Prep Hoops Indiana Class-by-Class Preseason Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Welcome to the 2025-2026 Indiana High School Basketball season! We've spent the last week previewing the upcoming season and now, starting Monday night, we get to have boots on the ground in the gym watching the greatest sport on the planet in the state where it means the most. Each week, beginning here with our preseason poll, we will rank the Top 10 teams in each class. Here are our official 2025-2026 Prep Hoops Indiana Preseason Rankings.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 1A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Liberty Christian</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Bloomfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Kouts</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Hauser</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Barr-Reeve</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Wood Memorial</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Orleans</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Washington Township</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Triton</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Carroll (Flora)</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Class 1A is consistently the hardest to rank. One player can make such a big impact at this level and that is why we have Bloomfield all of the way up at #2. Defending state champion Orleans lost a good amount of production, but still should be solid. Both Wood Memorial and Washington Township are solid sleepers in the south and north respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 2A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Parke Heritage</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Gary 21st Century</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 University</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Linton</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Centerville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Bishop Luers</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Wapahani</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Scecina Memorial</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Cardinal Ritter</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Providence</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Parke Heritage and Gary 21st Century should be on a collision course to Gainbridge Fieldhouse. It won't be a cake walk for either team, but they are the very clear top two teams in Class 2A.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 3A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Silver Creek</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Cathedral</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Northview</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Princeton Community</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Columbia City</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Guerin Catholic</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Charlestown</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Evansville Bosse</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Crispus Attucks</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Gary West Side</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Placing Silver Creek at #1 in Class 3A was probably the easiest decision to make across all classes. The next three, Cathedral at #2, Northview at #3, and Princeton Community at #4 feel pretty easy to defend. However, beyond that, things are very much up for discussion. It will take some time for the bottom half of these rankings to really shake out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 4A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Crown Point</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Fishers</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Pike</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 South Bend St. Joseph</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Mt. Vernon (Fortville)</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Lawrence Central</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Lawrence North</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Noblesville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Plainfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Terre Haute North</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">0-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NA</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was a really tough decision to NOT have Fishers ranked #1 in the preseason poll. However, the depth of Crown Point is really impressive and they did win against the Tigers in the Charlie Hughes Showcase over the summer. Pike checks in at #3 with the most talent, on paper, of any roster in the state. In my opinion, #5-#9 could be shuffled into any order and be just as "correct." Mt. Vernon (Fortville) gets the nod because of Ertel. Noblesville will be excellent with Walker and Curry II in the backcourt, but finding something beyond that will be key to them moving up the rankings.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->