Linder's AP football ballot: Week 8

Here are my next-to-last rankings, to be sent to the Associated Press shortly. Complete rankings will be released by AP at 4 p.m. Monday.

CLASS 4A1. Iowa City High (8-0), 2. West Des Moines Dowling (8-0), 3. Ankeny (7-1), 4. Marshalltown (8-0), 5. Clinton (8-0), 6. Bettendorf (7-1), 7. Linn-Mar (7-1), 8. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2), 9. Cedar Rapids Washington (6-2), 10. Fort Dodge (7-1).Next in line: Urbandale (6-2), Dubuque Hempstead (6-2), Cedar Falls (6-2).

CLASS 3A1. Harlan (8-0), 2. Carroll (8-0), 3. Sioux City Heelan (7-1), 4. Clear Lake (8-0), 5. Marion (8-0), 6. Centerville (8-0), 7. Williamsburg (7-1), 8. Grinnell (7-1), 9. Ballard (7-1), 10. New Hampton (6-2).Next in line: Maquoketa (7-1), Clear Creek Amana (6-2).

CLASS 2A1. Solon (8-0), 2. North Fayette (8-0), 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (8-0), 4. Osage (8-0), 5. IKM-Manning (7-1), 6. Baxter CMB (7-1), 7. Western Christian (7-1), 8. Carroll Kuemper (6-2), 9. Iowa City Regina (7-1), 10. Cascade (7-1).Next in line: Davis County (7-1), Eagle Grove (7-1), Mid-Prairie (6-2), Sumner-Fredericksburg (6-2), Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer (7-1).

CLASS 1A1. Emmetsburg (8-0), 2. Council Bluffs St. Albert (8-0), 3. West Branch (8-0), 4. Prairie Valley (8-0), 5. South Winneshiek (8-0), 6. West Lyon (7-1), 7. Hartley HMS (7-1), 8. Denver (7-1), 9. Turkey Valley (7-1), 10. Clayton Ridge (7-1).Next in line: Hinton (6-2), Griswold (7-1).

CLASS A1. North Tama (8-0), 2. Avoca AHST (8-0), 3. Southern Cal (7-1), 4. Madrid (7-1), 5. LeMars Gehlen (7-1), 6. Wapsie Valley (7-1), 7. Cedar Falls NU High (8-0), 8. Mason City Newman (7-1), 9. Elkader Central (7-1), 10. BGM (7-1).Next in line: Akron-Westfield (6-2), Van Meter (7-1), Treynor (7-1), North Mahaska (7-1).

EIGHT-MAN1. Lenox (8-0), 2. North Sentral Kossuth (8-0), 3. Stanton (8-0), 4. Armstrong-Ringsted (7-1), 5. Tri-County (8-0), 6. Remsen St. Mary's (8-0), 7. Preston (8-0), 8. Anita CAM (7-1), 9. West Central (7-1), 10. Graettinger-Terril (7-1).Next in line: Ankeny Christian (7-1), Glidden-Ralston (6-2), Corwith CWL (6-1), NE Hamilton (8-1), Coon Rapids-Bayard (6-2).