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 Martensdale St. Marys
3 Remsen St. Mary’s
4 Newell-Fonda
5 North Linn
6 Sigourney
7 Collins-Maxwell
8 Fort Dodge St. Edmond
9 Woodbine
10 Highland
11 Mason City Newman
12 West Central Valley
13 Twin Cedars
14 Clarksville
15 St. Ansgar

Class 2A
1 Iowa City Regina
2 Lisbon
3 Central Springs
4 Van Meter
5 Interstate 35
6 Wilton
7 North Union
8 Logan-Magnolia
9 Cascade
10 Northeast
11 West Monona
12 Osage
13 Cardinal
14 Akron-Westfield
15 South Hardin

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

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

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