Tennessee Girls and Boys Prep Basketball Polls

January 17, 2022

Rick Nyman,

The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 17, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

BOYS

Division I – Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Beech (11) 21-0 118 1
2. Morristown-Hamblen High School East 21-1 93 2
3. Bartlett (1) 16-6 88 3
4. Cane Ridge 11-6 67 4
5. Memphis East 9-2 58 8
6. Whitehaven 13-1 51 9
7. Bearden 13-5 48 5
8. Dobyns-Bennett 17-4 45 7
9. Lebanon 16-4 22 6
10. Green Hill 14-2 19 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: Science Hill 16.

Division I – Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Jackson South Side (8) 12-2 112 1
2. Greeneville (3) 12-5 96 4
3. Clinton 16-2 93 2
4. Greenbrier (1) 15-1 82 5
5. Grainger 16-2 75 3
6. Fulton 13-3 66 7
7. Jackson North Side 11-2 34 NR
8. Obion County 13-3 26 6
9. Lincoln County 13-3 23 NR
10. Dyersburg 12-4 22 8
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division I – Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. East Nashville (12) 15-2 120 1
2. Fairview 13-3 105 2
3. Power Center Academy High School 8-2 74 T5
4. Smith County 14-4 65 T5
5. Camden 14-3 63 7
6. Jackson County 11-4 57 3
7. Summertown 14-5 54 4
8. Scotts Hill 10-2 33 9
9. Gatlinburg-Pittman 16-4 28 NR
10. Pearl-Cohn 9-6 26 8
Others receiving 12 or more points: Waverly 18.

Division I – Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pickett County (7) 15-3 113 1
2. Middleton (3) 11-1 108 2
3. MAHS (1) 9-2 92 3
4. Clay County (1) 10-4 87 5
5. North Greene 18-3 64 4
6. Santa Fe 12-3 61 T6
7. Peabody 12-5 49 8
8. Hampton 12-4 39 9
9. West Carroll 9-3 28 T6
10. Lake County 7-3 7 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division II – Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Brentwood Academy (9) 17-0 116 1
2. CBHS (2) 19-0 110 2
3. Knoxville Catholic 15-3 90 3
4. McCallie (1) 18-1 62 NR
5. Ensworth 14-4 57 4
Others receiving 12 or more points: Briarcrest 32.

Division II – Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Goodpasture (7) 14-3 111 1
2. First Assembly Christian (4) 15-2 109 2
3. Columbia Academy 15-4 97 3
4. Friendship Christian 13-5 61 5
5. Davidson Academy 11-4 44 4
Others receiving 12 or more points: Sacred Heart 17. Knoxville Webb 15.

GIRLS

Division I – Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Blackman (7) 14-0 114 1
2. Cookeville (2) 19-0 98 T2
3. Bearden (1) 17-3 97 T2
4. Bradley Central 15-2 85 4
5. Bartlett (2) 16-4 78 6
6. Coffee County 16-3 49 9
7. Farragut 14-5 41 7
8. Arlington 15-3 32 5
9. Lebanon 15-4 26 8
10. Heritage 16-3 11 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division I – Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Page (11) 17-1 119 1
2. Livingston Academy (1) 16-2 108 3
3. Jackson South Side 13-2 82 5
4. Grainger 15-4 70 T7
5. Upperman 15-3 66 4
6. Greeneville 15-4 65 2
7. South Gibson 16-3 47 T7
8. White County 15-4 34 6
9. Seymour 16-3 24 9
10. Hardin County 10-2 22 T10
Others receiving 12 or more points: Lincoln County 13.

Division I – Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Loretto (12) 16-0 120 1
2. Gibson County 19-1 98 2
3. Westview 16-2 94 3
4. McMinn Central 14-3 81 5
5. Summertown 17-2 67 4
6. East Nashville 13-1 65 7
7. Gatlinburg-Pittman 14-4 40 6
8. Westmoreland 14-3 39 8
9. York Institute 10-4 27 9
10. Stewart County 12-5 9 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division I – Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. McKenzie (12) 14-1 120 1
2. Pickett County 15-3 106 4
3. Clay County 12-3 78 5
4. Clarkrange 14-5 71 2
5. Gleason 15-4 70 3
6. Huntland 14-4 58 T7
7. Wayne County 17-4 57 T7
8. Unaka 16-4 38 9
9. Red Boiling Springs 13-5 29 6
10. Sunbright 17-4 10 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division II – Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Ensworth (11) 9-4 119 2
2. Father Ryan (1) 9-3 100 4
3. Knoxville Catholic 12-6 97 3
4. Brentwood Academy 12-4 89 1
5. Christ Presbyterian Academy 12-6 44 5
Others receiving 12 or more points: Briarcrest 12. Baylor 12.

Division II – Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Lakeway Christian (7) 18-2 114 1
2. Northpoint 12-2 98 3
3. Bell Buckle (5) 13-6 89 2
4. Trinity Christian Academy 10-3 79 4
5. Nashville Christian 14-2 32 5
Others receiving 12 or more points: Fayette Academy 28. CAK 19. Goodpasture 13.

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All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school basketball poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: The Leaf-Chronicle , Clarksville; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald, Columbia; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean, Nashville; State Gazette, Dyersburg; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; Times News, Kingsport; Marshall County Tribune , Lewisburg; Citizen Tribune, Morristown; The Tennessean, Nashville; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.

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