The Xavier Saints fell from No.2 to No.8 in the Associated Press Class 3A boys basketball rankings Monday following their 61-49 loss at Dubuque Hempstead Friday night.

The Saints (3-1) began the season with three straight wins before losing at Hempstead.

Xavier remained the only Metro team in the AP rankings, although Linn-Mar (2-2) received votes in the Class 4A poll after upsetting then-No.6 Southeast Polk in overtime Saturday on the road.

The top teams in this week's poll are Iowa City West in Class 4A, Harlan in Class 3A, Western Christian in Class 2A and Newell-Fonda in Class 1A.

CLASS 4A
1. Iowa City West (4-0), 2. Bettendorf (3-0), 3. Dubuque Senior (3-0), 4. North Scott (4-0), 5. Ankeny Centennial (5-0), 6. Sioux City North (6-0), 7. Des Moines North (4-0), 8. Waukee (4-1), 9. Southeast Polk (4-1), 10. Des Moines Roosevelt (3-1).

CLASS 3A
1. Harlan (3-0), 2. Solon (4-0), 3. Clear Lake (4-0), 4. Carroll (4-0), 5. Dubuque Wahlert (3-1), 6. Dallas Center-Grimes (4-1), 7. Sioux City Heelan (2-1), 8. Xavier (3-1), 9. DeWitt Clinton (4-0), 10. Fort Madison (5-0).

CLASS 2A
1. Western Christian (3-0), 2. Cascade (4-0), 3. West Fork (4-0), 4. Rock Valley (4-0), 5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (5-0), 6. PCM Monroe (5-0), 7. New Hampton (3-0), 8. Carroll Keumper (3-1), 9. Northeast Goose Lake (5-0), 10. (tie) IKM Manning (4-0), MFL Mar-Mac (4-0).

CLASS 1A
1. Newell-Fonda (5-0), 2. LeMars Gehlen (5-0), 3. West Lyon (4-0), 4. Belmond-Klemme (5-0), 5. Iowa Mennonite (4-0), 6. Nodaway Valley (4-0), 7. Dunkerton (4-0), 8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3-0), 9. Lamoni (5-0), 10. Lake Mills (6-0)