Class 5 Missouri Boys high school basketball rankings

It's been about a month since I posted the class 5 Missouri boys high school basketball rankings.  There has been a lot of movement in rankings with Rock Bridge, followed closely by Rockhurst and Blue Springs South, moving to the top of the heap.  Some of the top teams have been knocked off and a few have just plain had an off-night.  I try not to over-weight any one game but still put some factor in the ranking algorithm that reflects head-to-head results.

On any given night, any of the top ten teams could knock off each other.  A ten point spread melts pretty quickly with a under-whelming ball handler or a cold shooting go-to guy.  Some nights, you watch an 85 rated team play a 120 rated team, step for step, for two or three quarters and you wonder if the top rated team is reading to many press clippings or the 85 teams just started listening to the coaching staff and believing in themselves and then, you remember.... these are 16 and 17 year olds.

Enjoy.  I will post the rest of the classes in separate blogs.

Missouri Boys HS 2018-2019 RANKINGS - by Class 01/17/2019
Rank	Class 5 Teams	Class	District	Current Rating
1	Rock Bridge	5	9	134
2	Rockhurst	5	13	130
3	Blue Springs South	5	14	128
4	Francis Howell	5	7	127
5	CBC	5	4	124
6	Ozark	5	11	124
7	Chaminade	5	5	124
8	Webster Groves	5	5	124
9	Park Hill South	5	16	124
10	De Smet	5	4	123
11	Kickapoo	5	11	122
12	Raytown	5	14	122
13	Fort Zumwalt South	5	7	121
14	William Chrisman	5	15	120
15	Hazelwood Central	5	6	120
16	Marquette	5	3	120
17	McCluer North	5	5	120
18	Poplar Bluff	5	1	118
19	Eureka	5	3	117
20	Willard	5	12	117
21	Lindbergh	5	2	116
22	Parkview	5	12	115
23	Staley	5	16	115
24	Park Hill	5	16	115
25	Liberty North	5	15	114
26	Parkway Central	5	4	113
27	Pattonville	5	6	113
28	Joplin	5	12	113
29	Lee's Summit North	5	13	112
30	Mehlville	5	2	112
31	Lee's Summit	5	13	111
32	Lafayette	5	3	111
33	Kirkwood	5	4	111
34	Jefferson City	5	8	110
35	Waynesville	5	10	110
36	Jackson	5	1	109
37	Ruskin	5	13	108
38	Hazelwood West	5	6	107
39	Troy Buchanon	5	8	106
40	Fort Zumwalt West	5	7	106
41	Oak Park	5	16	106
42	Holt	5	8	106
43	Liberty Wentzville	5	7	106
44	North Kansas City  (Hornets)	5	15	106
45	Lebanon MO	5	10	106
46	Francis Howell Central	5	6	105
47	Blue Springs	5	14	105
48	Parkway South	5	3	104
49	Fort Osage	5	15	104
50	Nixa	5	11	104
51	SLUH	5	5	104
52	Liberty KC	5	15	103
53	Vianney	5	2	103
54	North Kansas City	5	15	103
55	Raymore Peculiar	5	9	102
56	St. Joseph Central	5	16	102
57	Smith-Cotton	5	9	101
58	Battle (Columbia)	5	8	101
59	Lee's Summit West	5	13	101
60	Camdenton	5	10	101
61	Truman	5	14	101
62	Fort Zumwalt North	5	7	100
63	Glendale	5	11	100
64	Hickman	5	9	98
65	Francis Howell North	5	6	98
66	Branson	5	11	97
67	Republic	5	12	96
68	Oakville	5	2	95
69	Timberland	5	8	95
70	Carthage	5	12	94
71	Washington	5	3	93
72	Parkway West	5	4	93
73	Ritenour	5	5	92
74	Belton	5	9	92
75	Seckman	5	1	91
76	Fox	5	2	89
77	Grain Valley	5	14	88
78	Northwest Cedar Hill	5	1	84
79	Springfield Central MO	5	10	72
	Average rating			108