KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 5

Another week of Kentucky high school football action brought plenty of movement in KSR’s weekly rankings update.

The Trinity Shamrocks continue to hold down the state’s top spot, but there were multiple changes in the top five while Johnson Central jumped into the top 10. Three new schools broke into the top 25, including a season debut from Atherton. Frederick Douglass was the biggest riser of the week (+8) while Scott County saw a serious drop (-13). Thanks to a Holy War win over Lexington Catholic in the KSR Game of the Week, Lexington Christian Academy moved up a few spots and into the top 20.

Check out the entirety of KSR’s Week 5 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 5

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

Others receiving votes: Pulaski County (21), Lexington Catholic (16), Belfry (15), Mayfield (15), North Laurel (6), Ballard (4)

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. Hazard

Class 2A

1. No. 16 Beechwood
2. No. 19 Lexington Christian Academy
3. No. 22 Owensboro Catholic
4. RV Mayfield
5. RV Belfry

Class 3A

1. No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 15 Bell County
3. RV Lexington Catholic
4. Rockcastle County
5. Murray

Class 4A

1. No. 5 Franklin County
2. No. 7 Highlands
3. No. 8 Boyle County
4. No. 9 Johnson Central
5. No. 11 Covington Catholic

Class 5A

1. No. 10 Cooper
2. No. 13 Madisonville-North Hopkins
3. No. 18 Woodford County
4. No. 20 Atherton
5. No. 21 Owensboro

Class 6A

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