KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Playoffs Round 1

The first round of the 2025 UK HealthCare Sports Medicine State Football Finals didn’t come with many surprises, but we did see some movement in this week’s updated statewide rankings.

Notably, Trinity’s drop to the number two spot didn’t last long — the Shamrocks are back on top this week with six of the 10 first-place votes, but the seperation between them and No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville continues to be just a few points. Both schools won their playoff-openers in blowout fashion.

Luckily, we should see some closer results this week with second-round action happening all over the Bluegrass. The schedule currently has a couple of games set for Thursday with the bulk of the fun taking place on Friday. We’re just a few weeks away from crowning six state champions at Kroger Field.

Check out the entirety of KSR’s updated Top 25 poll below to see all of this week’s changes. Make sure to scroll all the way down for our updated class-by-class Top 5 rankings. For a full schedule of what’s on tap this Friday for the second round of the postseason, click here. 

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: End of Regular Season

1. Trinity [6 first-place votes] (+1)
2. Christian Academy-Louisville [4 first-place votes] (-1)
3. South Warren
4. Boyle County
5. St. Xavier 
6. Highlands 
7. DuPont Manual 
8. Johnson Central
9. Franklin County
10. Ryle (+1)
11. Cooper (-1)
12. Covington Catholic (+1) 
13. Owensboro (-1)
14. Frederick Douglass 
15. Atherton 
16. Woodford County (+1)
17. Lexington Christian Academy (+1)
18. Paducah Tilghman (-2)
19. Beechwood 
20. Pulaski County 
21. Owensboro Catholic 
22. Bell County
23. Lexington Catholic 
24. Belfry 
25. Mayfield 

Others receiving votes: North Laurel (10), Murray (8), Male (8), Corbin (6), Glasgow (3), Madisonville-North Hopkins (1)

KSR’s Class-by-Class Top 5

*RV indicates a team receiving votes in the Top 25 rankings*

Class A

1. Campbellsville
2. Pikeville
3. Raceland
4. Kentucky Country Day
5. Middlesboro

Class 2A

1. No. 17 Lexington Christian Academy
2. No. 19 Beechwood
3. No. 21 Owensboro Catholic
4. No. 24 Belfry
5. No. 25 Mayfield

Class 3A

1. No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 22 Bell County
3. No. 23 Lexington Catholic
4. RV Murray
5. RV Glasgow

Class 4A

1. No. 4 Boyle County
2. No. 6 Highlands
3. No. 8 Johnson Central
4. No. 9 Franklin County
5. No. 12 Covington Catholic

Class 5A

1. No. 11 Cooper
2. No. 13 Owensboro
3. No. 15 Atherton
4. No. 16 Woodford County
5. No. 20 Pulaski County

Class 6A

1. No. 1 Trinity
2. No. 3 South Warren
3. No. 5 St. Xavier
4. No. 7 DuPont Manual
5. No. 10 Ryle

KSR Top 25 voters: Jalen Daugherty, Vic Evans, Daniel Hager, Troy Howell, Scott Ratliff, Phoenix Stevens, Lovell Martin, Sam Gormley, Travis Scaggs, and Les Dixon.

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