Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in the three seasons that I have done the Hensley Rating System; I have decided to start doing the ratings for the regular season and not just the playoffs.

 

I must not take any credit for the numbers that are produced...however; all the credit goes to both the Louisville Courier-Journal's LitRatings and the Lexington Herald-Leader's CantrallRatings. All that I have done is to enter the figures from both papers into an Excel sheet, added them together and divided by two, sort them into order from highest to lowest, and post them.

 

I will be maintaining the HRS for the remainder of the season so please be sure to post your comments about them and to keep checking back each and every week for updated standings.

 

The standings for the Top 25 are:

 

Rank……Team……Rating……Previous……Class

 

1. Louisville Trinity……117.35……2……6A

2. Saint Xavier……116.50……1……6A

3. Bowling Green……112.15……4……5A

4. Highlands……109.50……3……5A

5. DuPont Manual……107.70……5……6A

6. Male……105.65……6……6A

7. Pleasure Ridge Park……98.75……15……6A

8. Lexington Catholic……98.45……7……4A

9. Owensboro……97.80……12……5A

10. Henry Clay……97.50……20……6A

11. Bell County……96.75……10……5A

12. Newport Central Catholic……96.50……8……2A

13. Ballard……95.15……11……6A

14. John Hardin……94.50……13……5A

15. Scott County……94.30……14……6A

16. Warren East……94.00……19……4A

17. Dixie Heights……93.35……21……5A

18. Eastern……93.15……16……6A

19. Boone County……93.05……22……6A

20. Beechwood……92.55……NR……1A

21. Central……92.45……25……3A

22. Ryle……91.60……9……6A

23. Covington Catholic……90.20……NR……5A

24. Bardstown……89.95……NR……2A

25. Madison Central……89.70……23……6A

 

Dropped out: Campbell County (17), Johnson Central (18), & Lafayette (24)

One thing these rankings all have in common is that Trinity, Saint X, BG, and Highlands are all in the top 4. I think these polls are correct that in 6A, the two clear-cut best teams are T and X, and in 5A, the two clear-cut best teams are BG and HHS.