KSR's FINAL 2024 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings

And that’s a wrap on the 2024 Kentucky high school football season!

Six state champions were crowned over the weekend at Kroger Field, with one team (Sayre; 1A) winning for the first time in school history. Along with the Spartans, Beechwood (2A), Christian Academy-Louisville (3A), Paducah Tilghman (4A), Bowling Green (5A), and Trinity (6A) all hoisted state title trophies in Lexington.

With the season officially behind us, we’re rolling out one last rankings update. Check out KSR’s final Top 25 rankings of the 2024 season below. We’ve also included a Top 5 Class-by-Class rankings underneath the statewide Top 25.

KSR’s Top 25 FINAL 2024 Rankings

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

Others receiving votes: Johnson Central (8), Owensboro (1)

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

Final 2024 Top 5 Class-by-Class rankings

Class A

1. Sayre (No. 21)
2. Raceland (No. 25)
3. Pikeville
4. Kentucky Country Day
5. Campbellsville

Class 2A

1. Beechwood (No. 8)
2. Owensboro Catholic (No. 14)
3. Lexington Christian Academy (No. 15)
4. Somerset
5. Mayfield

Class 3A

1. Christian Academy-Louisville (No. 11)
2. Central (No. 23)
3. Union County (No. 24)
4. Hart County
5. Belfry

Class 4A

1. Paducah Tilghman (No. 1)
2. Franklin County (No. 4)
3. Boyle County (No. 5)
4. Covington Catholic (No. 9)
5. Corbin (No. 12)

Class 5A

1. Bowling Green (No. 3)
2. Cooper (No. 6)
3. South Warren (No. 13)
4. Highlands (No. 16)
5. Owensboro (RV)

Class 6A

1. Trinity (No. 2)
2. Ryle (No. 7)
3. Frederick Douglass (No. 10)
4. DuPont Manual (No. 17)
5. St. Xavier (No. 18)