The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls of the 2020-2021 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
DIVISION I
| 1, Newark (12);10-0;179 |
| 2, Cin. Mt. Notre Dame (6);12-0;171 |
| 3, Reynoldsburg;6-0;124 |
| 4, Tol. Notre Dame;4-0;110 |
| 5, Mason;8-0;80 |
| 6, Sylvania Northview;5-0;65 |
| 7, Bellbrook (1);10-1;60 |
| 8, Centerville;7-2;55 |
| 9, Huber Hts. Wayne;7-1;42 |
| 10, Pataskala Watkins Memorial;8-0;27 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Springboro 25. Trenton Edgewood 23. Can. Glenoak 23.<
DIVISION II
| 1, Napoleon (10);9-1;148 |
| 2, Thornville Sheridan (3);9-0;140 |
| 3, Circleville (1);7-1;113 |
| 4, Lima Bath (1);12-1;111 |
| 5, Alliance Marlington (1);9-1;102 |
| 6, McArthur Vinton County;10-0;89 |
| 7, Granville;12-1;81 |
| 8, Tipp City Tippecanoe (2);7-0;69 |
| 9, St. Bernard Roger Bacon;8-1;37 |
| 10, Shaker Hts. Laurel (1);6-2;34 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Poland Seminary 21. Canal Fulton NW 20. Bellevue 16. Norton 13. Bryan 12.<
DIVISION III
| 1, Berlin Hiland (15);14-0;185 |
| 2, Cardington-Lincoln (3);11-0;130 |
| 3, Ottawa-Glandorf (1);11-1;120 |
| 4, W. Liberty-Salem;10-0;92 |
| 5, Albany Alexander;8-1;83 |
| 6, Willard;10-1;67 |
| 7, Cols. Africentric;0-0;59 |
| 8, Findlay Liberty-Benton;9-2;49 |
| 9, Beverly Ft. Frye;9-0;45 |
| 10, Sardinia Eastern;12-1;40 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Worthington Christian 34. Bloomdale Elmwood 27. Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 21. Cin. Purcell Marian 18. Proctorville Fairland 17. 16, Elyria Cath. 12.<
DIVISION IV
| 1, Ft. Loramie (16);13-0;186 |
| 2, Minster;9-1;137 |
| 3, Sugar Grove Berne Union;11-1;130 |
| 4, New Washington Buckeye Cent. (1);11-0;115 |
| 5, Newark Cath.;6-0;111 |
| 6, Portsmouth Notre Dame;8-1;71 |
| 7, Peebles;7-1;68 |
| 8, New Knoxville;9-1;47 |
| 9, Xenia Legacy Christian Academy (1);9-1;28 |
| 10, Glouster Trimble;9-1;26 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Lancaster Fisher Cath. 23. Cin. Country Day 18. Maria Stein Marion Local 16. New Madison Tri-Village (1) 15. Tol. Christian 12.<
