Statewide Boys Basketball Top 25: 6 teams join the 1st update after the holidays

Statewide Boys Basketball Top 25: 6 teams join the 1st update after the holidays

HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school boys basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season.

HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina’s six area codes.

The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below:

Six teams are new the to the HSOT Top 25 in this update: No. 16 East Henderson, No. 21 Northwood, No. 22 Forsyth Country Day, No. 23 Garner, No. 24 Wayne County Day, and No. 25 McDowell.

Southern Durham and New Hanover made moves into the top 10. Southern is now No. 6 and New Hanover is now No. 7. Green Level dropped out of the top 10 to No. 11 and Ben L. Smith dropped from No. 5 to all the way out of the Top 25 after losing to Greensboro Day and unranked Dudley.

More of HSOT’s North Carolina High School boys Basketball Rankings

  • Current 252 Area Code Rankings
  • Current 336 Area Code Rankings
  • Current 704 Area Code Rankings
  • Current 828 Area Code Rankings
  • Current 910 Area Code Rankings
  • Current 919 Area Code Rankings
  • Current Girls Basketball Statewide Top 25
  • Current Girls Basketball Area Code Top 15s

See the current top 25 for the state below.

1/6 Update: Statewide Top 25 Rankings (current)

  1. Reidsville (10-0)
  2. Christ School (12-0)
  3. Lake Norman (11-1)
  4. North Mecklenburg (9-2)
  5. Providence Day (13-4)
  6. Southern Durham (9-2)
  7. New Hanover (9-2)
  8. Concord Academy (18-2)
  9. Greensboro Day (19-3)
  10. Caldwell Academy (14-7)
  11. Green Level (11-2)
  12. Seventy-First (5-1)
  13. Swansboro (11-0)
  14. Farmville Central (9-4)
  15. West Bladen (11-1)
  16. East Henderson (13-0)
  17. Harrells Christian (17-2)
  18. Chambers (7-5)
  19. Washington (8-5)
  20. Greenfield School (15-7)
  21. Northwood (11-2)
  22. Forsyth Country Day (17-3)
  23. Garner (9-2)
  24. Wayne Country Day (17-3)
  25. McDowell (11-1)

Previous Weeks’ Rankings

12/16 Update

  1. Reidsville (3-0)
  2. Lake Norman (8-0)
  3. Christ School (10-0)
  4. North Mecklenburg (5-1)
  5. Ben L. Smith (6-0)
  6. Green Level (8-0)
  7. Providence Day (10-3)
  8. Concord Academy (14-1)
  9. Greensboro Day (13-2)
  10. Caldwell Academy (10-5)
  11. The Burlington School (8-4)
  12. Southern Durham (4-0)
  13. Clayton (4-1)
  14. New Hanover (4-2)
  15. Seventy-First (2-1)
  16. Hickory (0-0)
  17. Swansboro (6-0)
  18. West Bladen (7-0)
  19. Washington (6-0)
  20. Harrells Christian (12-1)
  21. Farmville Central (5-1)
  22. Chambers (3-4)
  23. Carmel Christian (10-3)
  24. Davidson Day (9-8)
  25. Greenfield School (9-3)

12/9 Update

  1. Reidsville (1-0)
  2. Lake Norman (6-0)
  3. Christ School (8-0)
  4. North Mecklenburg (3-1)
  5. New Hanover (2-1)
  6. Farmville Central (2-0)
  7. Concord Academy (12-0)
  8. Ben L. Smith (3-0)
  9. Green Level (6-0)
  10. The Burlington School (7-4)
  11. Seventy-First (1-1)
  12. Davidson Day (8-6)
  13. Hickory (0-0)
  14. Greensboro Day (10-2)
  15. Caldwell Academy (8-5)
  16. Providence Day (8-2)
  17. Southern Durham (4-0)
  18. Mount Tabor (2-1)
  19. Swansboro (5-0)
  20. Harrells Christian (6-1)
  21. Berean Baptist (7-4)
  22. Chambers (2-3)
  23. Greenfield School (9-3)
  24. Holly Springs (5-0)
  25. Clayton (2-1)

12/2 Update

  1. Reidsville (0-0)
  2. New Hanover (1-0)
  3. Christ School (6-0)
  4. Farmville Central (1-0)
  5. Lake Norman (5-0)
  6. North Mecklenburg (2-0)
  7. Concord Academy (9-0)
  8. The Burlington School (6-3)
  9. Ben L. Smith (2-0)
  10. Green Level (4-0)
  11. Seventy-First (1-1)
  12. Davidson Day (7-4)
  13. Chambers (2-1)
  14. Hickory (0-0)
  15. Greensboro Day (8-2)
  16. Caldwell Academy (7-3)
  17. Providence Day (6-2)
  18. Wesleyan Christian (7-2)
  19. Southern Durham (3-0)
  20. Mount Tabor (1-1)
  21. Swansboro (3-0)
  22. Harrells Christian (6-1)
  23. Garner (2-0)
  24. Greenfield School (7-2)
  25. Holly Springs (5-0)

11/25 Update

  1. Reidsville (0-0)
  2. New Hanover (0-0)
  3. Christ School (6-0)
  4. Farmville Central (0-0)
  5. Lake Norman (1-0)
  6. North Mecklenburg (0-0)
  7. Seventy-First (1-0)
  8. Concord Academy (7-0)
  9. Davidson Day (6-2)
  10. The Burlington School (5-2)
  11. Ben L. Smith (0-0)
  12. Green Level (3-0)
  13. Chambers (1-1)
  14. Hickory (0-0)
  15. Greensboro Day (6-1)
  16. Caldwell Academy (5-2)
  17. Providence Day (4-2)
  18. Mount Tabor (1-0)
  19. Wesleyan Christian (4-2)
  20. Greenfield School (6-1)
  21. Swansboro (2-0)
  22. Southern Durham (1-0)
  23. Garner (1-0)
  24. Lincolnton (1-0)
  25. Holly Springs (3-0)

Preseason

  1. Reidsville (29-0)
  2. New Hanover (32-1)
  3. Christ School (24-5)
  4. Farmville Central (30-2)
  5. Lake Norman (28-3)
  6. North Mecklenburg (30-3)
  7. Seventy-First (28-3)
  8. Chambers (22-9)
  9. Clayton (22-7)
  10. Davidson Day (23-7)
  11. The Burlington School (23-12)
  12. Ben L. Smith (25-6)
  13. Green Level (29-2)
  14. Hickory (31-1)
  15. Greenfield School (31-7)
  16. Weddington (27-2)
  17. Greensboro Day (24-13)
  18. Caldwell Academy (23-9)
  19. Wesleyan Christian (19-12)
  20. Providence Day (25-9)
  21. Swansboro (28-2)
  22. Southern Durham (25-5)
  23. Garner (22-8)
  24. Lincolnton (20-8)
  25. Wilson Prep (27-5)

High school basketball fans: save this page. This is where we’ll update these rankings each week. Statewide rankings will be released on Mondays.

Other HSOT Rankings from the 2024-25 school year

  • Boys Soccer Statewide Top 25
  • Boys Soccer Area Code Top 15s
  • Volleyball Statewide Top 25
  • Volleyball Area Code Top 15s

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