Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.), Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of
Wilson, Va.) And Monteverde (Fla.) Top USA TODAY High School Sports
Super 25 Boys Basketball Rankings
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.), Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and
Monteverde (Fla.) hold the top three spots in the
USA TODAY High School Sports Super
25 national editorial rankings for boys basketball for the week of
Dec. 3.
Huntington (W. Va.) occupies the No. 4 position, while
Chester (Pa.), which will open its season on Dec. 11 against McCaskey (Lancaster, Pa.), sits in the No. 5 spot of
this week's rankings.
The USA TODAY High School
Sports Super 25 rankings appear in today's print edition of
USA TODAY Sports and are also
available online at USA TODAY High School Sports
(www.usatodayhss.com).
The USA TODAY High School
Sports Super 25 is now in its 30th year as the most
prestigious high school ranking platform in the nation. Gatorade is
the Official Fuel of the Super 25 rankings platform, which includes
computer rankings of every major high school football, baseball,
boys and girls basketball and boys and girls lacrosse team in the
nation.
Undefeated Travis (Richmond,
Texas) occupies the No. 10 position in this week's Super 25
rankings, most notably defeating 2012 4A state runner-up
Yates (Houston) during last week's Marshall County
Hoopfest. Travis is preceded by No. 6 Long Beach
Poly (Long Beach, Calif.), No.
7 Simeon (Chicago), No. 8 Lone
Peak (Highland, Utah)
and No. 9 St. Anthony (Jersey City), which opens its 2013
season on Dec. 16 against
Neptune (West Orange,
N.J.).
Previously unranked Duncanville (Texas) defeated then-No.
18 DeSoto (Texas) and then-No. 14 Prestonwood
Christian (Plano, Texas), and
now occupies the No. 19 position on this week's Super 25
rankings. Ballard (Louisville) and Centennial
(Corona, Calif.) also joined this
week's rankings for the first time as Nos. 24 and 25,
respectively.
A total of four teams that appeared in the Super 25 preseason
rankings have dropped out after early-season losses: DeSoto
(Texas), Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas), DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) and Norcross
(Ga.).
Following is the complete listing of this week's USA TODAY
High School Sports boys basketball rankings.
USA TODAY High School Sports
High School Boys Basketball Super 25
For Week of Dec. 3, 2012
- Findlay College Prep*,
Henderson, Nev. (11-0)
- Oak Hill Academy*, Mouth of Wilson,
Va. (9-0)
- Monteverde (Fla.) Academy* (4-0)
- Huntington (W.Va.) Prep* (7-0)
- Chester, Pa. (0-0)
- Long Beach Poly (4-0)
- Simeon, Chicago (1-0)
- Lone Peak, Highland, Utah (3-0)
- St. Anthony, Jersey City (0-0)
- Travis, Richmond, Texas
(6-0)
- Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif.
(2-0)
- Archbishop Mitty, San Jose (0-0)
- Montrose Christian*, Rockville,
Md. (2-0)
- Salesian, Richmond, Calif.
(1-0)
- Southwind Academy, Memphis (5-1)
- Gonzaga*, Washington, D.C. (2-0)
- St. Benedict's Prep, Newark (4-0)
- Whitney Young, Chicago
(1-0)
- Duncanville, Texas (12-1)
- West, Iowa City (3-0)
- Rainier Beach, Seattle
(1-0)
- Gill St.Bernard's, Gladstone, N.J. (0-0)
- Paul VI, Fairfax, Va.
(0-1)
- Ballard, Louisville (2-1)
- Centennial, Corona, Calif.
(4-0)
*Does not compete for a state championship
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