Below are the most recent high school softball rankings from the IGHSAU. Area teams are highlighted in bold.
Class 5A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Waukee Northwest | 25-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ankeny Centennial | 26-1 | 2 |
| 3 | West Des Moines Valley | 19-5 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 20-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 23-7 | 5 |
| 6 | Southeast Polk | 15-11 | 6 |
| 7 | Dowling Catholic | 14-9 | 8 |
| 8 | Waukee | 13-10 | 12 |
| 9 | Pleasant Valley | 13-10 | 7 |
| 10 | Linn-Mar | 14-8 | 10 |
| 11 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 16-8 | 13 |
| 12 | Bettendorf | 21-8 | 11 |
| 13 | Des Moines Roosevelt | 17-7 | 14 |
| 14 | Cedar Falls | 16-7 | 15 |
| 15 | Muscatine | 14-9 | 9 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 4A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | ADM | 22-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Carlisle | 22-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge | 24-3 | 3 |
| 4 | North Polk | 14-11 | 7 |
| 5 | Western Dubuque | 19-7 | 4 |
| 6 | North Scott | 10-12 | 6 |
| 7 | Clear Creek-Amana | 19-7 | 5 |
| 8 | Winterset | 15-11 | 9 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 14-9 | 8 |
| 10 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 26-2 | 11 |
| 11 | Grinnell | 15-4 | 14 |
| 12 | Norwalk | 16-12 | 12 |
| 13 | Bishop Heelan | 21-7 | 10 |
| 14 | Boone | 12-9 | 13 |
| 15 | Newton | 15-9 | NR |
Dropped Out: Spencer (15)
Class 3A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Williamsburg | 23-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 19-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Albia | 23-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 22-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Van Meter | 21-4 | 5 |
| 6 | PCM | 15-3 | 7 |
| 7 | Davenport Assumption | 19-6 | 9 |
| 8 | West Liberty | 13-5 | 6 |
| 9 | West Delaware | 17-7 | 8 |
| 10 | Atlantic | 23-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Algona | 16-4 | 15 |
| 12 | Clear Lake | 19-4 | 11 |
| 13 | Centerville | 13-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Charles City | 16-4 | 12 |
| 15 | Pella Christian | 9-9 | NR |
Dropped Out: Des Moines Christian (14)
Class 2A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Grand View Christian | 16-1 | 5 |
| 2 | Interstate 35 | 18-6 | 2 |
| 3 | Louisa-Muscatine | 15-3 | 1 |
| 4 | Riverside | 17-4 | 6 |
| 5 | Missouri Valley | 19-2 | 4 |
| 6 | West Lyon | 13-4 | 3 |
| 7 | Durant | 16-9 | 10 |
| 8 | Wapsie Valley | 13-6 | 8 |
| 9 | Logan-Magnolia | 15-6 | 7 |
| 10 | Hinton | 17-3 | 11 |
| 11 | Pleasantville | 13-7 | 12 |
| 12 | Iowa City Regina | 13-6 | 13 |
| 13 | East Marshall | 15-5 | 9 |
| 14 | Beckman Catholic | 16-6 | NR |
| 15 | Pocahontas Area | 18-7 | NR |
Dropped Out: Ridge View (14), Cardinal (15)
Class 1A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Clarksville | 16-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Exira-EHK/Audubon | 15-4 | 3 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 19-6 | 5 |
| 4 | West Monona | 17-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Mason City Newman Catholic | 18-4 | 2 |
| 6 | Newell-Fonda | 16-7 | 7 |
| 7 | North Linn | 22-6 | 8 |
| 8 | Southeast Warren | 13-3 | 10 |
| 9 | Wayne | 13-6 | 9 |
| 10 | North Butler | 19-3 | 11 |
| 11 | Remsen St. Mary’s | 15-3 | 14 |
| 12 | Highland | 11-3 | 13 |
| 13 | Edgewood-Colesburg | 18-8 | 6 |
| 14 | Griswold | 14-4 | NR |
| 15 | Martensdale-St. Marys | 10-11 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Fremont-Mills (12)
