KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 3

The third week of Kentucky high school football came with plenty of shocking results.

In a week where seven in-state matchups featured Top 25 teams, a handful of them ended in upsets, none bigger than Cooper’s 20-13 win over Ryle up in northern Kentucky. The most notable upset of the week came from an unranked Lexington Catholic team, which went into Danville and shocked Boyle County 17-7. The Knights have deservedly moved into this week’s poll. Also, for the first time since the preseason, we no longer have a unanimous number one. Trinity remains at the top, but the Shamrocks’ 24-21 loss to Moeller (OH) in the KSR Game of the Week had a few voters going with St. Xavier as the best team in the state.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Check out the entirety of KSR’s Week 3 Top 25 poll below to see all of this week’s movement. Make sure to scroll all the way down for our first class-by-class top 5 rankings. For a full schedule of what’s on tap this Friday, click here. 

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 3

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

Others receiving votes: Atherton (15), Mayfield (13), Madison Central (10), Pikeville (10), South Laurel (6), Belfry (5), Bowling Green (2)

Class-by-Class Top 5

*RV indicates a team receiving votes*

Class A

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

Class 2A

1. No. 14 Beechwood
2. No. 15 Owensboro Catholic
3. No. 21 Lexington Christian Academy
4. RV Mayfield
5. RV Belfry

Class 3A

1. No. 4 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 20 Bell County
3. No. 23 Lexington Catholic
4. Rockcastle County
5. Lawrence County

Class 4A

1. No. 3 Paducah Tilghman
2. No. 5 Highlands
3. No. 7 Franklin County
4. No. 10 Covington Catholic
5. No. 11 Boyle County

Class 5A

1. No. 8 Cooper
2. No. 13 Scott County
3. No. 16 Woodford County
4. No. 22 Pulaski County
5. RV Atherton

Class 6A

1. No. 1 Trinity
2. No. 2 St. Xavier
3. No. 6 South Warren
4. No. 9 Ryle
5. No. 12 DuPont Manual

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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