Denver East narrowly holds onto top spot in 5A boys basketball ranking
With one week to go in the regular season, Fossil Ridge nearly overtook Denver East atop the Class 5A basketball rankings.
Nearly.
The SaberCats remained in the No. 2 spot despite the fact that both schools received 10 first-place votes. Denver East, though, held on to its top ranking by one overall point.
The Angels have been No. 1 all season, save for one week in mid-January when Fossil Ridge led the poll.
Mountain Vista stayed put at No. 3 this week, and continued to be followed by No. 4 Regis Jesuit and No. 5 Eaglecrest.
Overland bumped up on place to No. 6, while Highlands Ranch went from No. 10 to No. 7 after going 2-0 last week.
Arapahoe dropped two spots to No. 8, Rangeview is the poll’s lone newcomer at No. 9, and Grand Junction rounds out the ranking at No. 10.
The Centennial and Continental leagues both have three teams in the top-10 this week. The Denver Prep, Front Range and East Metro and Southwestern all have one ranked team.
Elsewhere, the 1A poll has a new No. 1 team. Hi-Plains took over for Caliche after receiving eight of the 11 first-place votes in that class. Hi-Plains went 3-0 last week, while Caliche went 1-2, though both losses were to ranked 2A teams.
That ranking added No. 9 Cheraw and No. 10 Briggsdale.
The No. 1 teams in 4A (Valor Christian), 3A (Holy Family) and 2A (Ignacio) stayed the same this week.
The 4A poll added No. 9 Cheyenne Mountain and No. 10 Denver West. 3A added No. 7 Denver Science & Tech and No. 10 Platte Valley.
Holyoke (No. 9) and Meeker (No. 10) were the new teams in the 2A ranking this week.
As the regular season ends for all classes this week, these will be the final rankings of the season.
Complete polls for all classes 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.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Denver East (10) | 16-4 | 190 | 1 | 1-1 |
| 2 | Fossil Ridge (10) | 21-0 | 189 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Mountain Vista | 20-1 | 152 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Regis Jesuit | 18-3 | 135 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Eaglecrest | 16-5 | 106 | 5 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Overland | 15-6 | 94 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Highlands Ranch | 15-6 | 63 | 10 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Arapahoe | 16-5 | 61 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Rangeview | 18-3 | 39 | – | 2-0 |
| 10 | Grand Junction | 17-2 | 21 | 9 | 1-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Grandview 16, Monarch 10, Chatfield 7, Chaparral 5, Cherry Creek 5, Dakota Ridge 2, Fort Collins 2, Legend 2, Montbello 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Chatfield (8). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Valor Christian (16) | 18-3 | 160 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Thompson Valley | 20-1 | 139 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Pueblo South | 19-2 | 124 | 3 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Longmont | 18-3 | 85 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Pueblo East | 17-4 | 79 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 6 | D’Evelyn | 17-4 | 77 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Denver South | 15-7 | 52 | 8 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Sand Creek | 16-5 | 45 | 5 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Cheyenne Mountain | 15-5 | 32 | – | 2-0 |
| 10 | Denver West | 13-7 | 26 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Air Academy 20, Thomas Jefferson 20, Golden 14, Wheat Ridge 6, Rifle 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Air Academy (9), Golden (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (9) | 17-1 | 126 | 1 | 1-1 |
| 2 | Colorado Academy (2) | 16-1 | 117 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Jefferson Academy (1) | 15-3 | 97 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Faith Christian | 12-5 | 91 | 3 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Colorado Springs Christian (1) | 14-3 | 88 | 4 | 3-0 |
| 6 | Moffat County | 14-2 | 60 | 9 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Denver Science & Tech | 14-4 | 33 | – | 3-0 |
| 8 | The Pinnacle | 14-4 | 31 | 10 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Aspen | 15-3 | 24 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 10 | Platte Valley | 13-5 | 18 | – | 3-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Brush 16, St. Mary’s 9, Bishop Machebeuf 5. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Brush (6), Centauri (8). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Ignacio (9) | 16-0 | 141 | 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Sanford (1) | 16-1 | 127 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Lutheran (4) | 11-6 | 120 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Akron | 15-1 | 113 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Resurrection Christian (1) | 15-2 | 86 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Yuma | 15-3 | 76 | 6 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Peyton | 14-2 | 54 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Simla | 15-2 | 44 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Holyoke | 11-6 | 14 | – | 2-1 |
| 10 | Meeker | 14-4 | 13 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Rye 12, Crowley County 7, Center 6, Denver Christian 5, Telluride 3, Haxtun 1, Paonia 1, Sedgwick County 1, Swink 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Rye (9), Denver Christian (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Hi-Plains (8) | 16-1 | 107 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Caliche (3) | 15-2 | 101 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Holly | 14-3 | 87 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Cheyenne Wells | 12-5 | 67 | 4 | 1-2 |
| 5 | South Baca | 12-4 | 61 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Vail Christian | 13-5 | 56 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 7 | McClave | 13-4 | 48 | 5 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Shining Mountain | 14-4 | 33 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Cheraw | 11-4 | 15 | – | 4-0 |
| 10 | Briggsdale | 11-5 | 13 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Jim Elliot Christian 10, Primero 2, Walsh 2, Norwood 1, Peetz 1, Liberty/Stratton 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Primero (9), Norwood (10). | |||||
