Here are The Courier-Journal’s preseason high school football polls, as voted by the state’s coaches:
CLASS 6-A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. Trinity (10) 11-2
2. Male (2) 15-0
3. St. Xavier 7-5
4. Scott County (1) 11-2
5. Lafayette 12-3
6. Simon Kenton 13-1
7. Manual 9-3
8. Ryle 9-3
9. McCracken County 10-3
10. Pleasure Ridge Park 5-6
Others receiving votes: Ballard, Cooper, Bryan Station, Henry Clay, Central Hardin, Paul Dunbar.
CLASS 5-A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. Bowling Green (15) 14-1
2 Highlands (2) 8-6
3. Pulaski County 13-2
4. Owensboro 11-2
5. Christian County 8-4
6. Fern Creek 12-2
7. Covington Catholic 5-8
8. Pulaski Southwestern 8-4
9. North Laurel 11-2
10. South Oldham 10-3
Others receiving votes: Graves County, Anderson County, Dixie Heights, Harlan County, Madison Southern, Greenwood, Montgomery County, North Bullitt, Letcher County Central, Whitley County, Bullitt East, Doss, Fairdale.
CLASS 4-A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. South Warren (14) 15-0
2. Johnson Central 12-2
3. John Hardin 9-4
4. Franklin-Simpson 8-5
5. Wayne County 11-3
6. Spencer County 10-2
7. Hopkinsville 10-2
8. Shelby County 12-2
9. Scott 10-3
10. Ashland Blazer 9-3
Others receiving votes: Rockcastle County, Collins, Knox Central, Mercer County, Bourbon County, Franklin County, Allen County-Scottsville, Harrison County, Mason County.
CLASS 3-A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. Belfry (13) 14-1
2. Lexington Catholic 11-4
3. Corbin 9-5
4. Boyle County 10-2
5. Central 10-3
6. Caldwell County 10-3
7. Waggener 6-5
8. Paducah Tilghman 8-4
9. Elizabethtown 13-1
10. Adair County 10-2
Others receiving votes: Bell County, Garrard County, Russell, Bardstown, Western Hills, Lawrence County.
CLASS 2-A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. Mayfield (13) 14-1
2. DeSales (1) 11-3
3. Christian Academy 10-3
4. Newport Central Catholic 9-6
5. Danville 12-2
6. Owensboro Catholic 10-3
7. Lexington Christian 8-5
8. Murray 7-5
9. Somerset 6-5
10. Covington Holy Cross 6-6
Others receiving votes: Glasgow, Lloyd Memorial, Butler County, Leslie County, Allen Central, Monroe County, Shelby Valley, Betsy Layne, Walton-Verona.
CLASS A
Rank, team (FPV) 2015 record
1. Pikeville (8) 13-2
2. Beechwood (2) 13-2
3. Russellville 11-3
4. Paintsville 13-1
5. Hazard 10-3
6. Raceland 7-5
7. Holy Cross 7-6
8. Kentucky Country Day 6-6
9. Campbellsville 8-4
10. Nicholas County 6-5
Others receiving votes: Paris, Frankfort, Bethlehem, Williamsburg, Harlan, Fairview, Pineville, Crittenden County, Lynn Camp.