We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation. During the season, we rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as StudentSportsBasketball.com. No. 1 teams are Washington D.C. St. John’s (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Chicago Curie (Midwest), Prime Prep (Southwest) and Rainier Beach (West).
Student Sports FAB 50
Region-By-Region Rankings
(Previous rankings in parentheses; Through games played on Sunday, Feb. 16)
By Mark Tennis & Ronnie Flores
Contributing: Doug Huff, Paul Muyskens
RELATED: East Top 20 | Midwest Top 20 | Southwest Top 20 | Southeast Top 20 | Student Sports FAB 50
WEST Region Top 20
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
1. (1) Rainier Beach (Seattle) 22-0
2. (2) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 27-0
3. (4) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) 25-4
4. (9) Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.) 25-3
5. (5) Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 24-2
6. (6) Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) 20-4
7. (7) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 24-4
8. (8) Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.) 29-1
9. (3) Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) 24-2
10. (10) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) 25-2
11. (11) Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 20-1
12. (12) Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.) 22-4
13. (14) West Linn (West Linn, Ore.) 16-4
14. (15) Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 22-1
15. (17) Chino Hills (Chino Hills, Calif.) 23-4
16. (18) Jackson (Mill Creek, Wash.) 21-1
17. (NR) Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins, Colo.) 21-0
18. (19) Capital Christian (Sacramento, Calif.) 23-3
19. (20) Westchester (Los Angeles) 25-5
20. (16) East (Denver, Colo.) 16-4
Dropped Out: Previous No. 13 Lone Peak (Highland, Utah).
West Bubble Teams: Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) 22-4; Bountiful (Bountiful, Utah) 19-1; Capital (Boise, Idaho) 21-0; Churchill (Eugene, Ore.) 19-2; Compton (Compton, Calif.) 22-5; J.W. North (Riverside, Calif.) 24-0*; Kentridge (Kent, Wash.) 23-0; Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) 16-3; Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) 20-7; Monte Vista (Danville, Calif.) 23-1; Pleasant Grove (Pleasant Grove, Utah) 18-2; Richland (Richland, Wash.) 22-0.
Note: The STUDENT SPORTS FAB 50 is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and they were compiled by the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 14 years ago.