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SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Week of Feb. 16, 2026

SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Week of Feb. 16, 2026

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South Dakota Power 5 Poll (Week of Feb. 16)
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 (13)
2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt
3. Tea Area
4. Huron
5. Watertown
Receiving Votes: Harrisburg 5, Spearfish 2, O’Gorman 1
Class A
1. West Central (13)
2. Sioux Falls Christian
3. Clark/Willow Lake
4. Hamlin
5. Lennox
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas More 2, Maĥpíya Lúta 1, Stanley County 1, Vermillion 1, Groton Area 1
Class B
1. Castlewood (13)
2. De Smet
3. Freeman
4. Viborg-Hurley
5. Aberdeen Christian
Receiving Votes: Parkston 4, Wessington Springs 2, Wall 1

Girls

Class AA
1. Brandon Valley (13)
2. O’Gorman
3. Sioux Falls Washington
4. Rapid City Stevens
5. Aberdeen Central
Receiving Votes: Mitchell 1
Class A
1. Maĥpíya Lúta (13)
2. Hamlin
3. Lennox
4. Wagner
5. Sioux Falls Christian
Receiving Votes: Sioux Valley 5, Clark/Willow Lake 2
Class B
1. Lyman (12)
2. Parkston
3. Colman-Egan (1)
4. Ethan
5. Bennett County
 Receiving Votes: Centerville 4, Harding County 1

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