KSR’s 2024 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Playoffs Rd. 1

The Kentucky high school football playoffs roll right along following a first-round slate that saw mostly blowouts but with a handful of thrilling finishes mixed in across the state.

Due to so many lopsided scores, specifically for the schools within KSR’s Top 25 rankings, we did not see any changes within our latest update. All of the Top 25 teams stood still, as did the three teams receiving additional votes. We also saw zero changes in our Top 5 class-by-class rankings.

Don’t expect that to happen again though. Round two is when the intensity ramps up with a couple of Top 25 showdowns. Some of the matchups to watch this Friday include…

• No. 13 St. Xavier vs. No. 10 Ryle
• No. 15 Bowling Green vs. Owensboro (RV)
• No. 22 Woodford County vs. No. 17 Highlands
• Great Crossing vs. No. 3 DuPont Manual
• Madison Central vs. No. 25 Bryan Station
• Scott County vs. No. 5 Cooper
• Paris vs. Sayre (RV)
• Paintsville vs. Pikeville

Check out the entirety of KSR’s Top 25 below. For a full schedule of what’s on tap this Friday for the second round of the playoffs, click here. 

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Playoffs Rd. 1

1. Boyle County [9 first-place votes]
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. DuPont Manual 
4. Trinity 
5. Cooper 
6. Franklin County
7. Owensboro Catholic 
8. Male 
9. Frederick Douglass 
10. Ryle
11. South Warren
12. Ashland Blazer
13. St. Xavier
14. Lexington Christian Academy 
15. Bowling Green 
16. Corbin 
17. Highlands 
18. Central 
19. Covington Catholic 
20. Christian Academy-Louisville
21. Hart County
22. Woodford County
23. Beechwood
24. Johnson Central
25. Bryan Station

Others receiving votes: Owensboro (7), Sayre (6), Mayfield (2)

KSR Top 25 voters: Jimmy Clarkston, Jalen Daugherty, Vic Evans, Daniel Hager, Clark Howell, Troy Howell, Scott Ratliff, Stephen Turner, Phoenix Stevens

Playoffs Rd. 1 Class-by-Class Rankings

CLASS A

1. Sayre (RV)
2. Pikeville
3. Raceland
4. Kentucky Country Day
5. Campbellsville

CLASS 2A

1. Owensboro Catholic (No. 7)
2. Lexington Christian Academy (No. 14)
3. Beechwood (No. 23)
4. Mayfield (RV)
5. Bracken County

CLASS 3A

1. Central (No. 18)
2. Christian Academy-Louisville (No. 20)
3. Hart County (No. 21)
4. Bell County
5. Belfry

CLASS 4A

1. Boyle County (No. 1)
2. Paducah Tilghman (No. 2)
3. Franklin County (No. 6)
4. Ashland Blazer (No. 12)
5. Corbin (No. 16)

CLASS 5A

1. Cooper (No. 5)
2. South Warren (No. 11)
3. Bowling Green (No. 15)
4. Highlands (No. 17)
5. Woodford County (No. 22)

CLASS 6A

1. DuPont Manual (No. 3)
2. Trinity (No. 4)
3. Male (No. 8)
4. Frederick Douglass (No. 9)
5. Ryle (No. 10)