[RunItUpTheGut]

Class 1A
1. Mayfield
2. Frankfort
3. Beechwood
4. Hazard
5. Fairview
6. Williamsburg
7. Raceland
8. Russellville
9. Kentucky Country Day
10. Harlan

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Somerset
3. Christian Academy-Louisville
4. Danville
5. Glasgow
6. Lexington Christian
7. Newport Central Catholic
8. Bardstown
9. Caldwell County
10. DeSales

Class 3A
1. Central
2. Bell County
3. Breathitt County
4. Belfry
5. Ft. Campbell
6. Bourbon County
7. Monroe County
8. Paducah Tilghman
9. Wayne County
10. Bath County

Class 4A
1. Highlands
2. Covington Catholic
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Russell County
5. Ashland Blazer
6. Knox Central
7. Johnson Central
8. Boyle County
9. Warren East
10. Collins

Class 5A
1, Bowling Green
2. John Hardin
3. Franklin County
4. Warren Central
5. Conner
6. Cooper
7. South Oldham
8. Harlan County
9. Anderson County
10.Greenwood

Class 6A
1. Trinity
2. St. Xavier
3. Pleasure Ridge Park
4. Scott County
5. Butler
6. Ballard
7. Lafayette
8. Eastern
9. Henderson County
10. Bryan Station

[rebel 4 life]

Lloyd should be top ten

[toussaints]

looks good, bold call on moving CAL ahead of Danville, but I like it

[EKUAlum05]

Lloyd should be top ten

Lloyd has played one good team (NewCath) and one ok team (Garrard County) thusfar. They were outscored in those games 98-36. Holy Cross is the only other team with a pulse they have played and that was only a 1 point win.

[sstack]

It is funny how the talk in NKY is how bad Beechwood is this year and yet football is so watered down in KY that they are still ranked 3rd in 1A.

[WideRight05]

Did you pull UK from the rankings after their pathetic performance against Arkansas?

[mysonis55]

Like I have said before, a as u said bad Beechwood team, is still a very good 1a team. That would be the same if they were in oh, tn, il or va.

[64SUR]

:wieghts:were coming to see you mysonis55:lmao:

[DragonFire]

3. Franklin County
4. Warren Central

The only possible justification for this would be a belief that a team that lost HAS to drop no matter what. Because my question would be whether you think Franklin County would do better than 24-0 against Bowling Green? I guess they'd score some because that's their thing, but they don't have a prayer of stopping them.

I see the 24-0 loss by Central as a reason to no longer consider them a threat to catch John Hardin at #2, but not to drop them behind Franklin County. Especially considering that Franklin County needed a touchdown return as time expired to beat the #9 team during this same week. Compare that to the beating Central laid on the #10 team just three weeks ago and it looks especially bad. Top to bottom, Central has a far better resume than Franklin County:

-Central's ranked wins - 1A #1 Mayfield (+14), 2A #5 Ft. Campbell (+45), 5A #10 Greenwood (+36), 6A #6 Ballard (+17)
-Franklin County's ranked wins - 1A #2 Frankfort (+32), 5A #9 Anderson County (+4)

The only knock against Warren Central is a loss to Bowling Green who would likewise drop Franklin County like a sack of potatoes.

[RunItUpTheGut]

The only possible justification for this would be a belief that a team that lost HAS to drop no matter what. Because my question would be whether you think Franklin County would do better than 24-0 against Bowling Green? I guess they'd score some because that's their thing, but they don't have a prayer of stopping them.

I see the 24-0 loss by Central as a reason to no longer consider them a threat to catch John Hardin at #2, but not to drop them behind Franklin County. Especially considering that Franklin County needed a touchdown return as time expired to beat the #9 team during this same week. Compare that to the beating Central laid on the #10 team just three weeks ago and it looks especially bad. Top to bottom, Central has a far better resume than Franklin County:

-Central's ranked wins - 1A #1 Mayfield (+14), 2A #5 Ft. Campbell (+45), 5A #10 Greenwood (+36), 6A #6 Ballard (+17)
-Franklin County's ranked wins - 1A #2 Frankfort (+32), 5A #9 Anderson County (+4)

The only knock against Warren Central is a loss to Bowling Green who would likewise drop Franklin County like a sack of potatoes.

If you get shutout and beat by 24 your going to drop.
I showed great confidence and respect toward Warren Central by only dropping them one spot. Franklin County has outscored everybody in the state this year, bad competetion or not.
Warren Central may very well be better but you'll never know. The two wont ever see the field together.
IMO, 5A has become harder and harder to rank. Losses that werent suppose to happen, 3 teams all beating one another (Cooper, Conner, South Oldham) and these rankings are staying the course as far as level of play.
We dont not rank on wins and losses, if we did it would look like the mountain polls and other polls around the state that have teams that are clearly better ranked behind other teams that have fallen just because theyve lost to a premier program. If Trinity were to lose to an out of state national power would they fall behind to St.X? No.

I think Franklin County deserved to move up. If they fall, they will get placed where they should be.

[jw4914]

Not sure if Franklin County deserved to move up a spot, but after Anderson's
performance against them, Anderson definitely showed that they are deserving
of a top ten spot.... Good call!!!

[HSFOOTBALL]

IMO the 3A rankings are a little off...

Its baffling to me that Belfry has kept their ranking when they have 0 good wins and though Ashland is a decent loss, the Henry Clay loss looks worse each week. Not only was the loss pretty substantial, it was also at home. HC only has 3 wins on the year, a very bad Tates Creek team, a very very bad GRC team and Belfry. I know they are 6a, but at some point that has to stop holding so much clout.

Wayne County is 7-1 with a very close loss to #2 Bell.

If Fort Campbell is only #5 then Paducah Tilghman needs to be unranked.

Bourbon County is still 8-0 and has not budged in the rankings.

Here's what I think is more accurate.

Class 3A
1. Central
2. Bell County
3. Breathitt County
4. Ft. Campbell
5. Bourbon County
6. Wayne County
7. Belfry
8. Monroe County
9. Morgan County
10. Pike Central

[BlackcatAlum]

IMO the 3A rankings are a little off...

Its baffling to me that Belfry has kept their ranking when they have 0 good wins and though Ashland is a decent loss, the Henry Clay loss looks worse each week. Not only was the loss pretty substantial, it was also at home. HC only has 3 wins on the year, a very bad Tates Creek team, a very very bad GRC team and Belfry. I know they are 6a, but at some point that has to stop holding so much clout.

Wayne County is 7-1 with a very close loss to #2 Bell.

If Fort Campbell is only #5 then Paducah Tilghman needs to be unranked.

Bourbon County is still 8-0 and has not budged in the rankings.

Here's what I think is more accurate.

Class 3A
1. Central
2. Bell County
3. Breathitt County
4. Ft. Campbell
5. Bourbon County
6. Wayne County
7. Belfry
8. Monroe County
9. Morgan County
10. Pike Central

You've made a good case, but Pike Central is no top 10 team in 3A.

Prestonsburg scored at will against them and they aren't even ranked in the top 10 in 2A.

[#1 Blackcat Fan]

^ I would not have Pike Central at #10. Other than that i agree with yours.

[HSFOOTBALL]

Yeh i struggled there to find the 10th, but I don't think Bath is a top 10 team either.

The 10 spot could probably go to any of the three: PCC, Bath, or Paducah Tilghman.

We will find out much more about PCC this coming Friday.

[Scotty_Bronson]

Class 1A
1. Mayfield-Clear cut number 1.
2. Frankfort-Clear cut number 2.

3. Beechwood, 4. Hazard 5. Fairview could all interchange, and still not be wrong. In actuallity a healthy Beechwood is probably better than Frankfort, but can they get healthy and STAY healthy? That is still to be determined. I am still not completely sold on Williamsburg though. Since this realignment has been put into place, we see the same from that district year in and year out. Williamsburg/Campbellsville always sit atop and have solid-great regular seasons, but come round 2 or 3, they end up falling to a top 5 team in a lopsided loss, So I'd have to put Raceland ahead of Williamsburg by a nose, simply because they have been more competitive in round 3 games historically.

8,9,10...I think are in a similar situation but for different reasons. I don't think any of these teams can knock off 1-7, but you could just about have a blind draw and it would all be about the same.

As I see it, there's the top dogs in Mayfield and Frankfort. Perenial powers of Beechwood and Hazard who on any given day can knock off Mayfield or Frankfort. Then you have Fairview, Raceland, Williamsburg who have the ability to "shock the state" and WIN or atleast make some noise and upset some people. At this point, I have absolutely no clue what to think about the playoffs other than Raceland and Fairview will more than likely rematch for their the Region in another dog fight(of which I think the winner will be different), we will finally see the Mayfield/Frankfort/Beechwood questions be answered. This is one of the most competitive 1A classes I can recall in recent years, atleast within the top 10, but this year has also brought a lot of question marks, some we know how good they are, and others are good, we are just unsure of how good. We will get some answers soon though, and as high school football fans, are in for a real treat come rounds 3, 4, and 5. I know I can't wait.

[DragonFire]

If you get shutout and beat by 24 your going to drop.
I showed great confidence and respect toward Warren Central by only dropping them one spot. Franklin County has outscored everybody in the state this year, bad competetion or not.
Warren Central may very well be better but you'll never know. The two wont ever see the field together.
IMO, 5A has become harder and harder to rank. Losses that werent suppose to happen, 3 teams all beating one another (Cooper, Conner, South Oldham) and these rankings are staying the course as far as level of play.
We dont not rank on wins and losses, if we did it would look like the mountain polls and other polls around the state that have teams that are clearly better ranked behind other teams that have fallen just because theyve lost to a premier program. If Trinity were to lose to an out of state national power would they fall behind to St.X? No.

I think Franklin County deserved to move up. If they fall, they will get placed where they should be.

Still can't say I agree with it, but I appreciate you explaining your thinking behind everything. Thank you for compiling these each week - I enjoy the read.

[RunItUpTheGut]

^
These rankings are done by different users.
Its not a one man show. There are some who are mods and some who arent.

We really do take in what the users have to say and enjoy the input because it makes our job easier, and IMO makes the rankings better.

Next year i think we may try to get a page on the site dedicated to rankings, where you can open it to view the rankings but cant post, and then the discussion can be brought here.

These past couple of years have been good trial runs because we didnt want to jump into anything to early.

Thanks for the input and we appreciate your post.

[KY Wildman]

This how I would line up 4A
Class 4A
1. Highlands
2. Covington Catholic
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Russell County
5. Knox Central
6. Johnson Central
7. Ashland Blazer
8. Boyle County
9. Warren East
10. Collins

[laker20]

This how I would line up 4A
Class 4A
1. Highlands
2. Covington Catholic
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Russell County
5. Knox Central
6. Johnson Central
7. Ashland Blazer
8. Boyle County
9. Warren East
10. Collins

With the games tomorrow there will likely be some changes in the middle. Johnson Central has looked much better in the later part of the season and their game with Ashland will decide which team is on top. And the Russell Co - Knox Central game will as well. The big question will be where do the looser of each game go.

[airball3]

I don't see how Bourbon County isn't ranked higher. Look at the points they are putting on the board.

I also don't see how Bath County gets a #10 ranking. Morgan loses to #3 Breathitt Co and falls out of the Top 10. Bath County got beat 33-6 by Fleming Co. the first game of the season.

[RunItUpTheGut]

With the games tomorrow there will likely be some changes in the middle. Johnson Central has looked much better in the later part of the season and their game with Ashland will decide which team is on top. And the Russell Co - Knox Central game will as well. The big question will be where do the looser of each game go.

lol, yoiu had it about exactly right and those teams played close, but you had the right order...

[sweets]

Leslie county should be in the top ten with a qb like ethan horton how can they not be

[BrandonRay92]

we need to go back to 4 classes or maybe just 5. there are just too many schools that shouldn't be ranked. i too agree that it seems as if it's all watered down now. it would be awesome if they had it split up were all public schools competed for one championship, and all independent and private schools did their own thing, but i know that's just a pipe dream. lol.

[HDE]

If Whitley was 10th in 5A and Harlan County beat them 40-13, should they not move up a few spots?

[Daddycat27]

They will move up after Fridays win over Bell!

[WILDCAT NATION]

I don't see how Bourbon County isn't ranked higher. Look at the points they are putting on the board.

I also don't see how Bath County gets a #10 ranking. Morgan loses to #3 Breathitt Co and falls out of the Top 10. Bath County got beat 33-6 by Fleming Co. the first game of the season.

Bath Co did lose the first game but has improved each week and just took the Bourbon Co team you so highly speak of to double overtime on the road in the district title game. Probably the best High School football game I have witnessed.

But I have no problem with Morgan Co being in there either. They have a great season going. I think they should be as well. Maybe a tie for #10?

[RunItUpTheGut]

This is the old rankings.
Ill close this thread to make sure theres no confusion...