Final 2026 "Elite 16" Media Poll

? ? | The final poll of the season by the statewide "Elite 16" media members via the Courier-Journal's Jason Frakes.

? Poll details and Region "First Fives" can be found at the link below ~

courier-journal.com/high-school-basketball-rankings-khsaa-girls

1. George Rogers Clark (9 1st place votes)

2. Assumption (5)

3. Simon Kenton (2)

4. Sacred Heart 

5. Calloway County 

6. Cooper

7. North Laurel 

8. Frederick Douglass 

9. Taylor County 

10. South Laurel 

11. Notre Dame

12. Covington Holy Cross 

13. Campbell County 

14. Ashland 

15. Henderson County 

16. Ryle

+ Also receiving votes: Barren County, Butler, Bishop Brossart, Owensboro Catholic, Marshall County, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Boyd County, Boyle County, Hazard

++ Region No. 1s

R1 Calloway County 

R2 Henderson County 

R3 Owensboro Catholic 

R4 Barren County 

R5 Taylor County 

R6 Butler 

R7 Assumption 

R8 Simon Kenton 

R9 Cooper

R10 George Rogers Clark 

R11 Frederick Douglass 

R12 Boyle County 

R13 North Laurel 

R14 Hazard 

R15 Johnson Central 

R16 Ashland