Football Realignment
2025 and 2026 Current Football Alignment of Teams
Class 1A
District 1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
District 2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
District 3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
District 4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County
District 5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
District 6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
District 7- Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
District 8- Hazard, Paintsville, Pikeville
For postseason competition, in Class 1A, for 2025 and 2026, the fifth-place team in District 7 will become the fourth-place team in District 8 for the purpose of playoff cross-bracketing.
Class 2A
District 1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Fort Campbell, Mayfield, Todd County Central, Trigg County
District 2- Fort Knox, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic
District 3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Somerset
District 4- Danville, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois
District 5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Gallatin County, Owen County, St. Henry District, Walton-Verona
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02/22/24- Football Draft Realignment for 2025 through 2026 seasons Released
Football Alignment Update and Opportunity to Play Into a Higher Class and Withdraw from District
TO: Superintendents, Principals, Athletic Directors and Designated Representatives of Football Playing Schools
FR: Commissioner Julian Tackett
RE: Update on the Drafting of 2025 and 2026 Football Alignment, Opportunity to Withdraw From District Play or Make Other Notes for Consideration
At its meeting in January, the KHSAA Board of Control discussed and confirmed the parameters surrounding an alignment of teams in football for the 2025 and 2026 playing seasons. This communication is solely about classification and geographic alignment development. The needed information was received from the KDE around the mid part of January, and has been formatted in accordance with the Board’s approved process. Information about the realignment, including drafting maps, is available online on the khsaa.org/football website, by selecting the “Football Alignment/Realignment Information” pull-down menu.
Your response to the linked form is due on or before APRIL […]
2023 Approved Final Football Alignment for 2023 and 2024 Playing Seasons
Class 1A
1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County
5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
* 7- Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
* 8- Hazard, Paintsville, Pikeville
* – The fifth place team in District 7 will become the fourth place team
in District 7 for the purpose of playoff cross-bracketing
Class 2A
1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Mayfield, Murray
2- Edmonson County, Fort Campbell, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
4- Fort Knox, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois**
5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Carroll County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Walton-Verona
6- Breathitt County, Danville, Leslie County, Somerset
7- Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Martin County, Prestonsburg
8- Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County […]
2023 DRAFT Football Alignment for Final Consideration
Class 1A
1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County
5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
7- Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
8- Harlan, Hazard, Paintsville, Pikeville
Class 2A
1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Mayfield, Murray
2- Edmonson County, Fort Campbell, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
4- Fort Knox, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois**
5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Carroll County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Walton-Verona
6- Breathitt County, Danville, Leslie County, Somerset
7- Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Martin County, Prestonsburg
8- Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County Central, Shelby Valley
Class 3A
1- Hancock County, Hopkins County Central, McLean County, Trigg County, Union County, Webster County
2- Adair County, Butler County, Franklin-Simpson, […]
12/05/22- Update – Football Realignment for 2023 through 2026 seasons
Football Alignment Update and Opportunity to Play Into a Higher Class and Withdraw from District TO: Superintendents, Principals, Athletic Directors and Designated Representatives of Football Playing Schools FR: Commissioner Julian Tackett RE: Update on the Drafting of 2023 through 2026 Football Alignment, Opportunity to Withdraw From District Play or to Play in a Higher Class At its meeting in November, the KHSAA Board of Control discussed and again agreed on parameters surrounding an alignment of teams in football for the 2023 through 2026 playing seasons. This communication is solely about classification and geographic alignment development. The needed information was received from the KDE around the first of December, and has been formatted in accordance with the Board’s approved process. Your […]07/25/22- Reminders About Realignment/Reclassification Processes for 2023-24 and beyond (FB, TR, XC)
As discussed at the 7/22/22 Board of Control meeting, the process for realignment in the classified sports remains unchanged from various updates since 2021. The new alignments will be completed during the 2022-23 school year, to be implemented for 2023-24 and beyond.
Enrollment
The KHSAA receives from KDE electronically, the by-grade membership numbers of all common schools. These numbers are submitted as part of the “second-month” report, and these numbers are subject to audit for accuracy. These numbers are usually received in the last part of October or the first part of November.
During the pandemic, there has been no collection of this data by KDE for 2020-21 or 2021-22 as the districts were permitted to use 2018-19 or 2019-20 numbers for that key report which forms part of the ADA equation and is considered by KDE to be the most accurate. The same data (second month) is collected from all other schools.
The Board […]













