KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Post-Quarterfinals

The semifinal stage has been set.

After an exciting slate of quarterfinal games on Friday, we’re down to just 24 schools fighting for six championships in the 2025 UK HealthCare Sports Medicine State Football Finals. With that comes a fresh batch of statewide rankings as we look ahead to this Friday’s 12 semifinal matchups. A handful of teams were knocked out of the top 25 following last week’s games, while a couple of new faces jumped into the rankings. Teams that have been eliminated from the postseason are noted as such.

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. We also have this Friday’s semifinal schedule listed below.

• Class 1A | Campbellsville @ Kentucky Country Day
• Class 1A | Pikeville @ Raceland
• Class 2A | No. 16 Beechwood @ No. 21 Owensboro Catholic
• Class 2A | No. 24 Belfry @ No. 12 Lexington Christian Academy
• Class 3A | No. 22 Bell County @ No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville
• Class 3A | No. 25 Murray @ RV Lloyd Memorial
• Class 4A | No. 20 Corbin @ No. 4 Boyle County
• Class 4A | No. 17 Paducah Tilghman @ No. 6 Franklin County
• Class 5A | No. 10 Atherton @ No. 18 Pulaski County
• Class 5A | No. 8 Woodford County @ No. 9 Owensboro
• Class 6A | No. 7 Ryle @ No. 3 South Warren
• Class 6A | No. 1 Trinity @ No. 5 St. Xavier

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Post-Quarterfinals

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

Others receiving votes: Lloyd Memorial (5)

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. 12 Lexington Christian Academy
2. No. 16 Beechwood
3. No. 21 Owensboro Catholic
4. No. 24 Belfry
5. Mayfield

Class 3A

1. No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 22 Bell County
3. No. 25 Murray
4. RV Lloyd Memorial
5. Lexington Catholic

Class 4A

1. No. 4 Boyle County
2. No. 6 Franklin County
3. No. 11 Highlands
4. No. 13 Covington Catholic
5. No. 15 Johnson Central

Class 5A

1. No. 8 Woodford County
2. No. 9 Owensboro
3. No. 10 Atherton
4. No. 18 Pulaski County
5. Scott County

Class 6A

1. No. 1 Trinity
2. No. 3 South Warren
3. No. 5 St. Xavier
4. No. 7 Ryle
5. No. 14 Frederick Douglass

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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