The Alexandria boys and girls basketball teams are ranked in the top five in Class 3A Minnesota Basketball News poll.

The Alexandria boys basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the Class 3A boys rankings, while the Alexandria girls team is ranked No. 5 in Class 3A girls rankings. Both teams stayed put from last week’s rankings to this week’s rankings.

The Minnewaska girls basketball team is still ranked No. 6 in Class 2A girls rankings, while the West Central Area girls basketball team rose one spot to No. 9 in the Class A girls rankings.

Here are the full state rankings as of Feb. 19, 2025.

Feb. 19, 2025, Minnesota Basketball News Poll (records as of Feb. 19, 2025)

BOYS

Class 4A

1. Cretin-Derham Hall (22-1)
2. Hopkins (23-1)
3. Tartan (23-0)
4. Wayzata (18-4)
5. Shakopee (17-5)
6. Prior Lake (18-5)
7. Apple Valley (19-3)
8. Champlin Park (19-4)
9. Moorhead (17-6)
10. Minnetonka (17-6)

Class 3A

1. Mankato East (21-1)
2. Alexandria (19-3)
3. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (21-2)
4. Orono (17-6)
5. Totino-Grace (17-5)
6. Byron (21-2)
7. Richfield (18-4)
8. DeLaSalle (18-4)
9. Faribault (16-7)
10. Stewartville (19-5)

Class 2A 

1. Albany (21-0)
2. Waseca (24-0)
3. Caledonia (24-2)
4. Montevideo (20-2)
5. Breck (13-9)
6. Mora (21-1)
7. Jackson County Central (21-4)
8. Blake (19-2)
9. Minnehaha Academy (14-9)
10. East Grand Forks (17-5)

Class A

1. Cherry (23-1)
2. Dawson-Boyd (21-3)
3. Nevis (20-3)
4. Henning (20-3)
5. Red Lake County (22-1)
6. Deer River (22-1)
7. Ada-Borup West (19-5)
8. Springfield (23-2)
9. Cedar Mountain (20-3)
10. Southland (25-0)

GIRLS

Class 4A

1. Maple Grove (22-2)
2. Eastview (22-3)
3. Wayzata (21-4)
4. Hopkins (20-5)
5. Eden Prairie (20-5)
6. Prior Lake (20-4)
7. Minnetonka (14-11)
8. St. Michael-Albertville (16-9)
9. Elk River (19-5)
10. Lakeville North (14-11)

Class 3A

1. Monticello (24-0)
2. Marshall (24-1)
3. Orono (22-3)
4. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (19-6)
5. Alexandria (21-4)
6. DeLaSalle (19-5)
7. Hill-Murray (19-6)
8. Byron (22-3)
9. Delano (21-5)
10. Mahtomedi (19-6)

Class 2A 

1. Providence Academy (24-0)
2. Crosby-Ironton (25-0)
3. New London-Spicer (25-1)
4. Minnehaha Academy (16-9)
5. Caledonia (23-3)
6. Minnewaska (23-3)
7. Sauk Centre (22-2)
8. Duluth Marshall (18-7)
9. Proctor (21-3)
10. Jordan (17-8)

Class A

1. Goodhue (21-5)
2. Mayer Lutheran (22-2)
3. Mountain Iron-Buhl (21-3)
4. Kittson County Central (22-1)
5. Breckenridge (19-5)
6. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (24-2)
7. Braham (19-5)
8. Kelliher/Northome (21-3)
9. West Central Area (19-6)
10. Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (22-3)

Sam Stuve covers a variety of sports in the Douglas County area. He also is assigned to do some news stories as well.