The Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball team is ranked third in Class 5A in the first rankings of the season by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Xavier Saints are ranked 11th in Class 4A.

The top-ranked teams are Johnston in 5A, Fort Dodge in 4A, Solon in 3A, Alburnett in 2A and Woodbury Central in 1A.

RANKINGS

(2014 records in parenthesis)

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston (37-3), 2. Waukee (25-19), 3. Jefferson (35-8), 4. Dowling (30-9), 5. West Des Moines Valley (27-14), 6. Iowa City West (29-10), 7. Pleasant Valley (31-10), 8. Southeast Polk (30-10), 9. Ottumwa (27-12), 10. Council Bluffs Lincoln (24-6).

CLASS 4A

1. Fort Dodge (33-8), 2. Norwalk (28-14), 3. Le Mars (22-18), 4. Carlisle (35-3), 5. Indianola (24-12), 6. Oskaloosa (31-10), 7. Dallas Center-Grimes (41-1), 8. ADM (25-11), 9. Winterset (19-16), 10. Clear Creek Amana (22-10), 11. Xavier (33-7), 12. Waverly-Shell Rock (31-9), 13. West Delaware (31-9), 14. Keokuk (23-14), 15. Fairfield (30-7).

CLASS 3A

1. Solon (39-3), 2. Center Point-Urbana (29-11), 3. Benton (37-5), 4. East Marshall (33-5), 5. Greene County (29-8), 6. Mid-Prairie (27-11), 7. Spirit Lake (24-10), 8. West Burlington/Notre Dame (23-15), 9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (21-9), 10. Mount Vernon (29-10), 11. PCM (22-7), 12. Clarke (24-8), 13. Bondurant-Farrar (22-14), 14. Sioux Center (26-4), 15. Waterloo Columbus (33-7).

CLASS 2A

1. Alburnett (28-13), 2. Highland (32-3), 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (30-7), 4. St. Ansgar (19-11), 5. Emmetsburg (19-12), 6. Iowa City Regina (21-18), 7. Woodward-Granger (23-11), 8. Earlham (31-4), 9. Eddyville (26-6), 10. BCLUW (24-10), 11. Sumner-Fredericksburg (23-15), 12. Denver (25-9), 13. Durant (27-11), 14. IKM-Manning (24-5), 15. Cascade (18-15).

CLASS 1A

1. Woodbury Central (30-6), 2. Akron-Westfield (38-0), 3. Lansing (34-10), 4. AGWSR (29-7), 5. Martensdale-St. Mary's (26-6), 6. Marquette Catholic (35-8), 7. North Butler (19-10), 8. Lynnville-Sully (36-2), 9. Don Bosco (20-15), 10. Exira-EHK (24-2), 11. Remsen St. Mary's (22-11), 12. New London (25-5), 13. Glidden-Ralston (14-14), 14. Logan-Magnolia (21-7), 15. Newell-Fonda (23-14).