Lima Central Catholic was ranked 5th in Division III in the Final AP Boys State Basketball Poll.

Final 2012 AP Boys State Basketball Poll

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the final weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I
1, Cols. Northland (20) 19-1 218
2, Cin. La Salle (2) 20-1 194
3, Mentor 17-2 137
4, Pickerington Cent. 18-2 120
5, Tol. Whitmer 17-2 106
6, Cin. Moeller 17-3 77
7, Powell Olentangy Liberty 18-2 76
8, Cols. Walnut Ridge 18-1 69
9, Cle. Hts. 15-2 68
10, Warren Harding 16-3 49

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lakewood St. Edward 24. 11, Norwalk 24. 13, Garfield Hts. 20.

DIVISION II
1, Day. Dunbar (14) 20-0 206
2, Alliance (3) 20-0 175
3, Defiance (1) 19-0 152
4, Franklin (1) 20-0 141
5, Akr. East (1) 19-1 111
6, Cin. Taft (2) 13-4 98
7, Plain City Jonathan Alder 18-1 87
8, E. Liverpool 17-3 52
9, Vincent Warren 17-2 49
10, Mentor Lake Cath. 16-2 36

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lexington 31. 12, Wauseon 15.

DIVISION III
1, Bloom-Carroll (15) 20-0 208
2, Leavittsburg Labrae (3) 20-0 190
3, Cin. Summit Ctry Day (3) 19-1 159
4, Chesapeake 19-1 132
5, Lima Cent. Cath. 17-2 111
6, Portsmouth 18-2 97
7, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 16-3 86
8, Versailles 18-2 78
9, Creston Norwayne (1) 16-2 43
10, Newton Falls 16-3 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Ironton 20.

DIVISION IV
1, Jackson Center (13) 20-0 204
2, Berlin Hiland (6) 18-1 181
3, Edgerton (2) 19-0 155
4, Richmond Hts. 18-1 145
5, Ft. Recovery 17-2 118
6, Zanesville Rosecrans 17-3 93
7, Newark Cath. 17-3 73
8, Malvern 17-3 71
9, Cols. Africentric 16-3 57
10, Cle. VASJ 11-8 24

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Dalton (1) 22. 12, Day. Jefferson 17.