Here's what KSR's voters had to say:

1.) Trinity
2.) Christian Academy-Louisville
3.) Boyle County
4.) South Warren
5.) Owensboro
6.) Lexington Christian Academy
7.) Franklin County
8.) Owensboro Catholic
9.) Pulaski County
10.) Murray

Did Not Rank - Kentucky Country Day
Did Not Rank - Raceland

3 hours ago, Devils Fan said:

I have CAL ahead of O also. But O at state and O 2nd game of the season are 2 totally different teams. Definitely wouldn’t be a clock situation in Nov & Dec.

I agree that Owensboro improved quite a bit, but so has CAL. Keep in mind CAL was still rotating QB’s at the time. And that CAL held Hampton to 17 total yards *at* (your stadium is awesome, btw) Owensboro. 

A hypothetical playoff matchup with Nov/Dec CAL at CAL or at Commonwealth Stadium would be in clock territory…

42 minutes ago, Rex Kwon Do said:

I agree that Owensboro improved quite a bit, but so has CAL. Keep in mind CAL was still rotating QB’s at the time. And that CAL held Hampton to 17 total yards *at* (your stadium is awesome, btw) Owensboro. 

A hypothetical playoff matchup with Nov/Dec CAL at CAL or at Commonwealth Stadium would be in clock territory…

I don’t think so - I think O would be competitive. But would lose.  But what we do know is CAL won 35-0 the 2nd week - anything else is hypothetical.  To me CAL could possibly be the best team in Ky.

52 minutes ago, Rex Kwon Do said:

I agree that Owensboro improved quite a bit, but so has CAL. Keep in mind CAL was still rotating QB’s at the time. And that CAL held Hampton to 17 total yards *at* (your stadium is awesome, btw) Owensboro. 

A hypothetical playoff matchup with Nov/Dec CAL at CAL or at Commonwealth Stadium would be in clock territory…

CAL is an amazing program but let’s be real after Ryle and BG(neither of which they running clocked) they played nobody. O would’ve beat both those programs in Nov of this yr…  O was missing 3 starting defensive players and a safety who just came off a leg injury, we were very unorganized. Don’t know how much you followed the Devils throughout the season but Dillard only got 1 look the entire game. That should tell you all you need to know about G’ways chemistry with the team at the time. I highly doubt it would be anything near running clock territory. I guess we can agree to disagree.lol Still give CAL the win just hard for me to imagine anybody outside of Trinity clocking the Devils around playoff time.

@Devils Fan I think CAL is 14-21 points better than anyone not named Trinity on most nights.  They play like they did vs BG and any of those top 5 can get them.  If they are focused and know they are playing a top team it’s over.  May not be running clock but a 14-21 point win.

31 minutes ago, Devils Fan said:

CAL is an amazing program but let’s be real after Ryle and BG(neither of which they running clocked) they played nobody. O would’ve beat both those programs in Nov of this yr…  O was missing 3 starting defensive players and a safety who just came off a leg injury, we were very unorganized. Don’t know how much you followed the Devils throughout the season but Dillard only got 1 look the entire game. That should tell you all you need to know about G’ways chemistry with the team at the time. I highly doubt it would be anything near running clock territory. I guess we can agree to disagree.lol Still give CAL the win just hard for me to imagine anybody outside of Trinity clocking the Devils around playoff time.

CAL was missing 2 defensive starters against Owensboro (S - Stone Perkins who just signed with Ball State & DL - Kellan Hall who is a top 10 national recruit for 2028).  I would say that’s quite a lot to be missing & possibly more of a factor than Owensboro missing 3 starters. ?‍♂️. In addition, CAL was still rotating QBs at that point in the year, so they weren’t exactly in sync either.  Anyway, Owensboro will get another shot against CAL next year & I'm sure it will return to another competitive game like it was in ‘23 & ‘24.  Also, I wouldn’t call LCA nobody.  The fact remains CAL running clocked 2 state champions this year.  Congrats on the state title.  Enjoy it as it’s been long overdue for the Red Devils.

Cal and X definitely humbles Owensboro early -  O handled Mayfield easily (although Mayfield was missing qb) and played even with south warren…got a title cocky and brought down to earth….X game were were missing plenty and 2 transfers in.  X dominated us and I think those 2 games made us refocus and ultimately ticked us off..…that propelled us IMO.  Then we basically running clock everyone the rest of the year - Catholic avoided it due to TD called back on a terribly late holding penalty as Hampton walks in to end zone.  So we are 5A champs…not best in state in the top 5-6 IMO.  I’m ecstatic on how we finished and where we are headed.  We are not cAL but would love to get there!

17 hours ago, Devils Fan said:

I have CAL ahead of O also. But O at state and O 2nd game of the season are 2 totally different teams. Definitely wouldn’t be a clock situation in Nov & Dec.

It def would not be a clock in that game.  I do think South beats O though.

3 hours ago, Mr. Giggles said:

It def would not be a clock in that game.  I do think South beats O though.

Would be a heck of a game! Think game could go either way.

15 hours ago, Unrivaled97 said:

CAL Kellan Hall who is a top 10 national recruit for 2028. 

Currently the #8 ranked recruit in  the entire nation class of 2028 on 247sports.com!!!

24 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Currently the #8 ranked recruit in  the entire nation class of 2028 on 247sports.com!!!

He’s a dude

On 12/8/2025 at 8:11 PM, Rex Kwon Do said:

I agree that Owensboro improved quite a bit, but so has CAL. Keep in mind CAL was still rotating QB’s at the time. And that CAL held Hampton to 17 total yards *at* (your stadium is awesome, btw) Owensboro. 

A hypothetical playoff matchup with Nov/Dec CAL at CAL or at Commonwealth Stadium would be in clock territory…

Owensboro improved over the course of the year and so did CAL.  But don't imply that CAL while rotating QBs was not playing well, Burke was 9-13 passing vs Owensboro and the backup was 8-8 passing that game.  When the CAL players got healthy it helped the defense, and the offense was on full throttle since game one.  The 2025 CAL team was very good!  Trinity is probably the only team in the state that could beat them.

Here is maxpreps final rankings 

 

1. Trinity

2. CAL

3. South Warren

4. Boyle

5. Owensboro

6. Franklin Co

 

Put them all in a 6 team bracket and seed them out and I think you end up with some great matchups but all in all ends up as Trinity or CAL at the end of the day as the best 2 in the state.

4 minutes ago, JimmieJoeXO said:

1. Trinity

2. CAL

3. South Warren

4. Boyle

5. Owensboro

6. Franklin Co

 

Put them all in a 6 team bracket and seed them out and I think you end up with some great matchups but all in all ends up as Trinity or CAL at the end of the day as the best 2 in the state.

I agree with most of that except I think Highlands, CovCath and Corbin all beat Franklin.  Nothing against them, went 14-1 but I don't think they are beating any of those 3 other teams.