Ten New Teams Enter Iowa Girls Basketball Rankings

All five No. 1 teams remain same this week in Iowa girls high school basketball

Johnston's Arianna Phillips (14) talks with Dowling’s Ellie Muller (23) after their game on Dec. 16, 2025, at Johnston High School. / Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the fourth set of rankings for basketball, as all five No. 1 teams remained the same this week.

A total of 10 new teams entered the rankings spread among the five classes, including three in Class 1A.

Sitting atop their respective rankings this week are Johnston (5A), Dallas Center-Grimes (4A), Maquoketa (3A), Treynor (2A) and Council Bluffs St. Albert (1A).

The Dragons used a big game from Jenica Lewis to edge Dowling Catholic in a rematch of the 5A championship game last year. Johnston has won 59 consecutive games, including each of the last two state championships.

Despite the loss, the Maroons remained No. 2 followed by Ankeny, West Des Moines Valley and Waukee Northwest. Iowa City High dropped from third to 11th.

Newcomers to the 5A poll include Sioux City East and Southeast Polk, as North Scott and MOC-Floyd Valley joined the 4A Top 15.

Center Point-Urbana and Clear Lake moved into the 3A rankings, Mount Ayr jumped up in 2A and East Mills, Keota and North Union all debuted in 1A.

Iowa Girls High School Union Girls Basketball Rankings

Class 5A

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

Dropped out: Waterloo West; Pleasant Valley.

Class 4A

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

Dropped out: Burlington; Independence.

Class 3A

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

Dropped out: Atlantic; Algona.

Class 2A

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

Dropped out: Aplington-Parkersburg.

Class 1A

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

Dropped out: Kee; Martensdale-St. Marys; Bedford.

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