STATE CHAMPS! | Boys Basketball Rankings: Week of 1/26/26. Grandville, South Christian and Ypsilanti Lincoln joins the Top 20

STATE CHAMPS! Boys’ Basketball Team Rankings: Week 8

TJ Kelley – @ScoopIPS  

1/26/2026

 

For a large portion of the state, nature postponed league games which will make for busy schedules with less than a month before the state districts tip off and only two weeks away from the Detroit PSL, Catholic League, and Charter School playoffs start. The 2K26 Showcase at Grand Rapids Community College takes over the next two Saturdays in downtown Grand Rapids and this Saturday’s Downtown Showdown at Cass Tech both feature great matchups with many of Michigan’s top teams. Welcome undefeated Grandville to the #15 slot while Grand Rapids South Christian and Ypsilanti Lincoln enter this week’s rankings

 

Read where this week’s State Champs Top 20 teams are playing:

1. East Lansing (14-0; Division 1; 7-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)
Last week’s ranking: 1 
Last week’s results:A 72-36 CAAC-Blue win on 1/23 vs. Grand Ledge
This week: 1/27 vs. Williamston and 1/30 vs. Lansing Everett

2. East Kentwood (10-1, Division 1; 2-0 Ottawa-Kent Conference–Red)  
Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s results: Postponed games on 1/20 @ Hudsonville and 1/23 vs. Grand Haven
This week: 1/26, 5:30pm @ #13 Hudsonville and 1/30 vs. #15 Grandville

 

3. Muskegon (10-0, Division 1; 3-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Green)  
Last week’s ranking: 3
Last week’s results: Postponed 1/20 vs. Byron Center and a68-48 win on 1/23 @ Caledonia
This week: 1/27 @ Ottawa Hills, 1/30 vs. Mona Shores, and 1/31 @ #20 Kalamazoo Central

5. Brother Rice (12-3; Division 1; 4-1, Catholic High School League-Central)  
Last week’s ranking: 5
Last week’s results: DNP
This week: 1/26 @ Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and 1/30 @ Toledo St. John’s

6. Auburn Hills Avondale (14-1, Division 1; 7-0, OAA-Red)
Last week’s ranking: 6
Last week’s results: Victories on 1/19, 76-47, @ University of Detroit-Jesuit and 94-69 on 1/22 @ West Bloomfield
This week: 1/27 vs. Farmington and 1/30 vs. Rochester Stoney Creek

7. Romulus Summit Academy (16-1, Division 2; 8-0, Charter School Conference-Gold)  
Last week’s ranking: 7
Last week’s results: A trio of wins starting with a 1/19 58-50 vs. Detroit Catholic Central in the Always in My Bag Classic at WCCCC, 47-35 on 1/22 @ Hamtramck and 71-58 win on 1/23 vs. Redford Westfield Prep
This week: 1/30 @ Chandler Park Academy

8. Grand Rapids Northview (9-2, Division 1; 4-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference–Gold)  
Last week’s ranking: 8
Last week’s results: Postponed 1/20 vs. Grand Rapids Union and postponed 1/23 @ Wyoming
This week:12/27 @ Wyoming, 12/30 @ Wayland, 12/31 vs. Rockford @ Grand Rapids Community College in the 2K26 Showcase

9. Lansing Waverly (9-2, Division 1; 6-1, Capital Area Activities Conference-Blue)  
Last week’s ranking: 9
Last week’s results: 100-79 win on 1/23 vs. Lansing Everett
This week: 1/27 @ Holt and 1/31 @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

10. Wayne Memorial (10-2, Division 1; 5-0, Kensington Lakes Activities Association-East)  
Last week’s ranking: 10 
Last week’s results: A 75-24 win on 1/20 vs. Livonia Stevenson and 68-65 victory on 1/23 @ Dearborn
This week: 1/27 @ Livonia Churchill and 1/30 vs. Dearborn Fordson

11. Grand Blanc (11-2, Division 1; 6-0, Saginaw Valley League-South) 
Last week’s ranking: 12
Last week’s results: 61-46 win on 1/23 vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth
This week: 1/30 vs. Saginaw United and 1/31 vs. Allen Park Inter City Baptist @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

 

12. Detroit King (7-4, Division 1; 3-0, Detroit Public School League-Blue)
Last week’s ranking: 13
Last week’s results: Wins on 1/19 56-42 over vs. #18 Hamtramck @ WCCC in the Always in My Bag Classic, 60-53 on 1/21 vs. Detroit Cass Tech @ WCCC, and postponed 1/23 vs. Detroit Pershing
This week: 1/27 @ Detroit Southeastern

13. Hudsonville (10-2, Division 1; 0-2, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Red)
Last week’s ranking: 14
Last week’s results: Postponed games on 1/20 vs. #2 East Kentwood and 1/23 @ #Grandville
This week: 1/26 5:30pm tip vs. #2 East Kentwood, 1/27 @ Forest Hills Central, 1/30 vs. West Ottawa

14. Hudsonville Unity Christian (9-2, Division 2; 4-0, Ottawa-Kent Conference-Black)  
Last week’s ranking: 15
Last week’s results: Postponed 1/20 @ Zeeland East and 1/23 vs. Zeeland West
This week: 1/27 @ Byron Center, 1/29 @ Zeeland East, 1/30 vs. Hamilton

15. Grandville (10-0, Division 1, 1-0, OK-Red)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: 1 55-53 OT win @ then #11 Grand Haven and 1/23 postponed vs. Hudsonville
This week: 1/27 @ #4 Rockford, 1/30 @ #2 East Kentwood, and 1/31 vs. Detroit Catholic Central @ Grand Rapids Community College in the 2K26 Showcase

16. Lansing Sexton (12-2, Division 2, 7-0, Capital Area Activities Conference-White)
Last week’s ranking: 16
Last week’s results: 69-64 win on 1/20 @ Lansing Everett and 61-56 win on 1/23 @ Portland
This week: 1/27 @ Lansing Catholic, 1/30 vs. Olivet, and 1/31 vs. Detroit Central @ Detroit Cass Tech in the Downtown Showdown

17. Rochester (15-0, Division 1; 5-0, OAA-White)
Last week’s ranking: 19
Last week’s results: A 49-44 win on 1/20 @ Lake Orion and a 41-39 win on 1/23 vs. Rochester Stoney Creek @ Oakland University’s O’Rena
This week: 1/27 vs. Rochester Adams

18. Kalamazoo Central (9-2, Division 1; 8-0, Southwestern MI. Athletic Conference-East)  
Last week’s ranking: 20 
Last week’s results: A 70-54 win on 1/20 vs. Portage Northern and postponed 1/23 vs. Portage Central
This week: 1/27 vs. St. Joseph, 1/30 @ Richland Gulf Lake, and 1/31 vs. #3 Muskegon

19. Grand Rapids South Christian (11-2, Division 2; 4-1 OK-Gold)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: A 74-42 win on 1/21 vs. Wyoming
This week: 1/26 @ Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, 1/27 @ Coopersville, and 1/30 @ Forest Hills Central

20. Ypsilanti Lincoln (12-1, Division 1; 5-0, Southeastern Conference-Red)
Last week’s ranking: NR
Last week’s results: A 52-49 win over West Bloomfield and postponed 1/23 vs. Tecumseh
This week: 1/27 vs. Pinckney and 1/30 vs. Adrian

First 5 out: Clarkston (11-3), Macomb Dakota (12-3), Grand Haven (12-3), Benton Harbor (14-1), Frankenmuth (13-0)