2026 season
Kentucky High School Football Power Rankings
Updated Sunday, October 18Every Kentucky team that has played, ranked by a computer rating that updates after each result.
Trinity (Louisville), 8-1, is No. 1 in Kentucky, ahead of Frederick Douglass, 8-0, and Boyle County, 7-1. Biggest climb this week: Owensboro Catholic, up 14 to No. 17. 11 teams are still unbeaten.
| # | Team | ± | Rec | RPI | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17613 up |  Betsy Layne | 13 up | 2-6 | 2A #24 | -15.0 |
| 1776 down |  Eminence | 6 down | 7-1 | 1A #10 | -15.1 |
| 1781 up |  Boone County | 1 up | 2-6 | 5A #37 | -15.1 |
| 17929 down |  Dayton | 29 down | 7-1 | 1A #9 | -15.5 |
| 1804 up |  Magoffin County | 4 up | 3-6-1 | 3A #35 | -17.0 |
| 1819 up |  Russellville | 9 up | 1-7 | 1A #27 | -17.1 |
| 1823 up |  Western Hills | 3 up | 2-7 | 4A #35 | -17.2 |
| 18310 down |  Leslie County | 10 down | 3-6 | 2A #20 | -17.2 |
| 18429 down |  Bracken County | 29 down | 2-6-1 | 2A #26 | -17.3 |
| 18518 up |  Western | 18 up | 1-6 | 3A #36 | -17.9 |
| 1863 down |  Ludlow | 3 down | 5-3 | 1A #17 | -18.8 |
| 1875 up |  Knott County Central | 5 up | 4-4-1 | 2A #22 | -20.1 |
| 1888 down |  Powell County | 8 down | 2-7 | 3A #26 | -20.2 |
| 18917 down |  Thomas Nelson | 17 down | 2-7 | Ind. #2 | -21.0 |
| 1905 up |  Waggener | 5 up | 3-5 | 4A #31 | -23.0 |
| 191– no change |  Casey County | – no change | 2-6 | 3A #37 | -23.6 |
| 1926 down |  Harlan | 6 down | 6-2 | 1A #15 | -23.7 |
| 1938 up |  Ballard Memorial | 8 up | 4-3-1 | 1A #19 | -24.0 |
| 1947 down |  The Academy @ Shawnee | 7 down | 2-6-1 | 2A #30 | -24.1 |
| 19516 up |  Holmes | 16 up | 3-6 | Ind. #3 | -24.4 |
| 1969 up |  Bath County | 9 up | 1-7 | 3A #38 | -24.7 |
| 1971 down |  Pike County Central | 1 down | 0-8 | 2A #37 | -24.7 |
| 19810 down |  Phelps | 10 down | 5-3 | Ind. #1 | -26.2 |
| 1995 down |  Fort Campbell | 5 down | 2-7 | 2A #32 | -26.7 |
| 2001 down |  Lewis County | 1 down | 4-4 | 3A #31 | -26.9 |
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