Gazette high school football poll 2025: Who the ranked teams play in Week 1

Who the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll play in Week 1 (everybody is 0-0 unless noted otherwise):

CLASS 5A

1. West Des Moines Valley faces No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling at Valley Stadium.

2. West Des Moines Dowling faces No. 1 West Des Moines Valley at Valley Stadium.

3. Iowa City Liberty hosts No. 8 Cedar Falls.

4. Southeast Polk hosts Ankeny Centennial.

5. Ankeny hosts No. 6 Waukee Northwest.

6. Waukee Northwest is at No. 5 Ankeny.

7. Waukee is at No. 10 Johnston.

8. Cedar Falls is at No. 3 Iowa City Liberty.

9. Sioux City East faces Sioux City North (Thursday).

10. Johnston hosts No. 7 Waukee.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier is at No. 9 North Scott.

2. Lewis Central hosts North Polk.

3. Pella hosts Ballard.

4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton is at 3A No. 3 Sioux City Heelan.

5. Fort Dodge hosts Mason City.

6. Decorah is at Waukon.

7. Newton hosts Carlisle.

8. Clear Creek Amana hosts Davenport West.

9. Adel ADM is at Winterset.

9. North Scott hosts No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier.

CLASS 3A

1. Mount Vernon is at Monticello.

2. Algona is at 2A No. 10 Spirit Lake.

3. Sioux City Heelan hosts 4A No. 4 Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

4. Humboldt hosts Spencer.

5. Clear Lake hosts Forest City.

6. Solon hosts Davenport Assumption.

7. Dubuque Wahlert is at Western Dubuque.

8. Harlan is at 1A No. 9 Underwood (Thursday).

9. Nevada is at Grinnell.

10. Benton Community hosts Fairfield.

CLASS 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper hosts No. 4 Cherokee.

2. Central Lyon-GLR hosts MOC-Floyd Valley.

3. Van Meter is at Des Moines Christian.

4. Cherokee is at No. 1 Carroll Kuemper.

5. Ida Grove OABCIG is at Ridge View.

6. Mid-Prairie hosts Washington.

7. Monroe PCM hosts 1A No. 8 Sigourney-Keota.

7. Roland-Story is at Pella Christian.

9. Osage hosts Hampton-Dumont/CAL.

10. Spirit Lake hosts 3A No. 2 Algona.

CLASS 1A

1. Grundy Center hosts Aplington-Parkersburg.

2. West Lyon is at Western Christian.

3. Iowa City Regina is at Wilton.

4. South Hardin hosts West Marshall.

5. Tri-Center hosts Council Bluffs St. Albert.

6. Pleasantville is at Lynnville-Sully.

7. Treynor is at Class A No. 7 Oakland Riverside.

8. Sigourney-Keota is at 2A No. 7 Monroe PCM.

9. Underwood hosts 3A No. 8 Harlan (Thursday).

10. Emmetsburg hosts Estherville ELC.

CLASS A

1. Maquoketa Valley is at Starmont.

1. Saint Ansgar is at South Hamilton.

3. West Hancock hosts Garner GHV.

4. Madrid is at Woodward-Granger.

5. Woodbury Central is idle.

6. Guthrie Center ACGC hosts Panorama (Thursday).

7. Oakland Riverside hosts 1A No. 7 Treynor.

8. Marcus MMCRU hosts Akron-Westfield.

9. Wapsie Valley hosts Denver.

10. South Winneshiek is at Sumner-Fredericksburg.

10. West Sioux hosts Sheldon.

8-PLAYER

1. Algona Garrigan hosts Kingsley-Pierson.

2. Woodbine is at No. 6 Lenox.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck hosts Janesville (1-0).

4. Fremont-Mills is at Anita CAM.

5. Iowa Valley (1-0) hosts No. 8 Don Bosco.

6. Lenox hosts No. 2 Woodbine.

7. Montezuma is at Springville (0-1).

8. Don Bosco is at No. 5 Iowa Valley (1-0).

8. Remsen St. Mary’s is at No. 10 Audubon.

10. Audubon hosts No. 8 Remsen St. Mary’s.

10. Bedford is at Sidney (1-0).

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com