Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll | 2-8-26

by Feb 16, 2026Coaches Poll, Preps Girls Basketball

Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll | 2-8-26
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Each week during the Nebraska high school girls 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 ninth in-season poll for the 2025-26 season. Records are through games played on Saturday, Feb. 14. 

Class A (Record), Previous 

  1. Lincoln North Star (20-1), 1
  2. Omaha North (20-4), 2
  3. Millard West (17-4), 4 
  4. Omaha Westside (18-5), 3
  5. Omaha Westview (18-5), 6 
  6. Kearney (17-3), 5
  7. Lincoln Southwest (13-8), 7
  8. Millard North (13-8), 8
  9. Lincoln High (16-5), 9
  10. Bellevue West (11-10), 10

Receiving Votes: Lincoln Northeast (14-6), RV; Omaha Marian (11-9), RV; Papillon-La Vista (13-7), NR.  

Class B (Record), Previous

  1. Bennington (23-0), 1
  2. Norris (20-2), 2
  3. Gretna East (17-5), 3
  4. Lincoln Pius X (17-3), 4
  5. Blair (15-6), 5
  6. Beatrice (15-6), 7 
  7. Omaha Skutt Catholic (12-10), 8
  8. Gretna (12-8), 6
  9. Sidney (15-5), 9
  10. Scottsbluff (14-8), RV 

Receiving Votes: Elkhorn North (8-11), 10. 

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Milford (22-1), 1
  2. Malcolm (22-1), 2
  3. Lincoln Christian (22-1), 3
  4. Holdrege (20-3), 4
  5. Gothenburg (19-3), 5 
  6. Ogallala (18-4), 6
  7. Central City (22-2), 7
  8. Raymond Central (17-4), RV 
  9. Omaha Nation (21-2), 9
  10. Fort Calhoun (21-1), 8

Receiving Votes: Bridgeport (21-3), RV; O’Neill (19-4), 10. 

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Pender (22-2), 1
  2. Elkhorn Valley (23-0), 2
  3. Oakland-Craig (21-3), 3
  4. Alma (23-1), 4
  5. Hastings St. Cecilia (19-3), 5 
  6. Guardian Angels Central Catholic (18-5), 6
  7. Centura (21-3), 10
  8. Yutan (17-4), RV
  9. Crofton (18-6), 9
  10. Elmwood-Murdock (19-3), 8

Receiving Votes: Sandy Creek (18-6), RV.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

  1. Bloomfield (23-0), 1
  2. Elm Creek (19-4), 2
  3. Amherst (17-5), 6 
  4. Arapahoe (20-4), 4
  5. Central Valley (22-1), 5
  6. Maywood-Hayes Center (20-3), 7
  7. Howells-Dodge (16-7), 3 
  8. Sutton (17-7), 8
  9. Shelton (20-3), 10 
  10. Overton (18-5), 9 

Receiving Votes: none.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

  1. Dundy County Stratton (22-1), 1
  2. Red Cloud (17-3), 3 
  3. Falls City Sacred Heart (15-8), 2
  4. Cambridge (16-6), 4
  5. Silver Lake (17-4), 6 
  6. Archangels Catholic (14-9), 5
  7. Mullen (15-5), 7
  8. McCool Junction (16-5), 8
  9. Paxton (15-6), 9
  10. Santee (13-8), RV 

Receiving votes: Crawford (16-6), RV; Hay Springs (15-4), NR; Wynot (13-11), 10

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