Latest IGHSAU rankings released, including final ones for 1A-3A

These will be used to determine state tournament brackets
Sioux City Bishop Heelan is the top team in Class 4A in the latest girls basketball rankings.
Sioux City Bishop Heelan is the top team in Class 4A in the latest girls basketball rankings. / Margaret Kispert/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK

The final rankings for Classes 1A-3A in Iowa have been released, as these will be used to determine the bracket for the upcoming state tournament.

Postseason action gets underway this week around the state, as the road to Wells Fargo Arena and Des Moines comes into fruition.

The top teams in all five classes remained the same once more, as Johnston (Class 5A), Sioux City Bishop Heelan (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (2A) and Council Bluffs St. Albert (1A) sit atop.

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

IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION BASKETBALL RANKINGS

(Feb. 12, 2025)

Class 5A

1. Johnston; 2. Dowling; 3. Waukee Northwest; 4. Ankeny Centennial; 5. Pleasant Valley; 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 7. Davenport North; 8. Iowa City Liberty; 9. Iowa City High; 10. Cedar Falls; 11. Iowa City West; 12. Waukee; 13. Southeast Polk; 14. Ankeny; 15. Cedar Rapids Washington.

Dropped out: Bettendorf (13).

Class 4A

1. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 2. North Polk; 3. Maquoketa; 4. Central DeWitt; 5. Norwalk; 6. Dallas Center-Grimes; 7. Sioux Center; 8. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 9. Waverly-Shell Rock; 10. Carlisle; 11. Carroll; 12. Clear Creek-Amana; 13. Pella; 14. Gilbert; 15. Marion.

Dropped out: ADM (14).

Class 3A

1. Mount Vernon; 2. Dubuque Wahlert; 3. Williamsburg; 4. Forest City; 5. Cherokee; 6. Estherville-Lincoln Central; 7. Roland-Story; 8. Algona; 9. Des Moines Christian; 10. PCM; 11. Hampton-Dumont/CAL; 12. Spirit Lake; 13. Mediapolis; 14. Atlantic; 15. Harlan.

Dropped out: Center Point-Urbana (15).

Class 2A

1. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 2. Iowa City Regina; 3. Hinton; 4. North Mahaska; 5. Central Lyon; 6. Rock Valley; 7. Denver; 8. Maquoketa Valley; 9. Shenandoah; 10. Treynor; 11. MVAOCOU; 12. Westwood; 13. ACGC; 14. West Fork; 15. West Lyon.

Dropped out: Jesup (14).

Class 1A

1. Council Bluffs St. Albert; 2. North Linn; 3. Newell-Fonda; 4. Algona Bishop Garrigan; 5. Riceville; 6. Montezuma; 7. Springville; 8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck; 9. Mount Ayr; 10. East Buchanan; 11. Lynnville-Sully; 12. Saint Ansgar; 13. Riceville; 14. Sigourney; 15. Lenox.


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Dana Becker
DANA BECKER

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.