While several classifications saw plenty of movement within their top 10s, only two saw a new No. 1 emerge in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association rankings.
Last week's Class 5A boys No. 1 Andover suffered a pair of losses to ranked teams – previous No. 1 Maize and No. 3 Andover Central. The losses dropped the Trojans from the ranks of the unbeaten and the No. 1 spot, falling to No. 8.
Cross-town rival Andover Central, which won 56-49 over Andover last Friday, replaced the Trojans atop the 5A rankings, leap-frogging Highland Park, which fell 79-67 to Topeka West last Friday. Central is now 8-0 on the season going into mid-season tournament week.
The only other new No. 1 came on the girls' side as Bishop Miege dropped out of the top position in the Class 4A rankings after a 57-43 loss to rival St. Thomas Aquinas, the Class 5A No. 1. The Stags fell to No. 3 with Wamego (9-0) replacing the Stags in the No. 1 spot and Wellington sliding up to No. 2.
The remainder of the No. 1s stayed the same – Free State (6A boys), Shawnee Mission West (6A girls), St. Thomas Aquinas (5A girls), Eudora (4A boys), Hesston (3A boys), Hugoton (3A girls), Hillsboro (2A boys), Sterling (2A girls), South Gray (1A D-I boys), Burlingame (1A D-I girls), Hanover (1A D-II boys) and Central Plains (1A D-II girls).
A handful of No. 1s are on collision courses to meet at mid-season tournaments this week with Hesston and Hillsboro in the same boys field at the Hillsboro Trojan Classic and Hugoton and Sterling in the same girls field at the Sterling Invitational.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION RANKINGS
BOYS
CLASS 6A
- Free State
- Blue Valley Northwest
- Dodge City
- Wichita Heights
- Blue Valley West
- Olathe South
- Shawnee Mission South
- Wichita Northwest
- Junction City
- Shawnee Mission Northwest
CLASS 5A
- Andover Central
- Highland Park
- Kapaun Mt. Carmel
- Topeka West
- Maize
- Hays
- St. James Academy
- Andover
- Valley Center
- Pittsburg
CLASS 4A
- Eudora
- Buhler
- Bishop Miege
- Abilene
- Paola
- McPherson
- Andale
- Tonganoxie
- Wamego
- Pratt
CLASS 3A
- Hesston
- Royal Valley
- Cheney
- Wichita Collegiate
- Frontenac
- Nemaha Central
- Galena
- Osage City
- Holcomb
- Southeast of Saline
CLASS 2A
- Hillsboro
- St. Marys
- Valley Falls
- Ellinwood
- Wabaunsee
- Lyndon
- Erie
- WaKeeney-Trego
- Jefferson County North
- Cedar Vale-Dexter
CLASS 1A DIVISION I
- South Gray
- Olpe
- Osborne
- Norwich
- Clifton-Clyde
- Macksville
- Hodgeman County
- Wichita Classical
- Burlingame
- Troy
CLASS 1A DIVISION II
- Hanover
- Northern Valley
- Tribune-Greeley County
- Elyria Christian
- Wheatland-Grinnell
- Bucklin
- Dighton
- Axtell
- Lebo
- Waverly
GIRLS
CLASS 6A
- Shawnee Mission West
- Olathe North
- Derby
- Topeka High
- Blue Valley
- Shawnee Mision Northwest
- Washburn Rural
- Liberal
- Dodge City
- Wichita Heights
CLASS 5A
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Salina Central
- Andover Central
- Lansing
- Bishop Carroll
- Emporia
- Goddard
- Spring Hill
- Basehor-Linwood
- Maize
CLASS 4A
- Wamego
- Wellington
- Bishop Miege
- Eudora
- Andale
- Labette County
- Rock Creek
- Clearwater
- Pratt
- McPherson
CLASS 3A
- Hugoton
- Nickerson
- Silver Lake
- Goodland
- Eureka
- Cheney
- Phillipsburg
- Hiawatha
- Santa Fe Trail
- Southeast of Saline
CLASS 2A
- Sterling
- Valley Heights
- Berean Academy
- Pittsburg Colgan
- Jackson Heights
- Smith Center
- Elkhart
- Ell-Saline
- Remington
- Garden Plain
CLASS 1A DIVISION I
- Burlingame
- Hodgeman County
- Centralia
- St. Paul
- Little River
- Norwich
- Pretty Prairie
- Osborne
- Doniphan West
- South Central
CLASS 1A DIVISION II
- Central Plains
- Lebo
- Hanover
- Golden Plains
- Hutchinson Central Christian
- Beloit-St. John's
- Attica
- Ashland
- Wheatland-Grinnell
- South Haven