Four teams join The Observer’s final Sweet 16 basketball polls of the year
Four new teams join the final Observer Sweet 16 high school basketball polls of 2025.
The polls will return after the Christmas holidays.
East Lincoln (4-1) and North Lincoln (4-3) are new to the girls’ poll.
Marvin Ridge (6-1) and Myers Park (4-4) join the boys’ poll.
The rankings are compiled by longtime NC high school basketball experts Randall Clark and Rick Lewis, co-hosts of The Observer’s streaming Talking Preps show.
The Observer’s Sweet 16 basketball polls
GIRLS’ RANKINGS
Rk, School, Rec, Prvs.
1. North Mecklenburg (8-0), 1
2. Mallard Creek (8-1), 2
3. Lake Norman (6-0), 3
4. Porter Ridge (7-1), 4
5. Queens Grant (10-1), 10
6. Marvin Ridge (6-2), 7
7. Providence Day (9-1), 8
8. Stuart Cramer (7-0), 9
9. Cannon School (8-3), 6
10. East Lincoln (4-1), NR
11. Gaston Christian (9-1), 5
12. Northwest Cabarrus (6-1), 12
13. Hough (6-2), 15
14. Hickory Ridge (5-3), 13
15. North Lincoln (4-3), NR
16. Ardrey Kell (6-3), 11
BOYS’ RANKINGS
Rk, School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Concord Academy (13-1), 3
2. Gaston Christian (15-1), 1
3. North Mecklenburg (6-0), 2
4. Queens Grant (10-3), 5
5. West Charlotte (6-0), 6
6. Davidson Day (9-5), 4
7. Mooresville (7-1), 7
8. Providence Day (7-4), 8
9. Butler (6-0), 9
10. Chambers (7-2), 10
11. Jay M. Robinson (6-1), 12
12. Hunter Huss (6-1), 14
13. Charlotte Catholic (8-1), 16
14. Independence (6-2), 15
15. Marvin Ridge (6-1), NR
16. Myers Park (4-4), NR
