Which are the top boys’ basketball teams in NC? Check our preseason rankings
High school basketball practice officially began Wednesday for most of the state’s teams, and the first games are less than a week away.
Here are the N.C. statewide preseason boys’ basketball rankings, sponsored by The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer of Raleigh.
They are compiled by longtime N.C. basketball expert Rick Lewis, who is a co-host of The Observer’s Talking Preps basketball show, which will return in January.
NCISAA
Rk., School
1. Christ School
2. Greensboro Day
3. Davidson Day
4. The Burlington School
5. Forsyth Country Day
6. Providence Day
7. Gaston Christian
8. Fayetteville Academy
NCHSAA 8A
Rk, School, 2025-26 record
1. Myers Park
2. Apex Friendship
3. West Charlotte
4. Broughton
5. Chambers
6. Hoggard
7. West Forsyth
8. Rolesville
NCHSAA 7A
Rk., School
1. North Mecklenburg
2. Southern Durham
3. New Hanover
4. Southeast Raleigh
5. Mooresville
6. Independence
7. Garner
8. Hickory Ridge
NCHSAA 6A
Rk., School
1. Ben Smith
2. Charlotte Catholic
3. EE Smith
4. Statesville
5. Mount Tabor
6. Harding
7. White Oak
8. Watauga
NCHSAA 5A
Rk., School
1. Hunter Huss
2. Hickory
3. North Lincoln
4. Carson
5. Rocky Mount
6. Jay M. Robinson
7. Eastern Alamance
8. South Point
NCHSAA 4A
Rk., School
1. Reidsville
2. Salisbury
3. Eastern Wayne
4. Jordan Matthews
5. Burns
6. TW Andrews
7. First Flight
8. Mount Pleasant
NCHSAA 3A
Rk., School
1. Farmville Central
2. Walkertown
3. Pine Lake Prep
4. Shelby
5. Kinston
6. Mount Airy
7. Goldsboro
8. Greene Central
NCHSAA 2A
Rk., School
1. Queen’s Grant
2. Bishop McGuinness
3. South Stokes
4. Lejeune
5. Bertie
6. Hayesville
7. Tarboro
8. North Rowan
NCHSAA 1A
Rk., School
1. Southern Wake
2. Wilson Prep
3. Washington County
4. North Edgecombe
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. Carolina International
7. Phoenix Academy
8. Winston-Salem Prep
