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Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 1-19-26

by Jan 19, 2026Preps Girls Basketball, Coaches Poll

Milford sophomore Shayla Rautenberg. Photo by Mike Sautter.
Photo Credit: Mike Sautter

Each week during the high school basketball season, select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class and our Tony Chapman compiles the rankings. Here is the fifth in-season poll for the 2025-26 season. Records are through games played on Saturday, January 17. 

Class A (Record), Previous 

  1. Lincoln North Star (13-0), 1
  2. Omaha North (10-3), 2
  3. Millard West (10-2), 3
  4. Kearney (14-0), 4 
  5. Omaha Westside (12-4), 5
  6. Millard North (9-4), 9 
  7. Lincoln Southwest (10-4), 10 
  8. Omaha Westview (10-5), 6
  9. Lincoln Northeast (8-3), 7
  10. Lincoln High (9-3), RV

Receiving Votes: Papillion-La Vista (8-6), RV. 

Class B (Record), Previous

  1. Bennington (16-0), 1
  2. Norris (12-1), 2
  3. Lincoln Pius X (11-2), 3
  4. Gretna East (9-5), 4
  5. Blair (8-3), 6 
  6. Sidney (11-1), 5
  7. Gretna (8-5), 7
  8. Beatrice (11-2), 9 
  9. Elkhorn North (6-6), 8
  10. Skutt Catholic (7-8), 10

Receiving Votes: Gross Catholic (7-4), RV; Waverly (5-5), RV. 

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Milford (14-1), 2 
  2. Lincoln Christian (12-1), 1
  3. Malcolm (12-1), 3
  4. Gothenburg (11-2), 4
  5. Ogallala (11-1), 5
  6. Central City (14-1), 6
  7. O’Neill (13-1), 7
  8. Fort Calhoun (12-1), 8
  9. Holdrege (12-3), 9
  10. Omaha Nation (13-1), 10

Receiving Votes: Bridgeport (13-2), RV; Raymond Central (19-3), NR. 

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Pender (14-1), 1
  2. Elkhorn Valley (14-0), 2
  3. Oakland-Craig (14-2), 3
  4. Alma (14-1), 5 
  5. Guardian Angels Central Catholic (12-2), 4
  6. Elmwood-Murdock (12-1), 6
  7. Hastings St. Cecilia (13-1), 7
  8. Crofton (12-4), 8
  9. Sandy Creek (13-2), 10 
  10. Yutan (10-3), 9

Receiving Votes: Centura (12-2), RV; Thayer Central (12-2), NR.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Bloomfield (13-0), 1
  2. Maywood-Hayes Center (13-1), 2
  3. Howells-Dodge (11-3), 3
  4. Elm Creek (12-2), 4
  5. Amherst (10-4), 5
  6. Tri County (11-4), 6
  7. Elgin Public-Pope John (13-2), 7
  8. Overton (12-2), 8
  9. Arapahoe (12-2), 9
  10. Bancroft-Rosalie (10-4), 10

Receiving Votes: Central Valley (12-1), RV; Sutton (10-4), RV.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Dundy County Stratton (13-0), 1
  2. Falls City Sacred Heart (10-4), 2
  3. Red Cloud (11-2), 3
  4. Archangels Catholic (10-5), 4
  5. Cambridge (10-3), 5
  6. Silver Lake (10-2), 6
  7. McCool Junction (9-3), 8 
  8. Wynot (8-7), 7
  9. Dorchester (11-1), 10
  10. Paxton (9-4), 9 

Receiving votes: Mullen (8-4), RV; Santee (7-6), RV.

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