Half of the leaders are new in the latest basketball ratings by Minnesota Basketball News.
New leaders for the boys are New Life Academy (8-0) in Class 1A and Lake City (8-0) in Class 2A. Remaining on top are Totino-Grace (3-2) in Class 3A and Park Center (5-0) in Class 4A.
Four Big South Conference boys teams are ranked.
Blue Earth Area (7-0) is 20th in Class 2A. In Class 3A, New Ulm (6-1) in 11th, Worthington (5-1) is 14th and Marshall (3-1) 16th.
From the Valley Conference, Mankato Loyola (8-1) is ninth in Class 1A and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial (6-1) ninth in Class 2A.
New girls leaders are Mayer Lutheran (8-0) in Class 1A and Benilde-St. Margaret’s (6-2) in Class 3A. Continuing to lead their classes are Providence Academy (7-2) in Class 2A and Hopkins (8-0) in Class 4A.
Marshall (4-1) is fifth and St. Peter (4-2) 15th in Class 3A. Luverne (6-0) is 12th in Class 2A.
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial (7-0) of the Valley Conference is fourth in Class 2A.
This week’s high school basketball ratings by Minnesota Basketball News. Listed are rank, team, won-loss record through Tuesday and last week’s ranking.
Class 1A boys
1. New Life Academy 8-0 4
2. Cass Lake-Bena 6-0 5
3. Cherry 4-3 1
4. Hayfield 8-1 2
5. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 3-1 3
6. Henning 7-0 6
7. Goodhue 7-1 8
8. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 5-0 9
9. Mankato Loyola 8-1 10
10. Legacy Christian 7-2 11
11. Lakeview 5-1 12
12. Lyle-Pacelli 6-2 13
13. Ada-Borup-West 5-0 14
14. Deer River 7-2 7
15. Southwest Minnesota Christian 5-1 18
16. Browerville-Eagle Valley 3-1 15
17. Battle Lake 5-2 17
18. Mahnomen-Waubun 4-2 19
19. Lester Prairie 7-2 20
20. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 8-0 NR
Class 2A boys
1. Lake City 8-0 2
2. Holy Family Catholic 5-1 1
3. Minneapolis North 3-4 3
4. Maranatha Christian 4-1 4
5. Maple River 9-1 5
6. Minnehaha Academy 7-3 6
7. Perham 7-0 8
8. Albany 4-1 11
9. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 6-1 NR
10. Esko 6-0 14
11. Watertown-Mayer 4-2 10
12. Mora 5-1 12
13. Pequot Lakes 5-1 9
14. Thief River Falls 8-0 15
15. West Central Area 6-1 19
16. Minneapolis Edison 6-2 NR
17. Dassel-Cokato 6-0 NR
18. Two Harbors 7-0 20
19. New London-Spicer 3-1 17
20. Blue Earth Area 7-0 NR
Class 3A boys
1. Totino-Grace 3-2 1
2. Benilde-St. Margaret’s 6-0 3
3. DeLaSalle 4-2 4
4. Orono 5-1 2
5. Mahtomedi 4-2 5
6. Alexandria 6-1 6
7. Princeton 4-0 9
8. Mankato East 5-3 7
9. Austin 5-2 8
10. Hermantown 5-0 13
11. New Ulm 6-1 11
12. St. Anthony Village 5-2 10
13. Delano 6-3 12
14. Worthington 5-1 NR
15. Big Lake 6-1 NR
16. Marshall 3-1 20
17. South St. Paul 3-2 NR
18. Winona 3-2 14
19. Mankato West 4-3 15
20. Jordan 4-2 16
Class 4A boys
1. Park Center 5-0 1
2. Lakeville North 6-1 2
3. Hopkins 9-1 5
4. Maple Grove 6-1 6
5. Eden Prairie 5-1 8
6. Eastview 5-2 4
7. Minnetonka 5-2 14
8. Farmington 4-3 7
9. Wayzata 4-3 10
10. Shakopee 4-2 3
11. Cretin-Derham Hall 6-3 NR
12. Andover 5-3 13
13. Stillwater 6-2 16
14. Prior Lake 4-3 15
15. Lakeville South 6-2 17
16. East Ridge 4-4 9
17. Rochester Mayo 7-0 18
18. Buffalo 6-0 19
19. Mounds View 7-0 NR
20. Brainerd 6-0 NR
Class 1A girls
1. Mayer Lutheran 8-0 5
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl 8-2 2
3. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 6-0 3
4. Hayfield 8-1 6
5. Hancock 4-2 1
6. Fosston 6-0 8
7. Kelliher-Northome 8-0 13
8. Braham 7-0 15
9. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 7-1 17
10. Breckenridge 8-0 18
11. Goodridge-Grygla 7-0 19
12. Cromwell-Wright 8-1 20
13. Grand Meadow 6-1 11
14. Underwood 8-2 7
15. Henning 7-1 16
16. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 3-2 10
17. Lanesboro 5-1 NR
18. BOLD 6-2 14
19. Minneota 4-1 4
20. Barnum 6-1 NR
Class 2A girls
1. Providence Academy 7-2 1
2. Minnehaha Academy 7-2 2
3. St. Croix Lutheran 6-2 3
4. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 7-0 5
5. New London-Spicer 7-0 6
6. Albany 8-1 9
7. Goodhue 7-2 10
8. Rochester Lourdes 8-1 11
9. Sauk Centre 7-1 12
10. Perham 8-1 7
11. Pequot Lakes 4-1 NR
12. Luverne 6-0 14
13. Minneapolis Roosevelt 7-1 15
14. Southwest Christian 8-0 19
15. Montevideo 6-1 5
16. Holdingford 6-2 NR
17. Duluth Marshall 6-1 8
18. Pierz 5-1 18
19. Caledonia 7-2 17
20. St. Clair 8-0 NR
Class 3A girls
1. Benilde-St. Margaret’s 6-2 2
2. Becker 5-1 1
3. Jordan 7-0 3
4. Holy Angels 7-1 4
5. Marshall 4-1 6
6. Grand Rapids 8-2 6
7. Stewartville 8-2 8
8. Cloquet 9-1 11
9. Detroit Lakes 6-1 12
10. Alexandria 6-3 13
11. Byron 6-3 7
12. Monticello 7-2 16
13. Mahtomedi 5-3 14
14. North St. Paul 9-1 15
15. St. Peter 4-2 17
16. Red Wing 5-2 9
17. Hill-Murray 5-4 18
18. Austin 5-2 19
19. Visitation 5-3 NR
20. Orono 4-4 10
Class 4A girls
1. Hopkins 8-0 1
2. St. Michael-Albertville 9-0 2
3. Chaska 8-1 4
4. Wayzata 9-1 5
5. Rosemount 8-0 6
6. Eden Prairie 9-2 3
7. East Ridge 10-3 7
8. Minnetonka 7-2 8
9. Maple Grove 5-3 9
10. Lakeville North 7-2 13
11. Anoka 9-1 11
12. Lakeville South 9-1 10
13. White Bear Lake 10-2 12
14. Stillwater 7-1 14
15. Rochester Mayo 8-1 15
16. Rogers 6-2 16
17. Champlin Park 3-2 17
18. Elk River 5-3 18
19. Robbinsdale Cooper 7-2 20
20. Blaine 6-2 19