High school volleyball 2025: The Gazette’s preseason rankings

The 2025 Iowa high school volleyball season opens with practices statewide Monday.

Here are The Gazette’s preseason state rankings:

Class 5A

1. Waukee Northwest (28-10, 5A state runner-up)

2. Pleasant Valley (35-2, 5A state champion)

3. Ankeny Centennial (32-5, 5A state semifinalist)

4. Waukee (18-15, 5A state quarterfinalist)

5. Cedar Falls (33-7, 5A state quarterfinalist)

6. West Des Moines Dowling (26-10, 5A state semifinalist)

7. Ankeny (36-5, 5A state quarterfinalist)

8. West Des Moines Valley (13-21, 5A regional finalist)

9. Iowa City High (17-13, 5A regional finalist)

10. Bettendorf (18-16, 5A regional finalist)

The next five (alphabetic order): Dubuque Senior (16-22), Iowa City Liberty (15-21), Iowa City West (13-18), Johnston (18-18), Linn-Mar (18-16).

Class 4A

1. Clear Creek Amana (37-8, 4A state quarterfinalist)

2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (22-14, 4A state semifinalist)

3. North Scott (30-5, 4A state semifinalist)

4. Pella (41-8, 4A state runner-up)

5. Sioux City Heelan (44-3, 4A state champion)

6. Sioux Center (29-6, 3A state quarterfinalist)

7. Norwalk (28-14, 4A regional finalist)

8. MOC-Floyd Valley (16-14, 4A regional finalist)

9. Ballard (20-17, 4A regional semifinalist)

10. Cedar Rapids Xavier (28-5, 4A state quarterfinalist)

The next five (alphabetic order): Adel ADM (19-8), Dallas Center-Grimes (22-19), Glenwood (36-7), Knoxville (23-17), Nevada (30-12).

Class 3A

1. Western Christian (33-14, 3A state runner-up)

2. Carroll Kuemper (37-4, 3A state quarterfinalist)

3. Mid-Prairie (33-9, 3A state quarterfinalist)

4. Humboldt (23-10, 3A regional finalist)

5. Roland-Story (30-5, 3A regional semifinalist)

6. West Delaware (39-7, 3A state semifinalist)

7. Wilton (32-8, 3A regional finalist)

8. Davenport Assumption (25-9, 3A state quarterfinalist)

9. Charles City (22-10, 4A regional finalist)

10. Clarinda (32-10, 3A regional finalist)

The next five (alphabetic order): Anamosa (32-8), Cherokee (28-8), Mount Vernon (45-4), New Hampton (18-16), Osage (16-15).

Class 2A

1. Denver (47-3, 2A state champion)

2. Hinton (22-7, 2A regional finalist)

3. Iowa City Regina (24-15, 2A state quarterfinalist)

4. Union Community (37-12, 3A regional finalist)

5. Oakland Riverside (39-4, 1A state semifinalist)

6. Grundy Center (25-16, 2A regional finalist)

7. Dike-New Hartford (30-16, 2A state semifinalist)

8. Dyersville Beckman (36-7, 2A state semifinalist)

9. Aplington-Parkersburg (36-7, 2A state quarterfinalist)

10. Jesup (27-12, 2A regional semifinalist)

The next five (alphabetic order): Central Lyon (13-17), Hudson (27-11), Sumner-Fredericksburg (25-18), Treynor (22-13), Wapsie Valley (26-17).

Class 1A

1. Fort Madison Holy Trinity (29-13, 1A state quarterfinalist)

2. North Tama (25-16, 1A state quarterfinalist)

3. Saint Ansgar (27-7, 1A state quarterfinalist)

4. Janesville (25-18, 1A state semifinalist)

5. Dunkerton (25-12, 1A regional semifinalist)

6. East Mills (26-10, 1A regional semifinalist)

7. Springville (26-9, 1A regional semifinalist)

8. Conrad BCLUW (33-11, 1A state runner-up)

9. Sidney (27-10, 1A regional finalist)

10. Fremont-Mills (26-11, 1A regional semifinalist)

The next five (alphabetic order): Ankeny Christian (40-5), Council Bluffs St. Albert (18-21), Gladbrook-Reinbeck (23-21), Newell-Fonda (24-9), North Iowa (27-6).

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com