Mississippi high school girls basketball rankings (1/17/24)

The Neshoba Central Rockets are the top team in this week's computer rankings

The Neshoba Central Rockets (21-1) are the No. 1 team in the latest Mississippi girls basketball statewide computer rankings after running their winning streak to 19 games last week.

The Rockets throttled Vicksburg, then beat Region 2-6A foe Callaway 53-50 before capping the week with a 56-49 win over defending state champion Germantown.

The Starkville Yellowjackets (17-3) are the top-ranked team in MHSAA’s Class 7A, while last week’s No. 1 overall team the Pontotoc Warriors (20-1) remained the top-ranked team in Class 5A.

SBLive’s computer rankings formula was created using its own linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Coley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm in order to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.

FAQ: SBLive High School Basketball Computer Rankings

Here are SBLive’s latest Mississippi girls basketball computer rankings:

CLASS 7A RANKINGS

CLASS 6A RANKINGS

CLASS 5A RANKINGS

CLASS 4A RANKINGS

CLASS 3A RANKINGS

CLASS 2A RANKINGS

CLASS 1A RANKINGS