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It also rewards teams that play larger schools they can beat.

That’s true. But if it’s larger schools that are bad and have bad records it’s not effecting the RPI in a positive way that much. I know for 1A and 2A it’s a little more manipulative. But you’re also not finding many big schools that are gonna risk losing to a smaller school.

See KCD as an example. They play the terrible 6A schools in Louisville to be near the top in 1A every year. In reality, they have probably not been a top 6 school in any year.

No knock to Paintsville they handled business well last year, but that KCD team may have been the worst team I’ve ever seen play for a title. Newport Cath, Hazard, Raceland (basically every team Paintsville played on the way there) and Pikeville and Phelps where better than them.

I don’t think anyone would disagree with this. I know most said it last year after the finals that the championship was played in week 2 of the playoffs between Paintsville/Raceland. Just my opinion, and some may not agree, but I think 4 of your top 5 teams in Class A are gonna be right here in the East every year. I also believe that Pikeville didn’t play their best game in the finals this year.

I think the two best was in the finals for sure, no one in the East was near pikeville. Russellville showed they could compete