Score predictions for semifinals of Kentucky high school football playoffs

Score predictions for semifinals of 2024 Kentucky high school football playoffs

The stage is set for the Kentucky high school football semifinals. 24 teams remain as six teams are just two more wins away from winning one of the state’s six state championships.

Tonight’s slate features all 12 semifinal games, two from each class. 19 of the schools left in the bracket are ranked among KSR’s Top 25. Seven of the dozen matchups feature a pair of ranked teams going head-to-head, including the KSR Game of the Week between No. 7 Covington Catholic (11-2) and No. 6 Franklin County (12-0) in Class 4A.

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As we gear up for the semifinal round of the postseason, we’re predicting the score for every single game on tonight’s schedule. Using the Massey Ratings — a system created in 1999 by statistician Kenneth Massey that was used to help determine the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) until 2013 — we are able to plug every high school team across the state into a tool that will predict the final outcome of any given matchup.

For more information on the Massey Ratings and how it works, click here.

Below, we have included score predictions for all 12 semifinal games. Click the link here to find your school’s team page. The six state champions will be decided next weekend at Kroger Field in Lexington, KY.

Friday, November 29

*RV indicates a team receiving votes in KSR’s Playoffs Round Three Top 25 Rankings*

TIME (LOCAL)	MATCHUP	MASSEY PREDICTION
7:00 PM	A \| Campbellsville @ No. 23 Sayre	25-24 (Campbellsville)
7:30 PM	A \| No. 25 Raceland @ Kentucky Country Day	38-12 (Raceland)
7:00 PM	2A \| No. 11 Lexington Christian Academy @ No. 20 Beechwood	38-34 (Lexington Christian Academy)
7:00 PM	2A \| Somerset @ No. 8 Owensboro Catholic	44-12 (Owensboro Catholic)
7:00 PM	3A \| Belfry @ No. 24 Union County	33-28 (Belfry)
7:30 PM	3A \| Lexington Catholic @ No. 15 Christian Academy-Louisville	40-14 (Christian Academy-Louisville)
7:00 PM	4A \| No. 12 Corbin @ No. 1 Paducah Tilghman	42-28 (Corbin)
7:00 PM	4A \| No. 7 Covington Catholic @ No. 6 Franklin County	33-28 (Franklin County)
7:00 PM	5A \| No. 14 Bowling Green @ No. 13 South Warren	34-27 (Bowling Green)
7:00 PM	5A \| No. 10 Highlands @ No. 2 Cooper	35-28 (Highlands)
7:30 PM	6A \| No. 9 Frederick Douglass @ No. 4 Trinity	28-14 (Trinity)
7:00 PM	6A \| No. 17 Great Crossing @ No. 5 Ryle	42-18 (Ryle)