Who's No. 1? Ranking Indiana's top high school girls basketball teams entering 2026

Key Highlights

• Its wins include Westfield, Lawrence North, Roncalli, Lawrence Central, Jeffersonville and Big Walnut (Ohio). Plenty of good games left on their schedule, but I’m especially interested in the last two: at Hamilton Southeastern on Jan.
• 27 and at Lawrence North on Jan.
• 30.2.
• Warsaw (14-1)I’m not sure we’re talking about the Tigers' status among the state’s elite with as much confidence if they don’t lose to Jennings County in late November.
• It’s cliché, but that game served as a wake-up call for the defending 4A state runner-up, jolting them back into their game. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTheir defense is suffocating, having limited eight straight opponents to fewer than 50 points before Tuesday's 76-58 win over Fairfield.