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2026 SEVENTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Class 1A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Newell-Fonda | 13-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Algona Bishop Garrigan | 13-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Council Bluffs St. Albert | 13-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 12-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Lynnville-Sully | 14-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Springville | 13-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Dunkerton | 11-2 | 7 |
| 8 | Exira-EHK | 13-1 | 8 |
| 9 | Lake Mills | 10-3 | 9 |
| 10 | George-Little Rock | 14-2 | 10 |
| 11 | Turkey Valley | 12-2 | 11 |
| 12 | GTRA | 13-1 | 12 |
| 13 | Saint Ansgar | 12-3 | 13 |
| 14 | Montezuma | 10-4 | 14 |
| 15 | North Union | 8-6 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Rock Valley | 12-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Lyon | 13-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Hinton | 12-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Denver | 13-1 | 5 |
| 5 | Maquoketa Valley | 12-1 | 3 |
| 6 | Treynor | 12-1 | 7 |
| 7 | Emmetsburg | 13-2 | 9 |
| 8 | Riverside | 12-2 | 6 |
| 9 | West Lyon | 9-5 | 8 |
| 10 | Grundy Center | 13-1 | 10 |
| 11 | Westwood | 14-0 | 11 |
| 12 | Iowa City Regina | 12-3 | 12 |
| 13 | Sioux Central | 10-3 | 13 |
| 14 | Nodaway Valley | 14-1 | 14 |
| 15 | Mount Ayr | 14-1 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 3A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Maquoketa | 12-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Des Moines Christian | 13-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Vernon | 14-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Dubuque Wahlert Catholic | 10-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Williamsburg | 10-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Forest City | 13-1 | 6 |
| 7 | PCM | 14-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Spirit Lake | 10-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Mediapolis | 15-0 | 10 |
| 10 | Cherokee | 10-3 | 9 |
| 11 | Tipton | 14-1 | 11 |
| 12 | Davenport Assumption | 10-4 | 12 |
| 13 | Mid-Prairie | 8-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Center Point-Urbana | 8-6 | 15 |
| 15 | Algona | 9-4 | NR |
Dropped Out: Clear Lake (14)
Class 4A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Clear Creek-Amana | 12-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 12-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Norwalk | 12-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 11-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Carlisle | 14-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Central DeWitt | 13-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 13-1 | 7 |
| 8 | North Polk | 12-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Solon | 9-4 | 9 |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 8-7 | 10 |
| 11 | Sioux Center | 10-4 | 12 |
| 12 | MOC-Floyd Valley | 9-6 | 11 |
| 13 | North Scott | 7-7 | 13 |
| 14 | ADM | 8-6 | NR |
| 15 | Independence | 10-4 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Pella (14)
Class 5A
| School | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Johnston | 14-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Waukee Northwest | 9-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Dowling Catholic | 13-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ankeny | 10-4 | 5 |
| 5 | Iowa City West | 11-3 | 7 |
| 6 | West Des Moines Valley | 8-6 | 4 |
| 7 | Cedar Falls | 12-3 | 6 |
| 8 | Iowa City High | 12-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Washington | 9-3 | 9 |
| 10 | Iowa City Liberty | 10-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Ankeny Centennial | 6-7 | 14 |
| 12 | Indianola | 9-4 | 15 |
| 13 | Sioux City East | 9-3 | 11 |
| 14 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 6-7 | 13 |
| 15 | Bettendorf | 10-4 | 12 |
Dropped Out: None
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