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IHSAA boys’ basketball rankings: A new No. 1 in Class 3A
Clear Lake takes over top spot, with other top-ranked teams remaining the same (Cedar Falls, Western Christian and Bellevue Marquette)
Jan. 27, 2025 3:06 pm
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Class 3A always seems to be the most topsy turvy class in boys’ basketball, and that continued again this week.
Clear Lake has taken over the top spot in the latest Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings, released Monday.
The Lions (13-0) are the lone undefeated team in 3A, after Huxley Ballard, last week’s No. 1, fell to North Polk, 57-52, this past Friday. Ballard (11-1) dropped all the way to fifth, with Decorah, MOC/Floyd Valley and Knoxville checking in second, third and fourth, respectively.
Cedar Rapids Xavier climbed from ninth last week to eighth this week.
In Class 4A, the top four teams remain the same.
It’s Cedar Falls at No. 1, followed by West Des Moines Valley (12-2), Cedar Rapids Kennedy (11-2) and Linn-Mar (12-2). CF (12-1) has two tougher games this week against Cedar Rapids Prairie and Waterloo West.
Waukee Northwest (13-3) moved into the fifth spot after a win last week over Waukee (10-3), those teams actually flipping positions. Dubuque Senior (10-2) remains seventh and Council Bluffs Lincoln (13-0) eighth.
West Des Moines Dowling (10-4) inched up from 10th to ninth. Ames is new to the rankings at No. 10.
Western Christian, Carroll Kuemper and West Lyon stayed at the top three spots in 2A. Cascade (13-2) inched up a spot from ninth to eighth, with fellow River Valley Conference member Iowa City Regina (14-1) entering for the first time this season, at ninth.
Bellevue Marquette (16-0) and Madrid (15-0) continued at the top two spots in 1A. Burlington Notre Dame and Algona Garrigan entered, with North Linn falling out after an overtime loss last week to 2A Alburnett.
Here is this week’s entire poll, with team record and last week’s ranking in parentheses.
Class 4A
- 1. Cedar Falls 12-1 (1)
- 2. West Des Moines Valley 12-2 (2)
- 3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 11-2 (3)
- 4. Linn-Mar 12-2 (4)
- 5. Waukee Northwest 13-3 (6)
- 6. Waukee 10-3 (5)
- 7. Dubuque Senior 10-2 (7)
- 8. Council Bluffs Lincoln 13-0 (8)
- 9. West Des Moines Dowling 10-4 (10)
- 10. Ames 13-2 (NR)
- Dropped out: Muscatine (9).
Class 3A
- 1. Clear Lake 13-0 (2)
- 2. Decorah 12-1 (3)
- 3. MOC/Floyd Valley 12-2 (5)
- 4. Knoxville 13-0 (4)
- 5. Huxley Ballard 11-1 (1)
- 6. Adel-DeSoto-Minburn 10-3 (7)
- 7. Storm Lake 11-1 (8)
- 8. Cedar Rapids Xavier 10-4 (9)
- 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 9-5 (NR)
- 10. Pella 9-5 (NR)
- Dropped out: Dubuque Wahlert (6), Mount Vernon (10).
Class 2A
- 1. Western Christian 14-2 (1)
- 2. Carroll Kuemper 17-1 (2)
- 3. West Lyon 12-3 (3)
- 4. Orange City Unity Christian 11-3 (5)
- 5. Grundy Center (6)
- 6. Grand View Christian 15-1 (4)
- 7. Treynor 12-3 (7)
- 8. Cascade 13-2 (9)
- 9. Iowa City Regina 14-1 (NR)
- 10. West Burlington 14-2 (NR)
Class 1A
- 1. Bellevue Marquette 16-0 (1)
- 2. Madrid 15-0 (2)
- 3. MMCRU 14-2 (4)
- 4. Woodbine 13-1 (3)
- 5. Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center 11-1 (5)
- 6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 12-2 (8)
- 7. Remsen St. Mary’s 10-3 (6)
- 8. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 11-2 (9)
- 9. Burlington Notre Dame 13-2 (NR)
- 10. Algona Garrigan 14-2 (NR)
- Dropped out: Northwood-Kensett (7), North Linn (10).
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