New year, new rankings!

Less than a week into 2025, we’re officially over a month into the 2024-25 Kentucky high school boys basketball season. Time is flying by fast. Our original rankings have seen plenty of changes since the start of December and this week’s update is no different. St. Xavier is once again holding down the top spot, but we saw Great Crossing climb back into the No. 2 spot while two new schools broke into the back end of the rankings. On top of that, 12 teams in this week’s update saw an increase or decrease of at least three spots within the Top 25. It was another busy stretch of games across the state.

Dive into KSR’s entire Week 5 rankings update below.

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: Jan. 6 (Week 5)

1. St. Xavier [7 first-place votes]
2. Great Crossing (+1)
3. Frederick Douglass (+1)
4. Marshall County (+3)
5. Hazard
6. Bryan Station (-4)
7. Covington Catholic (+1)
8. Ballard (+6)
9. DuPont Manual (-3)
10. Green County (+5)
11. Clinton County (+6)
12. Lloyd Memorial (-1)
13. Pleasure Ridge Park
14. George Rogers Clark (+2)
15. Woodford County (-6)
16. Warren Central (+5)
17. Bowling Green (-7)
18. Calloway County (+4)
19. Jeffersontown
20. Harlan County
21. South Laurel (-9)
22. Ashland Blazer (NR)
23. LaRue County
24. North Laurel (-6)
25. Butler (NR)

Others receiving votes: Danville Christian Academy (8), South Oldham (5), Fleming County (3), Cooper (2)

KSR Top 25 voters (7): Eric Chumbler, Jalen Daugherty, Clark Howell, Troy Howell, Spencer Hutchison, Lovell Martin, Phoenix Stevens

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