Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 1-5-26

by Jan 5, 2026Preps Girls Basketball, Coaches Poll

Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 1-5-26
Photo Credit: Jackson Luethje

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 third in-season poll for the 2025-26 season. Records are through games played on Saturday, January 3. 

Class A (Record), Previous 

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

Receiving Votes: Papillion-LaVista (6-3), 10

Class B (Record), Previous

  1. Bennington (10-0), 1
  2. Norris (8-1), 2
  3. Gretna East (6-4), 3
  4. Lincoln Pius X (7-2), 5 
  5. Sidney (9-1), 7 
  6. Blair (5-1), 6
  7. Elkhorn North (4-4), 4
  8. Gretna (5-4), 10 
  9. Omaha Gross (7-2), 9
  10. Beatrice (7-2), RV

Receiving Votes: Scottsbluff (7-3), 8; Waverly (4-4), NR. 

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Malcolm (9-0), 2 
  2. Lincoln Christian (12-0), 1
  3. Milford (10-1), 3
  4. Gothenburg (8-1), 4
  5. Ogallala (9-0), 5
  6. Central City (9-0), 6
  7. O’Neill (9-1), 7
  8. Fort Calhoun (7-1), 9 
  9. Bridgeport (10-1), RV
  10. Holdrege (7-3), RV 

Receiving Votes: Minden (6-2), NR; Raymond Central (5-3), 10. 

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

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

Receiving Votes: Centura (8-2), NR; Thayer Central (9-1), NR. 

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Howells-Dodge (7-2), 2 
  2. Bloomfield (9-0), 3
  3. Elm Creek (8-2), 1
  4. Maywood-Hayes Center (10-1), 5 
  5. Amherst (6-3), 4
  6. Tri County (7-3), 6
  7. Elgin Public-Pope John (10-1), 7
  8. Overton (8-1), RV 
  9. Sutton (7-2), 8 
  10. Weeping Water (7-3), RV

Receiving Votes: Brady (9-1), RV; Shelton (7-3), RV.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

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

Receiving votes: Anselmo-Merna (6-4), RV; Mullen (5-3), NR.

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