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

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

Dropped Out: Woodbine (14)

Class 2A
1 Iowa City Regina
2 Central Springs
3 Lisbon
4 Van Meter
5 Wilton
6 West Monona
7 North Union
8 Cascade
9 Northeast
10 Interstate 35
11 Missouri Valley
12 Alburnett
13 South Hardin
14 Osage
15 Waterloo Columbus Catholic

Dropped Out: Louisa-Muscatine (13), Ridge View (15)

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

Dropped Out: Benton (15)

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

Dropped Out; Creston (12), ADM (14)

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

Dropped Out: Urbandale (12) Ames (14), Sioux City East (15)