Massey Ratings - 2024 Preseason

[Runcible Owl]

🖥️ 🏈 | The Professor has tagged five defending State champs as preseason #1's. Beechwood opens up at the top of 2A with a razor thin margin over Mayfield (0.01). 

✔️ All speculative at this point of course, but a fun starting point nonetheless. Just a little taste to sustain us through the coming dog days of summer. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 😃

🔵 Complete statewide Ratings can be found at the link below ~ 

🔗 masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings 

Top 25

1. Trinity, 2. St. Xavier, 3. Douglass, 4. Male, 5. Boyle Co. 

6. Bowling Green, 7. CAL, 8. Ballard, 9. Corbin, 10. Highlands 

11. Bryan Station, 12. Manual, 13. Cov Cath, 14. South Warren, 15. Scott Co. 

16. Ryle, 17. Tilghman, 18. Cooper, 19. Owensboro, 20. Franklin Co. 

21. Lex Cath, 22. Central, 23. Beechwood, 24. Mayfield, 25. Southwestern 

Top 10 by Class:

••• 6A •••

1. Trinity 

2. St. Xavier 

3. Frederick Douglass 

4. Male 

5. Ballard 

6. Bryan Station 

7. duPont Manual 

8. Ryle 

9. Simon Kenton 

10. Bullitt East 

••• 5A •••

1. Bowling Green 

2. Highlands 

3. South Warren 

4. Scott County 

5. Cooper 

6. Owensboro 

7. Southwestern 

8. Dixie Heights 

9. Woodford County 

10. Greenwood 

••• 4A ••• 

1. Boyle County 

2. Corbin 

3. Covington Catholic 

4. Paducah Tilghman 

5. Franklin County 

6. Ashland 

7. Taylor County 

8. Bardstown 

9. Logan County 

10. Spencer County 

••• 3A ••• 

1. Christian Academy of Louisville 

2. Lexington Catholic 

3. Central 

4. Union County 

5. Hart County 

6. Glasgow 

7. Belfry 

8. Bell County 

9. Mercer County 

10. Franklin-Simpson 

••• 2A ••• 

1. Beechwood 

2. Mayfield 

3. Lexington Christian Academy 

4. Owensboro Catholic 

5. Somerset 

6. Green County 

7. Breathitt County 

8. Murray 

9. Crittenden County 

10. Metcalfe County 

••• 1A ••• 

1. Pikeville 

2. Raceland 

3. Campbellsville 

4. Louisville Holy Cross 

5. Kentucky Country Day 

6. Newport Central Catholic 

7. Bethlehem 

8. Sayre 

9. Paris 

10. Middlesboro 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Trefnwyd gan WOPR.

[barrel]

Well this is definitely going to drum up some conversation. I’m looking forward to seeing people’s opinions on this. I feel like in the past these have been fairly good ballpark ratings but I might be remembering that wrong. 

[DearToday]

O Cath at 4, Paducah at 4, and Johnson Central UR probably the biggest that stand out to me. 

[wingt51]

 I wonder if Massey knows about the mass exodus that happened at Taylor County this offseason.😂

[Runcible Owl]

4 hours ago, DearToday said:

O Cath at 4, Paducah at 4, and Johnson Central UR probably the biggest that stand out to me. 

🦅 JC unranked is my mistake. They're #7 in 4A and 35th statewide. Sorry Golden Eagles. 

••• 4A Revised ••• 

1. Boyle County 

2. Corbin 

3. Covington Catholic 

4. Paducah Tilghman 

5. Franklin County 

6. Ashland 

7. • Johnson Central •

8. Taylor County 

9. Bardstown 

10. Logan County 

[Country]

2 hours ago, Runcible Owl said:

🦅 JC unranked is my mistake. They're #7 in 4A and 35th statewide. Sorry Golden Eagles. 

••• 4A Revised ••• 

1. Boyle County 

2. Corbin 

3. Covington Catholic 

4. Paducah Tilghman 

5. Franklin County 

6. Ashland 

7. • Johnson Central •

8. Taylor County 

9. Bardstown 

10. Logan County 

I would move Paducah Tilghman to #2 and Taylor County out of top 10. Corbin has a lot of shoes to fill, but still belongs in the 3-6 group. Ashland could move up and Johnson Central still is a question mark. After the top 7 is any ones guess. 

[barrel]

Is there a key someplace for all the columns? Most are easy to figure out or are self explanatory but some I’m clueless about. 

[Runcible Owl]

51 minutes ago, barrel said:

Is there a key someplace for all the columns? Most are easy to figure out or are self explanatory but some I’m clueless about. 

🏈 Yes sir. I cropped it from the image above. Click on "Key" for a drop down list. 

Column headers, in white, are also sortable - schools alphabetically, strength of schedule, etc. 

It's worth navigating for a few minutes to click on a few features. Overall, Massey is much more user friendly than CalPreps. Link ~

🔗 masseyratings.com/hsf/ky/ratings

✓ Below is a link to the Massey home page. "High School Football" opens up Rankings for all 50 states and DC. One can find a score prediction for all schools in the database by clicking on "Matchup" as shown in the image below.

🔗 masseyratings.com 

🦉 Imo, computer ranking accuracy improves as more data becomes available as the season progresses. In my experience, early on, all of them are front loaded, with a "bias" from the previous season. There's no tracking of current transfers, coaching changes, and whatnot. 

😃 Have fun with it y'all. Let's have a great year. Best of luck and safe travels! 🍀 

[BillNye]

I don't see a reason for Cooper to be the fifth ranked team in 5A, no matter who's rankings it is.

[Runcible Owl]

59 minutes ago, BillNye said:

I don't see a reason for Cooper to be the fifth ranked team in 5A, no matter who's rankings it is.

🟣 BG in the house! 🤷 

📖 The Jags host #2 Highlands in Week 6 I think. Look forward to revisiting the Ratings as the season progresses.

[BillNye]

26 minutes ago, Runcible Owl said:

🟣 BG in the house! 🤷 

📖 The Jags host #2 Highlands in Week 6 I think. Look forward to revisiting the Ratings as the season progresses.

Great use of meme there, RO! Fantastic series.

I'd love to know what all Massey uses in putting this preseason list together.

[barrel]

Scott Co above Cooper is a surprise to me. With Cooper at 4 I think that’s much closer. You would think 1-4 would be fairly close and could be debated a few different ways. 

[Voice of Reason]

Solid preseason ranking across the board.

[Jason Bucklen]

On 6/15/2024 at 9:49 AM, Runcible Owl said:

🟣 BG in the house! 🤷 

📖 The Jags host #2 Highlands in Week 6 I think. Look forward to revisiting the Ratings as the season progresses.

That game is at Highlands on 9-27.

[Hard Work]

Considering Sayre embarrassed Bethlehem last year I am surprised by that ranking.

Station in 6A has loaded up I think they will finish much higher. I could be wrong.