Lutheran is now No. 1 in the 3A poll. (Courtesy of Lutheran HS)
For the second straight week, there's a new team atop the Class 3A boys basketball rankings.
Lutheran knocked off Faith Christian, last week's No. 1, with a 65-55 win on Saturday. Monday, the Lions received eight of the 14 first-place votes and totaled 128 points in taking over atop that poll.
Faith Christian dropped to second, just ahead of Colorado Springs Christian, which occupied the top spot prior to Faith. Colorado Academy, the preseason No. 1 team in 3A, is fourth this week and Jefferson Academy rounds out the top five.
With Lutheran, Faith, CA and Jefferson Academy all hailing from the 3A Metro, it means that league currently has four of the top five teams in 3A. No. 8 Kent Denver gives the league five ranked teams.
In 5A, Regis Jesuit remained a unanimous No. 1 pick. ThunderRidge (No. 2) and Eaglecrest (No. 3) continued to follow the raiders.
Overland bumped up one spot to No. 4, and Rock Canyon moved up to No. 5.
Chaparral also moved up, to No. 6, while Dakota Ridge fell to No. 7 following its first loss.
Denver East is up to No. 8, Fossil Ridge is now No. 9 and Monarch joined the poll at No. 10.
The 4A poll continued to be led by Longmont. That ranking added No. 8 D'Evelyn and No. 10 Lewis-Palmer this week.
Resurrection Christian (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A) held firm atop their respective polls.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Complete rankings are below.
CHSAANow.com Boys Basketball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Regis Jesuit (20) | 17-0 | 200 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | ThunderRidge | 16-1 | 171 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Eaglecrest | 14-3 | 161 | 3 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Overland | 12-5 | 144 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Rock Canyon | 14-4 | 89 | 6 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Chaparral | 13-4 | 87 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Dakota Ridge | 16-1 | 68 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Denver East | 8-8 | 56 | 9 | 1-1 |
| 9 | Fossil Ridge | 12-5 | 38 | 10 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Monarch | 15-2 | 29 | - | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Legend 19, Cherry Creek 10, Rangeview 8, Mountain Vista 7, Cherokee Trail 6, Arvada West 3, Abraham Lincoln 2, Boulder 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Mountain Vista (7). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Longmont (20) | 16-0 | 209 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Holy Family | 14-2 | 151 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Golden (1) | 14-3 | 148 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Pueblo Central | 14-3 | 133 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Sierra | 14-3 | 132 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 6 | Valor Christian | 11-5 | 83 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Sand Creek | 11-5 | 66 | 4 | 1-2 |
| 8 | D'Evelyn | 12-5 | 54 | - | 3-0 |
| 9 | Pueblo West | 13-4 | 46 | 6 | 1-1 |
| 10 | Lewis-Palmer | 11-5 | 40 | - | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pueblo South 37, Air Academy 17, Denver South 14, Vista Peak 9, Widefield 8, Glenwood Springs 3, Northridge 3, Steamboat Springs 2, Thompson Valley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Denver South (9), Pueblo South (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Lutheran (8) | 13-1 | 128 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Faith Christian (1) | 13-2 | 123 | 1 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Christian (4) | 13-1 | 121 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Colorado Academy (1) | 9-5 | 82 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Jefferson Academy | 12-3 | 72 | 4 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Sterling | 13-2 | 58 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 7 | St. Mary's | 9-4 | 46 | 8 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Kent Denver | 10-4 | 30 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Moffat County | 10-3 | 28 | 10 | 2-0 |
| 10 | The Pinnacle | 10-3 | 26 | - | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Grand Valley 15, Alamosa 13, Bennett 11, Manitou Springs 7, Liberty Common 5, Eaton 2, DSST-Green Valley Ranch 1, Machebeuf 1, Monte Vista 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Grand Valley (9). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Resurrection Christian (6) | 14-0 | 96 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Sanford (4) | 12-0 | 94 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Ignacio | 10-2 | 67 | 3 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Highland | 14-1 | 62 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Meeker | 12-0 | 53 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Ellicott | 11-1 | 49 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Yuma | 11-3 | 41 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Simla | 13-1 | 37 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 9 | Swink | 13-2 | 19 | - | 3-0 |
| 10 | Rye | 11-3 | 15 | 10 | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Akron 7, Paonia 4, Caliche 2, Crowley County 2, Holyoke 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Caliche (8). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Sangre De Cristo (10) | 13-0 | 100 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Springfield | 13-2 | 80 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Jim Elliot | 13-1 | 74 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Arickaree/Woodlin | 12-0 | 71 | 4 | 0-0 |
| 5 | South Baca | 11-2 | 56 | 5 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Fleming | 11-2 | 51 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Holly | 12-3 | 38 | 6 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Ouray | 11-1 | 37 | 8 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Sierra Grande | 9-3 | 19 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 10 | Wiley | 10-3 | 12 | 10 | 1-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Kit Carson 5, Primero 4, Miami-Yoder 3. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||