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South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Polls - February 2, 2026

Photos of players from Wall and Lyman at the 2025 Boys State B Basketball Tournament
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The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll for the week of Feb. 2 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams in Class AA, top-10 teams in Class A and Class B, the team’s record, points received and ranking in the previous poll. First-place votes are listed in parentheses.

Boys

Class AA
1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (22) 12-0 110 1
2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt 11-1 84 2
3. Watertown 11-1 46 5
4. Harrisburg 8-3 43 4
5. Huron 9-3 17 RV
Receiving votes: Tea Area 16, Spearfish 14.

Class A
1. West Central (21) 15-0 219 1
2. Sioux Falls Christian (1) 11-1 198 2
3. Clark/Willow Lake 13-2 173 3
4. Hamlin 10-2 146 4
5. St. Thomas More 9-3 133 7
6. Lennox 7-5 91 6
7. Vermillion 9-4 86 9
8. Mahpiya Luta 12-2 59 5
9. Groton Area 9-4 46 8
10. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 8-2 18 RV
Receiving votes: Pine Ridge 15, Flandreau 8, Stanley County 8, Sioux Valley 5, Dakota Valley 1, Wagner 1.

Class B
1. De Smet (13) 10-2 209 2
2. Castlewood (5) 12-2 192 3
3. Viborg-Hurley (3) 12-2 182 1
4. Freeman (1) 12-2 155 4
5. Wall 11-3 134 5
6. Aberdeen Christian 9-2 90 6
7. Parkston 12-2 75 8
8. Wessington Springs 10-4 68 7
9. Deubrook Area 10-2 44 10
10. Sully Buttes 9-4 23 9
Receiving votes: Estelline-Hendricks 16, Lyman 10, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 7, Leola-Frederick Area 4, Bridgewater-Emery 2, Centerville 2.

Girls 

Class AA
1. Brandon Valley (22) 11-0 110 1
2. O’Gorman 10-1 88 2
3. Sioux Falls Washington 10-1 66 3
4. Rapid City Stevens 11-2 31 5
5. Aberdeen Central 9-4 30 4
Receiving votes: Mitchell 4, Jefferson 1.

Class A
1. Mahpiya Luta (22) 14-0 220 1
2. Hamlin 11-1 193 3
3. Lennox 11-1 168 2
4. Wagner 11-2 160 4
5. Sioux Falls Christian 11-3 131 6
6. Clark/Willow Lake 11-1 101 7
7. Sioux Valley 11-2 99 5
8. Aberdeen Roncalli 11-2 55 9
9. Rapid City Christian 14-2 41 RV
10. St. Thomas More 11-3 18 RV
Receiving votes: Mobridge-Pollock 14, West Central 7, Lakota Tech 3.

Class B 
1. Lyman (20) 13-0 217 1
2. Parkston 12-1 188 2
3. Bennett County (2) 10-2 177 3
T-4. Colman-Egan 13-0 140 5
T-4. Ethan 10-1 140 4
6. Centerville 13-2 113 6
7. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 12-1 91 7
8. Chester 12-2 58 T-8
9. Harding County 14-1 32 10
10. Corsica-Stickney 9-3 28 T-8
Receiving votes: Gayville-Volin 16, Waubay-Summit 7, Highmore-Harrold 3.

Brent is the Digital Content Curator at South Dakota Public Broadcasting. He came to SDPB after spending over 20 years broadcasting on radio stations in Aberdeen, Pierre, Milbank, Sisseton, and Watertown as Brent Nathaniel. An Aberdeen area native, Brent is based in Watertown with his wife Bri and their cat Allie.