We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation in our final Top 20 Regional Rankings. We rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as Ballislife.com. Final No. 1 teams are Ranney School (East), IMG Academy (Southeast), La Lumiere (Midwest), Sunrise Christian Academy (Southwest) and Sierra Canyon (West).
Final 2018-19 FAB 50
Region-By-Region Rankings
(Through games played on Saturday, April 6; Preseason ranking in parentheses)
By Ronnie Flores
RELATED: Final East Top 20 | Final Midwest Top 20 | Final Southwest Top 20 | Final West Top 20 | Final 2018-19 FAB 50 Rankings
SOUTHEAST Region Top 20
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
1. (2) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 31-1
2. (5) McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 32-0
3. (1) Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 22-3
4. (9) Mountain Brook (Mountain Brook, Ala.) 31-3
5. (3) University School (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) 27-5
6. (NR) South Central (Winterville, N.C.) 30-1
7. (NR) Southwest Guilford (High Point, N.C.) 32-0
8. (17) Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 34-4
9. (NR) Legacy Early College (Greenville, S.C.) 34-5
10. (NR) Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 30-1
11. (16) Meadowcreek (Norcross, Ga.) 26-6
12. (NR) Center Hill (Olive Branch, Miss.) 31-3
13. (NR) Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) 28-3
14. (NR) Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) 35-2
15. (15) Bearden (Knoxville, Tenn.) 32-5
16. (NR) Keenan (Columbia, S.C.) 30-1
17. (7) Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.) 31-3
18. (4) Norcross (Norcross, Ga.) 22-9
19. (8) Memphis East (Memphis, Tenn.) 26-9
20. (NR) Buford (Buford, Ga.) 29-2
*Indicates forfeit wins/losses not included.
**Indicates default wins/losses not included.
Note: The FAB 50 powered by Ballislife.com is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 19 years ago.
Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter: @RonMFlores