I am not sure how Massey determines their ratings? Do you agree?

Here are the 2023 preseason statewide ratings by Massey Ratings:

1.) Trinity

2.) Frederick Douglass

3.) St. Xavier

4.) Male

5.) Ballard

6.) Bowling Green

7.) Boyle County 

8.) Manual

9.) South Warren

10.) Corbin

11.) Christian Academy Louisville

12.) Covington Catholic

13.) Scott County

14.) Woodford County

15.) Lexington Catholic

16.) Owensboro

17.) Johnson Central

18.) Highlands

19.) Bryan Station

20.) Henderson County

 

https://masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings

Don’t really have much to say other than Bryan Station being that low at 20 is tragic & I wouldn’t have South Warren that high at 9.

There are a lot of teams ranked behind CAL that I would pick over the Centurions of they played head-to-head.

Daviess Co at 28 and Glasgow at 59 is wrong somewhere because Glasgow appeared to be at least a couple scores better than DC in their scrimmage Friday night. Elizabethtown seems a little high and Taylor Co seems a little low. Just my thoughts.

Useless conjecture. Nowhere near accurate. 

It looks ok.
I think Massey uses some information in their algorithm from the previous season to assist with their preseason rankings which can always lead to good discussion before the season kicks off. 

35 minutes ago, LongTimeReader said:

It looks ok.
I think Massey uses some information in their algorithm from the previous season to assist with their preseason rankings which can always lead to good discussion before the season kicks off. 

If so Simon Kenton beat 3 teams a head of them? Beechwood should be top 10 at least.

Henderson lost a lot on both sides of the ball top 20 might be a little generous. Mayfield at 34 looks pretty low to me also, I can see them being top 20 once there RB returns.

4 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

If so Simon Kenton beat 3 teams a head of them? Beechwood should be top 10 at least.

He said Massey uses some information from the previous season; he didn't say their preseason rankings are based solely on last season's results.

Preseason Top 10 per class, W.O.P.R. sorted from the link below ~

masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings 

(Statewide rank)

6A

1. Trinity (1), 2. Frederick Douglass (2), 3. St. Xavier (3), 4. Male (4), 5. Ballard (5), 6. Manual (8), 7. Henderson Co. (19), 8. Bryan Station 20, 9. Ryle (22), 10. Bullitt East (25).

5A

1. Bowling Green (6), 2. South Warren (9), 3. Woodford Co. (13), 4. Scott Co. (14), 5. Owensboro (16), 6. Highlands (17), 7. Southwestern (21), 8. Greenwood (32), 9. Pulaski Co. (36), 10. Cooper (41).

4A

1. Boyle Co. (7), 2. Corbin (10), 3. Covington Catholic (12), 4. Johnson Central (18), 5. Franklin Co. (24), 6. Paducah Tilghman (33), 7. Logan Co. (40), 8. Hopkinsville (42), 9. Ashland (44), 10. Bardstown (45).

3A 

1. Christian Academy - Louisville (11), 2. Lexington Catholic (15), 3. Central (26), 4. Union County (43), 5. Elizabethtown (51), 6. Belfry (57), 7. Glasgow (59), 8. Mercer Co. (71), 9. Bell Co. (77), 10. Lawrence Co. (82). 

2A

1. Beechwood (23), 2. Lexington Christian (29), 3. Mayfield (34), 4. Owensboro Catholic (39), 5. Danville (76), 6. Murray (93), 7. Crittenden Co. (101), 8. Somerset (103), 9. Breathitt Co. (106), 10. Caldwell Co. (108).

1A 

1. Pikeville (30), 2. Raceland (49), 3. Hazard (78), 4. Bethlehem (78), 5. Newport Central Catholic (100), 6. Louisville Holy Cross (102), 7. Paintsville (110) 8. Kentucky Country Day (114), 9. Campbellsville (117), 10. Middlesboro (131). 

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? Good news: Cross tabs are sortable (e.g. Strength of Schedule). Not so good news: Massey doesn't sort by Class as CalPreps does. Really good news: It's Rankings Day at BGP.

? masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings 

Statewide all-class Top 20 ratings ~

Top 20 Strength of Schedule ~

Top 10 per class sorted by WOPR.

6A

1. Frederick Douglass, 2. St. Xavier, 3. Trinity, 4. Male, 5. Manual, 6. Ballard, 7. Ryle, 8. Central Hardin, 9. Bryan Station, 10. Bullitt East 

5A

1. South Warren, 2. Scott Co. 3. Highlands, 4. Bowling Green, 5. Owensboro, 6. Greenwood, 7. Cooper, 8. Woodford Co., 9. Southwestern, 10. Madisonville-North Hopkins 

4A

1. Covington Catholic, 2. Boyle Co., 3. Corbin, 4. Paducah Tilghman, 5. Franklin Co., 6. Ashland, 7. Logan Co., 8. Johnson Central, 9. Taylor Co., 10. Warren East

3A

1. Christian Academy-Louisville, 2. Central, 3. Lexington Catholic, 4. Union Co., 5. Bell Co., 6. Glasgow, 7. Mercer Co., 8. Belfry, 9. Franklin-Simpson, 10. Hart Co.

2A

1. Beechwood, 2. Lexington Christian, 3. Owensboro Catholic, 4. Mayfield, 5. Murray, 6. Green Co., 7. Shelby Valley, 8. Crittenden Co., 9. Somerset, 10. Danville

1A

1. Pikeville,2. Raceland, 3. Campbellsville, 4. Kentucky Country Day, 5. Bethlehem, 6. Newport Central Catholic, 7. Louisville Holy Cross, 8. Paris, 9. Sayre, 10. Middlesboro

? Two of the Commonwealth's most anticipated games Friday led to some of the biggest moves in this week's Top 20.

• Bryan Station (+5) re-enters the list after their 28-21 win at Ballard (-8). 

• LCA (+4) moves to #11 following a 14-12 win at CAL (-7) 

⬆️ Familiar names edging up the ranks: 4. Boyle (+3), 6. South Warren (+3), with 9. Corbin (+2) making a top ten appearance. 

Strength of Schedule

Not surprisingly, several teams with report cards reading, "not meeting expectations," are strewn throughout the SoS Top 20. 

? masseyratings.com/hsf/ky

Massey Ratings:

1. Frederick Douglass
2. St. Xavier
3. Trinity
4. Boyle County
5. Covington Catholic
6. South Warren
7. Male
8. DuPont Manual
9. Corbin
10. Beechwood
11. Lexington Christian
12. Christian Academy of Louisville
13. Paducah-Tilghman
14. Highlands
15. Owensboro Catholic
16. Franklin County
17. Bryan Station
18. Scott County
19. Bowling Green
20. Ballard
21. Ashland
22. Woodford County
23. Mayfield
24. Ryle
25. Lexington Catholic

1️⃣ Male vaults six places to the top of this week's Massey Ratings. 

Class leaders ~ 

6A Male, 5A South Warren, 4A Boyle Co., 3A CAL, 2A LCA, 1A Pikeville 

? SoS Leaders: Trinity, Douglass and Central

? masseyratings.com/hsf/ky 

⬇️⬆️ Cross tabs are sortable ~