Top 25 Overall

 

School (record) Last week This week Rating

 

1. Trinity (4-1) Beat St. Xavier 10-0 at Seneca 91.0

2. Male (4-0) Idle at (10) PRP 90.1

3. St. Xavier (4-1) Lost to Trinity 10-0 at (8) Manual 89.7

4. Highlands (3-3) Lost to DeSales, Ohio 30-25 Idle 87.4

5. Cov. Cath. (4-2) Lost to Cin. St. Xavier 23-3 vs. Bish. Watterson, OH 87.1

6. Bowling Green (5-1) Beat Adair Co. 55-0 vs. Warren East 86.3

7. Henry Clay (6-0) Beat Bryan Station 42-0 at Woodford Co. 85.7

8. Ryle (4-1) Beat Holmes 48-7 at Boone Co. 81.5

8. Manual (3-2) Idle vs. (3) St. Xavier 81.5

10. PRP (5-0) Beat Central 13-7 vs. (2) Male 81.4

11. Christian Co. (3-2) Beat Hopkinsville 24-20 vs. Greenwood 81.3

11. Henderson Co. (4-1) Idle at Grayson Co. 81.3

13. Warren Central (4-2) Beat Barren Co. 53-0 vs. Graves Co. 80.5

14. Danville (6-0) Beat Hazard 63-14 at Owen Co. 80.4

15. Franklin Co. (4-1) Beat Anderson Co. 34-0 at West Jessamine 80.1

15. Johnson Cent. (6-0) Beat Boyd Co. 63-12 at Paintsville 80.1

17. Owensboro (4-1) Idle Idle 79.6

18. Lex. Catholic (2-1) vs. Harrison Co. at East Jessamine 79.4

19. Scott Co. (3-2) Beat Wayne Co. 48-6 at Bryan Station 79.0

20. Central (4-1) Lost to Pleasure Ridge Park 13-7 at Waggener 76.8

21. Beechwood (3-2) Beat Ludlow 45-7 at Newport Catholic 76.4

22. Marshall Co. (6-0) Beat Greenwood 26-10 vs. Barren Co. 75.0

23. Bardstown (6-0) Beat Fort Knox 36-0 at Campbellsville 74.9

23. Mercer Co. (5-0) Beat Casey Co. 66-19 at Newport 74.9

25. Hopkinsville (1-4) Lost to Christian Co. 24-20 at Union Co. 74.2

 

CLASS A

 

1. Danville 80.4

2. Beechwood 76.4

3. Bardstown 74.9

4. Mayfield 69.9

5. Newport Cath. 69.7

6. Lou. Holy Cross 67.3

7. Frankfort 57.1

8. Pikeville 56.3

9. Somerset 55.6

10. Raceland 54.1

11. Lex. Christian 52.6

12. Cov. Holy Cross 50.6

13. Metcalfe Co. 48.9

14. Harlan 45.8

15. Russellville 45.7

16. Bethlehem 44.5

17. Hancock Co. 44.3

18. Paris 43.8

19. Paintsville 42.9

20. Lynn Camp 39.5

21. Fairview 37.3

22. Green Co. 36.9

23. Williamsburg 36.8

24. Dayton 36.0

25. Hazard 35.4

26. Bellevue 35.3

27. Fort Knox 34.3

28. Carroll Co. 33.0

29. Country Day 32.9

30. Ludlow 32.5

31. Crittenden Co. 31.7

32. Cumberland 30.8

33. Fulton Co. 29.4

34. Bath Co. 28.5

35. Campbellsville 28.0

36. Trimble Co. 22.9

37. Murray 22.2

38. Beth Haven 21.2

39. Caverna 19.1

40. McLean Co. 17.8

41. Fulton City 17.2

42. Evarts 16.1

43. Owen Co. 14.1

44. Ballard Mem. 8.8

44. Nicholas Co. 8.8

46. Pineville 8.5

47. Gallatin Co. 7.6

48. Eminence 5.7

49. Clinton Co. 5.2

50. South Floyd 3.9

51. Phelps 1.5

52. Jenkins 0.9

53. Bracken Co. 0.6

54. Allen Central 0.1

54. Berea 0.1

54. Evangel 0.1

54. Jackson Co. 0.1

 

CLASS AA

 

1. Mercer Co. 74.9

2. Western 71.8

3. Russell 67.8

4. Belfry 66.7

5. Trigg Co. 66.5

6. LaRue Co. 64.5

7. Fort Campbell 64.1

8. Owensboro Cath. 63.8

9. Caldwell Co. 60.0

10. Breathitt Co. 58.8

11. Corbin 55.6

12. DeSales 53.2

13. Sheldon Clark 52.9

14. Newport 52.6

15. Elizabethtown 52.5

16. Lone Oak 51.0

17. Fleming Co. 49.4

18. Leslie Co. 49.3

19. Middlesboro 48.6

20. Prestonsburg 47.9

21. Wash. Co. 40.1

22. Shelby Valley 39.1

23. Wayne Co. 38.8

24. Heath 38.0

25. Monroe Co. 36.5

26. Lloyd 36.4

27. Edmonson Co. 36.1

28. Lou. Christian 35.9

29. Glasgow 34.9

30. East Carter 33.9

31. Shawnee 30.6

32. Spencer Co. 30.2

33. Butler Co. 27.8

34. Webster Co. 25.8

35. Garrard Co. 25.4

36. Casey Co. 25.3

37. Pike Central 25.2

38. Morgan Co. 23.5

39. East Ridge 22.3

40. Cawood 19.6

41. West Carter 18.7

42. Knott Central 18.6

43. Henry Co. 18.2

44. Moore 14.5

45. Reidland 14.1

46. North Oldham 14.0

47. Hart Co. 10.4

48. Todd Central 10.3

49. Muhlenberg S. 9.4

50. Lewis Co. 9.3

51. Magoffin Co. 5.2

52. Powell Co. 2.8

53. Estill Co. 1.3

54. Muhlenberg N. 0.3

55. Betsy Layne 0.1

 

CLASS AAA

 

1. Highlands 87.4

2. Covington Cath. 87.1

3. Bowling Green 86.3

4. Franklin Co. 80.1

4. Johnson Cent. 80.1

6. Lexington Cath. 79.4

7. Central 76.8

8. Hopkinsville 74.2

9. Bell Co. 69.6

10. Boyle Co. 69.5

11. Pad. Tilghman 68.0

12. Rockcastle Co. 67.6

13. Bullitt East 65.8

14. Southwestern 65.5

15. Ashland Blazer 65.3

16. South Oldham 62.9

17. E. Jessamine 62.5

18. Madisonville 62.0

19. Warren East 60.5

20. Harrison Co. 58.4

21. Frank.-Simpson 56.6

22. Mason Co. 55.9

23. Valley 51.5

24. Waggener 51.2

25. North Bullitt 50.6

26. Calloway Co. 49.7

26. Clay Co. 49.7

28. Doss 49.5

29. Fairdale 45.0

30. Mad. Southern 44.1

31. Hopkins Cent. 43.7

32. Greenup Co. 42.8

33. Jeffersontown 41.8

33. Russell Co. 41.8

35. Boyd Co. 41.4

36. Marion Co. 40.4

37. Lawrence Co. 39.6

38. Grant Co. 37.7

39. Allen Co. 36.9

40. Anderson Co. 36.7

41. W. Jessamine 36.6

42. Knox Central 36.2

43. Union Co. 35.9

44. Letcher Cent. 34.7

45. Perry Central 30.8

46. Taylor Co. 30.4

47. Western Hills 29.7

48. Pulaski Co. 29.4

49. Logan Co. 28.9

50. Rowan Co. 24.7

51. Adair Co. 23.7

52. Pendleton Co. 15.0

53. McCreary Cent. 12.6

54. Breckinridge Co. 3.0

55. Atherton 0.1

55. Bourbon Co. 0.1

 

CLASS AAAA

 

1. Trinity 91.0

2. Male 90.1

3. St. Xavier 89.7

4. Henry Clay 85.7

5. Ryle 81.5

5. Manual 81.5

7. Christian Co. 81.3

7. Henderson Co. 81.3

9. PRP 81.4

10. Warren Cent. 80.5

11. Owensboro 79.6

12. Scott Co. 79.0

13. Marshall Co. 75.0

14. John Hardin 72.7

15. Graves Co. 72.1

16. Madison Cent. 70.4

16. Ballard 70.4

18. Meade Co. 70.0

19. Apollo 69.0

20. Boone Co. 68.4

21. Lafayette 68.0

22. North Hardin 67.7

23. Tates Creek 67.2

24. Paul Dunbar 66.8

25. Campbell Co. 66.6

26. Dixie Heights 66.0

27. Fern Creek 65.7

28. Woodford Co. 65.6

29. Lincoln Co. 64.8

29. Simon Kenton 64.8

31. Shelby Co. 63.3

32. Butler 62.8

33. Conner 62.2

34. Clark Co. 61.5

35. Eastern 59.9

36. Holmes 58.1

37. Greenwood 57.6

38. Seneca 54.2

39. Oldham Co. 53.4

40. Whitley Co. 50.6

41. Daviess Co. 50.4

42. North Laurel 50.1

43. Nelson Co. 49.6

44. Bryan Station 48.2

45. South Laurel 44.9

46. Ohio Co. 44.0

47. Southern 43.5

48. Central Hardin 41.6

49. Iroquois 39.3

50. Montgomery Co. 38.5

51. Barren Co. 37.2

52. Scott High 36.4

53. Bullitt Central 36.0

54. Grayson Co. 35.4

Is PRP a typo at #9 in AAAA? 81.4 is ahead of the 2 teams in front of them.

I wonder why Franklin Co. is ranked ahead of Lexcath? You would think that LexCath would be ranked higher since they beat Franklin Co. and have the same record and have played a harder schedule.

Is PRP a typo at #9 in AAAA? 81.4 is ahead of the 2 teams in front of them.

They are ahead of Christian Co. in the overall ranking, so I assume so.

I wonder why Franklin Co. is ranked ahead of Lexcath? You would think that LexCath would be ranked higher since they beat Franklin Co. and have the same record and have played a harder schedule.

 

 

I was thinking the same thing. They should flip flop the two...

I wonder why Franklin Co. is ranked ahead of Lexcath? You would think that LexCath would be ranked higher since they beat Franklin Co. and have the same record and have played a harder schedule.

 

You have to look at the Cantrell ratings with a few things in mind:

A) Margin of victory seems to be the most important factor

B) The rankings tend to get more accurate as the season wears on

C) Head-to-head seems to have little bearing on anything

 

At a glance, Franklin Co. is 4-1, with its wins coming by an average of 33 points a game. Its only loss was by 3 points to LexCath.

 

LexCath, on the other hand, is 3-1, with its wins coming by an average of about 11 points a game, and its one loss coming by 47 points.

 

Keeping that in mind, it's easy to see why Franklin is ranked higher, despite losing to LexCath.

 

Or, you could just look at them as one of many rankings systems, most of which are wrong. From my observations, the BGP rankings tend to be the most accurate. The Massey rankings get better as the season wears on, and are pretty close toward the end of the season.

There is never a perfect ranking. It is nothing more than eye candy, but it does make for good conversation...

I was thinking the same thing. They should flip flop the two...

LCA beat RACELAND head-to-head and Raceland is still ranked higher...

It has to do with QUALITY OF WINS & LOSSES - so the teams you beat and that beat you and their records have as much impact - I guess...

 

But these polls are just someone's opinion and are certainly meaningless when it comes to Friday nights and the playoffs - it gives all of us things to discuss!:banana:

Eagle Eye answer this. Bath County defeated Fairview last week and didnt move in the rankings. Thet lose to LCA and move up a spot. You would think it would have been the other way around.

Bath County in single A at #34 ?? Imo this is way off and they should be much higher At least higher than Fairview in this one. I can tell that this ratings must be going a lot on past history in the playoffs. That and strength of schedule may be the only factors that I can see that is evident. JMO (Bath fans, you definately should be higher!)

Most of these rankings make no sense. As EagleEye stated earlier, it does give us something to talk about. It also makes good locker room material.

Bath County in single A at #34 ?? Imo this is way off and they should be much higher At least higher than Fairview in this one. I can tell that this ratings must be going a lot on past history in the playoffs. That and strength of schedule may be the only factors that I can see that is evident. JMO (Bath fans, you definately should be higher!)

Rambler - I agree - the poll creators dont often pay too much attention to much past the top 5 of each class and they definitely give more credibility to previous years performance(s) than is truly deserved or warranted.

 

Beechwood will always get more credit because of their awesome history - even with coaching changes - tradition speaks volumes to the pollsters - I guess.

Johnson Central is looking good in that 4 spot in class 3A. And even better sitting in that 15th overall spot.

I guess if you are a Lincoln CO. fan you need to find the dark horse thread. The patriots are going through the season like Braxton Miller goes through the line, low and hard. Maybe.... if the pats get a couple of wins in the playoffs they will get a little RESPECT! GO PATS!:dancingpa

It's funny to me that the poster that started this thread is the same poster that called the Cantralls "a complete joke" last season. I suppose his view of them has to do with where his team is ranked.