Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Coaches Poll 2-23-26

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 final in-season Nebraska high school girls basketball coaches poll for the 2025-26 season. Records are through games played on Saturday, February 21. 

Class A (Record), Previous 

1. Lincoln North Star (22-1), 1
2. Omaha North (22-4), 2
3. Millard West (18-4), 3
4. Omaha Westside (20-5), 4
5. Omaha Westview (18-5), 5
6. Kearney (18-3), 6
7. Lincoln Southwest (14-8), 7
8. Millard North (14-8), 8
9. Bellevue West (13-10), 10
10. Lincoln High (16-6), 9 

Receiving Votes: Omaha Marian (13-9), RV; Papillon-LaVista (15-7), NR.  

Class B (Record), Previous

1. Bennington (23-0), 1
2. Norris (20-3), 2
3. Gretna East (18-5), 3
4. Lincoln Pius X (18-4), 4
5. Blair (16-6), 5
6. Beatrice (16-6), 6
7. Omaha Skutt Catholic (13-10), 7
8. Gretna (13-9), 8
9. Sidney (17-5), 9
10. Scottsbluff (15-8), 10 

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

Class C-1 (Record), Previous

1. Milford (24-1), 1
2. Malcolm (24-1), 2
3. Lincoln Christian (23-2), 3
4. Ogallala (20-4), 6 
5. Holdrege (21-4), 4 
6. Gothenburg (20-4), 5
7. Raymond Central (19-4), 8 
8. Central City (23-3), 7
9. Fort Calhoun (23-2), 10 
10. Scotus Central Catholic (20-5), NR

Receiving Votes: Bridgeport (22-4), RV; Omaha Nation (22-3), 9. 

Class C-2 (Record), Previous

1. Pender (24-2), 1
2. Elkhorn Valley (25-0), 2
3. Oakland-Craig (23-3), 3
4. Alma (25-1), 4
5. Hastings St. Cecilia (21-3), 5 
6. Guardian Angels CC (19-6), 6
7. Yutan (19-4), 8 
8. Centura (23-3), 7
9. Elmwood-Murdock (21-3), 10
10. Crofton (18-7), 9

Receiving Votes: Thayer Central (21-4), NR.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous

1. Bloomfield (25-0), 1
2. Elm Creek (21-4), 2
3. Maywood-Hayes Center (22-3), 6 
4. Amherst (18-6), 3
5. Central Valley (24-1), 5
6. Howells-Dodge (18-7), 7
7. Shelton (22-3), 9
8. Sutton (19-7), 8
9. Overton (20-5), 10
10. Arapahoe (20-5), 4

Receiving Votes: Bancroft-Rosalie (19-7), NR.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous

1. Dundy County-Stratton (24-1), 1
2. Falls City Sacred Heart (17-8), 3 
3. Red Cloud (19-3), 2
4. Cambridge (17-7), 4
5. Archangels Catholic (16-9), 6 
6. Mullen (17-5), 7
7. McCool Junction (17-6), 8
8. Silver Lake (17-5), 5
9. Paxton (17-6), 9
10. Wynot (15-11), R

Receiving votes: Hay Springs (15-5), RV;  Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (12-9), NR.