The preseason Indiana high school girls basketball state rankings are out as the 2021-2022 season is slated to begin.

All five Shelby County girls basketball teams will debut this week.

Shelbyville is at Brown County while Southwestern travels to Tri Tuesday for season openers. Morristown hosts Eastern Hancock Thursday. Blue River Valley travels to Waldron Friday. Triton Central opens its season Saturday at Greenwood Christian.

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll ranks the top 20 regardless of class standing.

Crown Point, 25-1 last season, received the most points to take the top spot in the preseason poll. The rest of the top five is South Bend Washington (22-6 last season), North Central (24-3), Noblesville (21-5) and Carmel (15-7).

The second five are Bedford North Lawrence (22-3), Penn (21-4), Homestead (20-6), Westfield (16-5) and Zionsville (15-6).

The second 10 include Franklin (22-3), Fishers (17-5), Carroll (Fort Wayne) (25-3), Silver Creek (25-3), East Central (19-5), Mishawaka Marian (19-5), Lawrence North (17-9), Hamilton Southeastern (11-7), Salem (20-3) and Washington (19-2).

A bevy of schools also received votes including a pair of Shelby County programs. Both Triton Central (20-4) and Waldron (18-4) were included in the list.

Other notables were Center Grove (15-11), Columbus East (14-6), Columbus North (13-6), Franklin Central (5-13), Indian Creek (17-7), Mt. Vernon (19-6), New Palestine (15-10) and Rushville (18-9).

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association preseason polls for each of the four IHSAA classes also has been released with Triton Central and Waldron landing in the top 10.

Tipton is the preseason No. 1 in Class 2A with Triton Central sitting at No. 2 ahead of Andrean, University, Linton-Stockton, Northeastern, Forest Park, Frankton, Carroll (Flora) and Clinton Prairie.

 Waldron is No. 6 in the preseason Class A poll behind No. 1 Tecumseh, Lanesville, Trinity Lutheran, Jac-Cen-Del and Blue River. Of note, Blue River opens the regular season Friday at Waldron.

After Waldron in the top 10 are Vincennes Rivet, Kouts, Greenwood Christian and Bethesda Christian.

Southwestern is ranked No. 16. The Spartans, Greenwood Christian and Bethesda Christian were three of the four sectional champions that competed in the 2021 Southwestern Regional.

Crown Point is No. 1 in Class 4A with Noblesville, North Central, Bedford North Lawrence, Franklin, Penn, Carmel, Homestead, Westfield and Zionsville in the top 10.

Columbus East is ranked No. 11, Center Grove is No. 12 and East Central is tied for No. 13 with Brownsburg and Lawrence North.

South Bend Washington is the preseason No. 1 in Class 3A. Silver Creek is No. 2 ahead of Mishawaka Marian, Washington, Norwell, Salem, Evansville Memorial, Garrett, Benton Central and Jay County in the top 10.

Rushville is ranked No. 12 while Greensburg is No. 16.