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URBANDALE, Iowa -- There is a new No. 1 team in the Week 5 National Prep Basketball Poll.

Defending Ohio Division I champion Northland (Columbus) is now the nation's top-ranked team. The Vikings moved up from No. 4 after last week's 53-52 defeat of defending Prep Poll champion and then-No. 1 Findlay (Henderson, Nev.). Ohio State-bound big man Jared Sullinger was the star of the game, scoring 32 points and grabbing 17 rebounds.

Not since future NBA megastar LeBron James led St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) to the 2003 Prep Poll title has the nation's top-rated team hailed from the state of Ohio.

The National Prep Football Poll is compiled by high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman with input from sportswriters, analysts, and coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss records:

Northeast Region
1. Elizabeth, N.J., St. Patrick (0-0) (1)
2. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict's (3-0) (2)
3. New York, N.Y., Rice (3-0) (3)
4. Paterson, N.J., Catholic (1-0) (4)
5. Philadelphia, Pa., Neumann-Goretti (4-0) (9)
6. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony (0-0) (5)
7. Lansdowne, Pa., Penn Wood (3-1) (6)
8. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (1-0) (7)
9. Middle Village, N.Y., Christ the King (2-0) (8)
10. Plymouth Meeting, Pa., Plymouth-Whitemarsh (4-0) --

East Coast Region
1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (12-0) (1)
2. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (7-0) (2)
3. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian (5-0) (3)
4. Washington, D.C., Gonzaga (7-1) (4)
5. Kinston, N.C. (4-1) (5)
6. Arden, N.C., Christ (12-1) (7)
7. Baltimore, Md., Mount St. Joseph (9-0) (6)
8. Danville, Va., Washington (4-0) (9)
9. Washington, D.C., Ballou (5-0) --
10. Huntersville, N.C., Hopewell (10-0) --

Southeast Region
1. Alpharetta, Ga., Milton (8-0) (1)
2. Memphis, Tenn., Melrose (11-0) (2)
3. Winter Park, Fla. (7-2) (4)
4. Decatur, Ga., Columbia (8-1) (7)
5. Montverde, Fla., Montverde Academy (7-1) (5)
6. Memphis, Tenn., White Station (6-1) (3)
7. Jacksonville, Fla., Providence (8-1) (6)
8. Atlanta, Ga., Westlake (8-0) (9)
9. Oakland Park, Fla., Northeast (7-0) --
10. Alexandria, La., Peabody (16-0) --

Midwest Region
1. Columbus, Ohio, Northland (3-0) (1)
2. Bloomington, Ind., South (6-0) (2)
3. Chicago, Ill., Young (5-0) (3)
4. Beverly Hills, Mich., Detroit Country Day (4-0) (8)
5. Chicago, Ill., Simeon (4-1) (4)
6. Gary, Ind., Bowman (7-0) (5)
7. Northbrook, Ill., Glenbrook North (9-0) (9)
8. Pikeville, Ky., Shelby Valley (4-0) (10)
9. Cincinnati, Ohio, Princeton (2-0) --
10. Madison, Wis., Memorial (4-1) --

Midlands Region
1. Ames, Iowa (5-0) (1)
2. Aurora, Colo., Regis (9-1) (3)
3. Minnetonka, Minn., Hopkins (5-0) (4)
4. Washington, Mo., Borgia (8-0) --
5. St. Louis, Mo., Chaminade (6-1) (2)
6. Florissant, Mo., McCluer North (5-0) (8)
7. Columbia, Mo., Rock Bridge (5-1) (10)
8. Wichita, Kan., Heights (4-1) (5)
9. St. Louis Park, Minn., Benilde-St. Margaret's (5-0) --
10. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (6-1) (9)

Southwest Region
1. Henderson, Nev., Findlay (13-1) (1)
2. Houston, Texas, Yates (7-0) (2)
3. Dallas, Texas, Lincoln (14-0) (3)
4. Bellaire, Texas (14-1) (4)
5. Mesa, Ariz. (8-0) (5)
6. Little Rock, Ark., Parkview (8-1) (6)
7. Cedar Hill, Texas (12-2) (7)
8. Las Vegas, Nev., Bishop Gorman (3-1) (8)
9. San Antonio, Texas, Wagner (15-1) (9)
10. Plano, Texas, West (9-4) --

West Coast Region
1. Los Angeles, Calif., Westchester (6-0) (1)
2. Woodland Hills, Calif., Taft (5-1) (3)
3. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (6-1) (2)
4. Federal Way, Wash. (7-0) (5)
5. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (8-2) (7)
6. Portland, Ore., Jesuit (4-0) (4)
7. Los Angeles, Calif., Loyola (7-0) (6)
8. Gardena, Calif., Serra (7-1) (8)
9. Seattle, Wash., Rainier Beach (2-0) (9)
10. Huntington Beach, Calif., Ocean View (7-1) (10)

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 10 Jamesville, N.Y., Jamesville-DeWitt. East Coast: No. 8 Arlington, Va., O'Connell; No. 10 Greensboro, N.C., Dudley. Southeast: No. 8 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Pine Crest; No. 10 Miami, Dr. Krop. Midwest: No. 6 Covington, Ky., Holmes; No. 7 Kalamazoo, Mich., Central. Midlands: No. 7 Roeland Park, Kan., Miege. Southwest: No. 10 Conway, Ark.

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Defending Ohio Division I champion Columbus, Northland assumed the top spot in the rankings after defeating then-No. 1 Henderson, Nev., Findlay, 53-52. The game was played at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, and televised by ESPN. Senior Jared Sullinger (Ohio St.), the nation's top-rated big man, carried Northland with 32 points, 17 rebounds, and four blocked shots. Findlay got 18 points and 12 rebounds from senior forward Tristan Thompson (Texas) . . . No. 14 Ames, Iowa, senior forward Harrison Barnes, the top-rated recruit in the nation according to ESPN, scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as his team blew out Waukegan, Ill., 87-59, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Barnes is committed to North Carolina . . . Two of the nation's most competitive holiday tournaments got underway over the weekend. At the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla., No. 4 Henderson, Nev., Findlay defeated No. 15 Winter Park, Fla., 86-75, in a first-round game. Findlay senior guard Cory Joseph (uncommitted) led all scorers with 23 points . . . At the Iolani Prep Classic in Honolulu, four Top 25 teams advanced to Monday's semifinal round. No. 11 Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian got 24 points from senior guard Terrence Ross (Maryland) in a 71-49 blowout of tournament host Iolani.

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This is Jamie DeMoney's 10th year compiling the World Features Syndicate/Associated Press National Prep Poll. He has covered high school sports and recruiting for more than 15 years and compiled the National Prep Poll since 1999. DeMoney has also compiled high school football and basketball rankings for Sporting News, School Sports, and RISE. DeMoney was managing editor of American Football Monthly and assistant national editor of All-Stater Sports/Highwired Sports. DeMoney is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, and a member of the Football Writers Association of America and the United States Basketball Writers Association.

About the National Prep Poll: Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff of ESPN RISE compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season. The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and Web sites around the United States by the Associated Press national wire service. The National Prep Poll is the first high school football and boys basketball poll to released in the preseason and during each week of the regular season. Criteria considered for the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

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