Five defending champions were picked No. 1 in the first ASWA high school basketball rankings of the season.

In girls rankings, Class 7A Hoover, Class 4A Good Hope and Class 1A Spring Garden start the season at No. 1 after winning class titles last season while Class 7A Hoover and Class 4A Fairfield — the Tigers won Class 5A last season — were boys selections atop the poll.

For the first time since Dec. 14, 2017, Hazel Green is not the No. 1 team in Class 6A girls. The seven-time defending champion Trojans had been ranked atop Class 6A for 40 previous polls, but four early-season losses include class foe Park Crossing along with Class 7A Hoover, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa and Bob Jones.

Other girls top-ranked teams are Class 6A Park Crossing, Class 5A Scottsboro, Class 3A Lauderdale County, Class 2A Decatur Heritage and AISA Springwood.

Besides Class 7A Hoover and Class 4A Fairfield in boys rankings, Class 6A Clay-Chalkville, Class 5A Ramsay, Class 3A Midfield, Class 2A Section, Class 1A Skyline and AISA Valiant Cross are No. 1.

Four top-ranked girls teams are undefeated: Park Crossing (15-0), Lauderdale County (11-0), Spring Garden (10-0) and Springwood (8-0).

Only Hoover (13-0) and Valiant Cross (9-0) are undefeated boys No. 1 teams.

ASWA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS

GIRLS

CLASS 7A

1. Hoover (11-2)

2. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (16-0)

3. Vestavia Hills (12-1)

4. Auburn (13-2)

5. Foley (14-0)

6. Bob Jones (10-4)

7. Hewitt-Trussville (11-3)

8. Daphne (9-4)

9. Albertville (13-2)

10. Central-Phenix City (10-1)

Others nominated: Davidson (9-6), Dothan (9-4), Enterprise (6-6), Fairhope (7-4), Huntsville (8-6), James Clemens (8-8), Prattville (12-3), Sparkman (7-7).

CLASS 6A

1. Park Crossing (15-0)

2. Hazel Green (11-4)

3. Chelsea (9-4)

4. Mortimer Jordan (9-4)

5. Hartselle (13-2)

6. Mountain Brook (11-4)

7. Buckhorn (9-6)

8. Fort Payne (12-2)

9. McGill-Toolen (8-5)

10. Gardendale (8-4)

Others nominated: Benjamin Russell (12-4), Blount (10-5), Central-Tuscaloosa (10-5), Cullman (9-7), Helena (7-6), Northridge (11-3).

CLASS 5A

1. Scottsboro (11-1)

2. Ramsay (11-3)

3. Moody (5-2)

4. Guntersville (8-5)

5. Wenonah (16-3)

6. West Point (12-2)

7. Sardis (13-2)

8. St. Paul’s (13-1)

9. Selma (6-1)

10. Priceville (8-5)

Others nominated: Andalusia (6-1), Briarwood (7-7), Carroll (8-3), Jacksonville (11-3), UMS-Wright (11-3).

CLASS 4A

1. Good Hope (10-2)

2. Trinity (9-3)

3. Pleasant Grove (14-3)

4. Plainview (14-3)

5. Deshler (8-4)

6. Madison Academy (14-1)

7. Prattville Christian (9-4)

8. Jackson (4-2)

9. Geneva (10-4)

10. Danville (12-2)

Others nominated: Cherokee County (8-1), Dora (10-5), East Lawrence (9-3), Madison County (9-4), Opp (5-3), Wilson (13-2).

CLASS 3A

1. Lauderdale County (11-0)

2. St. James (13-1)

3. Hale County (11-5)

4. Mars Hill Bible (7-3)

5. Glencoe (10-3)

6. Midfield (11-2)

7. Holly Pond (11-4)

8. Locust Fork (7-2)

9. Vinemont (9-3)

10. Wicksburg (11-2)

Others nominated: Colbert County (7-2), Collinsville (5-3), Clements (5-7), T.R. Miller (4-0).

CLASS 2A

1. Decatur Heritage (12-3)

2. Winston County (11-0)

3. Lexington (9-2)

4. Cold Springs (7-5)

5. Sand Rock (11-2)

6. Belgreen (12-2)

7. Lanett (6-4)

8. Abbeville (10-0)

9. Sulligent (7-3)

10. Pisgah (7-3)

Others nominated: Cedar Bluff (9-4), Luverne (10-5), North Sand Mountain (9-5), Providence Christian (7-3), Vincent (6-2), Washington County (7-2), Westminster-Oak Mountain (5-5).

CLASS 1A

1. Spring Garden (10-0)

2. Ider (13-1)

3. Winterboro (10-1)

4. Kinston (13-0)

5. Marion County (9-4)

6. Keith (10-2)

7. Elba (2-0)

8. R.C. Hatch (9-2)

9. Brilliant (8-3)

10. McIntosh (7-2)

Others nominated: Georgiana (5-5), Hackleburg (8-4).

AISA

1. Springwood (8-0)

2. Fort Dale Academy (5-1)

3. Macon East (6-3)

4. Hooper (8-3)

5. Ezekiel Academy (11-2)

6. Evangel-Montgomery (7-3)

7. Edgewood Academy (6-5)

8. North River (9-2)

9. Lowndes Academy (NA)

10. Chambers Academy (6-4)

Others nominated: None.

BOYS

CLASS 7A

1. Hoover (13-0)

2. Huntsville (14-0)

3. Central-Phenix City (11-3)

4. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (12-2)

5. James Clemens (11-5)

6. Austin (10-3)

7. Baker (11-3)

8. Dothan (13-1)

9. Auburn (13-3)

10. Enterprise (8-1)

Others nominated: Bob Jones (8-7), Fairhope (9-2), Florence (9-3), Hewitt-Trussville (10-3), Oak Mountain (13-2), Vestavia Hills (8-3).

CLASS 6A

1. Clay-Chalkville (10-5)

2. Huffman (13-3)

3. Cullman (12-1)

4. Oxford (10-4)

5. Mountain Brook (11-3)

6. Buckhorn (8-4)

7. Pinson Valley (10-4)

8. Hazel Green (9-4)

9. Mae Jemison (10-4)

10. Northridge (10-4)

Others nominated: Athens (10-2), Fort Payne (8-3), Hartselle (8-5), Helena (8-4), Jasper (8-4), McAdory (8-6), McGill-Toolen (7-5), Minor (9-3), Murphy (9-3), Paul Bryant (9-5), Pelham (9-7), Saraland (11-2).

CLASS 5A

1. Ramsay (10-5)

2. Wenonah (10-5)

3. Williamson (9-2)

4. Guntersville (8-3)

5. Selma (7-0)

6. LeFlore (7-4)

7. Carroll (9-3)

8. Leeds (10-3)

9. Andalusia (5-2)

10. Brewer (11-1)

Others nominated: Briarwood (8-5), Charles Henderson (8-5), East Limestone (9-4), Russellville (4-2), UMS-Wright (7-4).

CLASS 4A

1. Fairfield (13-1)

2. Madison Academy (8-4)

3. Plainview (10-4)

4. Good Hope (11-1)

5. Jackson (1-1)

6. BTW-Tuskegee (12-1)

7. Alexandria (7-1)

8. Hokes Bluff (9-2)

9. New Hope (8-4)

10. Cherokee County (2-2)

Others nominated: Central-Florence (8-1), Deshler (7-4), Escambia County (6-4), Randolph (9-4), Tarrant (9-4), Wilson (11-3).

CLASS 3A

1. Midfield (8-4)

2. Montgomery Academy (9-1)

3. Hale County (9-5)

4. Hillcrest-Evergreen (10-4)

5. Mars Hill Bible (8-1)

6. Lee-Scott (13-1)

7. Southside-Selma (6-1)

8. Sumter Central (6-3)

9. Glencoe (12-3)

10. Wilcox Central (9-4)

Others nominated: Carbon Hill (10-1), Colbert County (7-3), Collinsville (7-3), Geraldine (8-4), Houston Academy (1-1), Lauderdale County (7-4), Piedmont (4-2), Whitesburg Christian (6-6).

CLASS 2A

1. Section (9-2)

2. Pisgah (5-1)

3. Providence Christian (9-1)

4. Abbeville (10-1)

5. Decatur Heritage (5-5)

6. Red Bay (10-4)

7. Tuscaloosa Academy (4-0)

8. Sand Rock (8-5)

9. North Sand Mountain (4-7)

10. G.W. Long (10-3)

Others nominated: Vincent (5-4), Westminster-Oak Mountain (4-5).

CLASS 1A

1. Skyline (10-2)

2. Oakwood (10-4)

3. Georgiana (7-2)

4. Spring Garden (8-0)

5. Pleasant Home (9-0)

6. Florala (7-1)

7. R.C. Hatch (6-2)

8. McKenzie (5-1)

9. Coosa Christian (6-1)

10. Sumiton Christian (9-1)

Others nominated: Hackleburg (6-3).

AISA

1. Valiant Cross (9-0)

2. Hooper (10-0)

3. Evangel-Montgomery (8-1)

4. Bessemer Academy (6-0)

5. Edgewood (9-3)

6. Wilcox Academy (3-1)

7. Escambia Academy (10-2)

8. Abbeville Christian (5-4)

9. Hope-Oxford (9-2)

10. Springwood (2-3)

Others nominated: Fort Dale Academy (2-3), Patrician (4-0), Sparta (3-3).

NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FROM

AL.com, Atmore Advance, Butler County Sports Network, Cullman Times, Daily Mountain Eagle, Decatur Daily, Dothan Eagle, EA Sports Today, Florence TimesDaily, Gadsden Messenger, Gadsden Times, Jackson County Sentinel, Opp News, Selma Sun, Shelby County Reporter, Starnes Media, Tuscaloosa News, WEIS radio.