(11-8-26) Pendleton Heights is still on top.
The Arabians stayed No. 1 in the first regular-season IBCA girls basketball poll of 2026-27, released Sunday, Nov. 8. Pendleton Heights (2-0) collected 15 first-place votes and 432 points. Homestead (2-0) is No. 2 with seven first-place votes and 420 points.

The IBCA poll is a non-class Top 20 — teams are ranked regardless of school classification — and it will be released on Sundays throughout the season, with the final poll set for Jan. 31, 2027, ahead of sectional play Feb. 2-6.

The movers

  • Northridge (1-0) climbs from No. 4 in the preseason poll to No. 3 with 380 points.
  • Center Grove (2-0) moves up two spots to No. 4. The Trojans went 29-0 last season.
  • Franklin Central (1-1) slides three spots, from No. 3 in the preseason to No. 6, after splitting its first two games.
  • Fort Wayne Snider (2-1) takes the week’s biggest drop, falling six spots from No. 7 to No. 13.
  • Westfield (1-1) jumps three spots, from No. 12 to No. 9, and North Central (Indianapolis) (1-1) climbs to No. 16 from a preseason tie for 19th.
  • Brownsburg (2-0) and Ben Davis (2-0) are new to the Top 20, debuting at No. 18 and No. 20.
  • Falling out of the Top 20 are Hamilton Heights (preseason No. 15, now 0-2) and
  • Indianapolis Cathedral (now 0-1).

2026-27 IBCA girls basketball poll — Week 1 (Nov. 8, 2026)

  1. Pendleton Heights (15) — 432 points — 2-0
  2. Homestead (7) — 420 — 2-0
  3. Northridge — 380 — 1-0
  4. Center Grove — 370 — 2-0
  5. Pike — 359 — 0-0
  6. Franklin Central — 309 — 1-1
  7. Plainfield — 288 — 1-0
  8. Penn — 237 — 1-0
  9. Westfield — 232 — 1-1
  10. Crown Point — 223 — 1-0
    T11. Bellmont — 220 — 0-0
    T11. Carmel — 220 — 1-0
  11. Fort Wayne Snider — 206 — 2-1
  12. Roncalli — 124 — 1-0
  13. East Central — 122 — 2-0
  14. North Central (Indianapolis) — 79 — 1-1
  15. Whitko — 78 — 0-0
  16. Brownsburg — 68 — 2-0
  17. McCutcheon — 60 — 0-1
  18. Ben Davis — 46 — 2-0.

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically):

Charlestown (0-0), Chesterton (1-1), Columbus North (2-0), Culver Academy (3-0), Danville (2-0), Evansville Reitz (0-0), Evansville Mater Dei (0-0), Floyd Central (0-0), Franklin Community (2-0), Fremont (1-0), Gibson Southern (1-0), Greensburg (0-0), Hamilton Heights (0-2), Heritage Christian (0-1), Indianapolis Cathedral (0-1), Jennings County (2-0), Kokomo (2-0), Lawrence Central (1-1), Lawrence North (1-2), Norwell (2-0), Oak Hill (0-0), South Knox (0-0), Valparaiso (0-2), Washington (1-0), Zionsville (1-1).

Source: 2026-27 IBCA girls basketball poll, Week 1 (Nov. 8, 2026); preseason poll (Nov. 1, 2026) for week-over-week movement.

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