Despite not finishing the regular season with a game on Friday night, the Owensboro Red Devils will go into the KHSAA Class 5A State playoffs will the top RPI, which means OHS has home-field advantage throughout the playoffs were it to advance to the state championship at Kroger Field in Lexington.
Owensboro is the only local school in the top 10 in RPI in its respective class as Owensboro Catholic (2A) and Apollo (6A) are just outside of the top 10.
In Class 2A, Lexington Christian takes the top spot in RPI as the Aces sit at No. 11 at .589. Hancock County, Catholic’s district foe, ends the regular season at No. 6 after the Hornets’ 5-1 finish this season.
In Class 6A, Louisville Trinity finished the year at 6-0 as the Shamrocks had an RPI of .640. Apollo finishes in the No. 11 spot as the Eagles had an RPI of 529 while Daviess County comes in at No. 22 with an RPI of .465.
The KHSAA State Playoffs start Nov. 19-21 but a team’s RPI doesn’t come into play until the third round as the first two rounds of the playoffs are against district opponents.
Top 10 RPI Rankings (Class 2A, Class 5A, Class 6A)
Class 2A
1. Lexington Christian (7-1) .743
2. West Carter (7-1) .684
3. Mayfield (7-1) .677
4. Beechwood (6-2) .671
5. Somerset (5-2) .630
6. Hancock County (5-1) .623
7. Danville (4-2) .603
8. Middlesboro (6-1) .598
9. Murray (5-3) .595
10. Shelby Valley (7-2) .5892
11. Owensboro Catholic (5-2) .5890
Class 5A
1. Owensboro (8-0) .660
2. Scott County (6-0) .646
3. Covington Catholic (7-1) .635
4. Southwestern (8-1) .633
5. Bowling Green (5-2) .620
6. Pulaski County (7-1) .616
7. South Warren (5-0) .615
8. North Bullitt (6-2) .597
9. Frederick Douglass (4-1) .583
10. Graves County (6-2) .579
Class 6A
1. Trinity (6-0) .640
2. North Hardin (7-0) .6328
3. Bryan Station (8-1) .6326
4. Henderson County (6-1) .593
5. Male (5-1) .580
6. Paul Laurence Dunbar (4-2) .557
7. McCracken County (4-2) .555
8 Ryle (6-3) .544
9. DuPont Manual (3-1) .538
10. St. Xavier (3-2) .534
11. Apollo (4-3) .529
22. Daviess County (3-4) .465
