Chicago center Jahlil Okafor, who will take an official visit to Kentucky on Sept. 9, remains No. 1 in Wednesday’s newly updated top 100 rankings for the Class of 2014 by Scout.com.
UK is involved with 10 of the top 11 prospects, including commitment Karl Towns Jr., who is ranked No. 10. University of Louisville commitment JaQuan Lyle is down four spots to No. 16, and commitment Shaqquan Aaron checks in at No. 32.
Ballard High School point guard Quentin Snider, a former U of L commitment is No. 31, and former Indiana University commitment James Blackmon Jr., who is now being recruited by UK and U of L, is N0. 56. He’ll unofficially visit Lexington on Aug. 29.
Texas power Myles Turner, who wasn’t a nationally renowned recruit until this summer, is ranked No. 2 nationally. He has UK and Louisville in his final eight.
The top finishes with No. 3 Emmanuel Mudiay, a Dallas point guard and top UK target who will visit Oct. 18; No. 4 Cliff Alexander, Chicago power forward and a UK and U of L target; and No. 5 Tyus Jones, a UK point-guard target from Minnesota who will visit Lexington on Sept. 27.
The rest of the top 11: No. 6 Stanley Johnson, SF, California (major UK target who will visit on Oct. 18 for Big Blue Madness), No. 7 Trey Lyles, PF, Indianapolis (major U of L and UK target who will visit Louisville officially on Aug. 31 and Lexington unofficially for Madness), No. 8 Justin Jackson, SF, Texas (North Carolina commit), No. 9 Justise Winslow, SF, Houston (UK in his final eight), No. 10 Towns, New Jersey center; No. 11 Kelly Oubre, SF, Texas (UK, U of L in his final eight).
Recent but major IU target Isaiah Whitehead, a New York guard, is No. 12, and UK target Rashad Vaughn, a Minnesota guard now at Findlay Prep in Nevada, is No. 13.
Other prospects of interest in the Scout100 …
No. 17 D’Angelo Russell (Louisville native, Ohio State commit)
No. 24 Devin Robinson (IU and U of L target)
No. 25 Josh Perkins (Possible UK target)
No. 29 Tyler Ulis (New UK PG target, will officially visit on Sept. 9)
No. 30 Devin Booker (UK SG target, will officially visit on Sept. 9)
No. 37 Goodluck Okonoboh (IU target, has Hoosiers in final five)
No. 38 Jonah Bolden (possible Louisville target)
No. 46 Leron Black (Has IU in his final five, will officially visit on Sept. 21)
No. 54 Robert Johnson (Has IU in his final seven, will officially visit this weekend)
No. 59 Elbert Robinson (Possible U of L target)
No. 62 Jaylen Johnson (U of L target, will officially visit Sept. 27)
No. 68 Chinanu Onuaku (U of L target, will officially visit Aug. 31)
No. 72. Ahmed Hill (IU target)
No. 79 Michael Humphrey (Has IU and U of L in his final 13)