The National Prep Basketball Poll is compiled by national high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman and a panel of sportswriters. The preseason national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with last season's won-loss records.

The National Prep Poll has been compiled weekly since 1987 and are the only national high school rankings distributed on the Associated Press national wire service.

Northeast Region
1. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony (30-0)  
2. West Orange, N.J., Seton Hall Prep (26-3)  
3. Mount Vernon, N.Y. (27-3)  
4. Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond (23-8)  
5. Fort Washington, Pa., Germantown Academy (24-8)  
6. Chester, Pa. (27-7)  
7. Merion, Pa., Episcopal (22-6)  
8. Middle Village, N.Y., Christ the King (17-10)  
9. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick (15-11)  
10. Waterbury, Conn., Crosby (26-1)  

East Coast Region
1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (38-0)  
2. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian (25-4)  
3. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (19-11)  
4. Greensboro, N.C., Dudley (26-8)  
5. Baltimore, Md., Mount St. Joseph (29-6)  
6. Hopkins, S.C., Lower Richland (26-3)  
7. Washington, D.C., St. John's (19-9)  
8. Winston-Salem, N.C., Reynolds (25-4)  
9. Washington, D.C., Gonzaga (19-8)  
10. Newport News, Va., Woodside (29-3)  

Southeast Region
1. Snellville, Ga., South Gwinnett (31-2)  
2. Jacksonville, Fla., Raines (30-2)  
3. Memphis, Tenn., White Station (39-2)  
4. New Orleans, La., Brother Martin (30-8)  
5. Louisville, Ky., Pleasure Ridge Park (26-7)  
6. Dunwoody, Ga. (29-1)  
7. Memphis, Tenn., Fairley (29-8)  
8. Montverde, Fla., Montverde Academy (23-2)  
9. Jackson, Miss., Lanier (30-5)  
10. Brentwood, Tenn., Academy (27-7)  

Midwest Region
1. Indianapolis, Ind., Lawrence North (29-2)  
2. Flossmoor, Ill., Homewood-Flossmoor (31-3)  
3. Milwaukee, Wis., Vincent (23-3)  
4. Cincinnati, Ohio, North College Hill (21-1)  
5. Country Club Hills, Ill., Hillcrest (25-4)  
6. Milwaukee, Wis., Rufus King (23-3)  
7. Harvey, Ill., Thornton (22-9)  
8. Detroit, Mich., Murray-Wright (15-3)  
9. Northbrook, Ill., Glenbrook North (25-4)  
10. Madison, Wis., Memorial (25-1)  

Midlands Region
1. Poplar Bluff, Mo. (25-6)  
2. Marion, Iowa, Linn-Mar (24-3)  
3. Richfield, Minn. (21-5)  
4. St. Louis, Mo., Vashon (31-0)  
5. Webster Groves, Mo. (24-5)  
6. Minneapolis, Minn., Henry (21-8)  
7. Highlands Ranch, Colo., ThunderRidge (22-2)  
8. Braham, Minn. (31-2)  
9. Denver, Colo., East (24-0)  
10. Provo, Utah, Timpview (17-6)  

Southwest Region
1. Dallas, Texas, South Oak Cliff (22-8)  
2. Oklahoma City, Okla., Putnam City (24-4)  
3. Glendale, Ariz., Deer Valley (25-5)  
4. Las Vegas, Nev., Bishop Gorman (21-7)  
5. Dallas, Texas, Lincoln (32-6)  
6. DeSoto, Texas (24-6)  
7. Oklahoma City, Okla., Southeast (26-1)  
8. Beaumont, Texas, Ozen (27-7)  
9. Dallas, Texas, Carter (25-11)  
10. Cedar Hill, Texas (35-2)  

West Coast Region
1. Los Angeles, Calif., Westchester (20-5-x)  
2. Los Angeles, Calif., Fairfax (27-5)  
3. Seattle, Wash., O'Dea (24-5)  
4. Compton, Calif., Dominguez (31-5-xx)  
5. Etiwanda, Calif. (31-3)  
6. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (24-5)  
7. Seattle, Wash., Rainier Beach (26-3)  
8. Portland, Ore., Jesuit (27-3)  
9. Seattle, Wash., Seattle Prep (19-6)  
10. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (30-3)  

x-Includes four forfeit losses and one forfeit win
xx-Includes one forfeit loss

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony will start the season ranked No. 1 in the National Prep Poll for the third time since 1988. Each year, the Friars also went on to finish the season No. 1. Coach Bob Hurley has 826 wins (91 losses) and two Prep Poll titles in his 33 years at the school. He welcomes back three starters from a 2003-04 team that went 30-0 and won the state Tournament of Champions a record ninth time. Six-foot-one, Arkansas-bound shooting guard Sean McCurdy and 5-8, third-year starting point guard Derrick Mercer form a quick backcourt that smothers opponents with relentless defense. Ahmad Nivins, a 6-9 senior who is headed to Saint Joseph's, will patrol the inside along with blue-collar senior Barney Anderson (6-5), last year's Tournament of Champions MVP. St. Anthony will face a tough in-state and a national schedule that will include meetings with No. 15 Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha, No. 16 Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond's and regionally ranked Dallas, Lincoln . . . Here are the previous preseason No. 1 teams with their final records and rankings for that season: 1987--Bronx, N.Y., Tolentine (30-1) 1st; 1988--Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony (32-0) 1st; 1989--Chicago, King (30-0) 1st; 1990--Philadelphia, Simon Gratz (27-1) 1st; 1991--Baltimore, Dunbar (29-0) 1st; 1992--Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (30-0) 1st; 1993--Los Angeles, Crenshaw (29-2) 2nd; 1994--Frederick, Md., St. John's at Prospect Hall (22-1) 2nd; 1995--Jersey City, N.J. St. Anthony (31-0) 1st; 1996--Miami, Senior (36-1) 2nd; 1997--Frederick, Md., St. John's at Prospect Hall (25-0) 1st; 1998--Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (28-4) 8th; 1999--Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (30-2) 2nd; 2000--Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (33-0) 1st; 2001--Los Angeles, Westchester (32-2) 5th; 2002--Santa Ana, Calif. Mater Dei (25-2) 2nd; 2003--Orlando, Fla., Edgewater (30-2) 4th.

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