The Kennedy girls basketball team climbed back into the Class 5A rankings released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Kennedy (14-4) is ranked ninth, one spot behind crosstown rival Washington (14-4).

Xavier (9-9) is ranked 11th in Class 4A.

Iowa City High (18-0) remains the top-ranked team in Class 5A. Harlan (16-0) tops the 4A list.

IGHSAU BASKETBALL RANKINGS

CLASS 5A
1. Iowa City High (18-0), 2. Dowling Catholic (16-1), 3. WDM Valley (17-1), 4. Waukee (15-0), 5. DM East (15-2), 6. Waterloo West (16-2), 7. SE Polk (12-5), 8. CR Washington (14-4), 9. CR Kennedy (14-4), 10. Ankeny Centennial (11-6)

CLASS 4A
1. Harlan (16-0), 2. SC Heelan (14-3), 3. Ballard (16-2), 4. Perry (16-2), 5. Davenport Assumption (12-6), 6. Western Dubuque (17-1), 7. Lewis Central (13-4), 8. Dallas Center-Grimes (15-2), 9. North Scott (14-5), 10. Waverly-Shell Rock (14-3), 11. CR Xavier (9-9), 12. West Delaware (15-3), 13. Carlisle (13-6), 14. Indianola (10-6), 15. Grinnell (14-3)

CLASS 3A
1. MOC-Floyd Valley (18-1), 2. Crestwood (17-2), 3. Clear Lake (15-2), 4. Mediapolis (17-1), 5. Williamsburg (16-2), 6. Unity Christian (14-4), 7. North Polk (14-4), 8. Bondurant-Farrar (14-4), 9. Nevada (14-4), 10. Center Point-Urbana (13-5), 11. Spirit Lake (15-4), 12. Northeast (13-5), 13. Hampton-Dumont (14-5), 14. Mount Vernon (12-6), 15. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10-7)

CLASS 2A
1. Western Christian (19-1), 2. Cascade (19-0), 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (18-1), 4. Hinton (17-2), 5. Hudson (17-1), 6. North Linn (19-1), 7. North Butler (14-1), 8. Dike-New Hartford (14-2), 9. Manson NW Webster (15-2), 10. Treynor (16-2), 11. Iowa Valley (16-1), 12. Panorama (15-2), 13. Maquoketa Valley (18-2), 14. IC Regina (16-3), 15. South Central Calhoun (16-3)

CLASS 1A
1. Newell-Fonda (17-2), 2. Burlington Notre Dame (16-2), 3. Janesville (18-1), 4. Colo-Nesco (17-1), 5. Lynnville-Sully (16-2), 6. Stanton (18-1), 7. Dunkerton (17-3), 8. Adair-Casey (16-3), 9. Ar-We-Va (15-2), 10. Murray (16-2), 11. LeMars Gehlen (11-5), 12. Exira-EHK (14-4), 13. Rockford (11-7), 14. Fremont-Mills (15-3), 15. Ankeny Christian Academy (15-3)