2026 EIGHTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Class 1A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Newell-Fonda | 14-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Algona Bishop Garrigan | 14-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Council Bluffs St. Albert | 14-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Springville | 15-1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lynnville-Sully | 16-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dunkerton | 14-2 | 7 |
| 7 | Exira-EHK | 15-1 | 8 |
| 8 | Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 13-3 | 4 |
| 9 | Lake Mills | 12-3 | 9 |
| 10 | GTRA | 16-1 | 12 |
| 11 | Turkey Valley | 13-2 | 11 |
| 12 | Saint Ansgar | 13-3 | 13 |
| 13 | George-Little Rock | 14-3 | 10 |
| 14 | Montezuma | 12-4 | 14 |
| 15 | North Union | 11-6 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Rock Valley | 14-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Lyon | 14-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Hinton | 14-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver | 15-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Emmetsburg | 15-2 | 7 |
| 6 | Treynor | 13-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Riverside | 16-2 | 8 |
| 8 | Maquoketa Valley | 14-2 | 5 |
| 9 | Grundy Center | 14-1 | 10 |
| 10 | Westwood | 16-0 | 11 |
| 11 | West Lyon | 11-6 | 9 |
| 12 | Iowa City Regina | 13-4 | 12 |
| 13 | Nodaway Valley | 16-1 | 14 |
| 14 | Mount Ayr | 16-1 | 15 |
| 15 | Cascade | 12-4 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sioux Central (13)
Class 3A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Maquoketa | 14-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Des Moines Christian | 15-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Vernon | 15-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Dubuque Wahlert Catholic | 11-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Williamsburg | 11-5 | 5 |
| 6 | Forest City | 15-2 | 6 |
| 7 | PCM | 16-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Spirit Lake | 11-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Mediapolis | 17-0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cherokee | 11-3 | 10 |
| 11 | Tipton | 15-1 | 11 |
| 12 | Davenport Assumption | 11-5 | 12 |
| 13 | Mid-Prairie | 11-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Center Point-Urbana | 9-7 | 14 |
| 15 | Algona | 12-4 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 4A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Clear Creek-Amana | 14-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 15-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Norwalk | 14-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 14-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Carlisle | 15-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Central DeWitt | 15-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 14-1 | 7 |
| 8 | North Polk | 15-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Solon | 10-5 | 9 |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 9-7 | 10 |
| 11 | Sioux Center | 13-4 | 12 |
| 12 | ADM | 10-6 | 14 |
| 13 | MOC-Floyd Valley | 10-7 | 12 |
| 14 | Clinton | 10-7 | NR |
| 15 | Independence | 13-5 | 15 |
Dropped Out: North Scott (13)
Class 5A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Johnston | 15-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Waukee Northwest | 10-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Dowling Catholic | 14-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Iowa City High | 14-3 | 8 |
| 5 | Ankeny | 11-5 | 4 |
| 6 | Cedar Falls | 13-3 | 7 |
| 7 | West Des Moines Valley | 9-6 | 6 |
| 8 | Iowa City West | 12-4 | 5 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Washington | 11-3 | 9 |
| 10 | Iowa City Liberty | 11-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Indianola | 11-4 | 12 |
| 12 | Ankeny Centennial | 6-9 | 11 |
| 13 | Sioux City East | 10-3 | 13 |
| 14 | Bettendorf | 12-4 | 15 |
| 15 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 8-7 | 14 |
Dropped Out: None
