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1. Highlands (5A)- Defeated nationally ranked Cincy St. X, Birds are clearly the class of the Commonwealth right now.

2. St. Xavier (6A)- Clear cut #2 IMO, have looked more impressive than Trinity.

3. Trinity (6A)- For all intensive purposes a "down year" for the Rocks, yet they are still an elite level team.

4. Bowling Green (5A)- Only loss was a 9-0 defeat on the road vs. Trinity

5. John Hardin (5A)- Undefeated and have been rolling along quite nicely.

6. Bell County (4A)- Only loss was to a nationally ranked Alcoa (TN) squad, have dominated KY competition.

7. Boyle County (4A)- The Rebels are back and have crushed some good teams thusfar.

8. Ft. Campbell (2A)- Falcons are the best of the best in KY small school football

9. Lou. Fern Creek (6A)- Only loss was to very good Franklin, TN team.. they have impressive wins over Eastern, Manual, Seneca, and Meade County

10. Ashland Blazer (5A)- The most shocking name on the list, Tomcats are not only undefeated but have top quality wins over Belfry, Russell, and Ironton (OH).

FWIW, if I had to carry it out to a Top 25
11. Owensboro (5A)
12. Lou. Male (6A)
13. Lou. Central (3A)
14. Christian County (5A)
15. Lone Oak (4A)
16. LexCath (4A)
17. LCA (1A)
18. Lex. Bryan Station (5A)
19. Lou. Manual (6A)
20. Shelby County (6A)
21. Henry Clay (6A)
22. Simon Kenton (6A)
23. Anderson County (5A)
24. Prestonsburg (2A)
25. Mason County (3A)