IFCA POLL
2026 PRE-SEASON
With 2025 records
First-place votes in parentheses
CLASS 6A
1.	Brownsburg [14-0] (10) 100
	at 6A #6 Lawrence North [7-3] Friday
2.	Carmel [9-2] 77
	vs 6A #12 Fishers [8-4] Friday
	Westfield [8-2] 77
	at 6A Homestead [6-4] Friday
4.	Center Grove [10-2] 63
	vs 6A #4 Warren Central [6-4] Friday
	Warren Central [6-4] 63
	at 6A #4 Center Grove [10-2] Friday
6.	Lawrence North [7-3] 56
	vs 6A #1 Brownsburg [14-0] Friday
7.	Crown Point [10-1] 24
	vs 4A Lowell [9-3] Friday
8.	Carroll (Fort Wayne) [9-4] 23
	vs 6A #8 Hamilton Southeastern [6-5] Friday
	Hamilton Southeastern [6-5] 23
	at 6A #8 Carroll (Fort Wayne) [9-4] Friday
10.	Penn [11-1] 20
	vs 6A Valparaiso [2-8] Friday
11.	Franklin Central [5-6] 9
	at 5A #7 Plainfield [7-3] Friday
12.	Fishers [8-4] 5
	at 6A #2 Carmel [9-2] Friday
13.	Ben Davis [3-7] 4
	vs 5A #2 Indianapolis Cathedral [7-4] Friday
14.	Elkhart [6-4] 3
	at 5A #5 Concord [11-2] Friday
15.	Decatur Central [9-3] 2
	vs 6A #16 Avon [6-5] Friday
16.	Avon [6-5] 1
	at 6A #15 Decatur Central [9-3] Friday
CLASS 5A
1.	New Palestine [14-0] (9) 99
	vs Wheaton St. Francis (Ill.) Friday
2.	Indianapolis Cathedral [7-4] (1) 90
	at 6A #13 Ben Davis [3-7] Friday
3.	Bloomington South [11-2] 72
	at 5A #14 Bloomington North [7-4] Friday
4.	Lafayette Jeff [10-2] 62
	vs 4A #3 Indianapolis Chatard [9-3] Friday
5.	Concord [11-2] 48
	vs 6A #14 Elkhart [6-4] Friday
6.	Fort Wayne Snider [3-7] 42
	at 5A #10 Warsaw [4-6] Friday
7.	Plainfield [7-3] 40
	vs 6A #11 Franklin Central [5-6] Friday
8.	Castle [6-4] 23
	at 5A #15 Evansville North [8-3] Friday
9.	Floyd Central [10-2] 20
	at 3A #2 Gibson Southern [12-2] Friday
10.	Warsaw [4-6] 15
	vs 5A #6 Fort Wayne Snider [3-7] Friday
11.	Pendleton Heights [10-2] 12
	at 4A #17 Lebanon [10-3] Friday
12.	Michigan City [8-4] 8
	at 4A Hanover Central [4-6] Friday
13.	Terre Haute South [7-3] 6
	at 3A Vincennes Lincoln [3-7] Friday
14.	Bloomington North [7-4] 5
	vs 5A #3 Bloomington South [11-2] Friday
15.	Evansville North [8-3] 4
	vs 5A #8 Castle [6-4] Friday
16.	Mount Vernon (Fortville) [0-10] 2
	at 4A Kokomo [4-7] Friday
17.	Chesterton [5-5] 1
	vs 4A #8 Hobart [10-3] Friday
	Greenfield-Central [6-5] 1
	vs 2A #17 Alexandria [7-3] Friday
CLASS 4A
1.	East Central [9-3] (4) 82
	vs 3A #3 Lawrenceburg [10-2] Friday
2.	Indianapolis Roncalli [11-4] (1) 77
	at 4A #3 Fort Wayne Dwenger [13-2] Friday
3.	Fort Wayne Dwenger [13-2] (4) 76
	vs 4A #2 Indianapolis Roncalli [11-4] Friday
	Indianapolis Chatard [9-3] (1) 76
	at 5A #4 Lafayette Jeff [10-2] Friday
5.	East Noble [11-1] 50
	vs 4A #15 Fort Wayne North [6-5] Friday
6.	Mishawaka [10-2] 46
	at 3A #15 Mishawaka Marian [4-8] Friday
7.	Yorktown [3-7] 29
	at 5A Anderson [1-9] Friday
8.	Hobart [10-3] 24
	at 5A #17 Chesterton [5-5] Friday
	South Bend St. Joseph [12-2] 24
	at 2A Lakeland [6-5] Friday
10.	Fort Wayne Luers [9-6] 19
	vs 3A #5 Adams Central [13-1] Friday
	Heritage Hills [12-2] 19
	at 2A South Spencer [2-8] Friday
12.	Evansville Reitz [7-4] 6
	vs 4A Evansville Harrison [3-8] Friday
13.	Jasper [9-3] 5
	vs 3A #4 Evansville Memorial [9-1] Friday
	Martinsville [6-7] 5
	at 4A Bedford North Lawrence [8-4] Friday
15.	Fort Wayne North [6-5] 3
	at 4A #5 East Noble [11-1] Friday
	Leo [7-3] 3
	vs 5A Fort Wayne Wayne [0-10] Friday
17.	Columbia City [6-5] 2
	vs 4A NorthWood [5-5] Friday
	Lebanon [10-3] 2
	vs 5A #11 Pendleton Heights [10-2] Friday
	Northview [8-2] 2
	at 5A Terre Haute North [0-10] Friday
CLASS 3A
1.	Andrean [13-1] (3) 77
	at 6A Merrillville [11-3] Friday
2.	Gibson Southern [12-2] (2) 74
	vs 5A #9 Floyd Central [10-2] Friday
3.	Lawrenceburg [10-2] (1) 71
	at 4A #1 East Central [9-3] Friday
4.	Evansville Memorial [9-1] (4) 69
	at 4A #13 Jasper [9-3] Friday
5.	Adams Central [13-1] 44
	at 4A #10 Fort Wayne Luers [9-6] Friday
6.	Tri-West [7-4] 41
	vs 3A Western Boone [11-3] Friday
7.	Evansville Mater Dei [6-6] 39
	at 4A Evansville Central [1-9] Friday
8.	Twin Lakes [10-3] 33
	at 3A North Montgomery [1-9] Friday
9.	Mississinewa [10-2] 22
	vs 3A Norwell [2-9] Friday
10.	Maconaquah [8-2] 15
	at 1A #8 Sheridan [8-3] Friday
11.	Eastbrook [12-1] 13
	vs 5A Huntington North [4-6] Friday
	Indian Creek [8-4] 13
	vs 3A Western [6-5] Friday
13.	Garrett [6-6] 7
	at 4A DeKalb [7-3] Friday
	Heritage Christian [7-5] 7
	vs 3A Speedway [1-9] Friday
15.	Mishawaka Marian [4-8] 6
	vs 4A #6 Mishawaka [10-2] Friday
16.	Southridge [6-5] 5
	vs 2A #15 North Posey [7-4] Friday
17.	Sullivan [8-4] 4
	at 1A North Knox [3-7] Friday
18.	Angola [7-6] 2
	at 5A Goshen [2-8] Friday
	Bluffton [9-2] 2
	vs 2A Shenandoah [6-4] Friday
	Griffith [9-2] 2
	vs 4A Highland [2-8] Friday
	West Lafayette [8-3] 2
	vs 6A Harrison (West Lafayette) [4-6] Friday
	West Noble [0-10] 2
	vs 4A Northridge [3-8] Friday
CLASS 2A
1.	Brownstown Central [14-1] (3) 78
	at 3A Corydon Central [3-7] Friday
2.	Indianapolis Lutheran [11-2] (1) 74
	at 4A Indianapolis Attucks [8-2] Friday
	Lapel [13-1] 74
	vs 3A Hamilton Heights [4-6] Friday
4.	Cascade [15-0] (3) 71
	at 2A #19 Monrovia [4-7] Friday
5.	South Putnam [13-2] (3) 65
	vs 2A North Putnam [4-6] Friday
6.	Linton [9-4] 27
	vs 1A #1 Riverton Parke [11-1] Friday
7.	Eastern (Greentown) [10-2] 25
	at 2A Oak Hill [5-5] Friday
8.	Providence [9-3] 21
	at 5A New Albany [0-10] Friday
9.	Knox [13-1] 18
	at 1A #5 North Judson [8-3] Friday
10.	Eastside [9-3] 16
	vs 1A #3 South Adams [10-4] Friday
	Rochester [9-2] 16
	vs 1A Southwood [3-7] Friday
12.	Rensselaer Central [9-3] 13
	at 4A Kankakee Valley [2-9] Friday
13.	Southmont [11-2] 12
	at 1A Fountain Central [6-5] Friday
	Triton Central [10-2] 12
	vs 3A Batesville [3-7] Friday
15.	North Posey [7-4] 11
	at 3A #16 Southridge [6-5] Friday
16.	Eastern Hancock [6-5] 8
	vs 2A Northeastern [9-2] Friday
17.	Alexandria [7-3] 5
	at 5A #17 Greenfield-Central [6-5] Friday
18.	Lewis Cass [8-4] 2
	vs 1A #2 Pioneer [13-2] Friday
19.	Bremen [6-5] 1
	vs 1A #16 Churubusco [7-3] Friday
	Monrovia [4-7] 1
	vs 2A #4 Cascade [15-0] Friday
CLASS 1A
1.	Riverton Parke [11-1] (3) 87
	vs 2A #6 Linton [9-4] Friday
2.	Pioneer [13-2] (6) 86
	at 2A #18 Lewis Cass [8-4] Friday
3.	South Adams [10-4] (1) 59
	at 2A #10 Eastside [9-3] Friday
4.	Milan [7-5] 48
	at 3A Rushville [2-8] Friday
5.	North Judson [8-3] 45
	vs 2A #9 Knox [13-1] Friday
6.	Springs Valley [10-1] 38
	at 3A Edgewood [5-4] Friday
7.	Frontier [10-1] 34
	vs 1A Clinton Prairie [3-6] Friday
8.	Sheridan [8-3] 31
	vs 3A #10 Maconaquah [8-2] Friday
9.	North Decatur [8-3] 28
	at 1A South Decatur [3-6] Friday
10.	Lafayette Central Catholic [2-8] 22
	at 2A Mitchell [1-9] Friday
11.	Carroll (Flora) [7-4] 20
	at 2A Seeger [9-2] Friday
12.	North Daviess [10-2] 15
	at 3A Washington [1-9] Friday
13.	North Miami [9-4] 11
	vs 1A Northfield [2-8] Friday
14.	Tri [6-5] 7
	vs 1A Union City [2-8] Friday
15.	West Washington [8-4] 5
	vs 2A Eastern (Pekin) [1-9] Friday
16.	Churubusco [7-3] 4
	at 2A #19 Bremen [6-5] Friday
	West Central [3-7] 4
	at 1A Winamac [8-2] Friday