2025-26 IBCA girls preseason poll (Nov. 2, 2025)

Below are results of the IBCA girls’ basketball preseason poll for the 2025-26 season.

    The IBCA poll is a “non-class” poll, where teams are voted to a Top 20 regardless of school classification.

    There are 22 panelists who vote for the poll — one voter each from the 16 regionals and six at-large voters (two each from IHSAA Districts 1, 2 and 3), including committee chairman Doug Springer of Northridge as a District 1 at-large voter.

    Other committee panelists include Kristi Ulrich of Penn, Kelsey Steele of Westfield, Curt Benge of Plainfield and Tyler Choate of Evansville North in Class 4A; Eric Kundich of Highland, Eric Thornton of Norwell, Danielle Cardinal of Guerin Catholic and Adam Dennis of Madison in Class 3A; Tony Scheub of Andrean, Jaidlin Bradshaw of Sheridan, Brian Gardner of South Putnam and Jared Petersen of Austin in Class 2A; and Katie Collignon of Marquette Catholic, Brock Morrison of Monroe Central, Jason West of Southwestern (Shelby) and Lacey Higgins of Barr-Reeve in Class A.

    The at-large committee members are Springer and Rod Parker of Homestead in District 1, Stacy Mitchell of Warren Central and Julie Shelton of Mt. Vernon (Fortville) in District 2, and Kevin Moore of East Central and Taylor Sykes of Jeffersonville in District 3.

    This poll will be released starting today (Nov. 2, 2025) and on Sundays throughout the 2025-26 Indiana high school girls’ basketball season. The final poll for the season will be on Feb. 1, 2026, the Sunday following the completion of regular-season games.

    IHSAA sectional games are scheduled Feb. 3-7, 2026.

2025-26 IBCA girls basketball preseason poll (Nov. 2, 2025)

Rank    School  (FPV)                                Points   Record**

  1      Homestead (11)                     419     24-3

  2      Lawrence Central (7)              381     22-2

  3      Warsaw (2)                            376     26-2

  4      Pike (1)                                 345     20-7

  5      Hamilton Southeastern (1)     325      27-1

  6      Plainfield                                252     17-6

  7      Norwell                                  230     23-6

  8      Bloomington South                 216     23-3

  9      Silver Creek                           208      22-3

10      Franklin Central                      192     18-10

11      Greensburg                            170     27-1

12      McCutcheon                           167     24-4

13      Brownsburg                           132     19-5

14      Center Grove                         118     18-4

15      Valparaiso                             113      19-8

16      Evansville Central                  110      23-5

17      Lawrence North                       99      19-8

18      Washington                             95      23-3

19      Roncalli                                   90      18-9

20      Pendleton Heights                    83      19-7

          Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bellmont (21-3),

Ben Davis (12-12), Borden (23-5), Carmel (10-13), Castle (15-8), Columbia

City (24-5), Corydon Central (20-6), Crown Point (12-12), Decatur Central

(7-15), Delta (18-8), East Central (12-12), Evansville Reitz (18-6), Fishers

(14-9), Floyd Central (23-5), Fort Wayne Northrop (16-8), Fort Wayne Snider

(13-12), Heritage Christian (15-13), Indianapolis Chatard (14-9), Jeffersonville

(10-13), Jennings County (15-8), Marquette Catholic (23-5), Noblesville (19-5),

Northridge (21-5), Penn (19-6), Rensselaer Central (26-3), South Bend

Washington (24-2), South Knox (28-2), Warren Central (13-9), Westfield (16-9).

          Note: ** Records listed are 2024-25 final records.