Updated Midwest Region Top 20 Rankings

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 Oak Hill Academy (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Chicago Whitney Young (Midwest), Galena North Shore (Southwest) and Rainier Beach (West).

Student Sports FAB 50
Region-By-Region Rankings

(Previous ranking in parentheses; Through games played on Monday, March 24)

By Mark Tennis & Ronnie Flores
Contributing: Doug Huff, Paul Muyskens

RELATED: East Top 20 | Southeast Top 20 | Southwest Top 20 | West Top 20 | Student Sports FAB 50

MIDWEST Region Top 20
(Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)

1. (1) Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.) 27-6**
2. (3) Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis, Ind.) 26-2***
3. (4) Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) 28-0
4. (5) La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 23-2*
5. (2) Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) 32-2
6. (7) Curie (Chicago, Ill.) 24-2**
7. (NR) Lakeville North (Lakeville, Minn.) 27-5
8. (9) Apple Valley (Apple Valley, Minn.) 27-2
9. (11) Germantown (Germantown, Wis.) 26-2
10. (12) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) 26-2
11. (13) Consortium College Prep (Detroit, Mich.) 26-2
12. (16) Upper Arlington (Columbus, Ohio) 27-2
13. (15) Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood, Ohio) 25-3
14. (17) Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 24-2
15. (NR) Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Ky.) 32-2
16. (NR) Lake Central (St. John, Ind.) 22-3***
17. (19) Simeon (Chicago, Ill.) 20-6
18. (18) King (Milwaukee, Wis.) 24-3
19. (20) De La Salle (Minneapolis, Minn.) 26-3
20. (NR) Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) 24-6

*Competing in Dick’s Sporting Goods National High School Tournament from April 3-5 in New York.
**Indicates forfeit wins/losses not included.
***Indicates season not complete; still competing in Indiana state championships.

Dropped Out: Previous No. 6 Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.); No. 8 Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, Ill.); No. 10 Orr (Chicago, Ill.); No. 14 Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.).

Midwest Bubble Teams: Ballard (Louisville, Ky.) 34-6; Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.) 25-8; Bowman Academy (Gary, Ind.) 22-4***; Brookfield Central (Brookfield, Wis.) 24-1; Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) 21-2; Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Ill.) 29-4; Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) 30-2; Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa) 23-3; Lincoln (Lincoln, Ill.) 34-3; Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, Ill.) 28-3; Neenah (Neenah, Wis.) 24-2; Norwalk (Norwalk, Ohio) 29-1; Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.) 35-4; Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) 30-5; Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, Wis.) 27-2.

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.

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