The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the fourth Iowa High School Softball Rankings for 2026 on Wednesday, June 18th.
Class 5A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Waukee Northwest | 19-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ankeny Centennial | 20-1 | 2 |
| 3 | West Des Moines Valley | 15-5 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 13-2 | 5 |
| 5 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 16-6 | 7 |
| 6 | Southeast Polk | 11-9 | 4 |
| 7 | Pleasant Valley | 9-6 | 6 |
| 8 | Dowling Catholic | 10-7 | 12 |
| 9 | Muscatine | 12-3 | 8 |
| 10 | Linn-Mar | 10-6 | 9 |
| 11 | Bettendorf | 17-6 | 11 |
| 12 | Waukee | 9-8 | 13 |
| 13 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 12-6 | 10 |
| 14 | Des Moines Roosevelt | 12-6 | 14 |
| 15 | Cedar Falls | 12-7 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 4A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | ADM | 14-4 | 2 |
| 2 | Carlisle | 19-3 | 1 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge | 19-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Western Dubuque | 15-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Clear Creek-Amana | 16-4 | 5 |
| 6 | North Scott | 7-9 | 8 |
| 7 | North Polk | 8-9 | 7 |
| 8 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 11-6 | 6 |
| 9 | Winterset | 11-8 | 9 |
| 10 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 17-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 22-2 | 14 |
| 12 | Norwalk | 12-9 | 12 |
| 13 | Boone | 9-7 | NR |
| 14 | Grinnell | 13-4 | NR |
| 15 | Spencer | 14-2 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Pella (11), Gilbert (13)
Class 3A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Williamsburg | 19-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 11-3 | 2 |
| 3 | Albia | 17-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 17-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Van Meter | 13-4 | 5 |
| 6 | West Liberty | 11-2 | 6 |
| 7 | PCM | 12-2 | 7 |
| 8 | West Delaware | 14-5 | 8 |
| 9 | Davenport Assumption | 13-4 | 10 |
| 10 | Atlantic | 18-2 | 11 |
| 11 | Clear Lake | 17-1 | 13 |
| 12 | Charles City | 14-3 | 15 |
| 13 | Centerville | 11-3 | NR |
| 14 | Des Moines Christian | 10-4 | 14 |
| 15 | Algona | 13-4 | NR |
Dropped Out: Center Point-Urbana (9), Osage (12)
Class 2A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Louisa-Muscatine | 15-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Interstate 35 | 14-4 | 2 |
| 3 | West Lyon | 10-3 | 3 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | 16-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Grand View Christian | 13-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Riverside | 11-4 | 10 |
| 7 | Logan-Magnolia | 12-3 | 5 |
| 8 | Wapsie Valley | 11-5 | 7 |
| 9 | East Marshall | 12-3 | 8 |
| 10 | Durant | 12-7 | 9 |
| 11 | Hinton | 13-3 | 15 |
| 12 | Pleasantville | 7-7 | 11 |
| 13 | Iowa City Regina | 9-6 | 13 |
| 14 | Ridge View | 15-4 | NR |
| 15 | Cardinal | 10-4 | NR |
Dropped Out: West Marshall (12), Lisbon (14)
Class 1A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Clarksville | 12-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Newman Catholic | 14-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Exira-EHK/Audubon | 10-3 | 4 |
| 4 | West Monona | 14-3 | 3 |
| 5 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 16-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Edgewood-Colesburg | 15-4 | 6 |
| 7 | Newell-Fonda | 14-3 | 7 |
| 8 | North Linn | 16-5 | 9 |
| 9 | Wayne | 11-2 | 10 |
| 10 | Southeast Warren | 8-3 | 15 |
| 11 | North Butler | 13-3 | 13 |
| 12 | Fremont-Mills | 12-1 | 14 |
| 13 | Highland | 7-3 | 8 |
| 14 | Remsen St Mary’s | 13-3 | 11 |
| 15 | Martensdale-St. Marys | 7-6 | 12 |
Dropped Out: None
