2026 FIFTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Class 1A
|
School
|
Record
|
Last Week
|
|
|
1
|
Council Bluffs St. Albert
|
9-0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Algona Bishop Garrigan
|
7-2
|
2
|
|
3
|
Newell-Fonda
|
7-0
|
3
|
|
4
|
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
|
9-1
|
5
|
|
5
|
Lynnville-Sully
|
10-0
|
6
|
|
6
|
Dunkerton
|
9-1
|
7
|
|
7
|
Springville
|
8-1
|
4
|
|
8
|
Exira-EHK
|
7-1
|
8
|
|
9
|
Turkey Valley
|
7-1
|
9
|
|
10
|
Lake Mills
|
9-0
|
10
|
|
11
|
Montezuma
|
7-1
|
11
|
|
12
|
George-Little Rock
|
8-0
|
12
|
|
13
|
GTRA
|
8-1
|
NR
|
|
14
|
Saint Ansgar
|
8-1
|
NR
|
|
15
|
North Union
|
7-3
|
15
|
Dropped Out: East Mills (13), Keota (14)
Class 2A
|
School
|
Record
|
Last Week
|
|
|
1
|
Treynor
|
8-0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Central Lyon
|
10-0
|
4
|
|
3
|
Rock Valley
|
7-1
|
3
|
|
4
|
Maquoketa Valley
|
8-0
|
5
|
|
5
|
Hinton
|
8-1
|
7
|
|
6
|
Denver
|
8-1
|
2
|
|
7
|
West Lyon
|
5-4
|
6
|
|
8
|
Emmetsburg
|
9-1
|
T9
|
|
9
|
Riverside
|
9-1
|
13
|
|
10
|
Grundy Center
|
9-1
|
10
|
|
11
|
Westwood
|
9-0
|
NR
|
|
12
|
Iowa City Regina
|
8-3
|
12
|
|
13
|
Sioux Central
|
7-2
|
T9
|
|
14
|
AC/GC
|
7-1
|
8
|
|
15
|
Mount Ayr
|
10-0
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dropped Out: Pocahontas Area (11), Earlham (14)
Class 3A
|
School
|
Record
|
Last Week
|
|
|
1
|
Maquoketa
|
7-2
|
1
|
|
2
|
Des Moines Christian
|
9-2
|
3
|
|
3
|
Mount Vernon
|
8-2
|
4
|
|
4
|
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
|
6-1
|
6
|
|
5
|
Williamsburg
|
5-3
|
5
|
|
6
|
Forest City
|
8-1
|
7
|
|
7
|
PCM
|
10-1
|
8
|
|
8
|
Spirit Lake
|
6-2
|
9
|
|
9
|
Cherokee
|
6-1
|
2
|
|
10
|
Mediapolis
|
10-0
|
10
|
|
11
|
Tipton
|
9-1
|
11
|
|
12
|
Davenport Assumption
|
6-3
|
13
|
|
13
|
Mid-Prairie
|
6-2
|
12
|
|
14
|
Clear Lake
|
7-0
|
15
|
|
15
|
Center Point-Urbana
|
6-5
|
14
|
Dropped Out: None
Class 4A
|
School
|
Record
|
Last Week
|
|
|
1
|
Clear Creek-Amana
|
8-0
|
4
|
|
2
|
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
|
7-0
|
2
|
|
3
|
Norwalk
|
9-1
|
3
|
|
4
|
Dallas Center-Grimes
|
8-2
|
1
|
|
5
|
Carlisle
|
11-0
|
5
|
|
6
|
Waverly-Shell Rock
|
10-0
|
6
|
|
7
|
Central DeWitt
|
8-1
|
8
|
|
8
|
Cedar Rapids Xavier
|
5-5
|
7
|
|
9
|
Solon
|
6-2
|
10
|
|
10
|
North Polk
|
7-2
|
9
|
|
11
|
MOC-Floyd Valley
|
5-4
|
13
|
|
12
|
North Scott
|
5-4
|
11
|
|
13
|
Pella
|
6-3
|
14
|
|
14
|
Sioux Center
|
6-3
|
15
|
|
15
|
Clinton
|
5-4
|
12
|
Dropped Out: None
Class 5A
|
School
|
Record
|
Last Week
|
|
|
1
|
Johnston
|
10-0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Dowling Catholic
|
10-1
|
2
|
|
3
|
Ankeny
|
8-2
|
3
|
|
4
|
West Des Moines Valley
|
7-3
|
4
|
|
5
|
Waukee Northwest
|
6-3
|
5
|
|
6
|
Cedar Falls
|
8-2
|
8
|
|
7
|
Iowa City West
|
8-3
|
9
|
|
8
|
Iowa City High
|
9-2
|
11
|
|
9
|
Cedar Rapids Washington
|
5-3
|
7
|
|
10
|
Iowa City Liberty
|
6-4
|
10
|
|
11
|
Bettendorf
|
8-1
|
12
|
|
12
|
Sioux City East
|
7-2
|
14
|
|
13
|
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
|
3-6
|
NR
|
|
14
|
Cedar Rapids Prairie
|
5-4
|
6
|
|
15
|
Pleasant Valley
|
7-3
|
NR
|
Dropped Out: Waukee (13), Southeast Polk (15)