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.
