HS: Winter FAB 50 rankings, Jan. 22

by Sheldon Shealer

January 22, 2019

Another week, another No. 1 for the boys.

But this week, there's also a new girls No. 1.

Flower Mound (Texas) takes over the top spot in the boys FAB 50 while Davis (Calif.) swaps places with JSerra (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) for the girls No. 1 ranking.

Texas teams hold the top three spots in the boys FAB 50 while California teams dominate the girls Top 25.

Flower Mound is the fourth different No. 1 team in the past four weeks in the boys rankings. And, with the Jaguars barely into their season, it will be quite a challenge for Flower Mound to hold that top spot the rest of the way. The teams lining up behind Flower Mound easily could find themselves in the race for No. 1 over the next two-plus months of winter season play that remains.

Now, on with the rankings ...

BIG MOVERS: BOYS: Tupelo (Miss.). Tupelo routed a shorthanded Jackson Prep team last week to leap from No. 49 to No. 18 this week. ... GIRLS: [John H. Guyer tx-w] (Denton, Texas). Guyer moved up nine spots this week to No. 31, the largest move among the ranked teams.

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 30 Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), No. 31 Mandarin (Jacksonville, Fla.), No. 34 Santa Maria (Calif.), No. 36 East Lake (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), No. 37 Cypress Bay (Weston, Fla.), No. 38 Shorecrest Prep (St. Petersburg, Fla.), No. 42 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas), [San Antonio Lee tx-m] (San Antonio, Texas). ... GIRLS: No. 29 Temecula Valley (Temecula, Calif.), No. 32 Hebron (Carrollton, Texas), No. 41 Grapevine (Texas), No. 43 St. Scholastica (Covington, La.), No. 44 Ursuline Academy (Dallas, Texas), No. 46 Wakeland (Frisco, Texas), No. 47 San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.), No. 49 Brazoswood (Texas) and No. 50 Boca Raton (Fla.).