Class AAAA 2026-27 Power Rankings: Take One

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our first crack at the Class AAAA Power Rankings for the 2026-27 season. Who is number one? Who is top twenty? Who might slip because they graduated six, seven, eight or nine seniors from their rotation? We give you our initial thoughts today! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Number one?</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If I had done this a week ago before [player_tooltip player_id='2420169' first='Ahmed' last='Nur'] announced I likely would have said Hopkins one, but for now you have to give it to the state champs. Chaska not only one state last year, they did it with five or their top six guys being non-seniors. When you return four/five starters from a title team you step into the next season as the number one. Unless....</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The other candidate has so much talent they have to be one, which Hopkins would have been with Nur. For now, they are two with [player_tooltip player_id='2560534' first='Tre' last='Moore'] playing incredible, Waleed, Zeke, and Kwat moving over with their latest transfers, and Hopkins returning five guys that played last year in reserve roles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maple Grove is another as they will have two high major signed guys when the season starts, and a nice JV group coming up, but we give them three for now as they have more to replace than Chaska or Hopkins (Hopkins had guys to replace too but they have already had an influx of transfers). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I love Buffalo who was top five last year and grabbed a key transfer, and then you have Tartan who won 31 games. The Titans are top five but they will have some seniors to replace from a group of juniors that didn't play much varsity last year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Power Rankings</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chaska</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hopkins</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Maple Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Buffalo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Tartan</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cretin-Derham Hall</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Prior Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Wayzata</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Edina</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Farmington</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Champlin Park</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Alexandria </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Eden Prairie</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mounds View</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnetonka</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>East Ridge</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Monticello</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Moorhead</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Apple Valley</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lakeville South</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Osseo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Owatonna</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Shakopee</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lakeville North</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chanhassen</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Blaine</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Anoka</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spring Lake Park</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stillwater</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Eagan</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rosemount</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Andover</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hastings</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Park Center</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Woodbury</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Robbinsdale Armstrong</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Eastview</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Waconia</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minneapolis Washburn</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester Mayo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Park of Cottage Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester Century</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Brainerd</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Two Rivers</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cambridge-Isanti</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rogers</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Louis Park</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Burnsville</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Elk River</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Roseville</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Paul Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>White Bear Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Forest Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>New Prague</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Duluth East</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Centennial</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bemidji</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Irondale</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester John Marshall</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bloomington Jefferson</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Coon Rapids</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>STMA</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->