2026 Preseason Iowa Girls High School Softball Rankings compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, May 18, 2026
Class 5A
| School | 2025 Record | |
| 1 | Waukee Northwest | 40-5 |
| 2 | Ankeny Centennial | 34-10 |
| 3 | West Des Moines Valley | 30-12 |
| 4 | Southeast Polk | 31-12 |
| 5 | Pleasant Valley | 31-10 |
| 6 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 24-17 |
| 7 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 33-9 |
| 8 | Linn-Mar | 35-7 |
| 9 | Bettendorf | 22-18 |
| 10 | Muscatine | 26-11 |
| 11 | Johnston | 25-16 |
| 12 | Ottumwa | 22-14 |
| 13 | Cedar Falls | 31-11 |
| 14 | Iowa City High | 23-15 |
| 15 | Indianola | 21-15 |
Class 4A
| School | 2025 Record | |
| 1 | ADM | 29-9 |
| 2 | Carlisle | 27-10 |
| 3 | North Scott | 30-13 |
| 4 | Western Dubuque | 31-13 |
| 5 | Clear Creek-Amana | 31-9 |
| 6 | Fort Dodge | 27-13 |
| 7 | Norwalk | 34-8 |
| 8 | North Polk | 36-6 |
| 9 | Pella | 25-12 |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 38-6 |
| 11 | Winterset | 25-15 |
| 12 | Solon | 17-20 |
| 13 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 17-9 |
| 14 | Grinnell | 29-9 |
| 15 | Gilbert | 18-16 |
Class 3A
| School | 2025 Record | |
| 1 | Williamsburg | 36-7 |
| 2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 37-8 |
| 3 | Albia | 30-4 |
| 4 | PCM | 26-6 |
| 5 | Van Meter | 34-2 |
| 6 | West Liberty | 22-9 |
| 7 | Davenport Assumption | 24-14 |
| 8 | West Delaware | 25-12 |
| 9 | Mount Vernon | 27-12 |
| 10 | Algona | 20-7 |
| 11 | Center Point-Urbana | 26-13 |
| 12 | Osage | 28-2 |
| 13 | Atlantic | 27-14 |
| 14 | Des Moines Christian | 14-14 |
| 15 | Central Lee | 22-9 |
Class 2A
| School | 2025 Record | |
| 1 | Louisa-Muscatine | 31-7 |
| 2 | Durant | 22-13 |
| 3 | West Lyon | 30-2 |
| 4 | Wapsie Valley | 29-6 |
| 5 | Jesup | 25-11 |
| 6 | West Monona | 29-8 |
| 7 | Riverside | 26-4 |
| 8 | East Marshall | 27-11 |
| 9 | Sumner-Fredericksburg | 25-11 |
| 10 | West Marshall | 23-11 |
| 11 | Treynor | 20-5 |
| 12 | Pleasantville | 18-9 |
| 13 | Lisbon | 26-13 |
| 14 | Ogden | 22-12 |
| 15 | Cascade | 21-10 |
Class 1A
| School | 2025 Record | |
| 1 | Clarksville | 31-4 |
| 2 | Mason City Newman Catholic | 25-6 |
| 3 | Exira-EHK/Audubon | 16-12 |
| 4 | Edgewood-Colesburg | 32-8 |
| 5 | Highland | 17-11 |
| 6 | Southeast Warren | 16-6 |
| 7 | Newell-Fonda | 25-12 |
| 8 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 25-12 |
| 9 | Wayne | 27-3 |
| 10 | North Linn | 21-19 |
| 11 | Collins-Maxwell | 15-10 |
| 12 | Martensdale-St. Marys | 17-14 |
| 13 | North Union | 22-8 |
| 14 | Don Bosco | 21-14 |
| 15 | Kee | 27-12 |
