Excel H Sports FINAL OVERALL Girls’ Basketball rankings February 1 2026

We have our own inhouse method of strength of schedule.

This is a snapshot of where we believe every team is after Saturday’s games.

Steven Stremming is a member of the Indiana Broadcasters and Sportswriters Association

Steven Stremming is a member of the United States Basketball Writers Association

Steven Stremming is a member of the Football Writers Association of America

February 1, 2026, will be our final rankings of the year

Rank	Team	Record	Last Week
1	Pike	22-1	1
2	Center Grove	22-0	2
3	Homestead	22-2	3
4	Warsaw	23-2	4
5	Lawrence Central	18-4	5
6	Plainfield	19-5	6
7	Norwell	20-4	7
8	Valparaiso	20-2	8
9	Indianapolis Roncalli	21-3	9
10	Hamilton Southeastern	17-4	10
11	Pendleton Heights	19-3	11
12	Penn	21-3	12
13	Floyd Central	19-3	13
14	Fort Wayne R F Snider	16-6	14
15	Castle	17-4	5
16	Northridge	17-7	16
17	McCutcheon	19-5	10
18	Silver Creek	16-5	20
19	Evansville F J Reitz	20-2	21
20	Greensburg	18-6	22
21	Bellmont	19-3	17
22	Washington	18-4	23
23	Brownsburg	12-9	25
24	Crown Point	19-4	18
25	Westfield	17-7	26
26	Charlestown	20-3	30
27	Franklin Community	14-8	27
28	Franklin Central	12-9	28
28	Jennings County	16-6	24
30	Lafayette Jeff	19-4	NR

The following teams are capable of what is called, upsetting the apple cart during the sectionals.

Hammond Morton 17-1, Chesterton 15-7, Elkhart 15-7, Fort Wayne Northrop 11-10, Fishers 11-10, Zionsville 11-11, Gibson Southern 15-6, Highland 15-6, Kankakee Valley 18-4, Lowell 15-7, South Bend St. Joseph 17-4, Culver Academy 18-4, Columbia City 14-7, Fairfield 16-6, Tippecanoe Valley 15-6, Mt Vernon Fortville 13-9, North Central Indianapolis 9-12, Warren Central 11-10, Ben Davis 11-11, Decatur Central 10-10,  Jeffersonville 14-10, Bedford North Lawrence 16-6, East Noble 17-5, Angola 15-6, Maconaquah 17-5, Connersville 15-7, Jay County 15-7, New Castle 14-8, Delta 15-8, Hamilton Height 14-6, Guerin Catholic 15-8, Brebeuf Jesuit 11-11, Indianapolis Cathedral 16-6, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 13-10, Purdue Englewood 17-4, Northview 15-6, Edgewood 15-5, New Palestine 14-8, Madison 16-5, Princeton 15-8, Jasper 16-8, East Central 19-3, Heritage Hills 15-5, Indianapolis Shortridge 15-6