High School Football

Who’s No. 1 in Week 6’s Kentucky high school football media rankings?

The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings after the games of Week 6.

Week 6’s Kentucky AP Top 10s

CLASS A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Paintsville (9) 5-0 117 1

2. Pikeville (3) 5-1 108 2

3. Newport Central Catholic 5-0 95 3

4. Lou. Holy Cross 5-0 81 4

5. Lou. Ky. Country Day 4-1 70 5

6. Crittenden Co. 5-1 61 6

7. Bethlehem 5-1 42 T7

8. Sayre 6-0 33 9

9. Dayton 5-1 20 T7

10. Raceland 3-3 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 8, Bishop Brossart 6, Russellville 3, Nicholas Co. 1, Campbellsville 1, Harlan 1.

CLASS 2A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Lex. Christian (6) 5-1 107 4

2. Mayfield (3) 5-1 104 2

3. Somerset (1) 5-1 95 1

4. Breathitt Co. (1) 4-0 90 3

5. Beechwood 4-2 72 5

6. Hancock Co. (1) 5-0 57 9

7. Danville 3-1 44 8

8. West Carter 5-1 31 6

9. Owensboro Catholic 4-2 28 7

10. Murray 4-2 14 NR

Others receiving votes: Walton-Verona 7, Middlesboro 6, Shelby Valley 4, Caldwell Co. 1.

CLASS 3A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Elizabethtown (8) 6-0 112 1

2. Ashland Blazer (3) 4-0 109 2

3. Belfry (1) 4-2 99 3

4. Bardstown 6-0 82 4

5. Lou. DeSales 2-2 61 6

6. Rockcastle Co. 4-1 49 7

7. Mercer Co. 4-1 45 9

8. Russell 5-1 42 5

9. Lou. Christian Academy 2-2 33 8

10. Taylor Co. 5-1 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Bell Co. 9, Union Co. 2, Paducah Tilghman 1.

CLASS 4A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Johnson Central (12) 5-0 120 1

2. Boyle Co. 5-0 107 2

3. Lou. Central 4-0 96 3

4. Franklin Co. 3-0 80 4

5. Corbin 4-1 74 5

6. Letcher County Central 4-0 49 6

7. Lex. Catholic 2-2 45 8

8. Wayne Co. 2-2 27 7

9. Russell Co. 4-0 26 9

10. Calloway Co. 3-1 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Holmes 10, Allen Co.-Scottsville 5, Lincoln Co. 4, Knox Central 4.

CLASS 5A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Cov. Catholic (9) 5-0 113 1

2. South Warren (1) 4-0 105 2

3. Frederick Douglass (1) 3-1 90 3

4. Bowling Green 4-1 81 4

5. Owensboro (1) 6-0 76 5

6. Scott Co. 6-0 72 6

7. Southwestern 6-0 49 7

8. Pulaski Co. 5-1 23 9

9. South Oldham 4-1 17 10

10. North Bullitt 5-1 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Highlands 9, Lou. Fairdale 5, Greenwood 2, Woodford Co. 2, Graves Co. 1.

CLASS 6A

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP Pvs

1. Trinity (11) 4-0 119 1

2. North Hardin (1) 6-0 107 2

3. Male 4-1 88 3

4. Manual 2-1 82 4

5. Bryan Station 5-1 69 6

6. St. Xavier 2-2 62 5

7. McCracken County 4-1 48 7

8. Ballard 2-2 23 9

9. Ryle 3-3 17 NR

10. Henderson Co. 3-1 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Paul Laurence Dunbar 10, Simon Kenton 7, Oldham Co. 6, Dixie Heights 6.

All Associated Press members in Kentucky are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; KPG Football, Owensboro; The Gleaner, Henderson; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; Kentucky Today, Louisville; WKYX, Paducah.

*FPV-First Place Votes; Rcd-Record; TP-Total Points; Pvs-Previous week’s rank.

How @HLpreps voted

Class A

1Pikeville5-1
2Paintsville6-0
3Newport Central Catholic5-0
4Kentucky Country Day4-1
5Crittenden County5-1
6Sayre6-0
7Holy Cross (Louisville)5-0
8Bishop Brossart4-2
9Bethlehem5-1
10Dayton5-1

Class 2A

1Lexington Christian5-1
2Somerset5-1
3Breathitt County4-0
4Mayfield5-1
5Beechwood4-2
6Hancock County5-1
7Middlesboro3-1
8Danville3-1
9West Carter5-1
10Murray3-2

Class 3A

1Elizabethtown6-0
2Ashland Blazer4-0
3Belfry4-2
4Bardstown6-0
5Mercer County4-1
6DeSales2-2
7Christian Academy-Louisville2-2
8Rockcastle County4-1
9Russell5-1
10Taylor County5-1

Class 4A

1Johnson Central5-0
2Boyle County5-0
3Central4-0
4Franklin County3-0
5Corbin4-1
6Letcher County Central4-0
7Wayne County2-2
8Holmes3-2
9Lexington Catholic2-2
10Lincoln County4-2

Class 5A

1Covington Catholic5-0
2Frederick Douglass3-1
3Scott County6-0
4South Warren4-0
5Bowling Green4-1
6Owensboro6-0
7Southwestern6-0
8North Bullitt5-1
9Pulaski County5-1
10Fairdale5-0

Class 6A

1Trinity (Louisville)4-0
2North Hardin6-0
3Male4-1
4Manual2-2
5St. Xavier2-2
6Bryan Station5-1
7McCracken County4-1
8Ballard2-2
9Simon Kenton3-3
10Paul Laurence Dunbar3-1

This story was originally published October 19, 2020 at 3:38 PM.

Jared Peck
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jared Peck, the Herald-Leader’s Digital Sports Writer, covers high school athletics and has been with the company as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Support my work with a digital subscription
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