KSR’s High School Football Rankings - Week 1 

High school football in the state of Kentucky is officially underway. Week 1 of the 2023 season kicked off over the weekend, which means we’ve got updated statewide rankings following all of the action.

It was a thrilling two-day stretch of games, highlighted by a pair of top 15 teams going head-to-head in the first Kroger KSR Game of the Week of the year. No. 13 Lexington Christian Academy and UK commit Cutter Boley went down to Western Kentucky University and won a barnburner over No. 7 Bowling Green, 56-52. As a result, LCA, which takes on top-ranked Boyle County this weekend, was bumped into the top 10 while Bowling Green dropped down several spots.

Elsewhere across the state, Ballard (up eight spots) and DuPont Manual (up six spots) saw significant leaps in the rankings after picking up Week 1 wins over Southwestern and Central, respectively. Additionally, three new teams have jumped into the Top 25 after starting the season unranked. Finally, Frederick Douglass fell a couple of spots in the top 5 after getting blown out 42-6 by Ohio’s Archbishop Hoban.

Check out the entirety of the updated rankings below, along with class-by-class rankings. Last week’s preseason rankings can be found here.

KSR’s Week 1 Top 25 Rankings

1. Boyle County (1-0)
2. St. Xavier (1-0) +1
3. Corbin (1-0) +1
4. Frederick Douglass (0-1) -2
5. Male (1-0)
6. Scott County (1-0)
7. Trinity (1-0) +4
8. Covington Catholic (1-0)
9. Christian Academy Louisville (1-0)
10. Lexington Christian-Academy (1-0) +3
11. Mayfield (1-0) -1
12. Beechwood (1-0)
13. Bullitt East (1-0) +1
14. Bowling Green (0-1) -7
15. Pikeville (1-0) +1
16. Ballard (1-0) +8
17. DuPont Manual (1-0) +6
18. Johnson Central (1-0)
19. Southwestern (0-1) -4
20. Ashland (1-0) NR
21. Woodford County (0-1)
22. Owensboro (0-1)
23. Owensboro Catholic (1-0) +2
24. Highlands (1-0) NR
25. Belfry (1-0) NR

Dropped Out: Bardstown, Bryan Station, Raceland

Class-By-Class Rankings

Class A

1. Pikeville
2. Raceland
3. Louisville Holy Cross
4. Newport Central Catholic
5. Kentucky County Day

Class 2A

1. Lexington Christian Academy
2. Mayfield
3. Beechwood
4. Owensboro Catholic
5. Shelby Valley

Class 3A

1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Belfry
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Louisville Central 
5. Bell County

Class 4A

1. Boyle County
2. Corbin 
3. Covington Catholic
4. Johnson Central 
5. Ashland Blazer

Class 5A

1. Scott County
2. Bowling Green 
3. Southwestern
4. Woodford County
5. Owensboro 

Class 6A

1. St. Xavier
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Male 
4. Trinity
5. Bullitt East 

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