IHSAA news release
The IHSAA’s official basketball rankings for the 2025-26 season are available below. The rankings for all four classes will be determined throughout the regular season by rankings committees.
Each classification features a top 10 consensus-built list as compiled by its assigned committee, which includes two former head coaches, one media member, and three IHSAA staff members.
The IHSAA will use the regular season rankings as a primary tool for postseason assignments, while maintaining school and geographic considerations. Rankings will be released weekly. The last two editions will be following the release of substate brackets, intended to factor the entire regular season into state tournament seeding.
Records cited in the rankings are as of Dec. 22 via the IHSAA school and statistics database on Bound.
Once available, previous editions can be viewed through the toggle at the bottom of the page.
CLASS 4A
| RANK | SCHOOL | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waukee Northwest | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cedar Falls | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Dubuque Senior | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Muscatine | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Waukee | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Ames | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Bettendorf | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Pleasant Valley | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Des Moines Roosevelt | 5 | 2 |
CLASS 3A
| RANK | SCHOOL | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballard | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Xavier, Cedar Rapids | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Clear Lake | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Storm Lake | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Pella | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | ADM | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Solon | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Nevada | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Knoxville | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Center Point-Urbana | 6 | 1 |
CLASS 2A
| RANK | SCHOOL | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unity Christian, Orange City | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kuemper Catholic, Carroll | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Treynor | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Regina, Iowa City | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Western Christian, Hull | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Denver | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Cherokee | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Tri-Center | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Union Community | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Mid-Prairie | 5 | 0 |
CLASS 1A
| RANK | SCHOOL | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Edmond, Fort Dodge | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Wapsie Valley | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | MMCRU | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Notre Dame, Burlington | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Boyden-Hull | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Marquette Catholic, Bellevue | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Bishop Garrigan, Algona | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Coon Rapids-Bayard | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Woodbine | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Bellevue | 7 | 1 |