STATE CHAMPS! Boys’ Basketball Team Rankings: Week 4
TJ Kelley/@ScoopIPS
12/30/2025
Michigan High School Basketball is Great! Welcome Auburn Hills Avondale, Chippewa Valley, and Detroit Catholic Central to the State Champs’ top 20 rankings! Hopefully the basketball junkies, local fans, along withup-and-coming basketball enthusiasts experienced great games over this holiday season! To be the best you must beat the best.
Below you will find a detailed breakdown of the State’s top 20 teams with five on the cusp:
- East Lansing (8-0; Division 1; 3-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)
Last week’s ranking: 1
Last week: 62-41 win on12/28 vs. then #3 Brother Rice at Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
This week: Next game 1/6 vs. Dewitt - Rockford (6-0; Division 1; 0-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Red)
Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week: 81-78 2OT win on 12/22 vs. then #3 Brother Rice @ Hazel Park and an 83-75 win on 12/27 vs. Ferndale @ Ferndale HS in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
This week: 1/2 @ Traverse City West - Brother Rice (5-3; Division 1; 2-1, Catholic High School League-Central)
Last week’s ranking: 3
Last week: 81-78 2OT loss on 12/22 vs. #2 Rockford @ Hazel Park and a 62-41 loss on 12/28 vs. #1 East Lansing @ Ferndale HS in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
This week:12/29 vs. Grosse Pointe South @ North Farmington - Kalamazoo Central (5-0, Division 1; 1-0, Southwestern MI. Athletic Conference-East)
Last week’s ranking: 4
Last week: 66-28 win on 12/27 vs. Inkster American International Academy @ Kalamazoo Central in the Don Johnson Memorial Invitational
This week: 1/3 vs. Detroit King @ Muskegon in the Muskegon Big Reds Classic -
Wayne Memorial (3-0, Division 1; 2-0, Kensington Lakes Activities Association-East)
Last week’s ranking: 5
Last week: DNP
This week: 12/29 vs. Detroit Renaissance @ North Farmington in the North Farmington Holiday Extravaganza -
East Kentwood (5-1, Division 1; 0-0 Ottawa-Kent Conference–Red)
Last week’s ranking: 10
Last week: 67-54 win on 12/28 vs. Detroit Mumford @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
This week: 12/29 vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth @ Romulus Summit Academy and 1/3 vs. Port Huron Northern @ Albion College in the Mike Turner Classic -
Romulus Summit Academy (10-0, Division 2; 3-0, Charter School Conference-Gold)
Last week’s ranking: 11
Last week’s results: 62-34 win on 12/27 vs. Detroit Pershing @ Romulus Summit in the Summit Holiday Classic
This week: 12/30 vs. Columbus (OH.) Bishop Hartley @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic -
Muskegon (2-0, Division 1; 0-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Green)
Last week’s ranking: 12
Last week’s results: off
This week: 12/30 vs. Detroit UPrep @ Muskegon in the Muskegon Hall of Fame Classic and 1/3 vs. Ferndale @ Muskegon in the Big Reds Classic - Grand Rapids Northview (6-1, Division 1; 1-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference–Gold)
Last week’s ranking: 15
Last week’s results: 47-45 win on 12/28 vs. Warren Fitzgerald @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
This week: 1/6 @ Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg - Auburn Hills Avondale (7-1, Division 1; 2-0, OAA-Red)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: Buzzer beating 50-49 win over then #6 Grand Blanc @ Hazel Park and 75-59 win over Detroit Mumford @ North Farmington
This week: 12/29 vs. #16 Hamtramck @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic - Grand Blanc (7-1, Division 1; 3-0, Saginaw Valley League-South)
Last week’s ranking: 6
Last week’s results: 50-49 buzzer beating loss on 12/22 vs. Auburn Hills Avondale @ Hazel Park and 100-78 win on 12/28 vs. then #7 Lansing Waverly @ Romulus Summit in the Summit Holiday Classic
This week: 1/3 vs. Clarkston @ Grand Blanc in the Carmody Classic - Hudsonville (7-0, Division 1; 0-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Red)
Last week’s ranking: 14
Last week’s results: 67-55 win on 12/23 vs. Port Huron Northern @ Hazel Park
This week: 1/3 vs. Detroit UPrep @ Grand Blanc in the Carmody Classic - Lansing Sexton (5-1, Division 2, 3-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-White)
Last week’s ranking: 13
Last week’s results: 71-70 win on 12/27 vs. Holt @ Holt in the Holt Shootout
This week: 1/6 @ Charlotte - Chippewa Valley (6-1, Division 1; 0-0, MAC-Red)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: 69-67 win over Detroit Cass Tech on 12/23 and a 59-51 win over then #9 Hamtramck on 12/27
This week: 12/29 vs. Walled Lake Central @ North Farmington - Lansing Waverly (4-2, Division 1; 2-1, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)
Last week’s ranking: 7
Last week: 100-78 loss on 12/28 vs. #6 Grand Blanc @ Romulus Summit in the Summit Holiday Classic
This week: 1/3 vs. Warren Lincoln @ Muskegon in the Muskegon Big Reds Classic -
Hamtramck (5-2, Division 1; 3-0, Charter School Conference-Gold)
Last week’s ranking: #9
Last week’s results:59-51 loss on 12/27 vs. Chippewa Valley @ Romulus Summit in the Summit Holiday Classic
This week: 12/29 vs. Auburn Hills Avondale @ Ferndale in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic -
Saginaw Heritage (7-1, Division 1; 3-0, Saginaw Valley League-North)
Last week’s ranking: 16
Last week’s results: Off
This week: 12/30 vs. Ferndale @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic -
Detroit Catholic Central (6-2, Division 1; 2-0, Catholic High School League-Central)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: 12/23 54-46 win over then #8 Detroit King
This week: 12/30 vs. Ann Arbor Pioneer @ Ferndale High School in the 30th annual Motor City Roundball Classic -
Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy (3-1, Division 2; 0-1, Charter School Conference-Gold
Last week’s ranking: #11
Last week’s results:DNP
This week: next game on 1/6 @ Redford Westfield Prep - Hudsonville Unity Christian (4-2, Division 2; 1-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference–Black)
Last week’s ranking: #19
Last week’s results: Off
This week: 1/6 vs. Holland
First 5 out: Roseville (5-1),Benton Harbor (6-0), Detroit King(1-3), Freeland (6-1), Clarkston (7-1)