PALM BEACH COUNTY – We are quite late to the Top 10 team rankings party.

But it is better late than never, as we have seen enough from our very best girls basketball teams to this point in Palm Beach County.

Just to make this crystal clear, our first set of rankings come exclusively from MaxPreps. And moving forward, all weekly rankings from next week until the end of February will be based on MaxPreps.

Let us get to the Top 10 and Close to 10 girls  basketball team rankings.

1. King’s Academy (16-4); No. 28 in Florida
2. Somerset Academy Canyons (15-5); No. 61 in Florida
3. Seminole Ridge (11-5); No. 69 in Florida
4. Benjamin (13-5); No. 71 in Florida
5. Palm Beach Gardens (11-6); No. 83 in Florida
6. Boca Raton (17-7); No. 85 in Florida 
7. Cardinal Newman (13-9); No. 103 in Florida
8. Palm Beach Central (13-7); No. 115 in Florida
9. Palm Beach Lakes (11-6); No. 125 in Florida
10. Atlantic (Delray Beach) (12-3); No. 133 in Florida

Close to 10: Dwyer (12-6); No. 134 in FL, Berean Christian (12-5); No. 182 in FL, Park Vista (11-5); No. 196 in FL; Santaluces (10-9); No. 224 in FL; St. Andrew’s (9-7); No. 228 in FL

Waiting in the wings: Wellington (11-10); No. 250 in FL

NEXT UPDATE: Anywhere between Monday, Jan. 23 and Friday, Jan. 27

PHOTO CREDIT: Chris Race

VIDEO CREDIT: Christian Proscia