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. This season, our five regions will be released separately as COVID-19 is still affecting when teams finish up around the country. We began with the Southeast Region, which produced FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy. We now move to the Midwest Region, which includes top-ranked Minnehaha Academy of Minnesota, which opened up at No. 2 in the region. Next up is the Southwest Region. Teams can still move up or down in the FAB 50, but the regional placement is final for 2020-21.
Final 2020-21 FAB 50
Region-By-Region Rankings
(Preseason ranking in parentheses)
By Ronnie Flores
RELATED: Final East Top 20 | Final Southeast Top 20 | Final Southwest Top 20 | Final West Top 20 | Final 2020-21 FAB 50 Rankings
MIDWEST Region Top 20
(Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
1. (2) Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.) 22-1
2. (10) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) 25-2
3. (NR) Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) 26-2
4. (7) Waukee Senior (Waukee, Iowa) 16-2
5. (NR) Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.) 28-3
6. (15) Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.) 15-2
7. (NR) Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 20-1**
8. (NR) Wauwatosa East (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 23-3
9. (NR) Centerville (Centerville, Ohio) 26-3
10. (NR) Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) 19-2
11. (NR) St. Catherine’s (Racine, Wis.) 28-1
12. (NR) Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 20-0
13. (NR) DePaul College Prep (Chicago, Ill.) 14-2
14. (1) La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 10-10
15. (NR) Westerville Central (Westerville, Ohio) 22-3
16. (NR) Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.) 15-1
17. (NR) Highlands (Ft. Thomas, Ky.) 30-4
18. (5) St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.) 15-1
19. (NR) Mentor (Mentor, Ohio) 25-1
20. (NR) Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Ky.) 22-3
*Indicates forfeit wins/losses not included.
**Indicates default wins/losses not included.
***Indicates results vs. out-of-season opponents 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 21 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