teeroy

Highlands is good. Scott County and Owensboro haven' really lived up to expectations. And, so far, Boyle has shown they are the best.

You were right about Boyle.

Good point.

Correct.

I'd say Trinity and Cov Cath would be a pretty even matchup. Both teams having good years. Trinity has really played well down the stretch after a somewhat slow start.

I think I had Bryan Station ranked about right. #20 preseason and #19 now. Some I miss but that's one I think I got pretty accurate.

No countdown this year, but the preseason top 25 was released yesterday on KSR. Plus the top 5 per class. This is my fourth year doing them. I appreciate the coaches that gave me feedback on who they think would be the top teams in their class. So I used that feedback along with weighing in how well teams did last year and who they have returning, transferring in, along with players they lost due to graduation or transfer. 1 Boyle County 2 Frederick Douglass 3 St. Xavier 4 Corbin 5 Male 6 Scott County 7 Bowling Green 8 Covington Catholic 9 CAL 10 Mayfield 11 Louisville Trinity 12 Beechwood 13 LCA 14 Bullitt East 15 Southwestern 16 Pikeville 17 Bardstown 18 Johnson Central 19 Bryan Stationed 20 Raceland 21 Woodford County 22 Owensboro 23 Manual 24 Ballard 25 Owensboro Catholic 1A Pikeville Raceland Hazard NCC Louisville Holy Cross 2A Mayfield Beechwood LCA Owensboro Catholic Breathitt County 3A CAL Central Belfry Lexington Catholic Bell County 4A Boyle County Corbin Covington Catholic Bardstown Johnson Central 5A Scott County Bowling Green Southwestern Woodford County Owensboro 6A Frederick Douglass St. Xavier Male Trinity Bullitt East https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksrs-kentucky-high-school-football-2023-preseason-rankings/

I think this year I’m just going to release the whole top 25 at once, rip the band aid right off.

You say the last 2 few years but 2 years ago that game was fairly close. Nowhere close to a blowout.

For mine: 6 Southwestern, 7 Pulaski County, 8 Greenwood, 9 Owensboro 10 North Laurel

I agree. That was bad!

I am looking forward to listening!

I'll try to post a few videos on twitter @teeroyhowell (of course i won't livestream).

Yeah I hear a ton of feedback regarding my rankings and almost everyone I've heard from agrees this Douglass team is one of the top teams in the state.

Douglass has finished outside the top 5 (8-10 range) in my final 2020 and 2021 polls, so I agree they were not top 5 in the past few years. However I think this Douglass team is different and I think they will finish at the top 5 and have their best chance ever to win 5A. We will see.

You still sticking with Highlands over Raceland? I think Raceland can/should go in to Ft. Thomas and beat them.

I think Owensboro will easily beat Daviess Friday.

It's not the only metric to use, but if you can name me 5 teams better than Douglass this year I would like to know who they are?

Yeah if they blow out Simon Kenton that will be impressive.

According to the recruiting rankings FD has the most talent in the state and Beechwood has the highest ranked player in the state, but of course none of those highly rated players play QB.

Oh yeah Manual might be moving up fast. Also if Dunbar beats Woodford that is a good sign for Madison Central, who barely beat Dunbar at home (Central did have some injuries). If Woodford beats Dunbar by a lot they will likely jump Madison Central. Hard to tell about how good Beechwood is until they have the prove it game vs Cov Cath, assuming Cov Cath keeps winning.

Nope.

Will be easier to rank Trinity once they start playing some in-state teams. Like to see how they match up with Louisville St. X, Male, and Ballard

Almost put Manual over Male. To me that game is a coin flip. What do y’all think?

Do they have any highly ranked recruits other than maybe the kicker? A down Trinity team but still a good team.