Below are the fourth 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 Wayne
6 Fort Dodge St. Edmond
7 Remsen St. Mary’s
8 Sigourney
9 Clarksville
10 Logan-Magnolia
11 Mason City Newman Catholic
12 Exira-EHK
13 Griswold
14 Earlham
15 Twin Cedars

Dropped Out: Collins-Maxwell (11)

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

Dropped Out: Alburnett (12), Osage (14)

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

Dropped Out: Benton (15)

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

Dropped Out: Knoxville (15)

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

Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Kennedy (11)