Minnesota high school girls basketball state poll: Week 8
Other notable changes in the statewide class-by-class poll is Minnehaha Academy being back in the Class 2A top 10 at No. 7.

By Joe Gunther
The Minnesota Star Tribune
There’s a new No. 1 in the largest-schools classification.
In the latest Minnesota Girls Basketball Head Coaches Association poll released Jan. 4, Minnetonka was voted the No. 1 team in Class 4A over Hopkins, which dropped one spot to No. 2.
Other notable changes in the statewide class-by-class poll is Minnehaha Academy being back in the Class 2A top 10 at No. 7.
The Redhawks began the 2025-26 season ranked in the top three of the 2A poll. They dropped a few times in the rankings before falling out of the top 10 in the Dec. 28 poll.
Red Wing also reentered the 2A poll, tied at No. 10 with Pequot Lakes. Perham jumped two spots from No. 10 to No. 8. The only other new team to join the poll is BOLD at No. 10 in Class 1A.
Class 4A
1. Minnetonka (11-0). Previous: No. 2
2. Hopkins (10-1). Previous: No. 1
3. Rosemount (9-0). Previous: No. 3
4. Maple Grove (9-1). Previous: No. 4
5. Wayzata (8-3). Previous: No. 6
6. Rochester Mayo (13-1). Previous: No. 5
Recent Coverage
7. Eastview (8-3). Previous: No. 7
8. Elk River (9-1). Previous: No. T8
9. East Ridge (10-3). Previous: No. T8
10. Waconia (11-2). Previous: No. 10
Class 3A
1. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (6-1). Previous: No. 1
2. Orono (9-2). Previous: No. 2
3. Hill-Murray (9-1). Previous: No. 4
4. Cretin-Derham Hall (7-4). Previous: No. 3
5. Stewartville (7-1). Previous: No. 6
6. Marshall (8-2). Previous: No. 5
7. Northfield (10-2). Previous: No. 7
8. Delano (7-5). Previous: No. 8
9. Byron (7-3). Previous: No. 9
10. Richfield (7-4). Previous: No. 10
Class 2A
1. Providence Academy (6-3). Previous: No. 1
2. Crosby-Ironton (7-4). Previous: No. 2
3. New London-Spicer (9-0). Previous: No. 3
4. Duluth Marshall (5-4). Previous: No. 4
5. Rochester Lourdes (10-1). Previous: No. 5
6. Proctor (10-2). Previous: No. 6
7. Minnehaha Academy (9-4). Previous: unranked
8. Perham (11-1). Previous: No. 10
9. Fairmont (9-1). Previous: No. 7
T10. Red Wing (8-3). Previous: unranked
T10. Pequot Lakes (7-3). Previous: No. 9
Class 1A
1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (9-0). Previous: No. 1
2. Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s (9-0). Previous: No. 2
3. Hillcrest Lutheran (9-1). Previous: No. 3
4. Kelliher-Northome (7-1). Previous: No. 4
5. East Grand Forks (6-3). Previous: No. 5
6. Central Minnesota Christian (6-1). Previous: No. 7
7. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (10-2). Previous: No. 8
8. Mayer Lutheran (6-4). Previous: No. 6


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