?  First release from Professor Massey for 2025/26. Periodic updates in this thread throughout the season.

1. Sacred Heart, 2. GR Clark, 3. Cooper, 4. Assumption, 5. Notre Dame

6. F Douglass, 7. S Kenton, 8. Cov Holy Cross, 9. Ashland, 10. Highlands 

11. N Laurel, 12. O'boro Cath, 13. Brossart, 14. Bethlehem, 15. S Laurel 

16. Mercy, 17. Taylor Co, 18. Barren Co, 19. Daviess Co, 20. Southwestern 

21. Bowling Green, 22. Manual, 23. Anderson Co, 24. Knox Cent, 25. Ryle 

? masseyratings.com/hsgb/ky

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? First take here: It's way early.

Other than the top four, there is imo a +/- 5 for the remainder of the list. Your mileage may vary.

? Preseason coaches' poll thread ~

bluegrasspreps.com/herald-leader-statewide-coaches-poll

Thanks for sharing. Love looking at this throughout the season. 

? December 15 edition ~

Professor Massey and I are usually in lockstep. However, I didn't see Sacred Heart's loss to Ohio No. 1 Winton Woods dropping them from the top of the Commonwealth. To be fair, GRC may be the team to beat come March, and the margin this week is razor thin.

Simon Kenton, with wins already over Mercy and Ryle, capped off the week by winning the Billy Hicks Classic and join Cooper and Notre Dame repping NKY in the Top 5. Way to be, SLKP!

? Games of the week ~ 

#1 George Rogers Clark at #9 Frederick Douglass in the Broncos' Holiday Showcase.

#3 Cooper at #5 Notre Dame. 

#8 North Laurel at #16 Corbin.

#11 Covington Holy Cross vs. #13 Highlands, and vs. #22 Southwestern at MoCo's Gateway Holiday Classic.

#14 Taylor County vs. #28 Manual at Bullitt East's Queen of the Commonwealth.

? Joining* the Top 25 ~

16. Corbin, 19. Calloway Co, 23. Butler, 24. Marshall Co, 25. Russell 

? Leaving the Top 25 ~

28. Manual, 31. Knox Cent, 34. Mercy, 39. Anderson Co, 51. Bowling Green 

2️⃣5️⃣ The Ratings ~

1. GR Clark, 2. Sacred Heart, 3. Cooper, 4. S Kenton, 5. Notre Dame 

6. Assumption, 7. Ashland, 8. N Laurel, 9. F Douglass, 10. Bp Brossart 

11. Cov Holy Cross, 12. S Laurel, 13. Highlands, 14. Taylor Co, 15. Daviess Co 

16. Corbin*, 17. Bethlehem, 18. O'boro Cath, 19. Calloway Co*, 20. Ryle

21. Barren Co, 22. Southwestern, 23. Butler*, 24. Marshall Co*, 25. Russell*

✅️ Complete statewide ratings here:

 masseyratings.com/hsgb/ky

? Would recommend looking at the numerical ratings for context (in addition to place), e.g. 1. GRC 8.04 for proper scaling between teams.

? Included with MR, sortable categories: Schedule Strength, Off/Def ratings, and schools alphabetically, etc.

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?? December 22 edition ~

? Professor Massey is seeing red. The Lady Cardinals of George Rogers Clark are the No. 1 team in the Bluegrass per his algorithm. We won't get a chance to see GRC up close until next year. They're headed to Miami to play in the Junior Orange Bowl Classic.

? The quality of play in NKY is tremendously deep this season, and Campbell County just joined seven other teams in this week's Top 20.

? Look for a revival of RO's Massey based "KY Power+ Regional Rankings" at the start of the new year.

? Games of the week ~

Monday:

#5 Cooper vs. #25 Henderson Co at Bullitt East's Queen of the Commonwealth.

#8 Cov Holy Cross vs. #16 Campbell Co at MoCo's Gateway Holiday Classic.

Tuesday: 

#7 Ashland vs. #19 Pulaski Co 

Saturday:

#5 Cooper vs. #14 Calloway Co at Walton-Verona's Christmas Classic.

#13 Barren Co vs. #23 Daviess Co at South Warren's Holiday Bash.

Sunday:

#4 Notre Dame vs. #11 Assumption at Thomas More's Crosstown Catholic Showdown.

#5 Cooper vs. #10 South Laurel at Walton-Verona's Christmas Classic.

#10 South Laurel vs. #14 Calloway Co at Walton-Verona's Christmas Classic.

? Joining* the Top 25 ~

16. Campbell Co, 19. Pulaski Co, 24. Cumberland Co, 25. Henderson Co.

? Leaving the Top 25 ~

27. Southwestern, 31. Corbin, 32. Butler, 46. Russell

2️⃣5️⃣ The Ratings ~

1. GR Clark, 2. Sacred Heart, 3. S Kenton, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Cooper

6. N Laurel, 7. Ashland, 8. Cov Holy Cross, 9. Bp Brossart, 10. S Laurel 

11. Assumption, 12. F Douglass, 13. Barren Co, 14. Calloway Co, 15. Taylor Co 

16. Campbell Co*, 17. Highlands, 18. Marshall Co, 19. Pulaski Co*, 20. Ryle

21. Bethlehem, 22. O'boro Cath, 23. Daviess Co, 24. Cumberland Co*, 25. Henderson Co*

✅️ As always, insightful comments welcomed in this thread!

? Complete statewide ratings here:

masseyratings.com/hsgb/ky

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?? Merry Christmas and Holiday best wishes from the nest. May the New Year bring you the blessings of health and happiness.

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