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2025-26 SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Preseason Votes

2025-26 SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Preseason Votes

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South Dakota Power 5 Poll (Week of Dec. 8)
Top five teams; 1st place votes are listed in parentheses
Teams receiving votes are the total number of votes, not 1st place votes
*Team rankings based on the majority of the votes from voters*

Boys

Class AA
1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (5)
2. Brandon Valley (3)
3. Huron (1)
4. Mitchell
5. Sioux Falls Jefferson (1)
Receiving Votes: Spearfish 4, O’Gorman (1) 3, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 2, Sioux Falls Washington 2, Harrisburg 2, Tea Area 1
Class A
1. Sioux Falls Christian (10)
2. West Central (1)
3. Lennox
4. Hamlin
T5. Clark/Willow Lake
T5. St. Thomas More
Receiving Votes: Groton Area 3, Pine Ridge 2, Madison 1, Hill City 1, Dell Rapids 1, Rapid City Christian 1
Class B
1. Castlewood (5)
2. Viborg-Hurley (3)
3. Wall (1)
T4. St. Mary’s (1)
T4. Wessington Springs (1)
5. Freeman
Receiving Votes: De Smet 3, Lyman 2, Howard 1, Parkston 1, Gregory 1, Lemmon 1

Girls

Class AA
1. O’Gorman (10)
2. Brandon Valley (1)
3. Sioux Falls Washington
T4. Rapid City Stevens
T4. Sioux Falls Jefferson
5. Mitchell
Receiving Votes: Aberdeen Central 1
Class A
1. Sioux Falls Christian (7)
2. Maĥpíya Lúta (4)
3. Dakota Valley
4. Hamlin
T5. Wagner
T5. Mobridge-Pollock
Receiving Votes: Sioux Valley 3, Vermillion 2, St. Thomas More 2
Class B
1. Bennett County (10)
2. Centerville (1)
3. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket
4. Lyman
5. Parkston
Receiving Votes: Harding County 5, St. Mary’s 3, Ethan 2, Waubay/Summit 2, Freeman 1, Corsica-Stickney 1, Deubrook Area 1

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