PrepNation National Prep Basketball Poll Top 25 Preseason Candidates

The official Week 1 PrepNation National Prep Basketball Poll will be released November 21. For the time being, we bring you this preseason list of Top 25 candidates. This list was compiled by PrepNation Basketball Expert Dr. Jeremy Plowman. 

1. Montverde Academy (Fla.)

2. Sierra Canyon HS (Chatsworth, Calif.)

3. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

4. Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, Calif.)

5. Paul IV HS (Fairfax, Va.)

6. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)

7. Rancho Christian HS (Temecula, Calif.)

8. DeMatha HS (Hyattsville, Md.)

9. Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)

10. Duncanville HS (Texas)

11. Roman Catholic HS (Philadelphia)

12. Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis)

13. Huntington-St. Joseph’s Prep (W.Va.)

14. Roselle Catholic HS (N.J.)

15. Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)

16. Bishop Gorman HS (Las Vegas)

17. Scotlandville HS (Baton Rouge, La.)

18. McEachern HS (Powder Springs, Ga.)

19. La Lumiere School (La Porte, Ind.)

20. Morgan Park HS (Chicago)

21. Long Island Lutheran HS (Brookville, N.Y.)

22. Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah)

23. Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

24. Gonzaga College HS (Washington)

25. Greensboro Day School (N.C.)

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About the PrepNation National Prep Poll

The PrepNation National Prep Poll is a continuation of World Feature Syndicate’s National Prep Poll, which was published and distributed to the Associated Press and other news organizations from 1987 to 2015.

The National Prep Poll is second only to the USA Today Super 25 as the longest continually published weekly high school rankings. While a product of World Features Syndicate (1987-2015), the National Prep Poll was the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and websites around the United States by the Associated Press.

Before authoring rankings for Student Sports and ESPN, National High School Sports Hall of Fame journalist Doug Huff compiled the National Prep Poll rankings from 1987 until 1999. Current author Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season to the present.

Among the criteria used in the weekly compilation of the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

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