St. Xavier begins 2023 No. 1 in HSFA Kentucky Top 10 high school football rankings

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With the Kentucky high school football regular season two weeks away, we release the Preseason High School Football America Kentucky Top 10 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

Sitting at No. 1 is St. Xavier. The Tigers have a tough schedule that features four teams in the preseason statewide rankings — No. 2 Male (September 1), No. 3 Trinity (September 22), No. 4 DuPont Manual (October 6) and No. 9 Bowling Green (October 27). St. X will also square-off with Ohio’s Elder, ranked No. 94 in our national rankings.

Related: Preseason 2023 HSFA 300 national rankings

St. X starts the season No. 92 in our national rankings. The first seven teams in our statewide rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm, are nationally-ranked with HSFA.

High School Football America Kentucky Top 10

Ranking/School2022 RecordHSFA 300 National Ranking
No. 1 St. Xavier(10-2)92
No. 2 Male(10-5)109
No. 3 Trinity(8-5)129
No. 4 DuPont Manual(9-3)159
No. 5 Ballard(11-3)184
No. 6 Douglass(15-0)200
No. 7 Bullitt East(14-1)231
No. 8 Boyle County (13-2)NR 
No. 9 Bowling Green(12-3)NR 
No. 10 Covington Catholic(10-3)NR 

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.