KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 4

A major upset from last week headlines our latest Kentucky high school football rankings update.

With Paducah Tilghman’s shocking 25-22 loss to Madisonville-North Hopkins on Thursday, the Blue Tornado plummeted a dozen spots in our Week 4 poll while the Maroons went from unranked to inside the top 20. Trinity continues to hold down the state’s top spot, although two other schools received first-place votes this week, as well. With Boyle County’s thrilling win over Highlands in the KSR Game of the Week, the Rebels jumped back into the top 10. Owensboro also broke into the top 25 after a rivalry win over Owensboro Catholic.

Check out the entirety of KSR’s Week 4 Top 25 poll below to see all of this week’s movement. 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, click here. 

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 4

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

Others receiving votes: Mayfield (20), Owensboro Catholic (16), Atherton (9), Pikeville (4), Belfry (3), Ballard (2)

KSR’s Class-by-Class Top 5

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

Class A

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

Class 2A

1. No. 13 Beechwood
2. No. 23 Lexington Christian Academy
3. RV Mayfield
4. RV Owensboro Catholic
5. RV Belfry

Class 3A

1. No. 4 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 19 Bell County
3. No. 22 Lexington Catholic
4. Rockcastle County
5. Lawrence County

Class 4A

1. No. 5 Franklin County
2. No. 6 Boyle County
3. No. 7 Highlands
4. No. 11 Covington Catholic
5. No. 14 Johnson Central

Class 5A

1. No. 8 Cooper
2. No. 12 Scott County
3. No. 16 Madisonville-North Hopkins
4. No. 18 Pulaski County
5. No. 20 Woodford County

Class 6A

1. No. 1 Trinity
2. No. 2 St. Xavier
3. No. 3 South Warren
4. No. 9 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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