Ralston Valley is No. 10 in this week’s 5A girls basketball poll. (Dennis Pleuss)
Ralston Valley has joined this week’s Class 5A CHSAANow.com girls basketball poll. The Mustangs, who went 2-0 last week, are No. 10.
Elsewhere, the No. 1 teams remained the same. Those are Regis Jesuit (5A), Broomfield (4A), Holy Family (3A), Yuma (2A) and Caliche (1A).
Mesa Ridge made the most significant jump in the 4A poll in going from No. 5 to No. 3.
The 3A poll added Sterling (No. 6) and Peak to Peak (No. 8).
These polls will serve as the rankings over the winter break, and through the first part of January. The next poll will not come out until Jan. 13.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Regis Jesuit (15) | 6-1 | 150 | 1 | 2-1 |
| 2 | Highlands Ranch | 7-1 | 124 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 3 | ThunderRidge | 7-2 | 108 | 3 | 2-2 |
| 4 | Fossil Ridge | 8-0 | 97 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Grandview | 7-1 | 96 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Lakewood | 8-0 | 54 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Rock Canyon | 4-2 | 47 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Castle View | 6-1 | 37 | 8 | 4-0 |
| 9 | Cherry Creek | 7-1 | 24 | 9 | 4-0 |
| 10 | Ralston Valley | 6-2 | 21 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pine Creek 20, Denver East 11, Rampart 11, Grand Junction 5, Arapahoe 4, Monarch 4, Mountain Vista 4, Horizon 3, Legend 3, Dakota Ridge 1, Poudre 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Monarch (10). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Broomfield (13) | 6-0 | 148 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Pueblo South | 7-1 | 126 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Mesa Ridge (2) | 7-0 | 118 | 5 | 4-0 |
| 4 | Valor Christian | 7-2 | 92 | 3 | 2-2 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 7-1 | 73 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Pueblo West | 6-1 | 68 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Palmer Ridge | 6-1 | 57 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 8 | D’Evelyn | 4-3 | 34 | 7 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Sand Creek | 3-2 | 33 | 9 | 0-0 |
| 10 | Silver Creek | 5-2 | 23 | 10 | 1-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Glenwood Springs 21, Pueblo East 10, Palisade 8, Pueblo County 5, Thompson Valley 3, Air Academy 2, Mullen 2, Eagle Valley 1, Longmont 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (8) | 7-1 | 116 | 1 | 1-1 |
| 2 | Pagosa Springs (4) | 6-0 | 102 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Lamar | 6-0 | 77 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Centauri | 6-0 | 73 | 3 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Bishop Machebeuf | 5-1 | 61 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Sterling | 6-1 | 50 | – | 3–1 |
| 7 | Eaton | 5-1 | 35 | 4 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Peak to Peak | 5-1 | 25 | – | 2-0 |
| 9 | Strasburg | 6-0 | 24 | 10 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Coal Ridge | 5-1 | 14 | 9 | 1-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Trinidad 11, Kent Denver 9, The Classical Academy 8, Frontier Academy 8, Valley 7, Brush 6, Olathe 6, The Academy 6, Aurora West 5, Middle Park 4, St. Mary’s 4, The Pinnacle 3, Florence 2, Manitou Springs 2, Jefferson Academy 1, Sheridan 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Estes Park (7), St. Mary’s (8). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Yuma (9) | 4-0 | 108 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Peyton (2) | 6-0 | 94 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Lutheran | 4-0 | 80 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Akron | 4-1 | 67 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Liberty Common | 7-0 | 58 | 6 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Simla | 5-0 | 40 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Hoehne | 3-1 | 32 | 9 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Paonia | 4-2 | 31 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Meeker | 3-1 | 26 | – | 0-0 |
| 10 | Sangre de Cristo | 3-3 | 18 | 5 | 0-3 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Heritage Christian 14, Kiowa 12, Crowley County 7, The Vanguard 7, Del Norte 5, Wray 2, Highland 1, Hotchkiss 1, Limon 1, Springfield 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Kiowa (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Caliche (4) | 5-0 | 49 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Norwood (1) | 5-0 | 44 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Idalia | 5-0 | 38 | 4 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Eads | 5-1 | 36 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Kit Carson | 4-2 | 30 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Prairie | 6-0 | 25 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | McClave | 4-1 | 17 | 10 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Cheraw | 5-0 | 10 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Dove Creek | 6-0 | 8 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Liberty/Stratton | 3-3 | 7 | 8 | 1-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Hi-Plains 4, Holly 3, Walsh 3, Belleview Christian 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||