Unbeaten McMinn Central paced the area teams in the Tennessee state high school basketball polls.

The McMinn Central girls were ranked No. 4 in the Class AA poll, earning one No. 1 vote after winning 16 consecutive games to start the season.

Here are the boys’ and girls’ state rankings:

Tennessee Boys Basketball Prep Poll

The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 12, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

Class AAA

Record Pts Prv

1. Raleigh Egypt (13) 16-1 172 1

2. Bearden (4) 16-1 158 2

3. White Station 10-4 102 9

4. Melrose 15-1 94 10

5. Central-Merry 10-2 85 8

6. Columbia 12-3 67 3

7. Liberty Magnet 15-2 65 4

8. Craigmont 7-3 30 5

T9. Franklin 15-3 27

T9. Walker Valley (1) 16-1 27

Others receiving 12 or more points: Ridgeway 25. Farragut 24. Gallatin 18. Beech 17. Siegel 14. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett 13. Germantown 12.

Class AA

Record Pts Prv

1. Austin-East (13) 13-0 174 1

2. Dyer County (4) 18-0 161 2

3. Livingston Academy 17-1 140 3

4. Knoxville Fulton 14-3 104 5

5. Bolivar Central 11-2 103 6

6. Booker T. Washington (1) 10-1 81 4

7. Howard 11-1 72 8

8. Marshall County 13-3 60 7

9. Jackson Northside 9-2 43 10

10. Unicoi County 14-2 20

Others receiving 12 or more points: None

Class A

Record Pts Prv

1. Humboldt (16) 15-0 178 1

2. Lake County 17-1 149 4

3. Manassas (2) 10-2 138 3

4. Culleoka 16-2 112 2

5. Temple 11-3 100 T6

6. Clay County 14-4 86 T6

7. Friendship Christian 12-2 72 8

8. Collinwood 12-2 56 9

9. Summertown 11-5 42 5

10. Grace Christian 10-4 24 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: None

Division II

Record Pts Prv

1. Ensworth (14) 15-2 149 1

2. CBHS (1) 15-4 133 3

3. Briarcrest 12-6 100 2

4. ECS 11-5 97 5

5. St. George’s 12-3 77 6

6. Father Ryan 11-5 74 4

7. MBA 10-2 51

8. Harding Academy 6-4 38 9

9. Brentwood Academy 7-4 33 8

10. Lausanne Collegiate 9-3 29 T10

Others receiving 12 or more points: BGA 26.

Tennessee Girls Basketball Prep Poll

The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 12, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

Class AAA

Record Pts Prv

1. Memphis Central (13) 13-1 153 1

2. Hillsboro 13-1 117 3

3. Morristown West (2) 15-1 112 T4

4. Oak Ridge (1) 14-2 106 T4

T5. Mt. Juliet 15-1 74 8

T5. Wilson Central 13-3 74 6

7. Millington 17-2 67 7

8. Riverdale 14-3 48 2

9. White Station 16-2 37 9

10. Brentwood 14-2 30 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cocke County 21. Walker Valley 19. Clarksville 16. White County 14.

Class AA

Record Pts Prv

1. Marshall County (14) 17-0 161 1

2. Upperman (1) 18-1 135 2

3. Gibson County (1) 15-0 128 3

4. McMinn Central (1) 16-0 120 4

5. South Greene 14-2 100 6

6. Westview 17-1 87 5

7. Cheatham County 13-2 55 9

8. Station Camp 12-5 44 7

9. Gibbs 9-1 42 10

10. Obion County 12-4 14 8

10. Polk County 10-1 14

Others receiving 12 or more points: Franklin Road Academy 13.

Class A

Record Pts Prv

1. Clarkrange (17) 19-0 170 1

2. Forrest 14-2 139 3

3. Jackson County 14-4 117 2

4. North Greene 12-4 81 7

5. Bradford 11-6 78 8

6. Wayne County 14-4 67 4

7. McEwen 10-1 66 9

8. Humboldt 10-5 55 5

9. Oliver Springs 11-5 49 6

10. Middle Tennessee Christian 14-5 25 T10

Others receiving 12 or more points: Westmoreland 18. Chatt. Sch. For Arts 16.

Division II

Record Pts Prv

1. Lausanne Collegiate (11) 15-3 136 1

2. Knoxville Webb (3) 11-2 119 2

3. Ensworth 8-2 111 3

4. St. Benedict 9-5 83 6

5. Briarcrest 9-4 70 4

6. Brentwood Academy 9-7 56 5

7. Baylor 7-4 53 7

8. Davidson Academy 9-3 46 8

9. GPS 8-4 32 9

10. Bishop Byrne 12-1 28

Others receiving 12 or more points: None

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All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school basketball poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Cleveland Daily Banner; The Daily Herald (Columbia); Cookeville Herald-Citizen; State Gazette (Dyersburg); The Greeneville Sun; The Jackson Sun; Johnson City Press; Kingsport Times-News; The Knoxville News Sentinel; The Commercial Appeal (Memphis); Citizen Tribune (Morristown); The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean (Nashville); The Newport Plain Talk; The Paris Post-Intelligencer; Union City Daily Messenger; WCMT, Martin.