The Associated Press' Top 10 basketball polls

The Associated Press
Posted 2/8/21

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 8, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:...

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The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 8, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

Girls

Division I Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Bearden (4) 19-1 129 2

2. Bradley Central (9) 18-1 128 1

3. Coffee County (1) 22-1 108 3

4. Stone Memorial 19-3 92 4

5. Brentwood 18-4 70 5

6. Blackman 11-3 64 8

7. Riverdale 14-2 52 7

8. Sevier County 23-3 40 9

8. Lebanon 19-4 40 6

10. Maryville 19-4 24 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division I Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Upperman (13) 25-0 130 1

2. Jackson South Side 18-0 104 2

3. Northview Academy 22-1 102 3

4. Westview 21-1 93 4

5. Grainger 22-2 81 5

6. Meigs County 13-4 50 9

7. Macon County 16-5 36 6

8. Creek Wood 21-5 35 7

9. York Institute 17-6 18 8

10. Westmoreland 18-3 12 NR

(tie) Sullivan East 18-4 12 NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division I Class 1A

Record Pts Prv

1. Gibson County (10) 25-1 124 1

2. Summertown (2) 21-3 107 2

3. McKenzie 22-1 102 3

4. Clarkrange (1) 20-4 88 4

5. Van Buren County 20-1 72 6

6. Peabody 21-4 49 7

6. Loretto 14-6 49 5

8. Jo Byrns 14-1 41 8

9. Houston County 16-2 33 9

10. Tellico Plains 16-0 26 NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: North Greene 14.

Division II Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Ensworth (9) 15-1 117 1

2. Father Ryan 14-2 105 3

3. Hutchison School (3) 16-1 99 2

4. Brentwood Academy 14-6 83 4

5. Briarcrest 15-3 76 5

Others receiving 12 or more points: Baylor 17.

Division II Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Lakeway Christian (11) 20-5 118 1

2. University-Jackson 18-3 97 NR

3. Bell Buckle (1) 19-2 94 4

4. Tipton Rosemark Academy 12-2 88 2

5. Trinity Christian Academy 17-7 37 5

Others receiving 12 or more points: Clarksville Academy 28. Goodpasture 12.

Boys

Division I Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Bearden (4) 22-1 126 2

2. Houston (10) 16-3 125 1

3. Siegel 20-3 111 3

4. Franklin 20-2 96 4

5. Oak Ridge 20-4 65 7

6. East Hamilton 14-3 51 5

7. Bartlett 15-7 50 10

8. Arlington 14-3 45 6

9. Dobyns-Bennett 20-4 29 NR

10. Science Hill 23-4 26 8

Others receiving 12 or more points: Brentwood 19. Morristown East 15.

Division I Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Jackson South Side (14) 17-1 140 1

2. Bolivar Central 16-5 112 2

3. Upperman 18-4 108 3

4. Greeneville 18-6 78 6

5. Kingston 17-5 72 8

6. Grundy County 15-1 55 T10

7. Elizabethton 16-5 42 9

8. Sullivan East 17-6 32 7

9. Fulton 14-5 27 NR

10. Loudon 15-6 26 4

Others receiving 12 or more points: Creek Wood 25. Covington 14. Tyner Academy 13.

Division I Class 1A

Record Pts Prv

1. Madison Academic (9) 18-2 133 1

2. Clay County (2) 20-2 126 2

3. Richland (2) 19-1 113 3

4. North Greene (1) 24-3 103 4

5. Loretto 14-3 80 5

6. Summertown 17-6 55 6

6. Jo Byrns 12-1 55 8

8. Oneida 16-3 40 7

9. Humboldt 14-4 22 9

10. South Fulton 15-5 13 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division II Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. CBHS (12) 18-0 135 1

2. Knoxville Catholic (1) 17-3 121 4

3. Brentwood Academy (1) 15-2 105 2

4. MBA 11-1 93 3

5. MUS 12-3 76 5

Others receiving 12 or more points: Pope John Paul II 15.

Division II Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. CPA (7) 19-3 122 1

2. First Assembly Christian (4) 15-0 119 2

3. Goodpasture (1) 19-1 103 3

4. Knoxville Webb (1) 23-2 88 4

5. Evangelical Christian 12-7 63 5

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school basketball poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald, Columbia; State Gazette, Dyersburg; Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; Times News, Kingsport; Marshall County Tribune, Lewisburg; The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean, Nashville; The Mountain Press, Sevierville; WCMT, Martin.