Eight Area Teams Ranked in First 2021 AP Poll

The Michigan Associated Press has released its first boys high school basketball poll of the 2021 season.

Eight area teams are ranked.

Division 1
School-Total Points
1. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (5) (3-0) 75
2. Detroit U-D Jesuit (3-0) 60
3. Ann Arbor Huron (3-0) 54
4. Hamtramck (5-0) 53
5. Grand Blanc (4-1) 43
6. Warren De La Salle (5-0) 33
7. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (3-0) 32
8. North Farmington (4-0) 31
9. Romulus (3-0) 27
10. Detroit Cass Tech (4-0) 26
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Detroit King 23, Clarkston 23, River Rouge 23, Saginaw Arthur Hill 22, East Lansing 20, Grand Haven 16.
Division 2
1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4) (6-0) 60
2. Ferndale (4-1) 51
3. Benton Harbor (4-1) 49
4. Grand Rapids Christian (5-1) 41
5. Detroit Edison (4-0) 39
6. Frankenmuth (4-0) 27
7. Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy (5-0) 23
8. Williamston (5-1) 22
9. Grand Rapids South Christian (5-1) 20
10. Goodrich (4-1) 19
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Croswell-Lexington 17, Battle Creek Pennfield 16, Stevensville Lakeshore 12.
Division 3
1. McBain (1) (6-0) 61
2. Hanover-Horton (5-0) 56
3. Oscoda (1) (6-0) 55
4. Pewamo-Westphalia (1) (4-0) 54
(tie) Hemlock (5-0) 54
6. Iron Mountain (1) (6-0) 53
7. Schoolcraft (5-0) 49
8. Flint Beecher (1) (4-1) 45
9. Charlevoix (6-0) 24
10. Beal City (5-0) 17
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Traverse City St. Francis 15, Bark River-Harris 15, Leslie 14, Reese 13, Elk Rapids 12.
Division 4
1. Southfield Christian (2) (6-0) 72
2. Dollar Bay (1) (6-0) 64
3. Detroit Douglass (2) (5-1) 57
4. Petersburg Summerfield (5-0) 50
5. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (4-1) 48
6. Rudyard (6-0) 44
7. Hillsdale Academy (5-0) 41
8. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (5-0) 39
9. Webberville (5-0) 31
10. Ewen-Trout Creek (5-1) 29
Others receiving 12 or more votes: New Buffalo 24, McBain Northern Michigan Christian 14, Colon 13.