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I agree about Raceland. I actually put them at #4 this week, behind Paintsville, Beechwood and Pikeville. IMO, you have to reward teams who challenge themselves with a tough schedule. While they've lost 2 times, what other 1a team would beat Ashland or Valley or how many would beat Lawrence or Greenup, for that matter. Maybe a few, but, not many. Likely the 3 I had ahead of them and that would be about it.

While Paris is undefeated, they were not, imo, very impressive early in the year, winning a lot of close games against very average teams, however, the past few weeks, they have stepped it up and blown the teams out that a Top 5 team should. so, I give them a little credit for that.

After the way Danville blew out Campbellsville and considering the injuries, it's hard for me to put them any higher than 8 or 9.

While Russellville got hammered by Murray a couple of weeks ago, the way the Tigers took Mayfield to the limit, makes me think that loss isn't that bad. Murray's really a strong 2a team and, imo, would be favored out of the west if they were in 1a, ahead of Beechwood.

While I agree BBrossart deserves the #10 spot, nothing on their schedule gives me any reason to believe they can compete with the Top 3 or 4 1a teams, but, no one else has any better resume, so, it is what it is.

Russellvilles loss to Murray isn't bad. It just looks bad on paper. You can,t turn the ball over that many times against a good team.