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 | 31-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Ankeny Centennial | 31-2 | 2 |
| 3 | West Des Moines Valley | 25-7 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 26-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 27-8 | 5 |
| 6 | Southeast Polk | 19-13 | 6 |
| 7 | Dowling Catholic | 16-13 | 7 |
| 8 | Waukee | 17-15 | 8 |
| 9 | Pleasant Valley | 19-12 | 9 |
| 10 | Cedar Falls | 22-9 | 14 |
| 11 | Des Moines Roosevelt | 22-10 | 13 |
| 12 | Linn-Mar | 19-11 | 11 |
| 13 | Johnston | 15-18 | NR |
| 14 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 23-11 | 11 |
| 15 | Bettendorf | 25-10 | 12 |
Dropped Out: Muscatine (15)
Class 4A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | ADM | 28-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Carlisle | 28-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge | 31-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Western Dubuque | 22-8 | 5 |
| 5 | North Scott | 18-12 | 6 |
| 6 | Winterset | 20-12 | 8 |
| 7 | North Polk | 18-14 | 4 |
| 8 | Clear Creek-Amana | 24-10 | 7 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 17-15 | 9 |
| 10 | Norwalk | 18-14 | 12 |
| 11 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 27-8 | 13 |
| 12 | Grinnell | 18-6 | 11 |
| 13 | Burlington | 19-6 | NR |
| 14 | Newton | 19-11 | 15 |
| 15 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 20-6 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10), Boone (14)
Class 3A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Williamsburg | 31-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Dubuque Wahlert | 27-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Albia | 27-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 29-5 | 4 |
| 5 | PCM | 20-4 | 6 |
| 6 | Van Meter | 27-6 | 5 |
| 7 | Davenport Assumption | 27-8 | 7 |
| 8 | Atlantic | 28-6 | 10 |
| 9 | West Liberty | 16-10 | 9 |
| 10 | West Delaware | 21-10 | 9 |
| 11 | Algona | 20-4 | 11 |
| 12 | Centerville | 16-6 | 13 |
| 13 | Roland-Story | 20-7 | NR |
| 14 | Clear Lake | 23-5 | 12 |
| 15 | Pella Christian | 12-10 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Charles City (11)
Class 2A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Riverside | 22-5 | 4 |
| 2 | Interstate 35 | 24-7 | 2 |
| 3 | Grand View Christian | 22-3 | 1 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | 22-2 | 5 |
| 5 | Louisa-Muscatine | 22-6 | 3 |
| 6 | Durant | 21-12 | 7 |
| 7 | West Lyon | 18-5 | 6 |
| 8 | Wapsie Valley | 15-7 | 8 |
| 9 | Logan-Magnolia | 16-7 | 9 |
| 10 | Iowa City Regina | 16-10 | 12 |
| 11 | Hinton | 20-4 | 10 |
| 12 | Beckman Catholic | 18-9 | 14 |
| 13 | Pleasantville | 16-11 | 11 |
| 14 | West Marshall | 20-10 | NR |
| 15 | Pocahontas Area | 23-9 | 15 |
Dropped Out: East Marshall (13)
Class 1A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Exira-EHK/Audubon | 19-4 | 2 |
| 2 | Clarksville | 20-5 | 1 |
| 3 | Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 21-9 | 4 |
| 4 | West Monona | 22-5 | 4 |
| 5 | Mason City Newman | 22-5 | 5 |
| 6 | Newell-Fonda | 21-9 | 6 |
| 7 | North Linn | 26-10 | 7 |
| 8 | Southeast Warren | 17-4 | 8 |
| 9 | Wayne | 17-6 | 9 |
| 10 | Remsen St. Mary’s | 19-4 | 14 |
| 11 | North Butler | 21-5 | 10 |
| 12 | Edgewood-Colesburg | 22-8 | 13 |
| 13 | Kingsley-Pierson | 18-6 | NR |
| 14 | Kee | 26-10 | NR |
| 15 | Holy Trinity Catholic | 20-6 | NR |
Dropped Out: Highland (12), Griswold (14), Martensdale-St. Marys (15)
