Score predictions for Week 9 of Kentucky high school football
Only a few weeks remain in the 2024 Kentucky high school football regular season. District play is well underway as the postseason quickly approaches.
With that in mind, we’re in for a busy stretch in Week 9. The only team among KSR’s Top 25 on a bye this week is No. 15 Ashland Blazer. Otherwise, the remaining 24 teams (plus the seven schools receiving votes in our latest poll) will all suit up over the next few days. We’ll have a handful of games on Thursday and Saturday, but the majority of the action takes place under the lights on Friday night.
For the first time this season, the KSR Game of the Week will not feature any ranked teams. We’ll be heading out to Bourbon County tomorrow night to see the orange field as the Paris Greyhounds (4-3) host the visiting Raceland Rams (4-3). For a full preview of what’s in store for the GOTW, click here.
As we gear up for Week 9 action, we’re predicting the score for every major game on the docket for Friday. Using the Massey Ratings — a system created in 1999 by statistician Kenneth Massey that was used to help determine the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) until 2013 — we are able to plug every high school team across the state into a tool that will predict the final outcome of any given matchup.
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As a quick explanation, the Massey Ratings are computer ratings based on historical trends and current-year stats. With that in mind, it will need a few weeks’ worth of games before the numbers begin to hit their stride. However, you won’t find a more reliable system to use in terms of predicting scores throughout the first couple of weeks of the regular season.
For more information on the Massey Ratings and how it works, click here.
Below, we have included score predictions for all of KSR’s Top 25 teams, along with the additional teams receiving votes from our panel of voters. If your school was not included in the prediction sheet, click the link here to find their team page. There, you’ll be able to see predictive scores for this weekend and the rest of the season, along with updated results.
Friday, October 18
*RV indicates a team receiving votes in KSR’s Week 8 Top 25 Rankings*
| TIME (EST) | MATCHUP | MASSEY PREDICTION |
| 7:30 PM | No. 1 Boyle County @ Lincoln County | 48-6 (Boyle County) |
| 7:00 PM | Warren East @ No. 2 Paducah Tilghman | 48-13 (Paducah Tilghman) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 3 Trinity @ Eastern | 44-0 (Trinity) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 4 Cooper @ Boone County | 42-0 (Cooper) |
| 7:00 PM | Fern Creek @ No. 5 Male | 42-7 (Male) |
| 7:30 PM | Henry County @ No. 6 Franklin County | 45-7 (Franklin County) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 7 St. Xavier @ Meade County | 42-6 (St. Xavier) |
| 7:30 PM | Pleasure Ridge Park @ No. 9 DuPont Manual | 42-7 (DuPont Manual) |
| 7:00 PM | No. 10 Owensboro Catholic @ Muhlenberg County | 48-6 (Owensboro Catholic) |
| 7:00 PM | No. 24 South Warren @ No. 11 Bowling Green | 36-26 (Bowling Green) |
| 7:30 PM | RV Great Crossing @ No. 12 Ryle | 42-14 (Ryle) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 13 Lexington Christian Academy @ W.E.B. DuBois | N/A |
| 7:00 PM | No. 14 Christian Academy-Louisville @ No. 25 Central | 35-14 (Christian Academy-Louisville) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 16 Corbin @ Whitley County | 48-12 (Corbin) |
| 7:00 PM | No. 17 Highlands @ Conner | 42-12 (Highlands) |
| 7:30 PM | No. 18 Covington Catholic @ Harrison County | 49-6 (Covington Catholic) |
| 7:30 PM | George Rogers Clark @ No. 19 Madison Central | 33-14 (Madison Central) |
| 7:00 PM | Glasgow @ No. 20 Hart County | 35-21 (Hart County) |
| 7:30 PM | RV Woodford County @ No. 21 Scott County | 32-28 (Scott County) |
| 7:30 PM | Greenup County @ No. 22 Johnson Central | 48-24 (Johnson Central) |
| 7:30 PM | Holy Cross (Louisville) @ No. 23 Campbellsville | 42-14 (Campbellsville) |
| 7:30 PM | Carroll County @ RV Beechwood | 49-6 (Beechwood) |
| 7:30 PM | North Bullitt @ RV South Oldham | 42-6 (South Oldham) |
| 7:30 PM | Frankfort @ RV Sayre | 44-12 (Sayre) |
| 7:30 PM | Raceland @ Paris | 42-14 (Raceland) |
Saturday, October 19
| TIME (EST) | MATCHUP | MASSEY PREDICTION |
| 12:00 PM | RV Bryan Station @ No. 8 Frederick Douglass | 36-14 (Frederick Douglass) |
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