Gazette high school football poll 2025: How the ranked teams fared in Week 4

How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll fared in Week 4:

CLASS 5A

1. Waukee Northwest (4-0) beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-10.

2. Iowa City Liberty (3-1) lost to No. 8 Johnston, 27-24.

3. West Des Moines Valley (3-1) beat Waukee, 42-31.

4. West Des Moines Dowling (3-1) beat No. 6 Southeast Polk, 45-14.

5. Ankeny (3-1) beat Ankeny Centennial, 29-15.

T-6. Sioux City East (4-0) beat Sioux City West, 42-0 (Thursday).

T-6. Southeast Polk (2-2) lost to No. 4 West Des Moines Dowling, 45-14.

T-8. Iowa City West (4-0) beat Bettendorf, 31-14.

T-8. Johnston (3-1) beat No. 2 Iowa City Liberty, 27-24.

10. Cedar Falls (3-1) beat Iowa City High, 40-21.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-0) beat Williamsburg, 45-14.

2. Pella (4-0) beat No. 3 North Polk, 19-15.

3. North Polk (3-1) lost to No. 2 Pella, 19-15.

4. Decorah (3-1) lost to Western Dubuque, 35-17.

5. Fort Dodge (4-0) beat Waterloo West, 35-14.

6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1) beat No. 10 Glenwood, 14-10.

7. Gilbert (4-0) beat Webster City, 34-21.

8. Newton (3-1) beat Indianola, 48-21.

9. Adel ADM (3-1) beat Bondurant-Farrar, 48-0.

10. Glenwood (3-1) lost to No. 6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 14-10.

CLASS 3A

T-1. Clear Lake (4-0) beat No. 6 Nevada, 21-14.

T-1. Solon (4-0) beat Benton Community, 28-21.

3. Sioux City Heelan (3-1) beat Sioux City North, 35-20.

4. Mount Vernon (3-1) beat Fort Madison, 56-0.

5. Dubuque Wahlert (2-2) lost to West Delaware, 27-20.

6. Nevada (3-1) lost to No. 1 Clear Lake, 21-14.

T-7. Algona (3-1) beat Waverly-Shell Rock, 28-7.

T-7. Independence (4-0) beat Center Point-Urbana, 45-6.

9. Des Moines Christian (4-0) beat Creston, 44-31.

10. MOC-Floyd Valley (3-1) lost to Le Mars, 20-0.

CLASS 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper (4-0) beat No. 8 Ida Grove OABCIG, 43-22.

2. Monroe PCM (2-1) at Pella Christian, no report.

3. Osage (4-0) beat North Fayette Valley, 26-7.

4. Van Meter (3-1) beat No. 6 Woodward-Granger, 40-20.

5. Cherokee (2-2) lost to Unity Christian, 33-6.

6. Woodward-Granger (3-1) lost to No. 4 Van Meter, 40-20.

7. Mid-Prairie (3-1) beat Wilton, 21-20.

T-8. Ida Grove OABCIG (2-2) lost to No. 1 Carroll Kuemper, 43-22.

T-8. Okoboji (4-0) beat Spirit Lake, 10-7.

10. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (2-1) at Central Lyon-GLR, no report.

CLASS 1A

1. Grundy Center (4-0) beat Garner GHV, 49-7.

2. West Lyon (4-0) beat Alta-Aurelia, 70-6.

3. Iowa City Regina (3-0) at Cardinal, no report.

4. South Hardin (4-0) beat Eagle Grove, 42-16.

5. Pleasantville (3-1) lost to Interstate 35, 19-7.

6. Treynor (3-1) beat Shenandoah, 49-0.

7. Hinton (2-2) lost to Ridge View, 23-14.

8. Mapleton MVAOCOU (3-1) lost to Lawton-Bronson, 26-23.

9. Underwood (3-1) beat Tri-Center, 64-33.

T-10. Emmetsburg (3-1) beat Pocahontas Area, 28-21.

T-10. Union Community (4-0) beat Aplington-Parkersburg, 25-7.

CLASS A

1. Saint Ansgar (4-0) beat Mason City Newman, 27-6.

2. West Hancock (4-0) beat Conrad BCLUW, 57-8.

3. Woodbury Central (4-0) beat IKM-Manning, 21-14.

4. Marcus MMCRU (4-0) beat Sioux Central, 42-13.

5. Guthrie Center ACGC (4-0) beat Mount Ayr, 28-20.

6. West Sioux (4-0) beat Akron-Westfield, 38-0.

7. North Linn (4-0) beat Columbus Community, 54-7.

8. Wapsie Valley (4-0) beat Midland, 54-6.

T-9. Madrid (3-1) beat Earlham, 34-0.

T-9. Maquoketa Valley (3-1) beat East Marshall, 10-3.

8-PLAYER

1. Algona Garrigan (4-0) beat Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 65-6.

2. Woodbine (4-0) beat Stanton, 76-6.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0) beat Garwin GMG, 63-0.

4. Iowa Valley (5-0) beat HLV-TC, 70-12.

5. Audubon (4-0) beat Anita CAM, 66-0.

6. Edgewood-Colesburg (4-0) beat Turkey Valley, 46-22.

7. Easton Valley (4-0) beat Central City, 76-12.

8. Fremont-Mills (3-1) beat WACO, 54-13.

9. Don Bosco (2-1) was idle.

10. Ruthven GTRA (3-0) vs. North Union, no report.

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