[Hoot Gibson]

The BGR 4A rankings have become a joke. Regardless of who wins the title, Johnson Central has played a much stronger schedule than any of the remaining teams. The Golden Eagles lost to Belfry in a game that easily could have gone the other way, in which they piled up over 400 yards against one of the top 10 teams in the state, while holding Belfry to under 200 yards total offense. If strength of schedule and records are meaningless, then why waste your time ranking teams?

At this point in the season, computer rankings are pretty accurate and most personal bias is missing. If you are ranking teams radically different than the computer rankings at the end of the season, then you are doing something wrong. None of the other 4A teams have wins against better teams than Capital and Lexington Catholic and none have been as impressive in a loss than JC was against Belfry.

The 4A rankings for Litkenhouse, Calpreps, USA Today, and Cantrell rankings all have JC ranked first in 4A. Are any of the members still participating in the BGR rankings not from western Kentucky? Because the rankings suggest a strong regional bias, at least among the 4A voters.