Cantrall’s Rating the State 9-17-17

[colonel-fan]

As always, please note: Teams are not included until they have played at least two opponents from Kentucky.

 

From the Herald-Leader:

 

Rating the State: There’s a new No. 1 football team

 

TOP 25 Rating Last week

 

1. Covington Catholic (5-0) 90.8 2

 

2. Scott County (3-2) 90.1 1

 

3. Male (4-1) 88.7 3

 

4. St. Xavier (4-0) 88.5 4

 

5. Simon Kenton (5-0) 87.6 5

 

6. Mayfield (5-0) 86.0 6

 

7. Belfry (3-1) 85.6 8

 

8. Pleasure Ridge Park (4-0) 85.4 7

 

9. Bowling Green (3-2) 83.3 10

 

10. South Warren (5-0) 81.3 11

 

11. DeSales (4-0) 81.1 t13

 

11. Johnson Central (4-0) 81.1 NR

 

13. Boyle County (4-1) 81.0 16

 

14. Louisville Christian (4-1) 80.5 9

 

15. Lexington Christian (5-0) 79.6 21

 

16. Elizabethtown (3-1) 79.5 12

 

17. Ryle (4-1) 79.1 t17

 

18. Danville (5-0) 78.8 15

 

18. Butler (4-1) 78.8 20

 

20. Christian County (4-0) 78.5 t17

 

21. South Oldham (3-1) 77.8 NR

 

22. Central Hardin (3-2) 77.4 23

 

23. Corbin (3-1) 76.7 24

 

24. Madison Central (2-3) 75.9 21

 

25. Ballard (2-3) 75.7 25

[colonel-fan]

So what's everybody think? Garbage right?

 

I always get the feeling a lot of people think the ratings are garbage because their team is ranked too low.

 

So, specifically which teams are ranked too low?

[All Tell]

Since the best team in the state can't be ranked it does seem to be a fairly questionable system.

[Bengal Maniac]

With the obvious placing of Trinity #1 eventually and moving everyone down a slot, pretty close. 1-4 (2-5) are probably interchangeable on a given night.

[15th Region]

Not even worth discussing for me. Newspaper ratings are outdated. If I want accurate ratings I use the ones on this site. If I want computer ratings or prediction models for out of state teams I go to calpreps.

[Wireman]

I might print this out for bathroom use.