November was a busy month and a full slate of vacation showcases and tournaments over Thanksgiving weekend precipitated loads of motion within the first version of the FAB 50 Nationwide Crew Rankings powered by Ballislife.com for the 2025-26 season. Eight newcomers are led by No. 23 Gaston Christian (Gastonia, N.C.) and No. 25 Tennessee Collegiate Academy (Millington, Tenn.), as preseason No. 1 Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) goes down. EYBL Scholastic play and groups simply beginning their seasons will trigger motion in coming weeks as vacation tournaments get set to tip off!
By Ronnie Flores
As we finalized the primary common season FAB 50 Nationwide Crew Rankings powered by Ballislife.com, we had been reminded of two rankings elements we point out usually. One, each season is its personal entity and two, the quantity of video games groups have performed when the rankings are compiled is vital.
In contrast to the previous two seasons when Montverde Academy and Columbus, each of Florida, had been slam dunk preseason No. 1s, we talked about this season a bunch of golf equipment might have realistically started at No. 1 and much more really feel they’ve a shot to complete because the nation’s finest workforce.
Preseason No. 1 Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) fell to unranked Tennessee Collegiate Academy (Millington, Tenn.), 65-64, on the Thanksgiving Hoopfest in Dallas, one of many many vacation weekend occasions that form the primary in-season FAB 50. Prolific Prep’s Nasir Anderson tried to attain the game-winning bucket on a drive to the ring within the closing seconds, however was met on the rim by a bunch of Tennessee Collegiate Academy defenders and was denied, because the ball fell out of bounds after a scramble for it as time ran out.
Jackson St.-bound Mason Williams led the best way for Tennessee Collegiate Academy with 23 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Preseason No. 6 Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) fell in its first recreation to unranked St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.), 67-58, because the Crusaders’ offense fell flat. The sport was tied at 32-32 on the half, nevertheless it was all Panthers within the second half, as Stepinac couldn’t muster sufficient offense down the stretch.
Junior guard Terrence Jones III led SFA with 23 factors, whereas senior Anthony Smith added 18.
Mr. Basketball USA candidates Josiah Jervis (20 factors) and Adonis Ratliff (16 factors, seven rebounds, six blocks) led the best way for Stepinac.
Some groups, particularly within the Midwest and East Area, haven’t but performed video games and in some situations this early within the season, a workforce is just not all the time going to be ranked forward of the one it defeated. Make no mistake, the early-season loss for Prolific Prep and Archbishop Stepinac are factored into their rating, and if Tennessee Collegiate Academy and St. Frances Academy carry on successful themselves, these outcomes will turn out to be a a lot bigger issue.
As of now, Prolific Prep falls to No. 5, whereas Archbishop Stepinac falls to No. 11. Take into accout, if we didn’t assume they had been high quality membership we wouldn’t have ranked them that prime to start with.
That places preseason No. 2 Hyperlink Academy (Branson, Mo.) as our new FAB 50 No. 1 membership.
Tennessee Collegiate Academy, a member of the 20-team EYBL Scholastic League, is available in at No. 25, proper beneath the Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.) it fell to, 61-55, on the George Lynch Invitational. These outcomes are additionally a swoon for brand new No. 23 Gaston Christian (Gastonia, N.C.), which remains to be unbeaten and owns a victory over Greensboro Day. St. Francis Academy checks in at No. 27, proper behind the Our Girl of Mt. Carmel (Baltimore, Md.) membership it misplaced to, 62-49.
Our Girl of Mt. Carmel started the season because the favorites within the Baltimore Catholic League and on Monday night time St. Francis Academy will get to show its rankings price when it takes on bubble membership and 6-0 Mt. St. Joseph (Baltimore, Md.) in a key BCL contest.
Timing of Rankings, Wins Paramount
When the announcement was made Tyran Stokes was testing of preseason No. 10 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), we had already begun our preseason FAB 50 countdown three days earlier and our remaining in a three-part sequence was launched a mere hour earlier than it was made official. We heard rumblings of this information, however had it been made official earlier, the preseason FAB 50 would have appeared fairly totally different and Notre Dame wouldn’t have began at No. 10.
Seven Lakes (Katy, Texas) of the Southwest Area and Redondo Union (Redondo Seaside, Calif.) of the West Area had been basically our No. 51 and No. 52 groups, respectively, within the preseason FAB 50 and if Notre Dame didn’t have Stokes, the Blue Knights would have began NNo. 5 amongst California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) golf equipment proper behind Redondo Union. That was the pecking order within the Cal-Hello Sports activities preseason state rankings.
Seven Lakes earned its means into the FAB 50 with a 58-57 victory over preseason No. 17 Atascocita (Humble, Texas) on the RCS Sports activities Season Opener and checks in at No. 35. As for Redondo Union, the Sea Hawks examine in at No. 38 after a come-from-behind 68-64 victory over preseason No. 44 Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) on the Battlezone at Centennial (Corona, Calif.).
As for Notre Dame, it should now be behind No. 46 Santa Margarita (Rancho SM, Calif.) after shedding to that membership, 77-73, on the Trinity-Mission League Showcase at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.
Just like Seven Lakes and Redondo Union, Notre Dame is now the odd man out, however take note all these above talked about groups have loads of large December video games developing that can give us extra proof as to a transparent pecking order heading into 2026.
The subsequent FAB 50 replace is scheduled for Monday, December 15.
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Up to date FAB 50 Nationwide Crew RankingsPowered by Ballislife.com
(1st ballot of 2025-26 common season; By way of video games performed on Sunday, November 30; *Signifies forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Signifies forfeits and defaults not included)
No. Prev. Excessive College (Metropolis)Document
12Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) 5-0
23CIA Bella Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.)3-0
34Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)0-0
45AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.)6-0
51Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.)6-1
622Columbus (Miami, Fla.)4-1
77Southeastern Prep Academy (Orlando, Fla.)9-2
88Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.)8-0
99Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.)1-0
1011IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)4-0
116Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.)0-1
1212Spire Academy (Geneva, Ohio)2-1
1314Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.)1-0
1415Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.)3-0
1518Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)4-0
1628La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.)6-0
1726Fishers (Fishers, Ind.)3-0
1829Oak Cliff Religion Household (Dallas, Texas)7-2
1920Petersburg (Petersburg, Va.)0-0
2044Chris College (Arden, N.C.)6-0
2127Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)0-0
2233Salesian (Richmond, Calif.)1-0
23NRGaston Christian (Gastonia, N.C.)11-0
2431Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.)10-1
25NRTennessee Collegiate Academy (Millington, Tenn.)8-1
2623Our Girl of Mt. Carmel (Baltimore, Md.)5-1
27NRSt. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)4-1
2834Bishop O’Connell (Arlington, Va.)2-0
2935Timpview (Provo, Utah)3-0
3032Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.)3-1
3116Dream Metropolis Christian (Glendale, Ariz.)1-2
3230Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)5-1
3321Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice,, Utah)1-2
3436The Villages Constitution (The Villages, Fla.)2-1
35BBSeven Lakes (Katy, Texas)7-0
3643Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.)4-1
3746DePaul Faculty Prep (Chicago, Unwell.)4-0
38BBRedondo Union (Redondo Seaside, Calif.)3-0
3939St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)3-0
40BBSt. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)2-0
4119Harvard-Westlake (Bellflower, Calif.)4-1
4242Notre Dame (West Haven, Conn.)0-0
43BBMcEachern (Powder Springs, Fla.)4-1
4445Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.)3-1
4547Bartlett (Bartlett, Tenn.)4-0
46BBSanta Margarita (Rancho SM, Calif.)6-0
4748East Lansing (East Lansing, Mich.)0-0
4849Principia (St. Louis, Mo.)0-0
4950Owasso (Owasso, Okla.)1-0
5025Brennan (San Antonio, Texas)7-1
Dropped Out: Earlier No. 10 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), No. 13 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), No. 17 Atascocita (Humble, Texas), No. 24 Winston-Salem Christian (Winston-Salem, N.C.), No. 37 Woodward Academy (Faculty Park, Ga.), No. 38 Father Decide (Philadelphia, Pa.), No. 40 Sidwell Pals (Washington, D.C.), No. 41 Carter (Dallas, Texas).
Bubble Groups: Allen (Allen, Texas) 5-0; Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco, Calif.) 1-0; Archbishop Spaulding (Severn, Md.) 2-1; Atascocita (Humble, Texas) 8-2; Benet Academy (Lisle, Unwell.) 3-1; Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 0-0; Bryant (Bryant, Ark.) 5-0; Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) 5-0; Carter (Dallas, Texas) 4-1; Chaparral (Parker, Col.) 0-0; Cretin-Derham Corridor (St. Paul, Minn.) 0-0; Davidson Day (Davidson, N.C.) 6-3; DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 2-0; Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) 4-0; Father Decide (Philadelphia, Pa.) 0-1; Forsyth Nation Day (Lewisville, N.C.) 8-0; Gillion Academy (Springfield, Va.) 8-1; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 4-0; Hillgrove (Energy Springs, Ga.) 5-1; Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) 0-0; Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1-0; Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio) 0-0; Lutheran East (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) 1-0; Male (Louisville, Ky.) 0-0; Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 0-2; Mt. St. Joseph (Baltimore, Md.) 6-0; Mt. Vernon (Fortville, Ind.) 1-0; Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.) 0-0; Norman (Norman, Okla.) 2-0; North Crowley (Ft. Price, Texas) 8-2; Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) 3-1; Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 8-2; Omaha Westside (Omaha, Neb.) 0-0; Patrick College (Hackettstown, N.J.) 2-0; Pike (Indianapolis, Ind.) 2-1; Plainfield (Plainfield, N.J.) 0-0; Rainier Seaside (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Rangeview (Aurora, Col.) 0-0; Ridge View (Columbia, S.C.) 2-0; Rockford (Rockford, Mich.) 0-0; South (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) 0-0; St. Ignatius (Chicago, Unwell.) 4-0; St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) 2-0; St. Joseph (South Bend, Ind.) 0-0; St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) 0-0; Thomas Jefferson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1-1; Tri-Cities (East Level, Ga.) 1-3; Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 2-0; Warren Township (Gurnee, Unwell.) 1-0; Waukee Northwest (Waukee, Iowa) 0-0; Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) 0-0; Webster Groves (Webster Groves, Mo.) 1-0; Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1-0.
Notice: The FAB 50 powered by Ballislife.com is a continuation of the Nationwide Sports activities Information Service scores that started in 1952. These had been the primary nationwide highschool rankings and the late Artwork Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They had been compiled for a few years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 26 years in the past.
Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He might be reached at [email protected]. Don’t overlook to comply with him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
