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IHSAA boys basketball rankings feature a new top-ranked team in Class 1A
Algona Garrigan takes over the top spot
Jan. 26, 2026 1:38 pm, Updated: Jan. 26, 2026 4:00 pm
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Algona Garrigan is your new top-ranked team in Class 1A, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association dropped its latest boys basketball rankings.
The Bears knocked off previous number one Fort Dodge St. Edmond last week, 61-59. Garrigan is 14-1, its lone loss this season to Class 2A No. 6 Western Christian by four points.
St. Edmond (12-2) dropped from first to fourth. Marcus MMCRU (14-0) is second, Burlington Notre Dame (17-0) third and Coon Rapids-Bayard (14-1) fifth.
Town mates Bellevue Marquette and Bellevue (both 14-1) come in sixth and seventh, respectively.
The rankings in Class 4A contain the same 10 teams as last week, with a bit of shuffling in the bottom five after Bettendorf lost to North Scott by eight points. The Bulldogs went from seventh to ninth.
Cedar Falls (13-0) is a solid number one, followed by Waukee Northwest (12-1), West Des Moines Dowling (12-1), Waukee (12-2) and Dubuque Senior (12-1). Linn-Mar (9-3) inched from ninth last week to eighth this week.
Clear Lake (9-1) lost last week at a neutral site to Dallas Center-Grimes and dropped from second to ninth in Class 3A. Huxley Ballard (13-0) remains top ranked, with Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-4), Dubuque Wahlert (9-5) and Center Point-Urbana (11-3) seventh, eighth and 10th, respectively.
Solon remained No. 6.
Orange City Unity Christian (14-1) remains top dog in Class 2A, with Carroll Kuemper (13-3) climbing ahead of Iowa City Regina (12-1) into second. The Regals dropped slightly to third.
LaPorte City Union Community (13-1) moved from eighth to seventh this week. Monticello dropped out of the top 10.
Here are this week’s entire rankings, with team record and last week’s ranking in parentheses.
Class 4A
- 1. Cedar Falls 13-0 (1)
- 2. Waukee Northwest 12-1 (2)
- 3. West Des Moines Dowling 12-1 (3)
- 4. Waukee 12-2 (4)
- 5. Dubuque Senior 12-1 (5)
- 6. Ames 12-2 (6)
- 7. Urbandale 7-4 (8)
- 8. Linn-Mar 9-3 (9)
- 9. Bettendorf 11-2 (7)
- 10. Council Bluffs Lincoln 12-1 (10)
Class 3A
- 1. Huxley Ballard 13-0 (1)
- 2. Storm Lake 12-1 (3)
- 3. Pella 12-2 (5)
- 4. Adel-DeSoto-Minburn 12-2 (4)
- 5. Carroll 10-3 (9)
- 6. Solon 14-0 (6)
- 7. Cedar Rapids Xavier 9-4 (8)
- 8. Dubuque Wahlert 9-5 (7)
- 9. Clear Lake 9-1 (2)
- 10. Center Point-Urbana 11-3 (NR)
- Dropped out: Oskaloosa (10)
Class 2A
- 1. Orange City Unity Christian 14-1 (1)
- 2. Carroll Kuemper 13-3 (2)
- 3. Iowa City Regina 12-1 (2)
- 4. Tri-Center 15-0 (4)
- 5. Grundy Center 12-0 (6)
- 6. Western Christian 10-3 (7)
- 7. LaPorte City Union Community 13-1 (8)
- 8. Treynor 12-3 (5)
- 9. Pella Christian 9-5 (NR)
- 10. Aplington-Parkersburg 11-3 (9)
- Dropped out: Monticello (10).
Class 1A
- 1. Algona Garrigan 14-1 (4)
- 2. Marcus MMCRU 14-0 (2)
- 3. Burilngton Notre Dame 17-0 (3)
- 4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 12-2 (1)
- 5. Coon Rapids-Bayard 14-1 (6)
- 6. Bellevue Marquette 14-1 (7)
- 7. Bellevue 13-2 (8)
- 8. Council Bluffs St. Albert 13-3 (10)
- 9. Lynnville-Sully 14-0 (9)
- 10. Madrid 11-4 (NR)
- Dropped out: Boyden-Hull (5)
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