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Strength of schedule matters. These rankings do not. It’s why an 0-3 Pikeville and a 1-1 Raceland team are in the top 3. It’s also why come playoff time, even if they are both at or below .500, they will still likely be the favorites to be at Kroger. That all boils down to RPI though and bc of that, those two teams could very likely see each other prior to the championship game. Campbellsville is the only other team I would put within ear shot of either of them at this point. Hazards stock is improving, Paris stocked dropped. NCC holding steady with Sayre still, imo, being a dark horse. Hazard has been more physical than the teams they have played so far, but they will play a very physical and tough LCC team this week. Sayre doesn’t play much of a schedule so it’s hard to really grade them for me. I think there is a really steep drop off after #5 though.