The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the sixth Iowa High School Softball Rankings for 2026 on Wednesday, July 1st.
Final rankings for Classes 1A and 2A will be posted Monday, July 6th. Final rankings for Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A will be posted Thursday, July 9th.
Class 5A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Waukee Northwest | 31-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Ankeny Centennial | 31-2 | 2 |
| 3 | West Des Moines Valley | 25-7 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 26-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 27-8 | 5 |
| 6 | Southeast Polk | 19-13 | 6 |
| 7 | Dowling Catholic | 16-13 | 7 |
| 8 | Waukee | 17-15 | 8 |
| 9 | Pleasant Valley | 19-12 | 9 |
| 10 | Cedar Falls | 22-9 | 14 |
| 11 | Des Moines Roosevelt | 22-10 | 13 |
| 12 | Linn-Mar | 19-11 | 11 |
| 13 | Johnston | 15-18 | NR |
| 14 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 23-11 | 11 |
| 15 | Bettendorf | 25-10 | 12 |
Dropped Out: Muscatine (15)
Class 4A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | ADM | 28-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Carlisle | 28-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge | 31-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Western Dubuque | 22-8 | 5 |
| 5 | North Scott | 18-12 | 6 |
| 6 | Winterset | 20-12 | 8 |
| 7 | North Polk | 18-14 | 4 |
| 8 | Clear Creek-Amana | 24-10 | 7 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 17-15 | 9 |
| 10 | Norwalk | 18-14 | 12 |
| 11 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 27-8 | 13 |
| 12 | Grinnell | 18-6 | 11 |
| 13 | Burlington | 19-6 | NR |
| 14 | Newton | 19-11 | 15 |
| 15 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 20-6 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10), Boone (14)
Class 3A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Williamsburg | 31-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 27-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Albia | 27-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 29-5 | 4 |
| 5 | PCM | 20-4 | 6 |
| 6 | Van Meter | 27-6 | 5 |
| 7 | Davenport Assumption | 27-8 | 7 |
| 8 | Atlantic | 28-6 | 10 |
| 9 | West Liberty | 16-10 | 9 |
| 10 | West Delaware | 21-10 | 9 |
| 11 | Algona | 20-4 | 11 |
| 12 | Centerville | 16-6 | 13 |
| 13 | Roland-Story | 20-7 | NR |
| 14 | Clear Lake | 23-5 | 12 |
| 15 | Pella Christian | 12-10 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Charles City (11)
Class 2A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Riverside | 22-5 | 4 |
| 2 | Interstate 35 | 24-7 | 2 |
| 3 | Grand View Christian | 22-3 | 1 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | 22-2 | 5 |
| 5 | Louisa-Muscatine | 22-6 | 3 |
| 6 | Durant | 21-12 | 7 |
| 7 | West Lyon | 18-5 | 6 |
| 8 | Wapsie Valley | 15-7 | 8 |
| 9 | Logan-Magnolia | 16-7 | 9 |
| 10 | Iowa City Regina | 16-10 | 12 |
| 11 | Hinton | 20-4 | 10 |
| 12 | Beckman Catholic | 18-9 | 14 |
| 13 | Pleasantville | 16-11 | 11 |
| 14 | West Marshall | 20-10 | NR |
| 15 | Pocahontas Area | 23-9 | 15 |
Dropped Out: East Marshall (13)
Class 1A
| Rank | School | Record | LW |
| 1 | Exira-EHK/Audubon | 19-4 | 2 |
| 2 | Clarksville | 20-5 | 1 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 21-9 | 4 |
| 4 | West Monona | 22-5 | 4 |
| 5 | Mason City Newman | 22-5 | 5 |
| 6 | Newell-Fonda | 21-9 | 6 |
| 7 | North Linn | 26-10 | 7 |
| 8 | Southeast Warren | 17-4 | 8 |
| 9 | Wayne | 17-6 | 9 |
| 10 | Remsen St. Mary’s | 19-4 | 14 |
| 11 | North Butler | 21-5 | 10 |
| 12 | Edgewood-Colesburg | 22-8 | 13 |
| 13 | Kingsley-Pierson | 18-6 | NR |
| 14 | Kee | 26-10 | NR |
| 15 | Holy Trinity Catholic | 20-6 | NR |
Dropped Out: Highland (12), Griswold (14), Martensdale-St. Marys (15)
