Kentucky high school football: Highlands rises in 5A poll after Covington Catholic win
Highlands rose to fifth place in Class 5A in this week's Associated Press high school football polls after beating Covington Catholic last week. Highlands won 32-21 at CovCath, breaking a nine-game losing streak to the Colonels and can win the District 5 championship by beating Cooper this Friday in Fort Thomas.
Seven Northern Kentucky teams are ranked this week, including three in Class 2A.
The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings:
Class 1A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Pikeville (5) 6-2 68 1
2. Raceland (1) 7-1 62 2
3. Newport Central Catholic - 7-1 51 4
4. Kentucky Country Day - 7-1 44 6
5. Hazard (1) 6-2 39 5
6. Bethlehem - 6-2 31 3
7. Louisville Holy Cross - 6-2 29 T7
8. Campbellsville - 5-3 21 NR
9. Bishop Brossart - 7-2 14 10
10. Williamsburg - 5-2 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Pineville, 9. Paris, 3. Paintsville, 1.
Class 2A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Mayfield (3) 8-0 66 1
2. Beechwood (3) 7-1 65 2
3. Owensboro Catholic - 5-3 50 3
4. Metcalfe County - 8-0 41 4
5. Lexington Christian - 4-4 34 5
6. Breathitt County (1) 5-2 32 6
7. McLean County - 7-1 28 7
8. Lloyd Memorial - 5-3 19 8
9. Walton-Verona - 7-2 15 9
10. Shelby Valley - 6-2 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Hancock County, 7. Middlesboro, 4. Butler County, 4. Danville, 4. Prestonsburg, 2. Green County, 1.
Class 3A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Christian Academy-Louisville (6) 8-0 68 1
2. Bardstown - 9-0 62 2
3. Union County - 8-0 54 3
4. Mason County - 8-0 47 4
5. Lawrence County - 7-1 32 9
6. Bell County - 6-2 25 6
7. Greenup County - 6-2 19 NR
8. Belfry - 4-4 13 5
9. Paducah Tilghman - 3-5 12 7
10. Trigg County (1) 7-1 11 10
(tie) Casey County - 6-2 11 NR
(tie) Ashland Blazer - 5-4 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Elizabethtown, 10. Henry County, 6. Hart County, 4.
Class 4A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Lexington Catholic (3) 7-1 66 1
2. Corbin (4) 8-0 65 2
3. Boyle County - 7-1 58 3
4. Johnson Central - 6-2 44 4
5. Spencer County - 7-1 37 6
6. Warren East - 8-0 36 7
7. Logan County - 7-1 33 5
8. Louisville Central - 5-4 15 9
9. Franklin County - 4-4 10 8
10. Letcher County Central - 6-2 9 10
Others receiving votes: Franklin-Simpson, 5. Madisonville-North Hopkins, 4. Boyd County, 3.
Class 5A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Frederick Douglass (6) 8-0 69 1
2. Woodford County (1) 8-0 62 2
3. Bowling Green - 7-1 58 4
4. Southwestern - 8-0 46 5
5. Highlands - 7-2 32 8
5. Scott County - 7-1 32 7
7. Pulaski County - 8-1 24 9
8. Covington Catholic - 6-2 23 3
8. South Warren - 5-3 23 6
10. Owensboro - 6-2 8 NR
Others receiving votes: Fairdale, 6. Greenwood, 1. Cooper, 1.
Class 6A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. St. Xavier (6) 7-1 68 1
2. DuPont Manual - 7-1 57 3
3. Ballard - 7-1 55 2
4. Henderson County - 7-1 40 4
5. Male - 5-3 38 5
6. Trinity - 5-4 32 6
(tie) Madison Central (1) 7-1 32 7
8. Bullitt East - 7-1 22 8
9. Central Hardin - 7-1 12
(tie) Bryan Station - 5-3 12 9
Others receiving votes: Ryle, 11. Simon Kenton, 6.
All Associated Press members in Kentucky are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; Kentucky Today, Louisville; KPG Football, Owensboro.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: KHSAA football: Highlands rises in 5A AP football poll Oct. 17
