2025-2026 Football Realignment

[Colonel 17]

47 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Agreed with both of these points. With as much information as there is on high school sports there is no reason for the out-of-state issue to be so complex. You shouldn't be punished for playing good teams from other states, nor should border schools be punished for playing teams that are much closer in proximity to them than teams actually in Kentucky.

This is never even looked at because it does not matter to central KY teams around Lexington, so it is never thought of, that if your school is on a border, you just lost 50% of the reasonable travel options you have. 

[Maroon Beech]

18 hours ago, theguru said:

I am not the expert there TWT but I do think there needs to be a major change with out of state games.

And I hate to keep beating this drum, but Kentucky High School Football would be better served by using Calpreps or even the TP94 Power Ratings vs. RPI. 

Agreed.  CalPreps.com seems to be the source to use. Boyle beats Gibson Southern who ends up making the semifinals in their class in Indiana and gets the same rating as beating a winless team in the same state. A Kentucky team could beat a TN powerhouse such as Murfreesboro Oakland or a weak Metro Nashville team and get the same rating.  Crazy!

[ThrowItDeep]

Has anyone seen the new numbers? 

[ThrowItDeep]

Hearing from a reliable source that we may be getting an announcement really soon. 

[DragonFire]

They’ve posted enrollment figures on KHSAA site, but they don’t include the male enrollments, only total. If not for that, we’d be able to tell right now who was going where. 

[Builder1214]

NKY 4A and 5A.

Cooper, Dixie, Boone, Conner, Scott are 5A.

Covington Catholic, Highlands, Holmes are 4A.

[gchs_uk9]

Draft Alignment

 

Class 1A

District 1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville

District 2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day

District 3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic

District 4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County

District 5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre

District 6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland

District 7- Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg

District 8- Hazard, Jenkins, Paintsville, Phelps, Pikeville

 

Class 2A

District 1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Fort Campbell, Mayfield, Todd County Central, Trigg County

District 2- Fort Knox, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic

District 3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Somerset

District 4- Danville, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois

District 5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Gallatin County, Owen County, St. Henry District, WaltonVerona

District 6- Breathitt County, Jackson County, Morgan County, West Carter

District 7- Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Leslie County, Martin County, Prestonsburg

District -8 Belfry, Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County Central, Shelby Valley

 

Class 3A

District 1- Hopkins County Central, Murray, Union County, Webster County

District 2- Adair County, Butler County, Edmonson County, Glasgow, Hart County

District 3- Bardstown, Central, Christian Academy-Louisville, DeSales, Thomas Nelson, Western

District 4- Casey County, Garrard County, LaRue County, Lexington Catholic, Mercer County

District 5- Bourbon County, Carroll County, Henry County, Lloyd Memorial, Pendleton County

District 6- Bath County, East Carter, Fleming County, Lewis County, Russell

District 7- Bell County, Clay County, Knox Central, McCreary Central, Rockcastle County

District 8- Estill County, Lawrence County, Letcher County Central, Magoffin County, Powell County

 

Class 4A

District 1- Allen County-Scottsville, Calloway County, Franklin-Simpson, Logan County, Paducah Tilghman, Warren East

District 2- Breckinridge County, Elizabethtown, John Hardin, Marion County, Nelson County

District 3- Doss, North Oldham, Valley, Waggener

District 4- Franklin County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Western Hills

District 5- Covington Catholic, Grant County, Harrison County, Highlands, Holmes, Mason County

District 6- Ashland Blazer, Boyd County, Greenup County, Johnson Central, Rowan County

District 7- Boyle County, Lincoln County, Russell County, Taylor County, Wayne County

District 8- Corbin, Harlan County, Perry County Central, Whitley County

 

Class 5A

District 1- Apollo, Graves County, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Marshall County, Muhlenberg County, Owensboro

District 2- Barren County, Bowling Green, Grayson County, Greenwood, Ohio County, Warren Central

District 3- Atherton, Butler, Iroquois, Seneca

District 4- Bullitt Central, Fairdale, Jeffersontown, Moore, North Bullitt

District 5- Boone County, Conner, Cooper, Dixie Heights, Scott

District 6- Anderson County, Collins, Scott County, South Oldham, Woodford County

District 7- East Jessamine, Madison Southern, Montgomery County, West Jessamine

District 8- North Laurel, Pulaski County, South Laurel, Southwestern

 

Class 6A

District 1- Christian County, Henderson County, Hopkinsville, McCracken County

District 2- Central Hardin, Daviess County, Meade County, North Hardin, South Warren

District 3- DuPont Manual, Pleasure Ridge Park, St. Xavier

District 4- Bullitt East, Fern Creek, Male, Southern

District 5- Ballard, Eastern, Oldham County, Trinity (Louisville)

District 6- Campbell County, Great Crossing, Ryle, Simon Kenton

District 7- Henry Clay, Lafayette, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Tates Creek

District 8- Bryan Station, Frederick Douglass, George Rogers Clark, Madison Central,

 

[gchs_uk9]

Keep in mind the above is a DRAFT. It will be voted on officially at the May meeting. I’m sure schools will be able to comment/request between now and then. 

[DragonFire]

[Voice of Reason]

1 hour ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Keep in mind the above is a DRAFT. It will be voted on officially at the May meeting. I’m sure schools will be able to comment/request between now and then. 

2A. You can't have a district with 4 teams and a district with 6 teams right next to each other.

[gchs_uk9]

4 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

2A. You can't have a district with 4 teams and a district with 6 teams right next to each other.

Past history says you absolutely can! 😂

[Pi]

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

2A. You can't have a district with 4 teams and a district with 6 teams right next to each other.

On paper? No. But the closest school in 2aD5 to a school in 2AD6 is at minimum a 2.5 hour bus ride.

[Calico Jack]

13 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

2A. You can't have a district with 4 teams and a district with 6 teams right next to each other.

Not the most ideal, but sometimes unavoidable. That’s the case right now with both 2A D5 & D6 and 3A D5 & D6.

[LongTimeReader]

Looks like there is one district with three teams... interesting.

[Voice of Reason]

22 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Past history says you absolutely can! 😂

 

21 minutes ago, Pi said:

On paper? No. But the closest school in 2aD5 to a school in 2AD6 is at minimum a 2.5 hour bus ride.

 

17 minutes ago, Calico Jack said:

Not the most ideal, but sometimes unavoidable. That’s the case right now with both 2A D5 & D6 and 3A D5 & D6.

Geography does make it almost unavoidable. 2A D1 also has 6 next to 2A D1 with 4.