SD Power 5 Basketball Poll: Week of Jan. 5, 2026

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South Dakota Power 5 Poll (Week of Jan. 5)
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. Spearfish

5. Tea Area

Receiving Votes: Mitchell 4, Watertown 2, O’Gorman 1

Class A

1. Sioux Falls Christian (13)

2. West Central (2)

3. Clark/Willow Lake

4. St. Thomas More

5. Maĥpíya Lúta

Receiving Votes: Lennox 6, Hamlin 2, Baltic 1

Class B

1. Viborg-Hurley (11)

2. De Smet (2)

3. Castlewood (2)

4. Sully Buttes

5. St. Mary’s

Receiving Votes: Wall 6, Aberdeen Christian 4, Wessington Springs 2, Estelline/Hendricks 2, Deubrook Area 1, Freeman 1, Ipswich 1, Parkston 1

Girls

Class AA

1. Brandon Valley (15)

2. O’Gorman

3. Sioux Falls Washington

4. Aberdeen Central

5. Tea Area

Receiving Votes: Rapid City Stevens 6, Sioux Falls Jefferson 1, Spearfish 1

Class A

1. Maĥpíya Lúta (15)

2. Lennox

3. Hamlin

4. Sioux Valley

5. Dakota Valley

Receiving Votes: Sioux Falls Christian 2, Wagner 1, St. Thomas More 1

Class B

1. Centerville (10)

2. Lyman (2)

3. Parkston (1)

4. Bennett County (2)

5. Harding County

Receiving Votes: Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 3, Colman-Egan 3, Ethan 2, Highmore-Harrold 1, Ipswich 1, Deubrook Area 1

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