Football 2012: Your first rankings

In the wake of the IHSAA's football reclassification and district reassignment for 2012 and 2013, Iowa Prep Sports' Jeff Linder provides one person's preseason top 10.

It's a little bit BC Moore, a little bit Quik Stats, a little bit hunch.

CLASS 4A

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. West Des Moines Valley

14-0

4A champion

2. Bettendorf

12-2

4A runner-up

3. Southeast Polk

10-2

4A quarterfinalist

4. Iowa City West

9-3

4A quarterfinalist

5. Ankeny

11-2

4A semifinalist

6. Cedar Falls

11-2

4A semifinalist

7. West Des Moines Dowling

9-3

4A quarterfinalist

8. Marshalltown

8-3

4A second round

9. Pleasant Valley

8-3

4A second round

10. North Scott

9-2

4A second round

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-5), Cedar Rapids Washington (8-4), Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-5), Des Moines East (4-6), Des Moines Lincoln (9-2), Iowa City High (8-3), Linn-Mar (10-1), Muscatine (5-5), Urbandale (6-5) Waterloo East (5-5),

CLASS 3A

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. Norwalk

9-2

3A second round

2. Creston/Orient-Macksburg

8-2

3A qualifier

3. Solon

9-2

3A second round

4. Keokuk

7-3

3A qualifier

5. Decorah

11-3

3A runner-up

6. Carroll

8-3

3A second round

7. Sioux City Heelan

8-2

3A qualifier

8. Oskaloosa

8-3

3A second round

9. Grinnell

8-3

3A second round

10. Pella

10-2

3A quarterfinalist

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Adel ADM (12-1), Atlantic (4-6), Boone (5-5), Harlan (9-4), Maquoketa (10-2), Spencer (5-7), Webster City (9-2), West Delaware (10-2), Washington (5-5), Williamsburg (6-4),

CLASS 2A

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

11-1

3A quarterfinalist

2. Union

12-2

3A champion

3. Mediapolis

11-1

2A quarterfinalist

4. Spirit Lake

13-1

2A runner-up

5. West Marshall

12-1

2A semifinalist

6. Carroll Kuemper

10-2

2A quarterfinalist

7. Sheldon

6-4

2A qualifier

8. Dyersville Beckman

11-2

2A semifinalist

9. North Polk

8-3

2A second round

10. Osage

6-4

2A qualifier

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Albia (7-3), Baxter CMB (6-4), Cascade (5-5), Center Point-Urbana (4-6), Central Lyon-GLR (7-4), Clarion-Goldfield (7-5), Forest City (8-3), MOC-Floyd Valley (5-5), Monroe PCM (11-1), New Hampton (7-3).

CLASS 1A

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. Fort Dodge St. Edmond

9-2

2A second round

2. Council Bluffs St. Albert

13-1

1A runner-up

3. Iowa City Regina

14-0

2A champion

4. Aplington-Parkersburg

11-1

1A quarterfinalist

5. Emmetsburg

12-1

1A semifinalist

6. Panorama

10-1

1A second round

7. Pella Christian

7-3

2A qualifier

8. Eagle Grove

5-5

1A qualifier

9. Mount Ayr

5-5

1A qualifier

10. Tri-Center

6-4

1A qualifier

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Alburnett (11-1), Central Decatur (5-5), Dike-New Hartford (8-3), IKM-Manning (6-4), LeMars Gehlen (10-2), North Fayette (7-3), Saint Ansgar (12-2), South Winneshiek (9-2), West Branch (10-3).

CLASS A

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. Lynnville-Sully

8-3

Class A second round

2. West Lyon

9-3

1A quarterfinalist

3. Woodbury Central

7-4

Class A second round

4. Lone Tree

10-1

Class A quarterfinalist

5. North Tama

9-2

Class A second round

6. Wapsie Valley

9-2

1A second round

7. Prairie Valley

5-5

1A qualifier

8. West Hancock

12-2

Class A runner-up

9. Woodward-Granger

10-1

1A second round

10. Logan-Magnolia

10-2

1A quarterfinalist

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Akron-Westfield (8-3), Algona Garrigan (6-4), BGM (8-3), East Mills (10-2) Iowa Valley (6-4), Lawton-Bronson (9-1), Lisbon (14-0), Madrid (10-3), Mason City Newman (11-2), Starmont (7-3).

EIGHT MAN

2011 W-L

2011 Postseason

1. Newell-Fonda

9-2

8-Man second round

2. Fremont-Mills

14-0

8-Man champion

3. Murray

12-2

8-Man runner-up

4. Anita CAM

8-4

8-Man second round

5. Clarksville

12-2

8-Man semifinalist

6. Adair-Casey

9-3

8-Man quarterfinalist

7. Glidden-Ralston

9-2

8-Man second round

8. Midland

7-4

8-Man qualifier

9. Lansing Kee

7-3

8-Man qualifier

10. Laurens-Marathon

6-5

8-Man qualifier

10 others to watch (alphabetic order): Janesville (9-3), Kingsley-Pierson (7-3), Melcher-Dallas (9-1), North Iowa (5-5), Northeast Hamilton (9-2), Preston (10-2), Remsen-Union (9-2), Sidney (6-4), West Bend-Mallard (10-2), Woodbine (3-7).