STATE CHAMPS! Top 25 Boys Basketball Rankings – Week of January 20th, 2025
 
TJ Kelley – @scoopIPS
 

With a strong group of games last week, the top five remains the same while there are new teams rounding out the Top 10. 

 

Winning streaks, losing streaks, injuries, and returning healthy players shook up 11-25 however no one dropped out.  There are a few teams on the cusp of this week’s Top 25 who will become worthy with a signature win or two.

 

Here’s this week’s State Champs’ Top 25 Statewide Rankings:

 

1. University of Detroit-Jesuit (11-1/6-0 CHSL-Central) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 1


Key Wins: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Brother Rice, Clarkston, West Bloomfield, Ferndale, Toledo Whitmer, Toledo St. Francis DeSales, Detroit Catholic Central, Warren De La Salle

Loss: Old Redford (forfeit)

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Detroit Catholic Central, Jan 17th @ Warren DeLaSalle


This week: Win on Jan 20th vs. Ann Arbor Skyline, Jan 22nd vs. Ann Arbor Huron, and Jan 24th @ Toledo Central Catholic

 

2.  East Lansing (12-1/6-0 CAAC-Blue) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 2


Key Wins: Warren Lincoln, Warren De La Salle, Hamtramck, Lansing Waverly, Grand Ledge, Lansing Sexton, OLSM, Davison, Okemos


Loss: Muskegon


Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Davison, Jan 17th vs. Okemos

This week: Jan 24th vs. Grand Ledge and Jan 25th vs. Romulus Summit Academy @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

 

3. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (8-5/3-1 CHSL-Central) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 3


Key Wins: Rockford, Wayne Memorial, Warren De La Salle, Toledo Whitmer, Toledo St. John’s, Auburn Hills Avondale, Detroit Catholic Central


Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Indianapolis Cathedral, Village Charter (FL.), IMG Academy, East Lansing


Last week: Win on Jan 17th vs. Detroit Catholic Central


This week: Jan 24th @ #5 Brother Rice

 

4. Rockford (12-1/4-0 OK-Red) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 4


Key wins: Grand Rapids Northview, Forest Hills Northern, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Byron Center, East Kentwood, and Warren De La Salle, Hudsonville, Grandville


Loss: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th vs. Hudsonville and Jan 17th @ Grandville


This week: Jan 21st vs. Whitehall and Jan 24th vs. West Ottawa

 

5. Brother Rice (13-1/3-1 CHSL-Central) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 5


Key wins: Ferndale, Walled Lake Central, Warren De La Salle, East Kentwood, Warren Lincoln


Loss: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Toledo St. Francis De Sales


Last week: Win on Jan 17th @ Toledo St. Francis De Sales


This week: Jan 24th vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

 

6. Flint Powers (11-0/2-0 SVC) – Division 2

Last Week’s Ranking: 9


Key Wins: Riverview Gabriel Richard, Imlay City, Goodrich, Schoolcraft, Saginaw United

This week: Win on Jan 17th @ Saginaw United


This week: Jan 21st @ Bay City Central and Jan 25th vs. #7 Warren Fitzgerald @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

 

7. Warren Fitzgerald (11-1/4-0 MAC-White) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 10


Key Wins: Auburn Hills Avondale, Imlay City, Waterford Mott, Center Line, Sterling Heights Stevenson

Loss: Grosse Pointe South

Last week: Wins on Jan 15th vs. Utica Eisenhower and Jan 17th @ Sterling Heights Stevenson


This week: Jan 21st @ Romeo, Jan 23rd @ Utica, and Jan 25th vs. Flint Powers @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

 

8. Detroit Cass Tech (9-1/5-1 Detroit PSL-Blue) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 11

Key Wins: Macomb Dakota, Detroit King, Michigan City (IN.), and Detroit Pershing, North Farmington

Loss: Detroit Renaissance

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Detroit Southeastern and Jan 18th @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games


This week: Jan 21st vs. Detroit Henry Ford, Jan 24th vs. Mumford, and Jan 25th vs. Port Huron Northern in the Downtown Showdown

 

9. Muskegon (10-2/4-0 OK-Green) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 6


Key Wins: East Lansing, Holt, West Bloomfield, Ferndale, Lansing Everett, Caledonia, Muskegon Mona Shores

This week: Wins on Jan 14th vs. Caledonia, Jan 17th @ Muskegon Mona Shores, and a loss on Jan 18th vs. Warren Lincoln @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games


This week: Loss on Jan 24th vs. Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Jan 25th @ Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

 

10. Wayne Memorial (9-2/5-0 KLAA-East) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 16


Key Wins: Oakville Prep (Canada), Dearborn, Cleveland Glenville, Elyria (OH.), Warren De La Salle


Losses: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Birmingham Groves


Last week: Wins on Jan 14th vs. Livonia Franklin, Jan 17th @ Westland John Glenn, Jan 18th vs. Warren De La Salle @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games


This week: Jan 21st vs. Belleville and Jan 24th vs. Livonia Stevenson

 

11. Romulus Summit Academy-North (12-1/7-0 Charter School League-Gold) – Division 2


Last Week’s Ranking: 17

Key Wins: Detroit Renaissance, Ferndale, Park Forest Rich (IL.), Old Redford, Birmingham Groves, Detroit University Prep

Loss: Walled Lake Central

Last week: Wins on Jan 13th vs. Old Redford, Jan 14th @ Warren Michigan Collegiate, Jan 17th @ Detroit University Prep


This week: Jan 23rd. Westfield Prep and Jan 25th vs. East Lansing @ Aquinas College in the 2K25 Classic

 

12. Detroit King (10-3/3-2 Detroit PSL-Blue) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 14


Key Wins: East Kentwood, Birmingham Groves, Saginaw United, North Farmington, Auburn Hills Avondale, Kalamazoo Central, Detroit Pershing, Flint Carman-Ainsworth

Losses: Kenwood Academy, Detroit Cass Tech, Detroit Renaissance


Last week: Win on Jan 17th vs. Detroit Pershing


This week: Win on Jan 20th vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth @ Birmingham Groves in the MLK, jr. Classic, Jan 21st vs. Detroit Southeastern, and Jan 25th vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central @ Aquinas College (MI.) in the 2K25 Showcase

 

13. Old Redford (9-1/4-1) Charter School League-Gold) – Division 2

Last Week’s Ranking: 8

Key Wins: West Bloomfield, Detroit Loyola, University of Detroit-Jesuit (forfeit), River Rouge


Loss: Romulus Summit Academy

Last week: Loss on Jan 13th @ Romulus Summit Academy with wins on Jan 17 @ Detroit University Prep Art & Design and Jan 18th vs. River Rouge @ North Farmington in Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games


This week: Jan 21st vs. Detroit University Prep and Jan 24th @ Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy

 

14. Grand Rapids Northview (10-2/5-0 OK-Gold) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 18

Key Wins: Grandville, Ferndale, Warren Lincoln

Losses: Rockford, Ann Arbor Huron

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Grand Rapids West Catholic and Jan 16th @ Wayland Union


This week:  Jan 21st vs. Grand Rapids South Christian and Jan 25th vs. Lima (OH.) Senior @ Aquinas College in the 2K25 Classic

 

15. Warren Lincoln (8-4/3-0 MAC-Red) – Division 2


Last Week’s Ranking: 20

Key Wins: Ann Arbor Huron, Port Huron Northern, Chippewa Valley, Macomb Dakota, Grosse Pointe South, Muskegon

Losses: East Lansing, Birmingham Brother Rice, Byron Center, Grand Rapids Northview

Last week: Wins on Jan 15th @ Macomb Dakota, Jan 17th vs. Grosse Pointe South, and Jan 18th vs. Muskegon @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games


This week: Jan 21st @ Roseville, Jan 23rd @ Port Huron Northern, and Jan 25th vs. Chicago (IL.) Hyde Park @ Aquinas College in the 2K25 Classic

 

16. Byron Center (10-4/3-1 OK-Green) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 19 (t)

Key Wins: Warren Lincoln, Grand Rapids South Christian, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Muskegon Mona Shores, Lansing Catholic, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, Caledonia

Losses: Grandville, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian (forfeit), Rockford, Muskegon


Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Jan 17th vs. Caledonia


This week: Jan 24th vs. Jenison

 

17. Hudsonville (8-3/3-1 OK-Red) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 12

Key Wins: Hudsonville Unity Christian, Whitehall, East Grand Rapids, Detroit Catholic Central, Muskegon Mona Shores, West Ottawa, Grand Haven, East Kentwood

Losses: Grand Rapids Christian, Muskegon, Rockford

Last week: Loss on Jan 14th @ Rockford and a Jan 17th win @ East Kentwood


This week: Jan 21st vs. Jenison and Jan 24th vs. Grandville

 

18. Hudsonville Unity Christian (12-1/4-0 OK- Black) – Division 2


Last Week’s Ranking: 13

Key Wins: Grandville Calvin Christian, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian, Forest Hills Northern, Grand Rapids South Christian, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Grandville
Loss:
Hudsonville

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Wyoming and Jan 17th vs. Hamilton, Jan 18th @ Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills vs. Detroit Henry Ford in the Martin Luther King, jr. Hoops Classic


This week: Jan 21st @ Holland Christian and Jan 24th @ Spring Lake

 

19. Lansing Waverly (9-2/5-1 CAAC-Blue) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 21

Key Wins: Belleville, Grand Ledge, Okemos, DeWitt, Lansing Sexton

Losses: East Lansing, Flint Carman-Ainsworth

Last week: Wins on Jan 16th vs. DeWitt and Jan 18th vs. Lansing Sexton

This week: Win on Jan 20th @ Jackson in the MLK, jr. Hoops Festival, Jan 24th @ Lansing Everett, and Jan 25th vs. West Bloomfield @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

 

20. Belleville (10-1/5-0 KLAA-West) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 22

Key Wins: West Bloomfield, North Farmington, Ypsilanti Lincoln, Redford Thurston

Loss: Lansing Waverly

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Dearborn Fordson and Jan 17th @ Livonia Stevenson


This week: Jan 21st @ Wayne Memorial and Jan 24th @ Dearborn

 

21. Ann Arbor Huron (9-2/6-0 SEC-Red) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 23

Key Wins: Grand Rapids Northview, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Port Huron Northern, Ypsilanti Lincoln, Dearborn, Ann Arbor Skyline

Losses: Warren Lincoln, Detroit University Prep

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Ann Arbor Skyline and Jan 17th @ Monroe

This week: Jan 22nd @ University of Detroit-Jesuit and Jan 24th @ Saline

 

22 (t). Detroit University Prep (10-4/6-1 Charter School League-Gold) – (Division 2)

Last Week’s Ranking: 24

Key Wins: Ann Arbor Huron, Detroit Voyageur, Adrian, Grand Ledge


Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, West Bloomfield, Detroit Catholic Central, Romulus Summit Academy

Last week: Win on Jan 14th @ Detroit Lincoln-King and a loss on Jan 17th vs. Romulus Summit Academy


This week: Jan 21st @ Old Redford

 

22 (t). Birmingham Groves (10-4/5-2 OAA-Red) – Division 1


Last Week’s Ranking: 15

Key Wins: Wayne Memorial, River Rouge, North Farmington, Warren De La Salle, Redford Thurston, West Bloomfield, Rochester Adams, Clarkston

Losses: Detroit King, Auburn Hills Avondale, Ferndale, and Romulus Summit Academy

Last week: Loss on Jan 14th @ Ferndale and a win on Jan 16th vs. Clarkston


This week: Loss on Jan 20th vs. Romulus Summit Academy and Jan 24th vs. North Farmington

   

23. Clarkston (11-3/4-2 OAA-Red) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 19 (t)


Key Wins: West Bloomfield, Ferndale, North Farmington, Northville, Walled Lake Western

Loss: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Auburn Hills Avondale, Birmingham Groves

Last week: Wins on Jan 14th @ Troy Athens, Jan 16th @ Birmingham Groves, Jan 17th vs. Walled Lake Western


This week: Jan 23rd @ Ferndale

 

24. Dearborn (10-2/4-1 KLAA-East) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 25

Key Wins: Ann Arbor Pioneer, Northville, Grand Haven


Losses: Wayne Memorial, Ann Arbor Huron


Last week: Wins on Jan 14th vs. Livonia Stevenson and Jan 17th Dearborn Fordson

This week: Jan 23rd @ Livonia Churchill and Jan 24th vs. Belleville


25. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (8-3/2-2 Saginaw Valley Conference) – Division 1

Last Week’s Ranking: 7


Key Wins: Lansing Waverly, Port Huron Northern, Muskegon Mona Shores, Goodrich, Pewamo-Westphalia


Last week: Win on Jan 10th @ Midland

This week: Jan 14th @ Saginaw United, Jan 17th vs. Grand Blanc, and Jan 20th vs. Detroit King @ Birmingham Groves in MLK, Jr. Classic