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Boys high school basketball rankings, Jan. 12 USA Today Ohio Super 25
Pickerington North’s JR Bates hits buzzer-beater to beat Walnut Ridge
Pickerington North’s JR Bates makes a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for a 72-69 win over Walnut Ridge in The Challenge on Jan. 10 at Africentric.
This is the first in-season USA Today Co. Ohio High School Boys Basketball Super 25 Poll of the 2025-26 season, featuring voters from across the state. The Ohio Super 25 ranks the teams we believe are the state’s 25 best, regardless of division.
The Ohio Super 25 Boys Basketball Poll will be conducted weekly throughout the remainder of the regular season using a panel of sports writers and sports editors from across the state’s USA Today network. Each voter submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.
Here’s a look at our rankings as the eighth week of the regular season plays out.
Ohio high school boys basketball rankings – Jan. 12, 2025
| Rank | Team | Total points | First-place votes |
| 1 | West Chester Lakota West | 307 | 10 |
| 2 | Cle. Hts. Lutheran East | 249 | |
| 3 | Newark | 228 | |
| 4 | Cin. Princeton | 220 | |
| 5 | Lima Senior | 203 | |
| 6 | Westerville North | 195 | |
| 7 (tie) | Brecksville-Broadview Heights | 192 | 1 |
| 7 (tie) | Mason | 192 | |
| 9 | Cle. St. Ignatius | 187 | 1 |
| 10 | Hilliard Bradley | 182 | |
| 11 | Gates Mills Gilmour Academy | 166 | |
| 12 | Cin. Wyoming | 165 | 1 |
| 13 | Delphos St. John’s | 161 | |
| 14 | Massillon Washington | 158 | |
| 15 | Lakewood St. Edward | 157 | |
| 16 (tie) | Brunswick | 155 | |
| 16 (tie) | Cin. St. Xavier | 155 | |
| 18 | Cin. Winton Woods | 154 | |
| 19 (tie) | Maria Stein Marion Local | 137 | |
| 19 (tie) | Cin. Moeller | 137 | |
| 21 | Reynoldsburg | 135 | |
| 22 | Cin. La Salle | 126 | |
| 23 | Centerville | 97 | |
| 24 (tie) | Toledo St. John’s | 92 | |
| 24 (tie) | Cin. Taft | 92 |
Other schools receiving votes
Steubenville, Toledo Central Catholic, Trotwood-Madison, Alliance and Chaney.