[cksportsfan]

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/10/30792...ating.html

The 5th Region has four teams (Elizabethtown, Bardstown, John Hardin, Taylor County) above a 70.0 rating. Fourth has three, Second only has two. Fifth region has four teams with a better rating than the No. 1 team in the First. Elizabethtown just beat the living daylights out of the top team in the Tenth (Montgomery) on a neutral floor.

As far as the Eighth, the No. 6 team (North Oldham) in the Eighth is 0-2-1 in regulation against the 5th. The No. 5 team (Shelby) lost to the No. 6 from the Fifth (Thomas Nelson). Collins faces John Hardin, so we'll get a better idea.

You can make a case for the 5th to be a top-eight region.