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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