Moorhead, the defending Class 2A state champion, and Minnetonka are both making a strong case for No.1 this season.

There’s a new No. 1 in the Top 25. After you read the rankings, scroll down to see Jim Paulsen’s prediction of how section tournament top seeds are shaping up.

Six teams make their Top 25 debut this week, three of them from the small-school classification.

Every game has one or more, from the first of Wednesday’s Class 1A quarterfinals (St. Cloud Cathedral’s John Hirschfeld) to the last in Thursday’s Class 2A first round (Rogers’ Parker Deschene and Nolen Geerdes, Edina’s Sam Peckham).

Sixteen teams have a chance to win a state title. But first they must get past the quarterfinals.

The Class 2A and 1A brackets will come out Saturday, and the games will start Wednesday.