SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Week of Feb. 9, 2026

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South Dakota Power 5 Poll (Week of Feb. 9)
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 (16)

2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt

3. Harrisburg

4. Huron

5. Tea Area

Receiving Votes: Spearfish 8, Watertown 5

Class A

1. West Central (16)

2. Sioux Falls Christian

3. Clark/Willow Lake

4. Hamlin

5. St. Thomas More

Receiving Votes: Maĥpíya Lúta 4, Lennox 3, Vermillion 2, Sioux Valley 1, Groton Area 1

Class B

1. Castlewood (9)

2. Viborg-Hurley (6)

3. De Smet (1)

4. Wall

5. Freeman

Receiving Votes: Parkston 3, Aberdeen Christian 2, Leola/Frederick Area 2, Deubrook Area 1

Girls

Class AA

1. Brandon Valley (16)

2. O’Gorman

3. Sioux Falls Washington

4. Aberdeen Central

5. Rapid City Stevens

Receiving Votes: Mitchell 5

Class A

1. Maĥpíya Lúta (16)

2. Hamlin

3. Lennox

4. Wagner

5. Sioux Falls Christian

Receiving Votes: Sioux Valley 4, Clark/Willow Lake 1, Rapid City Christian 1, Aberdeen Roncalli 1

Class B

1. Parkston (9)

2. Lyman (6)

3. Bennett County (1)

4. Ethan

5. Centerville

Receiving Votes: Colman-Egan 8, Harding County 2, Waubay/Summit 1

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