KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 6

1. Trinity [12 first-place votes]

2. Christian Academy-Louisville [1 first-place vote]

3. Frederick Douglass

4. Pulaski County

5. Highlands

6. Boyle County

7. Beechwood

8. DuPont Manual

9. Covington Catholic

10. Owensboro Catholic

11. Scott County

12. South Warren (+1)

13. Paducah Tilghman (+3)

14. Madison Central

15. Lexington Christian Academy

16. St. Xavier (-4)

17. Woodford County (+1)

18. Corbin (-1)

19. Atherton

20. Owensboro (+1)

21. Lexington Catholic (-1)

22. Ashland Blazer

23. Pikeville

24. Danville (+1)

25. Male

Dropped out: No. 24 Murray

Others receiving votes: Mayfield (18), Murray (12), West Jessamine (6), Collins (4), McCracken County (4), Middlesboro (4), Bryan Station (3), Bourbon County (2)

KSR's 2026 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 7

1. Trinity

2. Christian Academy-Louisville

3. Frederick Douglass

4. Pulaski County

5. Highlands

6. Boyle County

7. Beechwood

8. DuPont Manual

9. Owensboro Catholic

10. Madison Central

11. Paducah Tilghman

12. Scott County

13. South Warren

14. Lexington Christian Academy

15. Covington Catholic

16. Woodford County

17. Corbin

18. St. Xavier

19. Owensboro

20. Atherton

21. Lexington Catholic

22. Ashland Blazer

23. Pikeville

24. Danville

25. Male

26. Mayfield

27. West Jessamine

28. Murray

29. Bourbon County

30. George Rogers Clark

31. Graves County

32. Collins

33. Sayre

34. South Laurel

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksr-2026-kentucky-high-school-football-top-25-rankings-week-7/

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 8

1. Trinity [12 first-place votes]

2. Christian Academy-Louisville

3. Frederick Douglass

4. Pulaski County

5. Highlands

6. Boyle County

7. DuPont Manual

8. Beechwood

9. Owensboro Catholic

10. Paducah Tilghman

11. Madison Central

12. Scott County

13. South Warren

14. Lexington Christian Academy

15. Woodford County

16. Covington Catholic

17. Corbin

18. Owensboro

19. Atherton

20. Ashland Blazer

21. Lexington Catholic

22. Pikeville

23. St. Xavier

24. Male

25. Danville

Dropped out: N/A

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksr-2026-kentucky-high-school-football-top-25-rankings-week-8/

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 9
1. Trinity [12 first-place votes]
2. Christian Academy-Louisville [1 first-place vote]
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Pulaski County
5. Highlands
6. Boyle County
7. DuPont Manual
8. Beechwood
9. Paducah Tilghman (+1)
10. Woodford County (+5)
11. Madison Central
12. Owensboro Catholic (-3)
13. South Warren
14. Lexington Christian Academy
15. Scott County (-3)
16. Corbin (+1)
17. Covington Catholic (-1)
18. Owensboro
19. Atherton
20. Ashland Blazer
21. Pikeville (+1)
22. Lexington Catholic (-1)
23. St. Xavier
24. Bourbon County (NR)
25. West Jessamine (NR)

Dropped out: No. 24 Male, No. 25 Danville
Others receiving votes: Male (16), Madisonville (12), Mayfield (11), Collins (6), Danville (5), Murray (3), Sayre (3), Kentucky Country Day (2), Middlesboro (1)

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksr-2026-kentucky-high-school-football-top-25-rankings-week-9/

21 hours ago, theguru said:

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 9
1. Trinity [12 first-place votes]
2. Christian Academy-Louisville [1 first-place vote]
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Pulaski County
5. Highlands
6. Boyle County
7. DuPont Manual
8. Beechwood
9. Paducah Tilghman (+1)
10. Woodford County (+5)
11. Madison Central
12. Owensboro Catholic (-3)
13. South Warren
14. Lexington Christian Academy
15. Scott County (-3)
16. Corbin (+1)
17. Covington Catholic (-1)
18. Owensboro
19. Atherton
20. Ashland Blazer
21. Pikeville (+1)
22. Lexington Catholic (-1)
23. St. Xavier
24. Bourbon County (NR)
25. West Jessamine (NR)

Dropped out: No. 24 Male, No. 25 Danville
Others receiving votes: Male (16), Madisonville (12), Mayfield (11), Collins (6), Danville (5), Murray (3), Sayre (3), Kentucky Country Day (2), Middlesboro (1)

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksr-2026-kentucky-high-school-football-top-25-rankings-week-9/

What year did the person who keeps voting CAL #1 graduate from CAL?

6 minutes ago, TH58 said:

What year did the person who keeps voting CAL #1 graduate from CAL?

I have no idea. I know Troy Howell publishes his vote, maybe some others do too, again, I have no idea. Here are the KSR voters:

KSR Top 25 voters (13): Todd Able, Danny Campbell, Jalen Daughtry, Les Dixon, Vic Evans, Sam Gormley, Sterling Hohman, Troy Howell, Lovell Martin, Jared Peck, Scott Ratliff, Travis Scaggs, and Phoenix Stevens.

1 hour ago, TH58 said:

What year did the person who keeps voting CAL #1 graduate from CAL?

Is it that strange? In my opinion Trinity is absolutely the best team in the state, but this isn't like putting some schlub ahead of them. CAL has been considered #2 all year and they have numerous highly ranked college recruits. Calpreps predicts a Trinity would beat CAL 38-22. I wouldn't vote for CAL at number one but I don't necessarily believe you'd have to graduate from the school to think they could compete.

15 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Is it that strange? In my opinion Trinity is absolutely the best team in the state, but this isn't like putting some schlub ahead of them. CAL has been considered #2 all year and they have numerous highly ranked college recruits. Calpreps predicts a Trinity would beat CAL 38-22. I wouldn't vote for CAL at number one but I don't necessarily believe you'd have to graduate from the school to think they could compete.

I hear everything you are saying and I still believe that yes, it is that strange.

5 hours ago, theguru said:

I hear everything you are saying and I still believe that yes, it is that strange.

This is why an open division playoff would be really nice. Every year we could settle the number 1 team debate.

I’m one of the crazies who believes CAL can hang with Trinity.

12 hours ago, Devils Fan said:

This is why an open division playoff would be really nice. Every year we could settle the number 1 team debate.

Despite the great theater that game would create, do you think the #2 vs #1 State Chanpions of two different divisions would really want this postseason game?

10 hours ago, Oldercoach said:

Despite the great theater that game would create, do you think the #2 vs #1 State Chanpions of two different divisions would really want this postseason game?

With the open division option, only district winners of all classes would be able to even declare for it. Essentially making “open” its own class. So it wouldn’t be state champion vs state champion. Whoever wins is the state champion.

I do think having a number #2 overall (3A) team, who’s clobbered every opponent they’ve played. Facing off against a nationally ranked KY (6A) powerhouse ranked #1 overall would be great for KY high school football as a whole. Plus I’m sure programs that truly believed they’re the best team in the state would want to prove it. Ultimately what you get is the true overall top 2 teams competing every year. Most years of recent the #2 #3 or #4 teams have been in different classes.