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 18, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
Associated Press high school basketball rankings for Jan. 18.
Boys
CLASS AAA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Blackman (1) 18-0 134 1
2. Memphis East (13) 15-1 130 2
3. Germantown 19-1 115 3
4. Station Camp (1) 20-0 100 4
5. David Crockett 17-4 77 5
6. White County 17-0 76 6
7. Oak Ridge 21-2 63 7
8. Cordova 16-3 50 8
9. Independence 17-1 37 9
10. Cane Ridge 15-1 14 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
CLASS AA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Fulton (14) 17-0 149 1
2. Jackson South Side (1) 14-0 136 2
3. Ripley 17-5 82 6
4. Upperman 16-3 81 3
5. Chattanooga Central 12-1 76 7
6. Cascade 13-2 69 4
7. East Nashville 16-4 61 8
8. Maplewood 13-3 57 5
9. Westview 13-3 46 9
10. Obion County 14-4 19 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
CLASS A
School Record Pts Prv
1. Halls (11) 18-0 145 1
2. Mitchell (3) 16-5 125 2
3. Clay County (1) 18-1 117 T3
4. Union City 17-4 97 5
5. Huntland 15-2 93 T4
6. Meigs County 17-3 75 6
7. MAHS 10-2 47 9
8. Van Buren County 15-3 35 10
9. Middleton 12-4 34 7
10. Clarkrange 14-6 15 8
Others receiving 12 or more points: Hampton 13.
DIVISION II
School Record Pts Prv
1. Christian Brothers (15) 19-0 150 1
2. Brentwood Acad. 16-1 135 2
3. McCallie 18-2 119 3
4. Ensworth 14-2 104 5
5. Briarcrest 18-4 80 4
6. USJ 15-5 64 8
7. Pope John Paul II 14-3 64 6
8. Knoxville Webb 13-6 45 10
9. St. George’s 8-6 30 7
10. Father Ryan 10-7 14 9
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
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Girls
CLASS AAA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Blackman (14) 18-2 148 1
2. Riverdale 19-1 131 2
3. Memphis Central (1) 19-0 110 4
4. Morristown West 18-2 99 3
5. Wilson Central 18-0 91 5
6. Bearden 17-3 66 6
7. Oakland 15-3 56 7
8. White County 15-2 50 8
9. Dyer County 17-2 31 9
10. Memphis Overton 7-1 21 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
CLASS AA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Elizabethton (15) 19-0 150 1
2. McMinn Central 16-2 120 2
3. Westview 17-2 115 3
4. Upperman 19-2 113 4
5. Westmoreland 16-2 85 5
6. Livingston Academy 15-5 63 8
7. Gatlinburg-Pittman 15-3 48 9
8. Lexington 15-3 38 6
9. Greeneville 16-3 35 10
10. Grainger 14-6 18 7
Others receiving 12 or more points: East Nashville 17.
CLASS A
School Record Pts Prv
1. Middleton (12) 17-0 146 1
2. Gibson County (1) 21-0 130 3
3. Pickett County (1) 17-1 117 4
4. South Green (1) 20-3 105 2
5. Meigs County 15-2 75 6
6. Jackson County 14-3 65 8
7. Dresden 14-3 60 7
8. Community 16-2 48 5
9. MTCS 15-3 37 9
10. Eagleville 14-4 19 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
DIVISION II
School Record Pts Prv
1. Father Ryan (9) 17-0 135 2
2. Brentwood Acad. (4) 14-4 123 1
3. USJ 18-1 112 3
4. FRA 14-2 93 5
5. Northpoint 15-1 87 6
6. St. Benedict 13-4 70 4
7. Baylor 13-5 51 8
8. Ezell-Harding 15-1 44 9
9. Harpeth Hall 12-4 40 7
10. Harding Academy 13-4 7 NR
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: The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; Cookeville Herald-Citizen, Cookeville; State Gazette, Dyersburg; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville; Marshall County Tribune (Lewisburg); The Tomahawk (Mountain City); The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; Citizen Tribune, Morristown; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean (Nashville); Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.
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