2026 FIFTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
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)


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