Gazette high school football poll 2025: How the ranked teams fared in Week 3

How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll fared in Week 3:

CLASS 5A

1. Waukee Northwest (3-0) beat Iowa City High, 49-13.

2. Iowa City Liberty (3-0) beat Linn-Mar, 28-7.

3. West Des Moines Valley (2-1) beat Urbandale, 41-3.

4. West Des Moines Dowling (2-1) beat Dallas Center-Grimes, 27-0.

5. Ankeny (2-1) beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 49-0.

6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-1) lost to Bettendorf, 14-11.

7. Sioux City East (3-0) beat 3A No. 2 Sioux City Heelan, 42-41 (2 OT).

8. Southeast Polk (2-1) beat Norwalk, 35-20.

9. Johnston (2-1) beat Ames, 49-14.

10. Iowa City West (3-0) beat Pleasant Valley, 42-30.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3-0) beat No. 7 Clear Creek Amana, 54-21.

2. Pella (3-0) beat North Scott, 10-3.

3. North Polk (3-0) beat No. 8 Adel ADM, 38-37 (OT).

4. Decorah (3-0) beat 3A No. 5 Dubuque Wahlert, 19-13 (OT).

5. Fort Dodge (3-0) beat Waterloo East, 36-0.

6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (2-1) beat Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 62-14.

7. Clear Creek Amana (2-1) lost to No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 54-21.

8. Adel ADM (2-1) lost to No. 3 North Polk, 38-37 (OT).

9. Newton (2-1) beat Bondurant-Farrar, 48-13.

10. Gilbert (3-0) beat Boone, 28-6.

CLASS 3A

1. Mount Vernon (2-1) lost to No. 4 Solon, 35-20.

2. Sioux City Heelan (2-1) lost to 5A No. 7 Sioux City East, 42-41 (2 OT).

3. Clear Lake (3-0) beat Webster City, 47-7.

4. Solon (3-0) beat No. 1 Mount Vernon, 35-20.

5. Dubuque Wahlert (2-1) lost to 4A No. 4 Decorah, 19-13 (OT).

6. Nevada (3-0) beat Ballard, 14-0.

7. Algona (2-1) beat Forest City, 60-16.

8. Independence (3-0) beat Crestwood, 37-19.

9. Des Moines Christian (3-0) beat Atlantic, 17-9.

10. MOC-Floyd Valley (3-0) beat Storm Lake, 49-14.

CLASS 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper (3-0) beat Shenandoah, 42-7.

2. Ida Grove OABCIG (2-1) lost to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 20-6.

3. Monroe PCM (2-1) beat Williamsburg, 23-21.

4. Cherokee (2-1) beat Ridge View, 44-7.

T-5. Osage (3-0) beat Jesup, 51-0.

T-5. Van Meter (2-1) beat Winterset, 35-12.

7. Alburnett (2-1) lost to 1A No. 3 Iowa City Regina, 59-27.

8. Woodward-Granger (2-0) at Perry, no report.

T-9. Dike-New Hartford (2-1) lost to 1A No. 1 Grundy Center, 35-7.

T-9. Mid-Prairie (2-1) beat Sigourney-Keota, 28-0.

CLASS 1A

1. Grundy Center (3-0) beat 2A No. 9 Dike-New Hartford, 35-7.

2. West Lyon (3-0) beat Unity Christian, 35-0.

3. Iowa City Regina (3-0) beat 2A No. 7 Alburnett, 59-27.

4. South Hardin (3-0) beat Hudson, 41-14.

5. Pleasantville (3-0) beat Mount Ayr, 33-22.

T-6. Tri-Center (1-2) lost to Hinton, 40-26.

T-6. Underwood (2-1) lost to Clarinda, 35-28.

8. Emmetsburg (2-1) lost to Okoboji, 42-26.

9. Treynor (2-1) beat Pella Christian, 57-21.

10. Dyersville Beckman (2-1) lost to Class A No. 9 Maquoketa Valley, 17-7.

CLASS A

1. Saint Ansgar (3-0) beat South Winneshiek, 42-8.

2. West Hancock (3-0) beat Mason City Newman, 44-20.

3. Woodbury Central (3-0) beat Westwood, 46-0.

4. Marcus MMCRU (3-0) beat South O’Brien, 51-7.

5. Guthrie Center ACGC (3-0) beat Nodaway Valley, 54-0.

6. West Sioux (3-0) beat Sibley-Ocheyedan, 35-14.

7. North Linn (3-0) beat East Marshall, 28-13.

8. Wapsie Valley (3-0) beat North Cedar, 61-7.

9. Maquoketa Valley (2-1) beat 1A No. 10 Dyersville Beckman, 17-7.

10. Madrid (2-1) beat BGM, 53-27.

8-PLAYER

1. Algona Garrigan (2-0) vs. North Iowa, no report.

2. Woodbine (3-0) beat No. 4 Fremont-Mills, 54-12.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2-0) at Colo-Nesco, no report.

T-4. Fremont-Mills (2-1) lost to No. 2 Woodbine, 54-12.

T-4. Iowa Valley (4-0) beat No. 7 Montezuma, 83-64.

6. Audubon (3-0) beat Ar-We-Va, 84-7.

7. Montezuma (2-1) lost to No. 4 Iowa Valley, 83-64.

8. Bedford (2-1) lost to Anita CAM, 50-48.

9. Edgewood-Colesburg (3-0) beat Lansing Kee, 64-14.

10. Easton Valley (3-0) beat Springville, 46-40.

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com