The IBCA will choose all-state teams in four general categories in 2026-27 – Senior Boys, Underclass Boys, Senior Girls and Underclass Girls. Within each category, four groups of honorees will be selected.
- IBCA Supreme 15 All-State (top 15 players, regardless of the class of a player’s school)
- IBCA Large School All-State (15 players from Class 3A and Class 4A schools, not on the Supreme 15)
- IBCA Small School All-State (15 players from Class A and Class 2A schools, not on the Supreme 15)
- IBCA Honorable Mention All-State (a list of about 90 players)
Ultimately, approximately 270 boys and 270 girls will receive honors through this process. That will be 135 seniors and 135 underclass players per gender.
For 2026-27, the IBCA will use two 22-member panels of coaches (one panel for boys, one panel for girls) to identify All-State candidates and collect information about them. The panel of coaches will include 16 members of current-year regionals – four representatives from each class (4A, 3A, 2A and A). The panel also will include six at-large members (two from each IHSAA District).
Coaches are to nominate players for consideration via the online nomination form at a specified time late in the season. Coaches must be a current-year IBCA member for their nominees to be eligible for IBCA All-State. Coaches need to enter complete statistical data for their own players to give them the best chance for consideration.
Varsity Head Coaches will receive an e-mail reminding them to nominate players; again, coaches must be a current-year IBCA member in order for their player to be eligible to be selected.
The members of the All-State panel will review nominees and forward the top candidates to a committee chairman for compilation. The respective full committees will meet on March 1 (girls) and March 22 (boys) to discuss candidates and vote to select players for various honors. The IBCA All-State Teams will be announced shortly after those meetings.
David Wood, former boys’ coach at West Lafayette, is the chairman of the IBCA’s Boys’ All-State committee. Doug Springer, current girls’ coach at Northridge, is chairman of the IBCA’s Girls’ All-State committee. The committees will have one representative each from Sectionals 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20, 21-24, 25-28, 29-32, 33-36, 37-40, 41-44, 45-48, 49-52, 53-56, 57-60 and 61-64. There also will be six at-large appointments (two from each IHSAA district). Both committee lists will be posted when they are finalized on the IBCA web site so that coaches from all schools will know which committee member represents their school in the player-identification process.
Franciscan Health Sports Medicine served as presenting partner of the IBCA All-State Teams from 2020-21 through 2024-25.
To see a list of the 2025-26 IBCA All-State Teams and other past IBCA All-State teams, go to these links: Boys | Girls
