Is there anyone out there outside of KHSAA leadership that is happy with RPI as the state rankings tool?

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Is there anyone out there outside of KHSAA leadership that is happy with RPI as the state rankings tool?

NO!

3 hours ago, TH58 said:

My issue with KHSAA RPI has nothing to do with how it does or does not impact state championship wins. And you are correct in that Trinity (in any sport) does not schedule opponents in order to “play the RPI game”.

My issue is 2-fold:

1. Any statistical/objective ranking system that in the past year ranked Assumption Volleyball 7th in the state while they were considered Top 10 in the country, or that ranked Trinity Baseball 2 nd in the state when they were considered #1 in the country, or that currently ranks Trinity Football 49th in the state when they are considered Top 30 in the country, or that gives a 6A football team less credit for beating Archbishop Moeller than it does for beating PRP, is simply a flawed and comical ranking system.

2. And while that flawed and comical ranking system has no post season bearing (not yet anyway) in any KHSAA sport other than football, it does indeed have post season bearing on seeding and home game hosting in football playoffs rounds 3 and 4.

Not the end of the world but at least let’s call a spade a spade.

Preach on Brother TH58, you are spot on!!

It's an injustice that Trinity isn't home every game in the playoffs till Kroger field. No better 6a team in KY this year period.

On 10/10/2026 at 5:17 PM, TH58 said:

The KHSAA has abdicated any REAL/PROACTIVE leadership related to high school football in Kentucky.

• A complete joke in how RPI is determined and utilized in the playoffs

• Too many classes

• Districts that are too small in number of teams

• No thought leadership in how to enable schools that consistently roster 20+ varsity players to combine with another like school

• No thought leadership in how to reduce the number of teams making the playoffs, shorten the season for everyone and enable schools that finish the season 2-8, 1-9 or 0-10 to have a different option than first round playoffs vs a #1 seed where they might travel 2, 3 or 4 hours to get best 65-0.

On 10/10/2026 at 5:17 PM, TH58 said:

The KHSAA has abdicated any REAL/PROACTIVE leadership related to high school football in Kentucky.

• A complete joke in how RPI is determined and utilized in the playoffs

• Too many classes

• Districts that are too small in number of teams

• No thought leadership in how to enable schools that consistently roster 20+ varsity players to combine with another like school

• No thought leadership in how to reduce the number of teams making the playoffs, shorten the season for everyone and enable schools that finish the season 2-8, 1-9 or 0-10 to have a different option than first round playoffs vs a #1 seed where they might travel 2, 3 or 4 hours to get best 65-0.

So you agree that four classes are more than enough and only the top two teams come out of a district? Ahh....the good old days!

2 hours ago, Who Knew said:

It's an injustice that Trinity isn't home every game in the playoffs till Kroger field. No better 6a team in KY this year period.

I agree and additionally another injustice would be the clear #2 team in 6A, Douglass, potentially having to face Trinity at any point in the playoffs other than the state championship game. Or put another way, the KHSAA's getting "cute" with out of state RPI games has downstream consequences that undermine the integrity of the game.

Trinity being ranked that low in RPI is a true testament to at how flaude a system KHSAA has implemented with RPI. Because no one in Kentucky is good enough to hang with them they have to play teams from out of state.

This week…49 in Kentucky.

22 in the country by USA Today.

25 in the country by MaxPreps.

6 minutes ago, TH58 said:

This week…49 in Kentucky.

22 in the country by USA Today.

25 in the country by MaxPreps.

Other National rankings:

#22 in HSratings.com

#34 in Massey Ratings.

45 minutes ago, TH58 said:

This week…49 in Kentucky.

22 in the country by USA Today.

25 in the country by MaxPreps.

That must mean Kentucky is absolutely loaded this year!

And this just in from Jason Frakes and the CJ……Trinity has outscored its three Kentucky opponents this season (Male, St. Xavier and Ballard) by a combined 151-0.