Columbus High School (Miami, Fla.), having won the Chipotle Nationals to cap off 2025, proved what had been asserted with its No. 1 ranking most of the season: The Explorers were the best team in the country and the rightful USA TODAY Sports Super 25 champions.
Below is the final ranking of the 2024-25 high school boys basketball season.
1. Columbus (Miami, Fla.)
Record: 27-3
National postseason tournament record: 3-0
If there were any questions about whether Columbus was the best team in the country this year, the Explorers answered them in the Chipotle Nationals. Finishing the year 30-3 with a Florida championship, national title, and the toughest strength of schedule by MaxPreps’ measurement, Columbus beat No. 11 Wheeler, No. 5 Dynamic Prep, No. 16 Gonzaga, No. 21 Archbishop Stepinac, No. 15 Grayson, No. 4 Perry, No. 25 Wasatch Academy, No. 9 Brewster Academy, and then No. 5 Dynamic Prep again for the Chipotle championship — plus Link Academy, Montverde Academy, Notre Dame, IMG Academy and CIA Bella Vista. Led by five-star Duke commit Cameron Boozer, the Explorers left no doubt that it was the best team this year.
2. Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.)
Record: 35-2
National postseason tournament record: 0-1
Roosevelt secured its spot near the top of the Super 25 with its CIF-SS championship, taking down high-level teams, including Redondo Union, Sierra Canyon, St. John Bosco and Notre Dame, and then nailed in its spot as a top-2 team with its run to the Open Division championship by taking down Harvard-Westlake, Notre Dame and Archbishop Riordan. Despite one of the most demanding schedules in the country, Roosevelt outscored opponents by nearly 22 points per game behind five-star Arizona commit Brayden Burries, who averaged 29.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game.
3. Hoover (Ala.)
Record: 35-0
Hoover repeated as Class 7A boys champion with an undefeated season, running its winning streak to 45 consecutive games and finishing as the only undefeated team in the Super 25. Behind Gatorade Alabama boys basketball Player of the Year DeWayne Brown and three-star shooting guard Salim London, the Buccanneers won 21 games against teams with 20 or more wins, including taking down No. 20 Huntsville, MaxPreps top-100 team Central and the No. 1 team in Arkansas, Bettye Davis East Anchorage.
4. Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.)
Record: 27-2
Perry High School seniors have never known losing basketball. The team won its fourth straight state championship, aligning with the tenure of five-star Arizona commit Koa Peat — but the Pumas proved they were much more than a nationally known individual when they won a playoff game without the injured Peat and then supported him as he played through a broken hand in the championship game. Along with Peat, Missouri-Kansas City commit D'Andre Harrison and NoNo Brown were fixtures for all four years of this dynasty. Peat and Harrison were named to the All-Arizona First Team, while Brown, Bruce Branch III, and Dominic Avalos were honorable mentions.
