Linn-Mar held onto third place in the Associated Press Class 4A boys basketball poll released Monday.

The defending state champion Lions (9-2) hold a one-point lead over No. 4 West Des Moines Valley (11-2).

Iowa City West (13-0) and Ankeny (13-0) are ranked 1-2.

Jefferson fell out of the poll after its loss last week to unranked Davenport Central. The J-Hawks received four votes. Kennedy received two.

Waverly-Shell Rock (13-0), West Marshall (15-0) and Danville (15-0) remain the top ranked teams in Classes 3A, 2A and 1A, respectively.

AP BOYS BASKETBALL POLLS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A
1. Iowa City West (10)      13-0    127    1
2. Ankeny (3)                  13-0    120    2
3. Linn-Mar                        9-2    89    3
4. WDM Valley                 11-2    88    4
5. Cedar Falls                     9-2    67    5
6. SC East                       13-2    66    6
7. Dubuque Senior           10-1    59    6
8. Waukee                      11-2    55    8
9. DM Roosevelt               11-3    17    10
10. DM Hoover                  9-3    14    NR
Others receiving votes -- Davenport Central 7, CR Jefferson 4, CR Kennedy 2.

CLASS 3A
1. Waverly-Shell Rock (9)    13-0    125    1
2. MOC-Floyd Valley (4)      15-0    118    2
3. Mount Pleasant             14-1    106    3
4. Iowa Falls-Alden             12-1    80    4
5. Dav. Assumption             9-3    67    5
6. Western Dubuque         10-2    59    7
7. Webster City                10-2    35    6
8. Atlantic                       12-2    33    10
9. Carroll                         11-2    29    9
10. SC Heelan                   8-4    24    8
Others receiving votes -- Dallas Center-Grimes 11, Grinnell 10, LeMars 7, Crestwood 6, ADM 3, Maquoketa 2.

CLASS 2A
1. West Marshall (10)      15-0    123    1
2. West Fork (3)            14-0    118    2
3. DM Christian               14-1    82    5
4. Denver                      13-1    68    3
5. Ogden                      16-0    63    7
6. Monticello                  12-0    53    9
7. North Cedar               11-2    49    8
8. MFL MarMac               12-1    43    NR
T9. FD St. Edmond        10-3    24    6
T9. Clarinda                  12-1    24    NR
T9. Mount Vernon        10-4    24    4
Others receiving votes -- PCM 16, Dyersville Beckman 14, Carroll Kuemper 5, Forest City 3, Western Christian 3, Sioux Center 2, West Branch 1.

CLASS 1A
1. Danville (10)                       15-0    126    1
2. Storm L ake St. Mary's (3)    14-0    119    2
3. NE Hamilton                       14-0    99    3
4. Treynor                            15-0    85    5
5. Harris-Lake Park                  14-0    69    5
6. Boyden-Hull                       13-2    63    4
7. Keota                              15-0    53    7
8. North Linn                       13-1    34    8
9. Nodaway Valley                12-2    20    NR
10. Lone Tree                     12-2    13    9
Others receiving votes -- Iowa Mennonite 9, Kingsley-Pierson 6, LeMars Gehlen 6, Algona Garrigan 4, Lynnville-Sully 4, Lawton-Bronson 2, North Iowa 2, Murray 1.