Kentucky High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Nov. 11, 2025

The Kentucky Top 25 remains unchanged heading into the second week of the postseason
Male’s Colin Jefferson (1) hauled in a touchdown catch during first half action as the Manual Crimsons and Male Bulldogs face off in KHSAA football action on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.
Male’s Colin Jefferson (1) hauled in a touchdown catch during first half action as the Manual Crimsons and Male Bulldogs face off in KHSAA football action on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. / Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

After the completion of the first round of the playoffs last Friday, the rankings’ status quo held firm.

Key top-25 matchups this Friday are the Louisville showdown between DuPont Manual and Male, Covington Catholic-Johnson Central and Cooper-Scott County. They’ll definitely be some changes in next week’s rankings.

1. Trinity (6A) [9-2]

Previous ranking: 1

Next up: vs. Simon Kenton

2. St. Xavier (6A) [8-3]

Previous ranking: 2

Next up: vs. Bullitt East

3. South Warren (6A) [10-0]

Previous ranking: 3

Next up: Hopkinsville

4. Christian Academy-Louisville (3A) [11-0]

Previous ranking: 4

Next up: vs. DeSales

5. Highlands (4A) [9-2]

Previous ranking: 5

Next up: vs. Ashland Blazer

6. Boyle County (4A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 6

Next up: vs. Wayne County

7. DuPont Manual (6A) [9-2]

Previous ranking: 7

Next up: vs. @ Male

8. Covington Catholic (4A) [8-3]

Previous ranking: 8

Next up: @ Johnson Central

9. Woodford County (5A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 9

Next up: vs. Collins

10. Johnson Central (4A) [11-0]

Previous ranking: 10

Next up: vs. Covington Catholic

11. Frederick Douglass (6A) [7-4]

Previous ranking: 11

Next up: vs. Bryan Station

12. Ryle (6A) [8-3]

Previous ranking: 12

Next up: vs. Ballard

13. Paducah Tilghman (4A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 13

Next up: vs. Franklin-Simpson

14. Scott County (5A) [8-3]

Previous ranking: 14

Next up: @ Cooper

15. Franklin County (4A) [11-0]

Previous ranking: 15

Next up: vs. Valley

16. Cooper (5A) [8-3]

Previous ranking: 16

Next up: vs. Scott County

17. Male (6A) [7-4]

Previous ranking: 17

Next up: vs. DuPont Manual

18. Owensboro (5A) [9-2]

Previous ranking: 18

Next up: vs. Greenwood

19. Owensboro Catholic (2A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 19

Next up: vs. Crittenden County

20. Lexington Christian (2A) [10-3]

Previous ranking: 20

Next up: vs. Monroe County

21. Pulaski County (5A) [9-2]

Previous ranking: 21

Next up: vs. South Laurel

22. Madison Central (6A) [7-4]

Previous ranking: 22

Next up: vs. George Rogers Clark

23. Atherton (5A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 23

Next up: vs. Jeffersontown @ Waggener

24. Campbellsville (1A) [10-1]

Previous ranking: 24

Next up: vs. Bethlehem

25. Bowling Green (5A) [4-6]

Previous ranking: 25

Next up: vs. Apollo


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CHRIS ADAMS

Chris Adams has been in sports media since 2013. Currently, he freelances high school sports coverage for the Emporia Gazette (remotely), located in Emporia, Kansas. In 2024, Chris covered sports full-time for The News Enterprise in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. His first stint with the Gazette (remote) began in 2021 and ended in 2023. From 2013 to 2017, he was a reporter at two Texas newspapers, covering high school sports. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2025.