SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Week of March 2, 2026 (Final Poll of the season)

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South Dakota Power 5 Poll (Week of Mar. 2)
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 (15)

2. Huron

3. Sioux Falls Roosevelt

4. Harrisburg

5. Watertown

Receiving Votes: Sioux Falls Washington 1

Class A

1. West Central (15)

2. Sioux Falls Christian

3. Clark/Willow Lake

4. Hamlin

5. Lennox

Receiving Votes: Groton Area 3, Stanley County 1

Class B

1. Castlewood (11)

2. De Smet (1)

3. Freeman (3)

4. Viborg-Hurley

5. Wessington Springs

Receiving Votes: Parkston 3, Aberdeen Christian 2

Girls

Class AA

1. Brandon Valley (15)

2. O’Gorman

3. Rapid City Stevens

4. Sioux Falls Washington

5. Aberdeen Central

Receiving Votes: Sioux Falls Jefferson 5

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