STATE CHAMPS! | Boys Basketball Rankings: Week of 1/19/26. Welcome undefeated Rochester to the SC! Top 20

STATE CHAMPS! Boys’ Basketball Team Rankings: Week 7  
TJ Kelley/@ScoopIPS  

1/19/2026

We are entering the nitty gritty part of the season and East Lansing is holding strong with an undefeated record.  Last week’s OK-Red results flipped a few teams around in this week’s rankings while Auburn Hills Avondale is in control on the OAA-Red.  Welcome undefeated Rochester to the SC Top 20 rankings and Hamtramck rejoins the SC Top 20.  Below you will find a detailed breakdown of the State’s top 20 teams with five on the cusp:  
 
  1. East Lansing (13-0; Division 1; 6-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)
    Last week’s ranking: 1 
    Last week results: 76-41 win on 1/16 @ Okemos and a 47-31 win on 1/17 vs. Warren Fitzgerald @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/23 vs. Grand Ledge
  2. East Kentwood (10-1, Division 1; 2-0 Ottawa-Kent Conference–Red)  
    Last week’s ranking: 3
    Last week: A 69-68 win on 1/13 @ #2 Rockford and a 66-55 win on 1/16 @ West Ottawa
    This week: 1/20 @ Hudsonville and 1/23 vs. Grand Haven
  3. Muskegon (9-0, Division 1; 2-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Green)  
    Last week’s ranking: 4
    Last week’s results: 84-36 win on 1/13 @ Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, 73-47 win on 1/16 @ Jenison, and a 65-50 win on 1/17 vs. Warren Lincoln @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/20 vs. Byron Center and 1/23 @ Caledonia
  4. Rockford (10-2; Division 1; 1-1, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Red)  
    Last week’s ranking: 2
    Last week’s results: A 69-68 loss on 1/13 vs. then #3 East Kentwood and bounced back with a 68-52 win on 1/16 @ then #8 Hudsonville
    This week:1/20 vs. Grandville and 1/23 @ West Ottawa
  5. Brother Rice (12-3; Division 1; 4-1, Catholic High School League-Central)  
    Last week’s ranking: 5
    Last week’s results: A 78-45 win on 1/16 vs. Toledo St. Francis and an 88-53 win on 1/17 vs. then #16 Kalamazoo Central @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/23 @ Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
  6. Avondale (12-1, Division 1; 6-0, OAA-Red)
    Last week’s ranking: 7
    Last week’s results: 43-38 win on 1/13 vs. Clarkston and a 70-42 win on 1/15 @ Birmingham Groves
    This week: 1/19 @ University of Detroit-Jesuit and 1/22 @ West Bloomfield
  7. Romulus Summit Academy  (13-1, Division 2; 6-0, Charter School Conference-Gold)  
    Last week’s ranking: 9
    Last week’s results: 71-33 win on 1/13 vs. Michigan Collegiate and 1/16 postponed vs. Hamtramck
    This week: 1/19 vs. Detroit Catholic Central in the Always in My Bag Classic at WCCCC and 1/23 vs. Redford Westfield Prep
  8. Grand Rapids Northview (9-2, Division 1; 4-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference–Gold)  
    Last week’s ranking: 10
    Last week’s results: A 70-37 win on 1/16 vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic
    This week:1/20 vs. Grand Rapids Union and 1/23 @ Wyoming
  9. Lansing Waverly (9-2, Division 1; 5-1, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)  
    Last week’s ranking: 12
    Last week’s results: A 76-41 CAAC-Blue win on 1/15 @ DeWitt and a 69-67 win on 1/17 @ Lansing Sexton
    This week: 1/23 vs. Lansing Everett
  10. Wayne Memorial (8-2, Division 1; 5-0, Kensington Lakes Activities Association-East)  
    Last week’s ranking: 6 
    Last week’s results: A 76-39 win on 1/13 @ Westland John Glenn, a 74-52 win on 1/16 vs. Belleville, and 60-57 loss on 1/17 vs. Hamtramck @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/20 vs. Livonia Stevenson and 1/23 @ Dearborn
  11. Grand Haven(12-1, Division 1; 1-0, OK-Conference-Red)
    Last week’s ranking: 13
    Last week’s results: A 54-47 league win on 1/13 vs. then #8 Hudsonville
    This week: 1/20 vs. West Ottawa and 1/23 @ #2 East Kentwood
  12. Grand Blanc (9-2, Division 1; 4-0, Saginaw Valley League-South) 
    Last week’s ranking: 14
    Last week’s results: 1/16 postponed vs. Davison
    This week: 1/23 vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth
  13. Detroit King (7-4, Division 1; 3-0, Detroit Public School League-Blue)
    Last week’s ranking: 15
    Last week’s results: A 65-27 win on 1/13 vs. Detroit Central, 1/16 postponed vs. Detroit Renaissance, and a 65-54 win on 1/17 vs. Ferndale @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/19 vs. #18 Hamtramck @ WCCC in the Always in My Bag Classic, 1/21 @ Detroit Denby and 1/23 vs. Detroit Pershing
  14. Hudsonville(10-2, Division 1; 0-2, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Red)
    Last week’s ranking: 8
    Last week’s results: OK-Red league play opened with a 54-47 loss on 1/13 @ #13 Grand Haven and a 68-52 loss on 1/16 vs. then #2 Rockford
    This week: 1/20 vs. #2 East Kentwood and 1/23 @ Grandville
  15. Hudsonville Unity Christian(9-2, Division 2; 4-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Black)  
    Last week’s ranking: 17
    Last week’s results: 73-52 win on 1/13 vs. Spring Lake and an 82-39 win on 1/16 @ Wyoming
    This week: 1/20 @ Zeeland East and 1/23 vs. Zeeland West
  16. Lansing Sexton(10-2, Division 2, 7-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-White)
    Last week’s ranking: 11
    Last week’s results: 71-38 win on 1/13 @ Ionia, 86-29 win on 1/15 vs. East Rapids, and a 69-67 loss on 1/17 vs. then #12 Lansing Waverly
    This week: 1/20 @ Everett, 1/22 vs. Lansing Catholic and 1/23 @ Portland
  17. Macomb Dakota  (9-2, Division 1; 1-0, Macomb Area Conference-Red)
    Last week’s ranking: 20
    Last week’s results: An 81-56 win on 1/14 vs. Port Huron Northern and a 75-70 win on 1/16 @ Warren Lincoln
    This week: 1/20 vs. Roseville and 1/22 @ Grosse Pointe South
  18. Hamtramck  (8-4, Division 1; 5-1, Charter School Conference-Gold)
    Last week’s ranking: NR
    Last Week’s results: A 77-71 win on 1/13 vs. ATAP, 1/16 postponed vs. Romulus Summit Academy, a 60-57 win on 1/17 vs. then #6 Wayne Memorial
    This week: 1/19 vs. #13 Detroit ML King, jr. @ WCCC in the Always in My Bag Classic, 1/20 vs. Old Redford
  19. Rochester (13-0, Division 1; 3-0, OAA-White)
    Last week’s ranking: NR
    Last week’s results: A 57-41 win on 1/13 vs. Waterford Mott and a 45-27 win on 1/16 vs. Oxford
    This week: 1/20 @ Lake Orion and 1/23 @ Rochester Stoney Creek
  20. Kalamazoo Central(8-2, Division 1; 3-0, Southwestern MI. Athletic Conference-East)  
    Last week’s ranking: 16 
    Last week results: A 58-30 win on 1/13 vs. Mattawan, a 74-56 win on 1/16 @ Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, a 88-53 loss on 1/17 vs. then #5 Brother Rice @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams Foundation’s Dr. MLK, jr Freedom Games
    This week: 1/20 vs. Portage Northern and 1/23 vs. Portage Central
First 5 Out: Grand Rapids South Christian (10-2), Detroit Catholic Central (8-4), Ypsilanti Lincoln (11-1), Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy (6-2),Frankenmuth (11-0)