Iowa High School Softball Class Rankings Announced

All roads lead to Fort Dodge and Rogers Park on the diamond.

Williamsburg's shortstop Carly Rich (3) celebrates after a double play against Wahlert Catholic during the first inning in the 3A state softball championship game at Roger Sports Complex on July 25, 2025, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. | Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Iowa girls high school softball season has arrived, as inclement weather led to the cancellation of several opening night games.

But that did not stop the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union from releasing the inaugural set of class-by-class rankings. High School On SI put together a Top 25 state power rankings that was released and topped by defending Class 5A state champion Waukee Northwest.

The Wolves feature one of the best players in the country in sophomore Sophia Schlader, who is being recruited by many of the top programs at the NCAA Division I softball level.

Coming in behind Waukee Northwest in Class 5A is Ankeny Centennial, followed by West Des Moines Valley, Southeast Polk and Pleasant Valley.

ADM Tops 4A Ahead Of Rivals

In the front to begin Class 4A will be ADM, as they are followed by Carlisle, North Scott, Western Dubuque and Clear Creek-Amana. Defending champion Pella sits at No. 9 to open the season.

Williamsburg is first in Class 3A, Louisa-Muscatine holds the No. 1 spot in Class 2A and Clarksville is at the front in Class 1A.

Rogers Park In Fort Dodge Once Again To Host State Tournament

The annual Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state softball tournament will once again take place from Rogers Park in Fort Dodge. The event is set for July 2024, but will feature a return to the double-elimination format of years past.

Regional play starts on July 6 and concludes on July 14.

Here are the preseason rankings for softball from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Softball Rankings

Class 5A

1. Waukee Northwest
2. Ankeny Centennial
3. West Des Moines Valley
4. Southeast Polk
5. Pleasant Valley
6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
7. Dallas Center-Grimes
8. Linn-Mar
9. Bettendorf
10. Muscatine
11. Johnston
12. Ottumwa
13. Cedar Falls
14. Iowa City High
15. Indianola

Class 4A

1. ADM
2. Carlisle
3. North Scott
4. Western Dubuque
5. Clear Creek-Amana
6. Fort Dodge
7. Norwalk
8. North Polk
9. Pella
10. Cedar Rapids Xavier
11. Winterset
12. Solon
13. Waverly-Shell Rock
14. Grinnell
15. Gilbert

Class 3A

1. Williamsburg
2. Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
3. Albia
4. PCM
5. Van Meter
6. West Liberty
7. Davenport Assumption
8. West Delaware
9. Mount Vernon
10. Algona
11. Center Point-Urbana
12. Osage
13. Atlantic
14. Des Moines Christian
15. Central Lee

Class 2A

1. Louisa-Muscatine
2. Durant
3. West Lyon
4. Wapsie Valley
5. Jesup
6. West Monona
7. Riverside
8. East Marshall
9. Sumner-Fredericksburg
10. West Marshall
11. Treynor
12. Pleasantville
13. Lisbon
14. Ogden
15. Cascade

Class 1A

1. Clarksville
2. Mason City Newman Catholic
3. Exira-EHK/Audubon
4. Edgewood-Colesburg
5. Highland
6. Southeast Warren
7. Newell-Fonda
8. St. Edmond
9. Wayne
10. North Linn
11. Collins-Maxwell
12. Martensdale-St. Marys
13. North Union
14. Don Bosco
15. Kee