-Great Crossing remains a consensus #1, as one would expect.  They had a light week this past week, with their only game a shellacking of Western Hills by an 84-39 score.  They attempt to capture the King of the Bluegrass title this week.

-This time Lyon County is the only other consensus top 5 team, as KSR nudges Frederick Douglass down to 6.  Covington Catholic is also a consensus top 10 team, ranked 4th in both KSR and Martin's polls, and Newport is also a consensus top 10 team, ranked as high as 2nd in Martin Media's poll.

-Last week we noted Fairdale as an out of nowhere rank, with only Nations Elite having them ranked and having them 6th.  This week they plummet to 24th, just barely hanging on, after falling by 18 to Bowling Green. Nations Elite has Bowling Green only one spot ahead of them.  The other two continue to have the Bulldogs unranked.

-Speaking of Bowling Green, we have a repeat of the same pattern from a week ago.  Martin Media has Bowling Green ranked 8th, the other two have them 21st and 23rd.  A very large disconnect.  Perhaps this week will bring clarity as the Purples are in the King of the Bluegrass tournament.

-Manual is probably the most curious team that isn't consensus ranked.  Martin Media does not have them in the ranks while Nations Elite and KSR both have them in the top 16.  Manual's only loss this year is by 8 to top ranked Great Crossing, and on the road at that. They walloped Ballard by 21 four days ago. 

-I'm not sure what Mason County has done to be ranked 13th in Martin Media's poll.  They're 5-1, but have a loss to Rowan County and close losses to the likes of Green County and Greenup County.  Neither of the other two outlets have them ranked. 

-KSR remains the one with the most teams shared by other outlets.  Butler County is the only team they rate that neither of the other two do, and they're only 25th.  We'll find out a lot about them when they face Trinity tomorrow.

-Washington County has a variance in rank from 7th in Nations Elite to 25th in Martin Media's poll.  They take on Newport tomorrow, ranked in the top ten of all three polls.

Anything else jump off the page to anyone?

I disagree with Graves County being ranked in the top 20 by Nations Elite. They have a couple good wins but they lost to a team from Georgia that Murray beat by 28. If a team in Region 1 should be ranked it’s not Graves County.

I think it's normal to have some variations in the 5-15 place range this early in the season.

Will post an update in the Massey Ratings thread soon, with Regional breakdowns and Strength of Schedule. 

In the meantime, since Nations Elite has gone 54 places deep, here's a side by side comparison between NE and Massey. 

What stands out to me @DragonFire are teams ranked in the Top 5 (including two #1s) of their Regions per Massey give way to some geographic "outliers" and overlooking some good teams in the West and second tier teams in Regions 6 and 7. Massey makes sense to me on a Regional level, but I've got some questions about some of their data this week too.

Missing from Nations Elite, but within the top 7 of Massey's Regional Ratings: 

25. Pulaski Co (R12 #1); 31. Henderson Co. (R12 #2); 32. McCracken Co. (R1 #1); 33. Eastern (R7 #6); 34. CAL (R7 #7); 37. South Laurel (R13 #2); 42. Corbin (R13 #3); PRP (R6 #5); 47. Dixie (R9 #7); Walton-Verona (R8 #4); 49. North Laurel (R13 #4); Spencer Co. (R8 #5); Jeffersontown (R6 #6); 52. University Heights (R2 #3); 53. Fern Creek (R6 #7); 54. Warren Central (R4 #2) ~ Some pretty big oversights imo.

Nations Elite rankings and the team's rating per (Massey): 

1. Great Crossing (Massey #2); 2. Evangel (10); 3. Lyon Co. (24); 4. Douglass (13); 5. Harlan Co. (11) 

6. Boyd Co. (Massey #17); 7. Washington Co. (59); 8. GRC (3); 9. Cov Cath (5); 10. Newport (16)

11. St. Xavier (Massey #8); 12. Lex Cath (1); 13. Manual (12); 14. Male (6); 15. Trinity (7) 

16. Adair Co. (Massey #30); 17. Madison Southern (19); 18. Graves Co. (84); 19. DeSales (14); 20. Ashland (21) 

21. North Oldham (Massey #4); 22. Elizabethtown (29); 23. Bowling Green (27); 24. Fairdale (38); 25. Lou. Holy Cross (79) 

26. Butler (Massey #28); 27. Woodford Co. (15); 28. Ballard (18); 29. Jeffersontown (51); 30. Mercer Co. (95)

31. Taylor Co. (Massey #65); 32. Morgan Co. (104); 33. Mason Co. (26); 34. Henry Clay (9); 35. Campbell Co. (22) 

36. Boone Co. (Massey #43); 37. Perry Co. Central (61); 38. Central (118); 39. Butler Co. (71); 40. Central Hardin (46) 

41. Breathitt Co. (Massey #77); 42. Magoffin Co. (110); 43. Highlands (35); 44. Oldham Co. (36); 45. Lloyd (39)

46. North Hardin (Massey #41); 47. Floyd Central (120); 48. Bryan Station (20); 49. Cooper (23); 50. LCA (40) 

51. Fleming Co. (Massey #70); 52. Danville Christian (58); 53. Clay Co. (121); 54. Lawrence Co. (143) 

I believe Massey's algorithm is big on Strength of Schedule, but again, I think there's some holes in the data this week. Here's the link ~ 

masseyratings.com/hsbb/KY_Ratings

I usually go by the Massey Ratings, but that only starts getting accurate at the turn of the New Year.  

? Link to the Massey Ratings thread (updated) ~

bluegrasspreps.com/massey-ratings-ky-boys-basketball

Yet another perspective: