The Xavier Saints, who are off to a 3-0 start with three straight road victories, stayed in the No.3 spot in the Class 4A girls basketball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Kennedy Cougars (2-0) remained in the No.9 spot in the Class 5A rankings. The Washington Warriors (0-1) fell out of the Class 5A poll after being ranked No.10.

Dowling Catholic is ranked No.1 in Class 5A and Harlan is ranked No.1 in Class 4A. The other top-ranked teams are MOC-Floyd Valley in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.

CLASS 4A
1. Harlan (1-0), 2. Lewis Central (2-0), 3. Xavier (3-0), 4. Dallas Center-Grimes (2-0), 5. Sioux City Heelan (0-0), 6. Perry (1-0), 7. North Scott (0-1), 8. Davenport Assumption (0-2), 9. Winterset (3-0), 10. Grinnell (2-0), 11. Ballard (2-1), 12. Mount Pleasant (1-2), 13. Western Dubuque (2-0), 14. Spencer (1-0), 15. Waverly-Shell Rock (0-1).

CLASS 5A
1. Dowling Catholic (1-0), 2. Iowa City High (3-0), 3. Waterloo West (3-0), 4. Mason City (3-0), 5. West Des Moines Valley (1-0), 6. Des Moines East (2-1), 7. Ankeny Centennial (2-0), 8. Sioux City West (2-0), 9. Kennedy (2-0), 10. Ames (3-0).