2021-22 Iowa High School Girls Basketball Rankings

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The second Iowa high school girls basketball poll for the 2021-22 season has been released. Most teams have only played a few games at this point, but will be rounding into form as 2022 approaches in the coming weeks.

The new survey was released Thursday afternoon by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU), which also compiled and released a pre-season poll prior to Thanksgiving.

	School	Record	LW
1	Newell-Fonda	2-0	1
2	Bishop Garrigan	1-1	2
3	Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton	1-0	3
4	Springville	3-0	4
5	North Linn	2-1	5
6	MMCRU	1-0	6
7	Burlington Notre Dame	3-0	7
8	North Mahaska	1-1	8
9	Storm Lake St. Mary's	0-0	9
10	Montezuma	2-0	13
11	East Buchanan	2-0	NR
12	Stanton	1-0	12
13	Central Elkader	3-0	NR
14	CAM	1-0	NR
15	Westwood	1-1	9

Dropped Out: St. Ansgar (11), Maquoketa Valley (12), Kingsley-Pierson (14)

	School	Record	LW
1	Dike-New Hartford	2-0	1
2	Grundy Center	1-0	3
3	Denver	4-0	5
4	Central Lyon	1-1	4
5	Panorama	1-0	6
6	Cascade	2-0	7
7	Nodaway Valley	1-1	2
8	Sibley-Ocheyedan	1-1	8
9	West Hancock	1-0	9
10	Jesup	2-0	11
11	South Central Calhoun	2-0	13
12	Treynor	1-1	10
13	North Union	1-0	15
14	Aplington-Parkersburg	2-0	NR
15	Wilton	2-0	NR

Dropped Out: West Fork (12), Underwood (14)

	School	Record	LW
1	Unity Christian	2-1	1
2	West Lyon	2-0	3
3	Ballard	2-1	2
4	Estherville-Lincoln Central	3-0	6
5	Center Point-Urbana	3-0	7
6	Cherokee	2-1	4
7	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	1-0	8
8	Clear Lake	0-1	5
9	West Liberty	2-0	9
10	West Marshall	3-0	10
11	Vinton-Shellsburg	3-0	14
12	Roland-Story	0-1	11
13	Harlan	2-0	NR
14	Okoboji	2-0	NR
15	Davenport Assumption	0-2	13

Dropped Out: Des Moines Christian (12), Nevada (15)

	School	Record	LW
1	Glenwood	1-0	1
2	Indianola	2-0	2
3	Central DeWitt	1-0	3
4	Cedar Rapids Xavier	3-0	4
5	Bishop Heelan	3-0	6
6	North Scott	2-0	7
7	North Polk	2-1	14
8	Dallas Center-Grimes	2-1	5
9	Winterset	1-0	9
10	Grinnell	2-0	10
11	Solon	1-2	8
12	Mason City	1-1	11
13	Spencer	1-1	12
14	Gilbert	2-0	NR
15	Benton Community	2-1	13

Dropped Out: Waverly-Shell Rock (15)

	School	Record	LW
1	Johnston	2-0	1
2	Waterloo West	0-0	2
3	Cedar Falls	1-0	3
4	Iowa City High	0-0	4
5	Des Moines Roosevelt	1-1	6
6	West Des Moines Valley	2-0	7
7	Iowa City West	1-0	8
8	Ankeny Centennial	3-0	9
9	Southeast Polk	1-1	5
10	Cedar Rapids Washington	2-0	10
11	Dowling Catholic	4-0	11
12	Waukee Northwest	2-1	12
13	Sioux City East	1-0	13
14	Pleasant Valley	1-0	14
15	Linn-Mar	2-0	NR

Dropped Out: Bettendorf (15)

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