Southeast sees major shakeup in top 20

Updated: December 9, 2008, 8:37 AM ET

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Previous ranking in parentheses. Results as of Dec. 6.

East Region Top 20

(Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia)

1. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) 15-0 (1)*
2. Phoebus (Hampton, Va.) 15-0 (2)*
3. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) 11-1 (3)*
4. Bethel Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 15-0 (5)
5. Liberty (Bethlehem, Pa.) 14-1 (14)
6. Gateway (Monroeville, Pa.) 12-1 (6)*
7. Oakton (Vienna, Va.) 13-1 (8)*
8. Wilson (West Lawn, Pa.) 14-1 (7)*
9. Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 12-0 (9)*
10. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) 10-2 (10)*
11. North Penn (Lansdale, Pa.) 14-1 (4)*
12. Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.) 13-1 (11)*
13. Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) 10-1 (12)*
14. Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pa.) 12-2 (14)*
15. Loyola Blakefield (Towson, Md.) 11-0 (15)*
16. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.) 11-1 (16)*
17. State College (State College, Pa.) 12-1 (17)*
18. Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Hills, Pa.) 14-1 (18)
19. Garnet Valley (Glen Mills, Pa.) 12-1 (19)*
20. Orchard Park (Orchard Park, N.Y.) 13-0 (20)*

Southeast Region Top 20

(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 13-0 (1)
2. Camden County (Kingsland, Ga.) 14-0 (3)
3. Lakeland (Lakeland, Fla.) 13-0 (5)
4. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.) 14-1 (7)*
5. Plant (Tampa, Fla.) 12-1 (8)
6. Prattville (Prattville, Ala.) 13-1 (9)*
7. John Curtis (River Ridge, La.) 13-1 (10)
8. South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C) 15-0 (13)*
9. Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) 12-1 (2)*
10. Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) 13-1 (16)*
11. Pine Forest (Pensacola, Fla.) 12-0 (nr)
12. Meridian (Meridian, Miss.) 14-1 (nr)*
13. Peachtree Ridge (Suwanee, Ga.) 12-2 (nr)
14. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 13-1 (11)*
15. Noxubee County (Macon, Miss.) 14-0 (nr)*
16. Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.) 13-0 (nr)
17. West Monroe (Monroe, La.) 13-0 (nr)
18. South Panola (Batesville, Miss.) 14-1 (4)*
19. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.) 12-1 (17)*
20. University School (Memphis, Tenn.) 13-0 (nr)
Dropped Out: No. 6 Maryville (Tenn.); No. 12 Madison County (Madison, Fla.); No. 14 Newnan (Newnan, Ga.); No. 15 Independence (Charlotte, N.C.); No. 18 Rocky Mount (N.C.); No. 19. Hoover (Hoover, Ala.) 13-2; No. 20 Northside (Warner Robins, Ga.).

Midwest Region Top 20

(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)

1. St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 14-1 (1)*
2. Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio) 13-2 (3)*
3. Maine South (Park Ridge, Ill.) 14-0 (4)*
4. Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) 11-1 (5)*
5. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) 13-1 (10)
6. Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) 14-0 (6)*
7. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) 14-1 (7)*
8. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) 12-1 (2)*
9. Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) 13-0 (8)*
10. Homestead (Mequon, Wis.) 14-0 (9)*
11. East St. Louis (East St. Louis, Ill.) 13-1 (11)*
12. Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) 14-0 (12)*
13. Rockford (Rockford, Mich.) 13-1 (13)*
14. Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) 13-2 (14)*
15. Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.) 13-1 (15)*
16. Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio) 15-0 (16)*
17. Southview (Sylvania, Ohio) 15-0 (17)*
18. Kimberly (Kimberly, Wis.) 14-0 (18)*
19. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield, Ill.) 13-1 (19)*
20. Alter (Kettering, Ohio) 13-2* (20)*

Southwest Region Top 20

(Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

1. Allen (Allen, Texas) 13-1 (3)
2. Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) 13-0 (2)
3. Trinity (Euless, Texas) 13-1 (1)*
4. Hightower (Fort Bend, Texas) 12-0 (4)
5. Union (Tulsa, Okla.) 13-1 (5)*
6. Permian (Odessa, Texas) 12-1 (8)*
7. Longview (Longview, Texas) 12-2* (9)
8. Jenks (Jenks, Okla.) 12-2 (6)*
9. Stony Point (Round Rock, Texas) 13-1 (10)
10. Everman (Everman, Texas) 14-0 (11)
11. Smithson Valley (Spring Branch, Texas) 13-1 (12)
12. Copperas Cove (Copperas Cove, Texas) 13-1 (14)
13. North Shore (Galena, Texas) 9-1 (16)*
14. Pearland (Pearland, Texas) 12-1 (7)*
15. Midwest City (Midwest City, Okla.) 12-1 (15)*
16. Plano (Plano, Texas) 10-2 (nr)*
17. Millard West (Omaha, Neb.) 14-0 (18)*
18. Las Cruces (Las Cruces, N.M.) 13-0 (nr)*
19. Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) 13-1 (19)*
20. Wylie (Wylie, Texas) 12-2 (nr)
Dropped Out: Previous No. 13 Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas); No. 17 Eldorado (Albuquerque, N.M.); No. 20 Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.).

West Region Top 20

(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

1. Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) 13-0 (1)
2. Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 13-0 (2)
3. Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) 14-0 (3)*
4. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 11-1 (4)
5. St. Bonaventure (Ventura, Calif.) 12-1 (5)
6. Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.) 13-0 (6)
7. Bellevue (Bellevue, Wash.) 13-0 (7)*
8. Tesoro (Las Flores, Calif.) 13-0 (15)
9. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) 12-1 (8)
10. Grant (Sacramento, Calif.) 12-0 (9)
11. Timpview (Provo, Utah) 14-0 (10)*
12. Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 14-0 (12)
13. Bellarmine Prep (San Jose, Calif.) 12-1 (16)
14. McQueen (Reno, Nev.) 14-0 (14)*
15. Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii) 12-1 (nr)*
16. Chaparral (Temecula, Calif.) 13-1 (nr)
17. Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) 13-0 (18)
18. Alta (Sandy, Utah) 13-1 (19)*
19. Mullen Prep (Denver, Colo.) 11-2 (20)*
20. Southridge (Beaverton, Ore.) 12-2 (nr)*
Dropped Out: Previous No. 11 Lake Oswego (Lake Oswego, Ore.); No. 13 Mountain View (Mesa, Ariz.); No. 17 Lutheran (Orange, Calif).

* Denotes season completed. Asterisk by record indicates loss by forfeit.

ESPN RISE editors Mark Tennis, Doug Huff, Sheldon Shealer and Chris Lawlor contributed to these rankings.


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