KSR’s 2024 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Pre-Playoffs

And that’s a wrap on the 2024 Kentucky high school football regular season! The playoffs begin this week as the race to Kroger Field officially kicks off. Around this time next month, six champions will be crowned. The real fun is almost here and KSR will be covering all of it.

As always, we’ve updated our Top 25 rankings to reflect everything that happened over the weekend. Notably, DuPont Manual jumped five spots to No. 3 in the state following a 21-0 shutout of Male, which dropped three spots to No. 8 as a result. South Warren (+6) and Bowling Green (+4) also saw their stock go up while St. Xavier fell six spots to No. 13 after losing to Bowling Green. Owensboro Catholic also jumped a couple of spots thanks to a 49-7 over North Hardin in the KSR Game of the Week.

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

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Pre-Playoffs

1. Boyle County [9 first-place votes]
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. DuPont Manual (+5)
4. Trinity (-1)
5. Cooper (-1)
6. Franklin County
7. Owensboro Catholic (+2)
8. Male (-3)
9. Frederick Douglass (+1)
10. Ryle (+1)
11. South Warren (+6)
12. Ashland Blazer
13. St. Xavier (-6)
14. Lexington Christian Academy (-1)
15. Bowling Green (+4)
16. Corbin (-2)
17. Highlands (-2)
18. Central (-2)
19. Covington Catholic (-1)
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

Pre-Playoffs 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)