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Gazette high school football poll 2025: Who the ranked teams play in Week 3
No. 1 Mount Vernon visits No. 4 Solon in a Class 3A showdown
Sep. 11, 2025 8:00 am, Updated: Sep. 11, 2025 11:04 am
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Who the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll play in Week 3:
CLASS 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (2-0) is at Iowa City High (0-2).
2. Iowa City Liberty (2-0) hosts Linn-Mar (0-2).
3. West Des Moines Valley (1-1) hosts Urbandale (1-1).
4. West Des Moines Dowling (1-1) is at Dallas Center-Grimes (2-0).
5. Ankeny (1-1) hosts Des Moines Roosevelt (1-1).
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0) hosts Bettendorf (1-1).
7. Sioux City East is at 3A No. 2 Sioux City Heelan (2-0).
8. Southeast Polk (1-1) is at Norwalk (0-2).
9. Johnston (1-1) is at Ames (0-2).
10. Iowa City West (2-0) is at Pleasant Valley (1-1).
CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0) hosts No. 7 Clear Creek Amana (2-0).
2. Pella (2-0) is at North Scott (1-1).
3. North Polk (2-0) hosts No. 8 Adel ADM (2-0).
4. Decorah (2-0) is at 3A No. 5 Dubuque Wahlert (2-0).
5. Fort Dodge (2-0) hosts Waterloo East (0-2).
6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1-1) hosts Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (2-0).
7. Clear Creek Amana (2-0) is at No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0).
8. Adel ADM (2-0) is at No. 3 North Polk (2-0).
9. Newton (1-1) is at Bondurant-Farrar (0-2).
10. Gilbert (2-0) hosts Boone (1-1).
CLASS 3A
1. Mount Vernon (2-0) is at No. 4 Solon (2-0).
2. Sioux City Heelan (2-0) hosts 5A No. 7 Sioux City East (2-0).
3. Clear Lake (2-0) hosts Webster City (1-1).
4. Solon (2-0) hosts No. 1 Mount Vernon (2-0).
5. Dubuque Wahlert (2-0) hosts 4A No. 4 Decorah (2-0).
6. Nevada (2-0) is at Ballard (0-2).
7. Algona (1-1) is at Forest City (0-2).
8. Independence (2-0) is at Crestwood (1-1).
9. Des Moines Christian (2-0) is at Atlantic (1-1).
10. MOC-Floyd Valley (2-0) hosts Storm Lake (1-1).
CLASS 2A
1. Carroll Kuemper (2-0) is at Shenandoah (1-1)
2. Ida Grove OABCIG (2-0) is at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (1-1).
3. Monroe PCM (1-1) hosts Williamsburg (1-1).
4. Cherokee (1-1) hosts Ridge View (1-1).
T-5. Osage (2-0) is at Jesup (0-2).
T-5. Van Meter (1-1) hosts Winterset (1-1).
7. Alburnett (2-0) is at 1A No. 3 Iowa City Regina (2-0).
8. Woodward-Granger (2-0) is at Perry (0-2).
T-9. Dike-New Hartford (2-0) hosts 1A No. 1 Grundy Center (2-0).
T-9. Mid-Prairie (1-1) hosts Sigourney-Keota (0-2).
CLASS 1A
1. Grundy Center (2-0) is at 2A No. 9 Dike-New Hartford (2-0).
2. West Lyon (2-0) hosts Unity Christian (0-2).
3. Iowa City Regina (2-0) hosts 2A No. 7 Alburnett (2-0).
4. South Hardin (2-0) hosts Hudson (0-2).
5. Pleasantville (2-0) hosts Mount Ayr (1-1).
T-6. Tri-Center (1-1) hosts Hinton (1-1).
T-6. Underwood (2-0) is at Clarinda (1-1).
8. Emmetsburg (2-0) is at Okoboji (2-0).
9. Treynor (1-1) hosts Pella Christian (0-2).
10. Dyersville Beckman (2-0) is at Class A No. 9 Maquoketa Valley (1-1).
CLASS A
1. Saint Ansgar (2-0) is at South Winneshiek (1-1).
2. West Hancock (2-0) is at Mason City Newman (1-1).
3. Woodbury Central (2-0) is at Westwood (1-1).
4. Marcus MMCRU (2-0) hosts South O’Brien (1-1).
5. Guthrie Center ACGC (2-0) hosts Nodaway Valley (1-1).
6. West Sioux (2-0) hosts Sibley-Ocheyedan (1-1).
7. North Linn (2-0) hosts East Marshall (2-0).
8. Wapsie Valley (2-0) is at North Cedar (0-2).
9. Maquoketa Valley (1-1) hosts 1A No. 10 Dyersville Beckman (2-0).
10. Madrid (1-1) is at BGM (2-0).
8-PLAYER
1. Algona Garrigan (2-0) hosts North Iowa (0-2).
2. Woodbine (2-0) hosts No. 4 Fremont-Mills (2-0).
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2-0) is at Colo-Nesco (1-1).
T-4. Fremont-Mills (2-0) is at No. 2 Woodbine (2-0).
T-4. Iowa Valley (3-0) is at No. 7 Montezuma (2-0).
6. Audubon (2-0) hosts Ar-We-Va (1-1).
7. Montezuma (2-0) hosts No. 4 Iowa Valley (3-0).
8. Bedford (2-0) hosts Anita CAM (1-1).
9. Edgewood-Colesburg (2-0) hosts Lansing Kee (1-1).
10. Easton Valley (2-0) hosts Springville (0-3).
Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com
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