New #1 in the Litkenhous ratings

[Tigerpride94]

1. Covington Catholic (6-0), 139.5
   
2. Male (5-1), 134.5
   
3. Boyle County (5-1), 130.5
   
4. Lexington Christian (6-0), 127.0
   
5. Trinity (6-0), 126.2
   
6. St. Xavier (5-0), 124.8
   
7. Danville (6-0), 123.3
   
8. DeSales (5-0), 121.5
   
9. Butler (4-2), 121.1
   
10. Scott County (4-2), 120.6
    
11. Simon Kenton (6-0), 119.2
    
12. Christian Academy (4-1), 118.4
    
13. PRP (4-1), 116.9
    
14. Bowling Green (4-2), 114.7
    
15. Mayfield (5-1), 112.4
    
16. Frederick Douglass (4-1), 111.8
    
17. Elizabethtown (4-1), 111.8
    
18. Ballard (3-3), 111.0
    
19. Ryle (4-1), 110.3
    
20. Corbin (4-1), 110.1
    

Covington Catholic tops new Litkenhous Ratings

 

The flaw in these ratings is the SOS component. If you take out starters and don’t blow out weak teams you drop. Trinity got hurt by taking it easy on J-Town.

 

You add your margin of victory or loss to the rating of each team you played. Add that all up and divide by number of games( Don’t use out of state opponents) played. This will give you rating.

[All Tell]

I have less of an issue with CovCath being ranked 1 then with Trinity dropping all the way to 5th, behind Male who they shut out. More proof that this outdated formula needs to die.

[theguru]

I have less of an issue with CovCath being ranked 1 then with Trinity dropping all the way to 5th, behind Male who they shut out. More proof that this outdated formula needs to die.

 

How about Lexington Christian being ahead of Trinity?

 

This stuff is so bad, who in the world would pay for this garbage.

[Tigerpride94]

Cal Preps seem to be the best because it incorporates out of state games.

[theguru]

Cal Preps seem to be the best because it incorporates out of state games.

 

Anything has to be better than this garbage.

[WESTSIDE]

How about Lexington Christian being ahead of Trinity?

 

This stuff is so bad, who in the world would pay for this garbage.

 

Lexington Christian fans.

[theguru]

Lexington Christian fans.

 

And I assume the Courier Journal.

[All Tell]

The LIT ratings are a remnant of a time gone by when no one ever played anyone outside their region of the state

[JC Alumni 76]

Any ranking without Trinity as #1 isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Quality work courier journal!

[colonel-fan]

Looks okay to me!

[Coltcity]

Due to running clock and taking out the starters against a sub par team will hurt your calculation in the Lit rankings. Yes, no Trinity in the #1 spot makes it hard to swallow these rankings....

[Darkwing]

This is hilarious stuff. Trinity is obviously the top team in KY. Ignoring out of state results might have been good stuff in the 70s, but now, playing out of state teams is how you make your name.

[MentschTrachtGottLacht]

How about Lexington Christian being ahead of Trinity?

Silliness.

[Rebelstat]

I'm a Boyle fan but do not think they should be ranked higher than Trinity. Boyle is ranked 3rd in this poll and ranked 3rd in 3A go figure.

[thsrocks]

I guess the Rocks will simply have to do better. Back in 1977, Mayfield came out first ahead of Trinity and the head coach, Dave Moore, was wondering out loud during typing class how to get a game with the Cardinals.