2026 SEVENTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Class 1A
|
School |
Record |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Newell-Fonda |
13-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Algona Bishop Garrigan |
13-2 |
2 |
| 3 |
Council Bluffs St. Albert |
13-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Gladbrook-Reinbeck |
12-2 |
4 |
| 5 |
Lynnville-Sully |
14-0 |
5 |
| 6 |
Springville |
13-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Dunkerton |
11-2 |
7 |
| 8 |
Exira-EHK |
13-1 |
8 |
| 9 |
Lake Mills |
10-3 |
9 |
| 10 |
George-Little Rock |
14-2 |
10 |
| 11 |
Turkey Valley |
12-2 |
11 |
| 12 |
GTRA |
13-1 |
12 |
| 13 |
Saint Ansgar |
12-3 |
13 |
| 14 |
Montezuma |
10-4 |
14 |
| 15 |
North Union |
8-6 |
15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
|
School |
Record |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Rock Valley |
12-1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Central Lyon |
13-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Hinton |
12-1 |
4 |
| 4 |
Denver |
13-1 |
5 |
| 5 |
Maquoketa Valley |
12-1 |
3 |
| 6 |
Treynor |
12-1 |
7 |
| 7 |
Emmetsburg |
13-2 |
9 |
| 8 |
Riverside |
12-2 |
6 |
| 9 |
West Lyon |
9-5 |
8 |
| 10 |
Grundy Center |
13-1 |
10 |
| 11 |
Westwood |
14-0 |
11 |
| 12 |
Iowa City Regina |
12-3 |
12 |
| 13 |
Sioux Central |
10-3 |
13 |
| 14 |
Nodaway Valley |
14-1 |
14 |
| 15 |
Mount Ayr |
14-1 |
15 |
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Dropped Out: None
Class 3A
|
School |
Record |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Maquoketa |
12-2 |
1 |
| 2 |
Des Moines Christian |
13-2 |
2 |
| 3 |
Mount Vernon |
14-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic |
10-3 |
4 |
| 5 |
Williamsburg |
10-3 |
5 |
| 6 |
Forest City |
13-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
PCM |
14-1 |
7 |
| 8 |
Spirit Lake |
10-3 |
8 |
| 9 |
Mediapolis |
15-0 |
10 |
| 10 |
Cherokee |
10-3 |
9 |
| 11 |
Tipton |
14-1 |
11 |
| 12 |
Davenport Assumption |
10-4 |
12 |
| 13 |
Mid-Prairie |
8-5 |
13 |
| 14 |
Center Point-Urbana |
8-6 |
15 |
| 15 |
Algona |
9-4 |
NR |
Dropped Out: Clear Lake (14)
Class 4A
|
School |
Record |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Clear Creek-Amana |
12-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Sioux City Bishop Heelan |
12-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Norwalk |
12-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Dallas Center-Grimes |
11-2 |
4 |
| 5 |
Carlisle |
14-0 |
5 |
| 6 |
Central DeWitt |
13-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Waverly-Shell Rock |
13-1 |
7 |
| 8 |
North Polk |
12-2 |
8 |
| 9 |
Solon |
9-4 |
9 |
| 10 |
Cedar Rapids Xavier |
8-7 |
10 |
| 11 |
Sioux Center |
10-4 |
12 |
| 12 |
MOC-Floyd Valley |
9-6 |
11 |
| 13 |
North Scott |
7-7 |
13 |
| 14 |
ADM |
8-6 |
NR |
| 15 |
Independence |
10-4 |
15 |
Dropped Out: Pella (14)
Class 5A
|
School |
Record |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Johnston |
14-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Waukee Northwest |
9-4 |
2 |
| 3 |
Dowling Catholic |
13-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Ankeny |
10-4 |
5 |
| 5 |
Iowa City West |
11-3 |
7 |
| 6 |
West Des Moines Valley |
8-6 |
4 |
| 7 |
Cedar Falls |
12-3 |
6 |
| 8 |
Iowa City High |
12-3 |
8 |
| 9 |
Cedar Rapids Washington |
9-3 |
9 |
| 10 |
Iowa City Liberty |
10-5 |
10 |
| 11 |
Ankeny Centennial |
6-7 |
14 |
| 12 |
Indianola |
9-4 |
15 |
| 13 |
Sioux City East |
9-3 |
11 |
| 14 |
Cedar Rapids Kennedy |
6-7 |
13 |
| 15 |
Bettendorf |
10-4 |
12 |
Dropped Out: None
