Below are the first Iowa High School softball rankings for the 2023 season released by the IGHSAU. Area schools are denoted in bold.

Class 1A
1 Southeast Warren
2 Newell-Fonda
3 Remsen St. Mary’s
4 North Linn
5 Sigourney
6 Collins-Maxwell
7 Wayne
8 Martensdale-St. Marys
9 Mason City Newman Catholic
10 Fort Dodge St. Edmond
11 Logan-Magnolia
12 Clarksville
13 Exira-EHK
14 Woodbine
15 Twin Cedars

Class 2A
1 Iowa City Regina
2 Central Springs
3 Lisbon
4 Wilton
5 Van Meter
6 North Union
7 South Hardin
8 Cascade
9 Northeast
10 West Monona
11 Osage
12 Alburnett
13 Louisa-Muscatine
14 Interstate
15 Ridge View

Class 3A
1 Williamsburg
2 Davenport Assumption
3 Saydel
4 Dubuque Wahlert
5 Davis County
6 Estherville Lincoln Central
7 Mount Vernon
8 Solon
9 Albia
10 Center Point-Urbana
11 Sumner-Fredericksburg
12 West Lyon
13 Sioux Center
14 Chariton
15 Benton

Class 4A
1 Dallas Center-Grimes
2 Fort Dodge
3 Norwalk
4 Cedar Rapids Xavier
5 Indianola
6 Carlisle
7 North Scott
8 North Polk
9 Burlington
10 Western Dubuque
11 Clear Creek-Amana
12 Creston
13 Winterset
14 ADM
15 Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Class 5A
1 West Des Moines Valley
2 Waukee Northwest
3 Southeast Polk
4 Linn-Mar
5 Pleasant Valley
6 Ankeny
7 Ankeny Centennial
8 Muscatine
9 Johnston
10 Bettendorf
11 Des Moines Lincoln
12 Urbandale
13 Cedar Rapids Kennedy
14 Ames
15 Sioux City East