The top 10 teams in the Michigan Sports Writers high school boys basketball poll, with first-place votes in brackets, records in parenthesis, poll points and last week’s ranking. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for second, etc. Poll is for Jan. 28, 2025. Be sure to check out the girls basketball state rankings.

I've been on ranked teams, and I know how it goes," Michigan basketball's Tre Donaldson warned earlier. "People start to get complacent when ranked."

Michigan State ascended to its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll this season on Monday with a move up one spot to No. 7 after another perfect week in Big Ten play. The Spartans went 2-0 on the week with wins over Illinois and Rutgers to improve to 8-0 in conference play.