KSR's 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 8

Another week of district matchups filled up the high school football schedule this past Friday. And with that brings a fresh update to KSR’s Top 25 statewide rankings.

The top four remained unchanged from last week’s update, with Trinity still holding down the number one spot, but No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville continues to shrink the gap. Elsewhere in the Top 10, St. Xavier and DuPont Manual swapped spots after the former took down the latter 28-17 in Louisville. Male and Owensboro Catholic also broke back into the Top 25, but overall, there wasn’t a massive shakeup in this week’s update.

Check out the entirety of KSR’s Week 8 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 8

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

Others receiving votes: Lexington Catholic (15), Madison Central (15), Scott County (11), North Laurel (10), Murray (8), Mayfield (6), Corbin (4), Glasgow (1), Campbellsville (1)

KSR’s Class-by-Class Top 5

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

Class A

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

Class 2A

1. No. 19 Lexington Christian Academy
2. No. 20 Beechwood
3. No. 24 Owensboro Catholic
4. No. 25 Belfry
5. RV Mayfield

Class 3A

1. No. 2 Christian Academy-Louisville
2. No. 17 Bell County
3. RV 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. 13 Covington Catholic

Class 5A

1. No. 10 Cooper
2. No. 12 Madisonville-North Hopkins
3. No. 17 Owensboro
4. No. 19 Atherton
5. No. 21 Woodford County

Class 6A

1. No. 1 Trinity
2. No. 3 South Warren
3. No. 5 St. Xavier
4. No. 7 DuPont Manual
5. No. 11 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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