The Maher Rankings have been updated complete with Upset of the Week, Movers of the Week and Region Strengths as of most games tonight. Also, we have the Games of the Week for the week ahead. Check them out, let me know what you think.

 

Maher Rankings | Kentucky High School Soccer Rankings

 

The top 20

Rank Team

1 Covington Catholic

2 Scott County

3 Paul Laurence Dunbar

4 Bullitt East

5 Trinity (Louisville)

6 Mercer County

7 Lafayette

8 Newport Central Catholic

9 Bowling Green

10 Ballard

11 Henry Clay

12 Southwestern

13 Male

14 North Hardin

15 Doss

16 Hopkinsville

17 Cooper

18 Christian County

19 St. Xavier

20 Lexington Catholic

Mercer County and Male too low. Lafayette and NCC too high.

Mercer has a really nice record, and are blowing out their opponents, and they are clearly a very good team. However, by the numbers, they have only played 3 teams in the top 50, zero in the top 25. If they are indeed better than #6 how would we know yet?

#1 Cov Cath falls to Holy Cross

So much for that ranking

You got that right!

So you mean to tell me there is 17 teams better than Christian County.... and yet no one in the state of Kentucky has beaten these guys.... only team that should be 1 and 2 are mercer and Christian County these rankings are a joke

I’m always a little hesitant responding to this sort of thing because I want to make sure I’m not bad mouthing a team. For the record I am not bad mouthing either of these teams, both of them are amongst the best in the state. Still, we gotta defend our baby against that kind of vitriol, so this is about accurately placing a team based on results to date, or at least getting them in the right ball park.

 

I’ve detailed the Mercer County topic previously in this thread. Suffice to say they are an excellent team, but with the 70th ranked schedule and not a single win against a Top 25 team, #6 seems pretty accurate so far. If they keep winning, they will move up. If they beat some top teams, they will move up more, and faster.

 

Christian County has a similar story, with the 58th rated strength of schedule. Below is their resume. Again, they look like an excellent team. They have moved up from #78 since the beginning of the year, and I wouldn’t be surprised a bit to see them continue to climb. The fact of the matter is that they haven’t played a team yet above #35. They beat Tilghman by 5 at home. We currently have Christian listed as a 6 point favorite over Tilghman on a neutral court. They beat #42 Owensboro by 8 on the road. We currently have Christian listed as 8 points better than Owensboro on a neutral court.

 

Rank Opponent Location WinningMargin

203 Caldwell County a 40

73 Madisonville north hopkins a 41

52 Warren Central n 28

42 Owensboro a 8

56 Daviess County n 19

110 Apollo n 21

178 Mclean County n 44

109 Webster County h 32

35 Paducah Tilghman h 5

120 University Heights a 14

 

 

#18 is a pretty good spot for them so far. Listing #1 or #2 based on their results so far, would be a joke.