[PHSForever]

I'd LOVE to know what this dude or his computer is smoking. Here is the ratings for Class A as of yesterday:

CLASS A
1.Mayfield 105.6
2.Beechwood 105.3
3.Holy Cross 97.3
4.Hazard 91.2
5.Fairview 85.7
6.Pikeville 80.1
7.Raceland 73.1
8.Frankfort 72.5
9.KCD 71.1
10.Campbellsville 65.6
11.Williamsburg 65.1
12.Nicholas County 62.6
13.Bellevue 62.2
14.Harlan 61.1
15.Russellville 60.4
16.Eminence 50.2
17.Allen Central 49.3
18.Ludlow 44.1
19.Phelps 39.0
20.Dayton 37.9
21.Pineville 37.3
22.Bethlehem 37.2
23.Berea 36.9
24.Fulton County 35.9
25.South Floyd 35.7
26.Lynn Camp 30.0
27.Bracken County 29.5
28.Caverna 28.5
29.Paintsville 27.7
30.Jenkins 26.8
31.Paris 23.8
32.Fulton City 23.5

How in the world can he rank Fairview ahead of Pikeville after we went down there and beat them, on their home field, no less? Just further proof these rankings don't mean jack. And Holy Cross is at #3 even though they're out of the playoffs?

[toussaints]

How in the world can he rank Fairview ahead of Pikeville after we went down there and beat them, on their home field, no less? Just further proof these rankings don't mean jack.

These rankings mean nothing, all these teams would rather be playing now than be ranked in the top 5.

[PHSForever]

These rankings mean nothing, all these teams would rather be playing now than be ranked in the top 5.

Oh I agree, it just never ceases to amaze me, the total stupidity of some of them though.

[Big Five-0-]

To say he's out of touch would be an understatement.:HitWall:

[RunItUpTheGut]

The BGR rankings would never look that bad :biggrin:

[thsrocks]

Oh I agree, it just never ceases to amaze me, the total stupidity of some of them though.

Gentlemen, the formula Litkenhous uses has been around unchanged since the 1920s. It is not meant for point spreads. It is only designed to predict winners of particular games. It was the rating system to crown mythical KY state champions until the playoffs began in 1959. After that, these ratings were used to decide local playoff teams in AAA.

Dr. Litkenhous has long since passed away. His formula lives on in secrecy. The Courier-Journal does not divulge its measuring system. Another side note: this ranking was the Sagarin of the 1920s through the 1950s with countless newspapers paying for its analysis of college football. It is the grandaddy of them all.

This Class A ranking says the odds are, based on games played against KY competition only, that #1 would win vs. #2, etc. Head to head does not apparently carry anymore weight than a game against a common opponent.