First KBCA Rankings of 2026 Released

The first Kansas State High School Basketball rankings for 2026 have been officially released by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. Several schools from North Central Kansas and the North Central Kansas League on the boys and girls side have made the list.

Below are the Girls' rankings. NCKL and North Central Kansas schools are in BOLD:

6A Girls
1. Shawnee Mission South
2. Blue Valley North
3. Wichta Heights
4. Wichita East
5. Olathe North
6. Derby
7. Olathe South
8. Manhattan 
9. Lawrence
10. Washburn Rural

5A Girls

1. Overland Park - St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Andover
3. Kansas City Piper
4. Maize South
5. Hays
6. Wichita - Kapaun Mt. Carmel
7. Wichita - Bishop Carroll
8. Salina South
9. Topeka Seaman
10. Lenexa - St. James Academy

4A Girls
1. Wellington
2. Wamego
3. Roeland Park - Bishop Miege
4. Fort Scott
5. Ottawa
6. Independence
7. Topeka Hayden
8. Eudora
9. Chapman
10. Santa Fe Trail

3A Girls
1. Silver Lake
2. Halstead
3. Osage City
4. Holcomb
5. Burlington
6. Cheney
7. Girard
8. Riley County
9. Beloit
10. Haven

2A Girls
1. Moundridge
2. Pittsburg - St. Mary's Colgan
3. Hillsboro
4. Ellinwood
5. Eureka
6. Blue Rapids - Valley Heights
7. Inman
8. Highland - Doniphan West
9. Elbing - Berean Academy
10. Whitewater - Remington

1A Div. 1 Girls
1. Little River
2. Alma - Wabaunsee
3. Centralia
4. Jetmore - Hodgeman County
5. Mankato - Rock Hills
6. Oberlin - Decatur Community
7. Spearville
8. Quinter
9. Montezuma - South Gray
10. Olpe

1A Div. 2 Girls
1. Hanover
2. Bucklin
3. Linn
4. Melvern - Marais des Cygnes Valley
5. Bird City - Cheylin
6. Hutchinson Central Christian
7. Lebo
8. Ashland
9. Randolph - Blue Valley
10. Dighton

Below are the Boys Rankings. NCKL and North Central Kansas schools are in BOLD:

6A Boys
1. Shawnee Mission South
2. Olathe North
3. Shawnee - Mill Valley
4. Wichita Heights
5. Maize
6. OP - Blue Valley High
7. OP- Blue Valley Northwest
8. OP- Blue Valley West
9. Manhattan
10. OP - Blue Valley North

5A Boys
1. Wichita - Kapaun Mt. Carmel
2. Topeka West
3. Emporia
4. Lenexa - St. James Academy
5. Topeka Seaman
6. Bonner Springs
7. Andover
8. Hays
9. Salina South
10. Kansas City Piper

4A Boys
1. Rock Creek
2. Atchison
3. Roeland Park - Bishop Miege
4. Pratt
5. Andale
6. Concordia
7. Baldwin
8. Chanute
9. Agusta
10. Paola

3A Boys
1. Wichita Collegiate
2. Hesston
3. Holcomb
4. Burlington
5. Wichita Trinity
6. Silver Lake
7. Beloit
8. Riverton
9. Perry - Lecompton
10. Hiawatha

2A Boys
1. Sterling
2. Moundridge
3. Brookville - Ell-Saline
4. Salina - Sacred Heart
5. Wichita - Classical School
6. St. Mary's
7. Elbing - Berean Academy
8. Pittsburg - St. Mary's Colgan
9. Rossville
10. Belleville - Republic County

1A Div. 1 Boys
1. Olpe
2. Coldwater - South Central
3. Little River
4. Lawrence - Seabury Academy
5. Alma - Wabaunsee
6. Claflin - Central Plains
7. Beloit- St. John's/Tipton
8. Rural Vista
9. Tribune - Greeley County
10. Quinter

1A Div. 2 Boys
1. Hanover
2. Axtell
3. Victoria
4. Hartford
5. Kensington - Thunder Ridge
6. Sharon Springs - Wallace County
7. Deerfield
8. McPherson - Elyria Christian
9. Linn
10. Tescott