Clear Creek-Amana New No. 1 In Latest Iowa Girls Basketball Rankings

First official set of state rankings for 2026 released

Clear Creek Amana’s Bailey Simpson (42) drives to the basketball Dec. 5, 2025 during a girls basketball game against the Solon Spartans in Tiffin, Iowa. / Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

A new No. 1 starts off 2026 in the official Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union girls basketball rankings.

Clear Creek-Amana sits atop Class 4A, climbing from No. 4 to the top spot while replacing Dallas Center-Grimes. Sioux City Bishop Heelan and Norwalk also moved up one spot each this week.

The other No. 1 teams remained the same in Johnston (5A), Maquoketa (3A), Treynor (2A) and Council Bluffs St. Albert (1A).

Newcomers to the Top 15 in their respective classes include Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley in 5A; Westwood in 2A; and GTRA and Saint Ansgar in 1A.

Here are the latest girls basketball rankings from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union:

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Girls Basketball Rankings

Class 5A

1. Johnston
2. Dowling Catholic
3. Ankeny
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Falls
7. Iowa City West
8. Iowa City High
9. Cedar Rapids Washington
10. Iowa City Liberty
11. Bettendorf
12. Sioux City East
13. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
14. Cedar Rapids Prairie
15. Pleasant Valley

Dropped out: Waukee (13); Southeast Polk (15).

Class 4A

1. Clear Creek-Amana
2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan
3. Norwalk
4. Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Carlisle
6. Waverly-Shell Rock
7. Central DeWitt
8. Cedar Rapids Xavier
9. Solon
10. North Polk
11. MOC-Floyd Valley
12. North Scott
13. Pella
14. Sioux Center
15. Clinton

Dropped out: None.

Class 3A

1. Maquoketa
2. Des Moines Christian
3. Mount Vernon
4. Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
5. Williamsburg
6. Forest City
7. PCM
8. Spirit Lake
9. Cherokee
10. Mediapolis
11. Tipton
12. Davenport Assumption
13. Mid-Prairie
14. Clear Lake
15. Center Point-Urbana

Dropped out: None.

Class 2A

1. Treynor
2. Central Lyon
3. Rock Valley
4. Maquoketa Valley
5. Hinton
6. Denver
7. West Lyon
8. Emmetsburg
9. Riverside
10. Grundy Center
11. Westwood
12. Iowa City Regina
13. Sioux Central
14. ACGC
15. Mount Ayr

Dropped out: Pocahontas Area (11); Earlham (14).

Class 1A

1. Council Bluffs St. Albert
2. Algona Bishop Garrigan
3. Newell-Fonda
4. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
5. Lynnville-Sully
6. Dunkerton
7. Springville
8. Exira-EHK
9. Turkey Valley
10. Lake Mills
11. Montezuma
12. George-Little Rock
13. GTRA
14. Saint Ansgar
15. North Union

Dropped out: East Mills (13); Keota (14).

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