Henderson County drops to ninth in 6A in Associated Press high school football poll
Kevin PattonHENDERSON, Ky. – Henderson County dropped one spot to ninth in Class 6-A in this week’s Kentucky Associated Press High School poll, which was released Monday.
The Colonels improved to 6-1 with a 20-13 comeback win over Apollo last week in First District play and will visit Daviess County (2-5) this week.
Henderson County traded places in the poll with Fern Creek (6-2), which moved up a spot after a 21-18 win over Bullitt East -- the fourth in a row for the Tigers.
Kentucky AP Football Polls
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ 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 (16) 7-0 168 1
2. Lou. Ky. Country Day - 7-0 136 2
3. Hazard (1) 5-2 112 4
4. Campbellsville - 5-2 104 3
5. Paintsville - 5-2 93 5
6. Newport Central Catholic - 5-2 89 6
7. Williamsburg - 5-2 57 7
8. Raceland - 4-3 48 9
9. Pineville - 6-1 43 10
10. Bethlehem - 5-1 25 NR
Others receiving votes: Crittenden Co. 18. Berea 14. Eminence 12. Lou. Holy Cross 10. Ludlow 1. Nicholas Co. 1. Fulton Co. 1.
Class 2A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Somerset (14) 7-0 167 1
2. Mayfield (2) 6-1 150 2
3. Lex. Christian - 6-1 130 3
4. Breathitt Co. (1) 7-0 115 4
5. Owensboro Catholic - 6-1 96 5
6. Murray - 6-1 89 6
7. Caldwell Co. - 6-2 66 7
8. Beechwood - 3-4 44 8
9. Lloyd Memorial - 5-2 22 NR
10. Shelby Valley - 6-2 17 NR
Others receiving votes: Newport 14. Middlesboro 8. Todd Co. Central 7. West Carter 4. Martin County 3. Danville 2. Walton-Verona 1.
Class 3A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Bell Co. (13) 7-0 158 1
2. Belfry (1) 4-2 132 2
3. Lou. DeSales (3) 5-2 127 3
4. Ashland Blazer - 6-1 106 5
5. Glasgow - 6-1 102 4
6. Mercer Co. - 6-1 79 6
7. Russell - 6-1 65 7
8. Lou. Christian Academy - 4-4 39 8
9. Paducah Tilghman - 5-2 33 9
(tie) Elizabethtown - 5-2 33 10
Others receiving votes: Taylor Co. 23. Bardstown 21. Pike Co. Central 13. Trigg Co. 3. East Carter 1.
Class 4A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Boyle Co. (16) 7-0 169 1
2. Johnson Central (1) 7-0 151 2
3. Franklin Co. - 7-0 133 3
4. Wayne Co. - 5-1 93 5
5. Madisonville-North Hopkins - 7-1 87 7
6. Lex. Catholic - 4-3 85 4
7. Logan Co. - 6-1 61 8
8. Corbin - 4-2 59 9
9. Hopkinsville - 5-3 47 6
10. Harlan Co. - 6-1 32 10
Others receiving votes: Lou. Central 12. Lou. Waggener 4. Scott 2.
Class 5A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Cov. Catholic (13) 8-0 166 1
2. Frederick Douglass (4) 7-0 157 2
3. Scott Co. - 7-1 122 3
4. Bowling Green - 4-2 111 4
5. South Oldham - 7-1 100 5
6. South Warren - 6-1 71 8
(tie) Owensboro - 6-1 71 6
8. Pulaski Co. - 7-1 60 7
9. Conner - 7-1 41 9
10. Highlands - 5-3 18
Others receiving votes: Lou. Fairdale 6. Grayson Co. 5. East Jessamine 5. Graves Co. 2.
Class 6A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Lou. Male (16) 7-0 167 1
2. Lou. Trinity (1) 6-2 147 2
3. North Hardin - 7-0 134 3
4. Central Hardin - 7-0 110 4
5. Lou. DuPont Manual - 6-1 103 6
6. Lou. St. Xavier - 4-3 84 5
7. McCracken County - 5-2 57 7
8. Lou. Fern Creek - 6-2 46 9
9. Henderson Co. - 6-1 41 8
10. Simon Kenton - 4-3 19 NR
Others receiving votes: Lou. Ballard 11. Lou. Butler 9. Ryle 4. Bullitt East 2. Oldham Co. 1.
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; Times-Tribune, Corbin; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; KPG Football, Owensboro; Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow; Daily Enterprise, Harlan; The Gleaner, Henderson; Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; The Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; The Mayfield Messenger, Mayfield; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; WKYX, Paducah.
First District rival McCracken County (5-2) remained seventh in the AP poll after an open date last week. The Mustangs host Dyer County, Tennessee, this week before playing at Henderson County on Oct. 25 in a game that will likely decide the 6-A First District championship.
The district winner will host the No. 4 seed in the first round of the playoffs with the No. 2 seed meeting the No. 3 seed.
McCracken County leads the district standings at 3-0, while Henderson County is 2-0. Daviess County is 1-1, while Apollo and Marshall County are both winless at 0-2 and 0-3, respectively. Apollo visits Marshall County this week.
The KHSAA released its updated RPI ratings on Monday. Henderson County is ranked eighth in 6A, just behind McCracken County.
The RPI rankings will not come into play until the third round of the playoffs when they will be used for seeding purposes. As it stands now, either Henderson County or McCracken County would potentially play at top-ranked Male in the third round of the playoffs.