High school football: Check out Cantrall’s first top-25 rankings of the season
Editor’s note: Sunday’s games are not included. Also, schools must have played at least two in-state opponents to be included in Cantrall’s ratings.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Top 25
School | Rating |
1. Boyle County (3-0) | 91.5 |
2. Male (1-1) | 91.1 |
3. Johnson Central (2-0) | 89.2 |
4. South Warren (2-0) | 86.0 |
5. Bowling Green (2-0) | 85.0 |
6. Covington Catholic (3-0) | 84.8 |
7. Frederick Douglass (1-1) | 84.7 |
8. North Hardin (3-0) | 82.9 |
9. Lexington Catholic (1-1) | 82.6 |
10. Lexington Christian (3-0) | 82.2 |
11. Franklin County (2-0) | 81.3 |
12. Ballard (1-1) | 81.0 |
13. Somerset (3-0) | 80.9 |
14. Beechwood (2-1) | 80.4 |
15. Simon Kenton (2-1) | 80.2 |
16. McCracken County (3-0) | 79.8 |
17. Pikeville (3-0) | 79.5 |
18. Owensboro (3-0) | 78.2 |
19. DeSales (2-1) | 77.5 |
20. Belfry (2-1) | 76.7 |
21. Scott County (3-0) | 76.5 |
22. Conner (2-0) | 76.4 |
23. Louisville Christian (1-2) | 74.6 |
24. Russell (3-0) | 74.5 |
25. Wayne County (1-2) | 74.4 |
Class A
1. Pikeville | 79.5 |
2. Paintsville | 71.0 |
3. Newport Catholic | 62.0 |
3. Raceland | 62.0 |
5. Lou. Holy Cross | 61.2 |
6. Ky. Country Day | 58.6 |
7. Williamsburg | 53.6 |
8. Crittenden County | 53.2 |
9. Bethlehem | 46.1 |
10. Campbellsville | 45.5 |
11. Hazard | 43.2 |
12. Nicholas County | 38.4 |
13. Frankfort | 37.7 |
14. Russellville | 37.0 |
15. Ludlow | 32.2 |
16. Bishop Brossart | 27.9 |
17. Pineville | 27.3 |
18. Phelps | 24.5 |
19. Sayre | 22.8 |
20. Eminence | 21.1 |
21. Lynn Camp | 20.6 |
22. Dayton | 17.5 |
23. Paris | 10.4 |
24. Harlan | 8.9 |
25. Berea | 8.3 |
26. Bracken County | 5.2 |
27. Bellevue | 4.4 |
28. Fairview | 3.8 |
29. Betsy Layne | 0.9 |
30. Caverna | 0.1 |
Class 2A
1. Lexington Christian | 82.2 |
2. Somerset | 80.9 |
3. Beechwood | 80.4 |
4. Mayfield | 65.8 |
5. Danville | 62.8 |
6. Caldwell County | 58.5 |
7. West Carter | 58.2 |
8. Murray | 57.2 |
9. Breathitt County | 56.7 |
10. Owensboro Catholic | 56.3 |
11. Walton-Verona | 45.8 |
12. Newport | 45.3 |
13. Washington County | 43.4 |
14. Shelby Valley | 40.9 |
15. Carroll County | 36.1 |
15. Middlesboro | 36.1 |
17. McLean County | 35.1 |
18. Hancock County | 34.5 |
19. Monroe County | 29.0 |
20. Edmonson County | 28.0 |
21. Leslie County | 26.5 |
22. Cov. Holy Cross | 25.0 |
23. Todd Central | 24.6 |
24. Green County | 21.1 |
25. Martin County | 18.5 |
26. Metcalfe County | 17.4 |
27. Bath County | 14.0 |
28. Prestonsburg | 12.5 |
29. Ballard Memorial | 9.9 |
30. Gallatin County | 9.5 |
31. East Ridge | 7.3 |
32. Butler County | 6.5 |
33. Owen County | 3.5 |
34. Morgan County | 0.1 |
34. Trimble County | 0.1 |
Class 3A
1. DeSales | 77.5 |
2. Belfry | 76.7 |
3. Louisville Christian | 74.6 |
4. Russell | 74.5 |
5. Bardstown | 73.5 |
6. Elizabethtown | 73.3 |
7. Mercer County | 68.0 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 67.0 |
9. Bell County | 66.9 |
10. Taylor County | 63.7 |
11. Glasgow | 62.6 |
12. Rockcastle County | 48.4 |
13. Greenup County | 46.8 |
14. LaRue County | 45.3 |
15. Union County | 44.4 |
16. Trigg County | 43.1 |
17. Fleming County | 40.5 |
18. Western Hills | 40.4 |
19. Estill County | 40.1 |
20. Henry County | 39.1 |
21. Mason County | 38.5 |
22. East Carter | 37.3 |
23. Pike Central | 32.6 |
24. Casey County | 32.4 |
25. Magoffin County | 29.1 |
26. Garrard County | 28.1 |
27. Floyd Central | 26.8 |
28. Adair County | 21.8 |
29. Hart County | 21.7 |
30. Thomas Nelson | 20.5 |
31. Powell County | 20.4 |
32. Webster County | 17.1 |
33. McCreary Central | 12.3 |
34. Pendleton County | 10.3 |
35. Nelson County | 3.7 |
36. Lewis County | 0.1 |
Class 4A
1. Boyle County | 91.5 |
2. Johnson Central | 89.2 |
3. Lexington Catholic | 82.6 |
4. Franklin County | 81.3 |
5. Wayne County | 74.4 |
6. Corbin | 74.1 |
7. Hopkinsville | 66.0 |
8. Madisonville | 64.3 |
9.Lincoln County | 58.1 |
10. Knox Central | 57.8 |
11. Allen County-Scottsville | 57.2 |
12. Logan County | 56.4 |
13. Franklin-Simpson | 54.8 |
14. Shelby County | 54.7 |
15. Harlan County | 53.0 |
16. Russell County | 52.8 |
17. John Hardin | 47.8 |
18. Letcher Central | 46.6 |
19. Bourbon County | 45.7 |
20. Rowan County | 45.5 |
20. Scott | 44.9 |
22. Holmes | 44.8 |
23. Anderson County | 43.6 |
24. Warren East | 42.5 |
25. Spencer County | 38.6 |
26. Calloway County | 38.5 |
27. Clay County | 36.9 |
28. Harrison County | 34.5 |
29. Perry Central | 27.1 |
30. Boyd County | 26.8 |
31. Marion County | 21.0 |
32. Warren Central | 16.3 |
33. Hopkins Central | 11.7 |
Class 5A
1. South Warren | 86.0 |
2. Bowling Green | 85.0 |
3. Covington Catholic | 84.8 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 84.7 |
5. Owensboro | 78.2 |
6. Scott County | 76.5 |
7. Conner | 76.4 |
8. Highlands | 74.1 |
9. Pulaski County | 68.4 |
10. Southwestern | 66.3 |
11. North Bullitt | 65.1 |
12. Fairdale | 64.7 |
13. Cooper | 61.9 |
14. Graves County | 58.8 |
15. Greenwood | 56.4 |
16. Whitley County | 56.3 |
17. Collins | 55.0 |
18. Madison Southern | 54.8 |
19. East Jessamine | 53.7 |
20. North Laurel | 52.2 |
21. Woodford County | 48.4 |
22. Grayson County | 43.5 |
23. Doss | 42.1 |
24. Boone County | 41.1 |
25. Montgomery County | 36.1 |
26. Grant County | 32.1 |
26. Ohio County | 32.1 |
28. Bullitt Central | 31.9 |
29. Great Crossing | 31.5 |
30. West Jessamine | 30.9 |
31. Atherton | 29.4 |
32. South Laurel | 29.0 |
33. Iroquois | 26.2 |
34. Breckinridge County | 24.9 |
35. Muhlenberg County | 16.4 |
36. Seneca | 9.3 |
Class 6A
1. Male | 91.1 |
2. North Hardin | 82.9 |
3. Ballard | 81.0 |
4. Simon Kenton | 80.2 |
5. McCracken County | 79.8 |
6. Henderson County | 74.2 |
7. Bryan Station | 70.8 |
8. Clark County | 70.2 |
9. Central Hardin | 70.0 |
10. Dixie Heights | 69.6 |
11. Butler | 68.0 |
12. Ryle | 67.8 |
13. Oldham County | 67.0 |
14. Tates Creek | 65.6 |
15. Daviess County | 60.9 |
16. Campbell County | 58.2 |
17. Madison Central | 57.0 |
18. Meade County | 56.2 |
19. Apollo | 53.5 |
20. Bullitt East | 53.3 |
21. Lafayette | 47.9 |
22. Southern | 41.4 |
23. Barren County | 32.2 |
24. Marshall County | 18.6 |