15.6

33. Ohio County

12.0

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