The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released their latest (SIXTH) Basketball Rankings on Wednesday. IPI/IGS is Iowa Prep Illustrated/Iowa Grandstand Sports current rankings released on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
Class 1A
Rank | IPI/IGS Rank
School
Record
Last Week
1
Newell-Fonda
10-0
3
2
Algona Garrigan
11-2
2
3
Council Bluffs St. Albert
11-1
1
4
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
11-2
4
5
Lynnville-Sully
12-0
5
6
Springville
10-1
7
7
Dunkerton
10-2
6
8
Exira-EHK
10-1
8
9
Lake Mills
10-2
10
10
George-Little Rock
12-1
12
11
Turkey Valley
9-2
9
12
GTRA
11-1
13
13
Saint Ansgar
10-3
14
14
Montezuma
7-4
11
15
North Union
8-4
15
Class 2A
Rank | IPI/IGS Rank
School
Record
Last Week
1
Rock Valley
9-1
3
2
Central Lyon
11-1
2
3
Maquoketa Valley
12-0
4
4
Hinton
10-1
5
5
Denver
11-1
6
6
Riverside
11-1
9
7
Treynor
10-1
1
8
West Lyon
7-4
7
9
Emmetsburg
11-2
8
10
Grundy Center
11-1
10
11
Westwood
13-0
11
12
Iowa City Regina
10-3
12
13
Sioux Central
8-2
13
14
Nodaway Valley
11-1
NR
15
Mount Ayr
12-1
15
Dropped Out: AC/GC (14)
Class 3A
Rank | IPI/IGS Rank
School
Record
Last Week
1
Maquoketa
9-2
1
2
Des Moines Christian
11-2
2
3
Mount Vernon
12-2
3
4
Dubuque Wahlert
8-2
4
5
Williamsburg
8-3
5
6
Forest City
11-1
6
7
PCM
12-1
7
8
Spirit Lake
7-3
8
9
Cherokee
9-2
9
10
Mediapolis
13-0
10
11
Tipton
11-1
11
12
Davenport Assumption
8-4
12
13
Mid-Prairie
7-4
13
14
Clear Lake
9-1
14
15
Center Point-Urbana
7-6
15
Class 4A
Rank | IPI/IGS Rank
School
Record
Last Week
1
Clear Creek-Amana
10-0
1
2
Sioux City Heelan
10-0
2
3
Norwalk
10-1
3
4
Dallas Center-Grimes
10-2
4
5
Carlisle
13-0
5
6
Central DeWitt
11-1
7
7
Waverly-Shell Rock
12-1
6
8
North Polk
9-2
10
9
Solon
8-3
9
10
Cedar Rapids Xavier
7-6
8
11
MOC-Floyd Valley
7-5
11
12
Sioux Center
8-4
14
13
North Scott
6-5
12
14
Pella
7-4
13
15
Independence
10-2
NR
Dropped Out: Clinton (15)
Class 5A
Rank | IPI/IGS Rank
School
Record
Last Week
1
Johnston
12-0
1
2
Waukee Northwest
8-3
5
3
WDM Dowling
11-2
2
4
WDM Valley
8-4
4
5
Ankeny
8-4
3
6
Cedar Falls
10-2
6
7
Iowa City West
9-3
7
8
Iowa City High
11-3
8
9
Cedar Rapids Washington
7-3
9
10
Iowa City Liberty
8-4
10
11
Sioux City East
8-2
12
12
Bettendorf
9-2
11
13
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
5-6
13
14
Ankeny Centennial
5-6
NR
15
Indianola
7-4
NR
Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Prairie (14), Pleasant Valley (15)
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