KSR’s Kentucky High School Football 2024 Preseason Top 25 Rankings

It’s almost football time in the Bluegrass!

While the Kentucky Wildcats are still another weekend away from hitting Kroger Field for the first time in 2024, the high school season gets underway beginning on Friday and Saturday. Week 1 features plenty of highly-anticipated matchups, perhaps none bigger than Frederick Douglass heading out west to face Bowling Green at Western Kentucky University. Trinity will also make its way to Lexington for a showdown against Bryan Station while Corbin will open its new field against Pikeville.

In short, there will be plenty of Top 25 matchups spread across the opening week of games. And speaking of the Top 25, we here at KSR have released our preseason statewide rankings in preparation for what should be another exciting season on the gridiron. This year, we’ve recruited additional voters to help expand our rankings even further.

Check out our entire preseason Top 25 below. We’ll have in-depth previews of all six classes in the coming days as well. Football season is almost here, folks. For a full schedule of what’s on tap this week, click here.

KSR’s Preseason Top 25 Rankings

1. Boyle County (9)
2. Trinity (1)
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Bowling Green
5. Male
6. St. Xavier
7. Paducah Tilghman
8. Cooper
9. Corbin
10. Christian Academy-Louisville
11. Beechwood
12. Owensboro Catholic
13. DuPont Manual
14. Covington Catholic
15. Bryan Station
16. Ballard
17. Pikeville
18. Franklin County
19. Mayfield
20. Lexington Christian Academy
21. Lexington Catholic
22. South Warren
23. Central
24. Scott County
25. Ashland Blazer

Others receiving votes (no order): Bell County, Campbellsville, Franklin-Simpson, Johnson Central, Owensboro, Ryle, Sayre, Union County, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Highlands

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