Washington climbs to No. 1

Welcome to the top, Warriors. For now, anyway.

Cedar Rapids Washington rose to the No. 1 slot in Class 4A in the Gazette/KCRG/KGYM high school football rankings, released Monday afternoon.

The Warriors (6-0) supplanted last week's top team, Bettendorf (6-0), after the Bulldogs slipped past Iowa City West, 28-27, in overtime Friday. Washington, meanwhile, destroyed Ottumwa, 40-2. For what it's worth, the Warriors handled Iowa City West, 28-0, in Week 3.

Washington, which received six of seven first-place votes and outpointed Bettendorf by a 69-64 margin, is at Cedar Rapids Prairie this week.

West Des Moines Dowling, West Des Moines Valley and Waukee, all of which are 5-1, are Nos. 3, 4 and 5.

The other No. 1 teams remain the same - Pella in Class 3A. Clear Lake in 2A, Fort Dodge St. Edmond in 1A, Maquoketa Valley in Class A and Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton in 8-Man. All are 6-0.

Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-2) fell four spots to No. 6 in 3A after suffering a 7-6 upset loss to Western Dubuque.

The closest race is in 1A, where St. Edmond, Iowa City Regina and South Winneshiek are within a six-point margin. St. Edmond received four first-place votes, Regina three.

THE GAZETTE/KCRG/KGYM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLL

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Cedar Rapids Washington (6) 6-0 69 2

2. Bettendorf (1) 6-0 64 1

3. West Des Moines Dowling 5-1 53 3

4. West Des Moines Valley 5-1 48 4

5. Waukee 5-1 46 5

6. Johnston 5-1 31 6

7. Ankeny Centennial 5-1 30 8

8. Cedar Falls 5-1 16 9

9. Ankeny 4-2 7 10

10. Sioux City East 5-1 6 6

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Linn-Mar 5, Dubuque Hempstead 4, North Scott 3, Ames 2, Lewis Central 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Pella (6) 6-0 69 1

2. West Delaware (1) 6-0 62 3

3. Carroll 6-0 57 4

4. Sioux City Heelan 5-1 49 5

5. Solon 5-1 38 6

6. Cedar Rapids Xavier 4-2 36 2

7. Humboldt 5-1 21 9

8. Dallas Center-Grimes 5-1 19 -

9. Clear Creek Amana 5-1 12 -

10. Davenport Assumption 4-2 10 -

Dropped out: Waverly-Shell Rock (7), Gilbert (8), Carlisle (10).

Others receiving votes: Newton 6, Carlisle 2, Creston/Orient-Macksburg 2, Western Dubuque 2.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Clear Lake (5) 6-0 68 1

2. Spirit Lake (2) 6-0 64 2

3. Albia 6-0 51 3

4. Williamsburg 6-0 47 5

5. Hampton-Dumont 6-0 42 6

6. North Fayette Valley 5-1 29 8

7. New Hampton 5-1 26 7

8. Sioux Center 5-1 23 4

9. Cascade 5-1 21 9

10. Mediapolis 5-1 7 -

Dropped out: Center Point-Urbana (10).

Others receiving votes: Baxter CMB 5, Center Point-Urbana 2.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (4) 6-0 65 1

2. Iowa City Regina (3) 5-1 61 2

3. South Winneshiek 6-0 59 3

4. West Branch 6-0 46 4

5. Ogden 6-0 42 5

6. IKM-Manning 6-0 36 6

7. Saint Ansgar 6-0 30 8

8. West Lyon 5-1 23 9

9. Dike-New Hartford 5-1 15 10

10. North Cedar 5-1 6 -

Dropped out: Hinton (7).

Others receiving votes: Hinton 2.

CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Maquoketa Valley (6) 6-0 69 1

2. Ackley AGWSR 6-0 57 3

(tie) Logan-Magnolia (1) 6-0 57 2

4. Pekin 6-0 52 4

5. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5-1 39 7

6. Montezuma 6-0 38 6

7. Nashua-Plainfield 5-1 26 5

8. Westwood 6-0 23 9

9. Mount Ayr 5-1 14 10

10. BGM 5-1 6 -

Dropped out: Bedford (8).

Others receiving votes: Algona Garrigan 2, Belle Plaine 1, South O'Brien 1.

EIGHT-MAN W-L Pts Pvs

1. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (6) 6-0 69 1

2. Don Bosco (1) 6-0 64 2

3. Janesville 6-0 51 3

4. Fremont-Mills 6-0 43 5

5. Glidden-Ralston 6-0 38 6

6. Elkader Central 6-0 37 7

7. Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-0 33 8

8. Lamoni 6-0 17 10

9. HLV 5-1 16 4

10. Marcus MMC 5-1 12 10

Dropped out: Turkey Valley (9).

Others receiving votes: Ruthven GTRA 3, Turkey Valley 2.

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