Kentucky High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Nov. 18, 2025

Male climbs seven spots after knocking off then-No. 7 Boyle County; Lloyd Memorial, Logan County and Prestonburg join Top 25

Covington Catholic Colonels Cash Myers (4) and Owen Pitzer (22) tackle Beechwood Tigers quarterback Emmett Queen in the second half of a high school football between the Covington Catholic Colonels and Beechwood Tigers, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at the Beechwood Tiger’s home field in Fort Mitchell, Ky. Colonels won 42-14. / Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Losses suffered by three teams in last week’s Kentucky High School Football Top 25 State Rankings left a few vacancies and created several position changes.

Male’s upset of No. 7 DuPont Manual shook up the Top 10 as did Covington Catholic’s defeat of No. 10 Johnson Central, both schools were eliminated from the postseason. A trio of new teams round out the rankings.

Friday’s playoff games feature some intriguing matchups; not No. 1 Trinity vs. No.19 Madison Central, if that’s what you’re thinking, but how about No. 5 Covington Catholic vs. No. 7 Boyle County or Louisville duel, No. 2 St. X vs. No. 10 Male?

1. Trinity (6A) [10-2]

Previous ranking: 1

Next up: vs. Madison Central

2. St. Xavier (6A) [9-3]

Previous ranking: 2

Next up: vs. Male

3. South Warren (6A) [11-0]

Previous ranking: 3

Next up: vs. Henderson County

4. Christian Academy-Louisville (3A) [12-0]

Previous ranking: 4

Next up: vs. Union County

5. Covington Catholic (4A) [9-3]

Previous ranking: 8

Next up: @ Boyle County

6. Highlands (4A) [10-2]

Previous ranking: 5

Next up: vs. Corbin

7. Boyle County (4A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 6

Next up: vs. Covington Catholic

8. Woodford County (5A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 9

Next up: vs. Scott County

9. Frederick Douglass (6A) [8-4]

Previous ranking: 11

Next up: vs. Ryle

10. Male (6A) [8-4]

Previous ranking: 17

Next up: @ St. X

11. Ryle (6A) [9-3]

Previous ranking: 12

Next up: @ Frederick Douglass

12. Paducah Tilghman (4A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 13

Next up: vs. Logan County

13. Scott County (5A) [9-3]

Previous ranking: 14

Next up: vs. Woodford County

14. Franklin County (4A) [12-0]

Previous ranking: 15

Next up: vs. North Oldham

15. Owensboro (5A) [10-2]

Previous ranking: 18

Next up: vs. Fairdale

16. Owensboro Catholic (2A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 19

Next up: @ Somerset

17. Lexington Christian (2A) [11-3]

Previous ranking: 20

Next up: vs. Mayfield

18. Pulaski County (5A) [10-2]

Previous ranking: 21

Next up: vs. West Jessamine

19. Madison Central (6A) [8-4]

Previous ranking: 22

Next up: @ Trinity

20. Atherton (5A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 23

Next up: vs. Bowling Green

21. Campbellsville (1A) [11-1]

Previous ranking: 24

Next up: Newport Central Catholic

22. Bowling Green (5A) [5-6]

Previous ranking: 25

Next up: @ Atherton (Waggener High School)

23. Lloyd Memorial (3A) 12-0

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Next up: vs. Russell

24. Logan County (4A) [10-2]

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Next up: @ Paducah Tilghman

25. Prestonburg (2A) [12-0]

Previous ranking: Not ranked

Next up: @ Beechwood