High school football: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 teams through Week 5 (Sept. 17)

Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State

TOP 25

Rating

Last week

1. Corbin (4-0)

93.1

2

2. St. Xavier (3-1)

92.1

3

3. Frederick Douglass (2-2)

91.7

1

4. Male (3-1)

91.2

5

5. Boyle County (5-0)

91.0

4

6. Trinity (2-3)

88.5

6

7. Christian Academy-Louisville (4-1)

88.0

7

8. Covington Catholic (5-0)

87.8

8

8. Highlands (4-1)

87.8

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10. Manual (5-0)

87.3

9

11. Scott County (4-1)

86.9

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12. Lexington Christian (4-1)

86.3

13

13. Ballard (3-2)

86.2

16

14. Owensboro Catholic (5-0)

85.2

15

15. Beechwood (4-1)

84.9

14

15. Lexington Catholic (2-3)

84.9

10

17. Bryan Station (3-2)

84.6

19

18. Bowling Green (3-2)

84.5

21

19. South Warren (4-1)

84.3

17

20. Owensboro (2-3)

82.8

18

21. Mayfield (3-1)

82.4

20

22. Paducah Tilghman (5-0)

82.0

22

23. Franklin County (4-0)

81.9

23

24. Pikeville (3-2)

81.6

24

25. Cooper (4-1)

81.2

NR

Frederick Douglass’ Logan Busson (16) tackles Corbin’s Cam Estep (12) during Friday’s game at Corbin’s Campbell Field. Ryan C. Hermens/rhermens@herald-leader.com
Frederick Douglass’ Logan Busson (16) tackles Corbin’s Cam Estep (12) during Friday’s game at Corbin’s Campbell Field. Ryan C. Hermens/rhermens@herald-leader.com

Ratings by class

CLASS A

Rating

1. Pikeville

81.6

2. Raceland

76.4

3. Campbellsville

58.6

4. Kentucky Country Day

55.8

5. Paris

55.7

6. Newport Central Catholic

54.5

7. Bethlehem

49.5

8. Middlesboro

42.5

8. Sayre

42.5

10. Louisville Holy Cross

40.9

10. Newport

40.9

12. Hazard

39.3

13. Williamsburg

33.7

14. Paintsville

31.0

15. Bishop Brossart

30.7

16. Harlan

21.6

17. Eminence

21.1

18. Frankfort

20.5

19. Russellville

20.4

20. Covington Holy Cross

19.2

21. Nicholas County

18.5

22. Dayton

17.8

23. Ludlow

17.6

24. Pineville

16.7

25. Caverna

7.7

26. Trimble County

3.8

27. Bellevue

3.6

28. Lynn Camp

3.3

29. Berea

0.1

30. Fairview

0.1

31. Jenkins

0.1

32. Phelps

0.1





CLASS 2A



1. Lexington Christian

86.3

2. Owensboro Catholic

85.2

3. Beechwood

84.9

4. Mayfield

82.4

5. Shelby Valley

53.8

6. Murray

51.3

7. Green County

50.6

8. Breathitt County

49.7

9. Somerset

47.9

10. Danville

43.4

11. Crittenden County

43.1

12. Metcalfe County

37.3

13. Martin County

36.4

14. Walton-Verona

35.8

15. Bracken County

34.0

16. Betsy Layne

32.6

17. Carroll County

32.5

18. Washington County

32.2

19. Monroe County

31.5

20. Leslie County

30.2

21. Prestonsburg

30.1

22. Caldwell County

29.8

23. Pike Central

25.0

24. Todd Central

22.5

25. Floyd Central

20.3

26. Gallatin County

14.2

27. Fort Campbell

14.0

27. Morgan County

14.0

29. Edmonson County

13.4

29. W.E.B. DuBois

13.4

31. East Ridge

11.0

32. Clinton County

10.8

33. Owen County

8.2

34. Shawnee

5.5

35. Knott Central

4.6

36. Fort Knox

0.2





CLASS 3A



1. Christian Academy-Louisville

88.0

2. Lexington Catholic

84.9

3. Central

79.3

4. Bell County

72.0

5. Lloyd

70.2

6. Union County

69.8

7. Belfry

68.4

8. Mercer County

65.4

9. Glasgow

64.3

10. Hart County

62.5

11. Franklin-Simpson

58.9

12. Lawrence County

57.2

13. Clay County

55.1

14. East Carter

52.7

15. Elizabethtown

52.6

16. Russell

50.2

17. Rockcastle County

49.3

18. Adair County

47.3

19. Fleming County

46.7

20. Casey County

45.2

21. McLean County

42.2

22. Hancock County

40.3

23. Knox Central

37.3

24. Hopkins Central

35.7

25. Webster County

35.5

26. LaRue County

34.4

27. Estill County

34.0

28. Trigg County

32.3

29. Garrard County

30.1

30. Butler County

25.0

31. Bourbon County

23.4

32. Marion County

22.5

33. West Carter

21.6

34. Magoffin County

16.0

35. Jackson County

13.8

36. Lewis County

13.2

37. Powell County

11.5

38. McCreary Central

8.0

39. Bath County

1.0

40. Pendleton County

0.1





CLASS 4A



1. Corbin

93.1

2. Boyle County

91.0

3. Covington Catholic

87.8

4. Paducah Tilghman

82.0

5. Franklin County

81.9

6. Ashland Blazer

78.5

7. Johnson Central

73.7

8. Logan County

68.2

9. Letcher Central

65.1

10. Bardstown

63.4

11. Taylor County

62.4

12. Warren East

61.9

13. Henry County

58.5

14. Whitley County

56.3

15. Greenup County

55.6

16. Mason County

54.1

17. Boyd County

53.8

18. Wayne County

53.5

19. Lincoln County

53.4

20. Spencer County

53.3

21. Hopkinsville

53.2

22. North Oldham

50.8

23. Shelby County

48.6

24. Perry Central

47.3

25. Allen County

46.6

26. Nelson County

46.5

27. DeSales

41.7

28. John Hardin

39.9

29. Western Hills

33.2

30. Rowan County

32.8

31. Harrison County

30.2

32. Western

28.6

33. Calloway County

28.0

34. Jeffersontown

23.0

35. Russell County

22.4

36. Holmes

21.3

37. Grant County

20.5

38. Doss

15.4

39. Waggener

11.8

40. Thomas Nelson

8.6

41. Breckinridge County

7.9

42. Valley

3.7





CLASS 5A



1. Highlands

87.8

2. Scott County

86.9

3. Bowling Green

84.5

4. South Warren

84.3

5. Owensboro

82.8

6. Cooper

81.2

7. Southwestern

80.6

8. South Oldham

80.0

9. Woodford County

79.9

10. Greenwood

75.5

11. Pulaski County

71.8

12. Dixie Heights

69.5

13. Collins

65.8

14. North Laurel

65.5

15. Madisonville

64.5

16. Conner

60.3

17. Graves County

59.8

18. Fairdale

58.9

19. Madison Southern

57.7

20. Atherton

51.7

21. Butler

50.2

22. Seneca

44.1

23. Apollo

41.6

23. West Jessamine

41.6

25. Montgomery County

41.3

26. Boone County

39.9

27. Grayson County

39.8

28. North Bullitt

36.5

29. Harlan County

35.2

30. Scott High

31.6

31. East Jessamine

30.6

31. South Laurel

30.6

33. Bullitt Central

28.5

34. Marshall County

24.5

35. Moore

23.2

36. Anderson County

15.0

37. Ohio County

13.0

38. Muhlenberg County

8.4

39. Iroquois

0.1





CLASS 6A



1. St. Xavier

92.1

2. Frederick Douglass

91.7

3. Male

91.2

4. Trinity

88.5

5. Manual

87.3

6. Ballard

86.2

7. Bryan Station

84.6

8. Bullitt East

81.1

9. Ryle

79.8

10. Simon Kenton

79.6

11. Pleasure Ridge Park

77.5

12. Central Hardin

77.3

13. Meade County

76.1

14. Henderson County

73.3

15. George Rogers Clark

72.9

16. Great Crossing

70.1

17. North Hardin

67.5

18. Tates Creek

66.3

19. Fern Creek

64.7

20. Campbell County

62.5

21. Madison Central

60.2

22. McCracken County

59.9

23. Daviess County

56.2

24. Eastern

55.5

25. Barren County

51.1

26. Christian County

49.8

27. Paul Laurence Dunbar

49.0

28. Oldham County

47.4

29. Henry Clay

40.8

30. Warren Central

36.7

31. Southern

35.1

32. Lafayette

24.8

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