Bay Area News Group Top 20

Bishop O’Dowd jumped two spots to No. 9 in the latest Bay Area News Group girls basketball rankings after cruising past Granada on Saturday and beating Skutt Catholic of Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday in its opener at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix

Carondelet moved up one spot to No. 3 after winning four games since the last ranking, including a win Monday over Salpointe Catholic-Tucson at the Nike TOC.

Salesian, which lost to Lakeside School-Seattle in its Nike TOC opener on Monday, fell from third to fourth.

Berean Christian went from unranked to No. 13 after improving to 8-1.

Alameda is the other newcomer, landing at No. 19.

On to the rankings …

Bay Area News Group girls basketball Top 20

(Mercury News & East Bay Times)

No. 1 PIEDMONT (6-0)

Preseason ranking: 1

Update: Did not play

Up next: Friday vs. California, 2:30 p.m.

No. 2 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (7-1)

Preseason ranking: 2

Update: Beat Desert Vista-Phoenix 63-49

Up next: Today vs. Long Island Lutheran at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix

No. 3 CARONDELET (11-1)

Preseason ranking: 4

Update: Beat Soquel 63-30, Carlmont 67-26, Hillsdale 67-32, Salpointe Catholic-Tucson 69-53

Up next: Today vs. Christ the King-New York at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, 3 p.m.

No. 4 SALESIAN (5-1)

Preseason ranking: 3

Update: Lost to Lakeside School-Seattle 50-43

Up next: Today at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, TBA

No. 5 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (8-1)

Preseason ranking: 5

Update: Beat Archbishop Riordan 69-48

Up next: Dec. 27 at Carondelet, 1 p.m.

No. 6 SAN RAMON VALLEY (5-1)

Preseason ranking: 6

Update: Beat Moreau Catholic 65-43

Up next: Wednesday vs. St. Ignatius, 5:30 p.m.

No. 7 OAKLAND TECH (5-1)

Preseason ranking: 7

Update: Beat Millennium-Goodyear, Arizona, 48-45

Up next: Today vs. Cannon-Concord, N.C., at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, 6 p.m.

No. 8 ACALANES (6-1)

Preseason ranking: 9

Update: Beat Hamilton-Chandler, Arizona, 69-37

Up next: Today vs. Centennial-Las Vegas at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, 2 p.m.

No. 9 BISHOP O’DOWD (3-1)

Preseason ranking: 11

Update: Beat Granada 62-27, Skutt Catholic-Omaha, Nebraska, 57-48

Up next: Today vs. Valley View-Moreno Valley at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, 10:30 a.m.

No. 10 HERITAGE (4-1)

Preseason ranking: 12

Update: Beat James Logan 55-41

Up next: Wednesday vs. Rocklin at Oak Ridge tournament, 7 p.m.

No. 11 MENLO SCHOOL (5-1)

Preseason ranking: 13

Update: Did not play

Up next: Jan. 3 at El Camino, 5:30 p.m.

No. 12 PALO ALTO (3-2)

Preseason ranking: 14

Update: Beat Evergreen Valley 47-45

Up next: Dec. 27 vs. Alameda at NorCal Invitational in Santa Cruz, 6:30 p.m.

No. 13 BEREAN CHRISTIAN (8-1)

Preseason ranking: Not ranked

Update: Beat Riverbank 53-30, Sonora 50-46

Up next: Today vs. Millennium, 1:30 p.m.

No. 14 MOREAU CATHOLIC (4-1)

Preseason ranking: 10

Update: Lost to San Ramon Valley 65-43, beat Morgan-Utah 49-44

Up next: Today vs. Alemany-Mission Hills at Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, 6 p.m.

No. 15 PINEWOOD (1-2)

Preseason ranking: 8

Update: Lost to University 65-52

Up next: Dec. 28 vs. Archbishop Riordan at Joe Schram Classic at St. Francis, 1 p.m.