KSR’s 2025 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 1

The first week of the 2025 Kentucky high school football season is in the books.

It was an eventful first round of games with several Top 25 matchups happening across the Bluegrass, headlined by a double-overtime thriller between Highlands and Frederick Douglass. Tayden Lorenzen, the son of the late Jared Lorenzen, was the hero for Highlands with his two-point conversion that sealed the win. Elsewhere, the KSR Game of the Week saw South Warren put up a ton of points in a 56-35 win over Bryan Station.

With a week of results at our disposal, it’s time for our first rankings update of the season. Owensboro Catholic saw the biggest jump from last week’s preseason poll, while Bowling Green was the biggest faller. Trinity continues to stake its claim as the top-ranked team in the state, receiving all 10 of the number one votes. Three new schools broke into the Top 25 this week, as well.

Check out the entirety of KSR’s Week 1 Top 25 poll below. For a full schedule of what’s on tap this Friday, click here. 

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 1

1. Trinity [10 first-place votes]
2. Boyle County 
3. Ryle
4. Paducah Tilghman(+1)
5. St. Xavier(+1)
6. Christian Academy Louisville(+1)
7. Franklin County (+2)
8. Owensboro Catholic(+12)
9. Highlands(+1)
10. Cooper(-2)
11. DuPont Manual(+3)
12. Covington Catholic (-1)
13. Corbin
14. Bowling Green(-10)
15. South Warren
16. Beechwood(+1)
17. Male(-1)
18. Frederick Douglass(-6)
19. Lexington Christian Academy(-1)
20. Belfry(-3)
21. Woodford County
22. Mayfield(+3)
23. Johnson Central(NR)
24. Raceland(NR)
25. Scott County(NR)

Others receiving votes: Bell County (16), Pulaski County (8), Tates Creek (4), Great Crossing (2), Owensboro (1), Central (1), Atherton (1)

KSR Top 25 voters: Jalen Daugherty, Vic Evans, Daniel Hager, Troy Howell, Scott Ratliff, Phoenix Stevens, Lovell Martin, Sam Gormley, Travis Scaggs, and Les Dixon

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