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