I struggled a little bit this morning with ranking the top three teams. I momentarily placed Warroad at number one. Yes, St. Thomas Academy has lost three games but those losses were twice to #1AA Minnetonka and once to #5AA Blaine. Breck School's only loss was to St. Thomas Academy. Warroad had a very nice win against #9AA Osseo. That has been their biggest win so far. The decision not to put Warroad at number one came down to their loss to unranked Grand Rapids AND the comparison in wins of Warroad and Breck School over Orono.
Like last year, I think it comes down to depth. You have to stop one extremely talented line on Warroad. Nelson, Hebel, Stoskopf is arguably the best in the state in Class A. With St. Thomas Academy and Breck, you have to stop one extremely talented line on each team but then you also have to stop a very good 2nd and 3rd line on each.
The top five teams in Class A are top notch and then the search for elite teams after that becomes more difficult.
Class A Rankings - January 4th, 2010
| Rank | Team | Record | GPG | GAA | SAA | Leading Goal Scorers |
| 1 | St. Thomas Academy | 6-3-0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 25.9 | Christian Isackson 8 Zach Schroeder 8 Three skaters with 6 |
| 2 | Breck School | 7-1-0 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 26.9 | Chase Nystedt 11 Tyson Fulton 7 Michael Morin 7 |
| 3 | Warroad | 9-1-0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 17.6 | Brock Nelson 15 Brett Hebel 11 Nick Stoskopf 8 |
| 4 | Hermantown | 8-1-0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 20.3 | Adam Krause 15 Willis Kantonen 7 Charlie Comnick 6 |
| 5 | Mahtomedi | 7-3-0 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 28.3 | Charlie Adams 12 Brandon Zurn 11 Mike Rose 7 |
| 6 | St. Cloud Cathedral | 6-2-0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 29.8 | Jordan Palusky 8 T. J. Bruce 7 Jordan Revier 5 |
| 7 | Alexandria | 6-2-1 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 22.6 | Thomas Williams 9 Scott Hennen 5 Three skaters with 3 |
| 8 | Virginia/MIB | 7-5-2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 34.5 | Garrett Hendrickson 16 Andrew Judnick 7 Travis Eddy 7 |
| 9 | Duluth Marshall | 7-4-0 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 29.1 | Josh Wentz 8 Aaron Rich 7 Three skaters with 6 |
| 10 | Thief River Falls | 8-3-0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 19.7 | Micah Ranum 10 Mathew Lindquist 8 Riley Soderstrom 4 Brandan Skime 4 |
| 11 | Sartell-St. Stephen | 5-3-2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 22.7 | Matthew Husmann 6 Ryan Nahan 5 Andrew Worzala 5 Andrew Deters 5 |
| 12 | Spring Lake Park | 12-0-0 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 25.4 | Jorde Ranum 16 AJ Fossen 13 Luke Gerding 11 |
| 13 | Duluth Denfeld | 7-3-1 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 25.5 | Keith Tomassoni 12 Levi Talarico 9 Jason Johnson 8 |
| 14 | Rogers | 5-3-1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 26.2 | Matt Limoseth 5 Brandon Bistodeau 5 Eric Moening 4 |
| 15 | Faribault | 8-4-0 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 25.0 | Bo Putrah 16 George Richie 11 Dan Mahoney 4 |
| 16 | Blake School | 7-4-0 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 26.4 | Kasey Boyd 7 Kolten Fischer 5 Ryan Bullock 5 |
| 17 | New Prague | 7-3-0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 23.7 | Tyler Witty 7 Thomas Fadden 6 Jordan Holicky 3 |
| 18 | Northfield | 4-3-0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 30.0 | Alex Pumper 8 Andrew Scofield 5 Jordin Crawford 3 |
| 19 | Mound-Westonka | 6-4-1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 33.4 | Colin Mayer 7 Derek Swanson 5 Riley Hanson 3 |
| 20 | Rochester Lourdes | 4-4-2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 16.4 | Alex Kurth 4 Ryan Nicolay 4 Three skaters with 3 |
