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

Defending girls champions ranked No. 1 are Class 6A Hazel Green, Class 5A Pleasant Grove, Class 4A Prattville Christian, Class 2A Mars Hill Bible and Class 1A Spring Garden while boys top-ranked defending champions are Class 6A Buckhorn and Class 1A Covenant Christian.

Of the 14 AHSAA champions from last season, 13 are among the rankings.

Other defending girls champions are Class 7A Hoover (No. 5) and Class 3A Trinity (No. 8).

The other boys defending champions are Class 7A Hoover (No. 2), Class 5A Valley (No. 2), Class 4A Jacksonville (No. 4) and Class 3A Plainview (No. 3). Only Class 2A defending champion Aliceville failed to earn a spot in the rankings.

Five girls top-ranked teams are undefeated. Class 6A Hazel Green (12-0) — the Trojans have won a state-best six straight state championships — while Class 3A Lauderdale County (9-0) has a state-best 13 all-time titles. Class 2A Mars Hill Bible (8-0), Class 1A Spring Garden (9-0) and AISA Sparta Academy (11-0) are also undefeated top-ranked teams.

AISA Lee-Scott (9-0) is the only boys undefeated No. 1 team.

ASWA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS

GIRLS

CLASS 7A

1. Bob Jones (9-3)

2. Sparkman (9-3)

3. Chelsea (14-0)

4. Vestavia Hills (13-1)

5. Hoover (6-3)

6. Davidson (11-4)

7. Hewitt-Trussville (11-3)

8. Daphne (12-0)

9. Auburn (8-1)

10. Foley (9-2)

Others nominated: Enterprise (11-0), Fairhope (7-5), Huntsville (8-3), Prattville (8-4), Tuscaloosa County (10-4).

CLASS 6A

1. Hazel Green (12-0)

2. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (10-4)

3. Mortimer Jordan (11-1)

4. Clay-Chalkville (12-1)

5. Park Crossing (12-0)

6. Huffman (8-4)

7. Hartselle (10-4)

8. Pike Road (11-2)

9. Muscle Shoals (6-2)

10. Mountain Brook (7-4)

Others nominated: Briarwood (5-4), Homewood (12-3), Lee-Huntsville (6-5), McGill-Toolen (7-5), Minor (10-4), Northridge (12-3), Parker (6-4), Pelham (8-7), Pell City (9-3), Theodore (8-5).

CLASS 5A

1. Pleasant Grove (8-3)

2. Jasper (8-3)

3. Arab (10-1)

4. Gulf Shores (11-1)

5. Southside-Gadsden (9-2)

6. East Limestone (8-1)

7. Sardis (10-2)

8. Moody (9-0)

9. Scottsboro (8-2)

10. Selma (9-0)

Others nominated: Carroll (6-4), Guntersville (7-3), St. Paul’s (6-4), Wenonah (13-4), West Point (7-3).

CLASS 4A

1. Prattville Christian (9-1)

2. Good Hope (10-1)

3. Anniston (12-0)

4. Deshler (8-2)

5. Priceville (7-4)

6. Jackson (9-1)

7. UMS-Wright (10-3)

8. Hale County (8-3)

9. T.R. Miller (8-2)

10. St. Michael (11-0)

Others nominated: Ashville (10-2), Cherokee County (5-1), Dora (8-3), Geneva (6-2), Handley (7-2), Madison County (6-3).

CLASS 3A

1. Lauderdale County (9-0)

2. Clements (6-4)

3. Plainview (10-3)

4. Susan Moore (11-0)

5. St. James (8-2)

6. Southside-Selma (6-1)

7. Midfield (6-4)

8. Trinity (7-4)

9. Ashford (6-3)

10. Childersburg (8-2)

Others nominated: Glencoe (4-4), New Brockton (6-2), Providence Christian (9-1), Straughn (7-3), Monroe County (6-1).

CLASS 2A

1. Mars Hill Bible (8-0)

2. Cold Springs (13-0)

3. Decatur Heritage (9-2)

4. Lanett (6-2)

5. Sulligent (4-0)

6. Ider (8-3)

7. Sand Rock (9-2)

8. Abbeville (7-0)

9. Francis Marion (7-3)

10. Locust Fork (8-2)

Others nominated: Cottonwood (6-1), Hatton (5-3), Horseshoe Bend (8-2), North Sand Mountain (9-3), Pisgah (5-4), Samson (9-1).

CLASS 1A

1. Spring Garden (9-0)

2. Skyline (9-1)

3. Elba (4-1)

4. A.L. Johnson (4-0)

5. Marion County (5-3)

6. Brilliant (9-3)

7. Shoals Christian (8-2)

8. Keith (3-3)

9. Cedar Bluff (6-4)

10. Belgreen (8-2)

Others nominated: Athens Bible (5-3), Georgiana (4-6), Kinston (9-4), Leroy (3-1).

AISA

1. Sparta (11-0)

2. Glenwood (8-4)

3. Hooper (NA)

4. Edgewood (11-2)

5. Lee-Scott (5-3)

6. Springwood (10-1)

7. Lakeside (5-6)

8. Fort Dale Academy (NA)

9. Lowndes Academy (NA)

10. Bessemer Academy (4-3)

Others nominated: None.

BOYS

CLASS 7A

1. Huntsville (12-1)

2. Hoover (10-1)

3. Central-Phenix City (12-1)

4. Austin (9-3)

5. Mary Montgomery (11-0)

6. Thompson (9-2)

7. Albertville (11-1)

8. JAG (11-0)

9. Baker (10-3)

10. James Clemens (9-3)

Others nominated: Auburn (8-3), Dothan (8-3), Enterprise (6-1), Fairhope (10-1), Florence (8-3), Hewitt-Trussville (9-4), Julian (6-4), Oak Mountain (5-7), Vestavia Hills (7-3).

CLASS 6A

1. Buckhorn (10-3)

2. Mountain Brook (10-2)

3. Northridge (10-1)

4. Pinson Valley (9-3)

5. Paul Bryant (10-1)

6. Helena (10-1)

7. Fort Payne (10-0)

8. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (8-3)

9. Cullman (9-3)

10. Hazel Green (8-4)

Others nominated: Athens (7-3), Benjamin Russell (3-1), Briarwood (5-4), Central-Tuscaloosa (11-2), Clay-Chalkville (9-4), Decatur (8-3), Hartselle (7-5), Homewood (9-4), McGill-Toolen (8-3), Mortimer Jordan (13-0), Murphy (10-3), Parker (8-4), Pelham (14-3).

CLASS 5A

1. Fairfield (9-1)

2. Valley (7-0)

3. Williamson (8-3)

4. Jasper (8-2)

5. Scottsboro (5-2)

6. Madison Academy (12-2)

7. East Limestone (7-2)

8. Selma (8-1)

9. Sardis (9-1)

10. Ramsay (4-5)

Others nominated: Alexandria (6-2), Carroll-Ozark (7-2), Charles Henderson (5-4), Eufaula (3-4), Headland (6-2), John Carroll (8-3), Lawrence County (5-5), Vigor (7-5), Wenonah (7-6), West Point (9-4).

CLASS 4A

1. Hale County (8-1)

2. Escambia County (6-2)

3. White Plains (11-4)

4. Jacksonville (6-3)

5. Anniston (5-3)

6. Geneva (8-2)

7. Cherokee County (0-0)

8. Montevallo (8-3)

9. Fultondale (5-2)

10. Andalusia (4-1)

Others nominated: Brooks (6-1), East Lawrence (7-3), Good Hope (6-5), Hamilton (7-3), St. John Paul II (8-3), T.R. Miller (3-5), West Morgan (3-2).

CLASS 3A

1. Sumter Central (9-2)

2. Midfield (7-4)

3. Plainview (8-3)

4. Cottage Hill (9-2)

5. Montgomery Academy (9-2)

6. Houston Academy (7-2)

7. Hillcrest-Evergreen (7-2)

8. Providence Christian (9-1)

9. Lauderdale County (7-1)

10. Northside Methodist (10-2)

Others nominated: Carbon Hill (8-2), Danville (9-3), Excel (4-1), Geraldine (5-2), Glencoe (5-4), Indian Springs (6-3), Oakman (5-1), Piedmont (5-2), Southside-Selma (5-2).

CLASS 2A

1. LaFayette (4-2)

2. Decatur Heritage (4-3)

3. Collinsville (5-3)

4. G.W. Long (9-5)

5. Red Bay (6-3)

6. Zion Chapel (8-3)

7. Pisgah (2-2)

8. Mars Hill Bible (4-1)

9. Central-Coosa (3-2)

10. Tanner (4-2)

Others nominated: Hatton (5-3), North Sand Mountain (4-6).

CLASS 1A

1. Covenant Christian (7-4)

2. Florala (7-3)

3. Georgiana (7-0)

4. Pleasant Home (9-1)

5. Marion County (8-2)

6. Spring Garden (4-1)

7. Skyline (8-2)

8. Red Level (7-3)

9. McIntosh (7-1)

10. Woodville (9-2)

Others nominated: Belgreen (7-3), Brantley (3-3), Keith (3-5).

AISA

1. Lee-Scott (9-0)

2. Glenwood (7-2)

3. Bessemer Academy (9-0)

4. Escambia Academy (6-1)

5. Springwood (9-1)

6. Wilcox Academy (8-0)

7. Abbeville Christian (7-3)

8. Autauga Academy (2-1)

9. Evangel Christian (5-5)

10. Banks Academy (3-4)

Others nominated: Fort Dale Academy (4-4), Snook (5-7), Southern Academy (4-4), Lowndes Academy (2-1), Sparta (4-5).