2026 FINAL Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, February 18, 2026
FINAL RANKINGS FOR CLASSES 5A, 4A
Class 4A
School
Record
Last Week
1
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
21-0
1
2
Dallas Center-Grimes
19-2
2
3
Norwalk
19-2
3
4
Clear Creek-Amana
18-2
4
5
Carlisle
21-1
5
6
Central DeWitt
21-1
6
7
Waverly-Shell Rock
20-1
7
8
North Polk
18-3
8
9
Cedar Rapids Xavier
11-9
9
10
Sioux Center
16-6
10
11
Solon
14-7
12
12
ADM
14-7
11
13
MOC-Floyd Valley
14-8
13
14
Independence
15-7
14
15
Clinton
14-8
15
Dropped Out: None
Class 5A
School
Record
Last Week
1
Johnston
22-0
1
2
Dowling Catholic
18-3
3
3
Waukee Northwest
15-5
2
4
Cedar Falls
17-4
4
5
Cedar Rapids Washington
16-4
6
6
Ankeny
13-8
5
7
Iowa City West
15-7
8
8
Iowa City Liberty
14-7
9
9
West Des Moines Valley
11-10
7
10
Iowa City High
16-6
10
11
Sioux City East
16-5
12
12
Ankeny Centennial
10-11
13
13
Cedar Rapids Prairie
11-10
11
14
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
11-10
14
15
Bettendorf
15-6
15
Dropped Out: None
Class 1A (Final Rankings released 2/11/26)
School
Record
Last Week
1
Algona Bishop Garrigan
19-2
2
2
Newell-Fonda
18-2
1
3
Council Bluffs St. Albert
18-3
3
4
Springville
21-1
4
5
Lynnville-Sully
21-0
5
6
Dunkerton
19-2
6
7
Exira-EHK
19-1
7
8
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
18-3
8
9
Turkey Valley
19-2
9
10
GTRA
20-1
10
11
Coon Rapids-Bayard
17-5
14
12
Lake Mills
15-5
12
13
North Union
13-8
13
14
Saint Ansgar
17-4
11
15
Kee
14-7
15
Dropped Out: None Class 2A (Final Rankings released 2/11/26)
