Linder's post-playoff prep football rankings

SourceMedia Group's Jeff Linder posts his final state rankings, after the playoffs:

CLASS 4A

1. West Des Moines Dowling (14-0)

2. Iowa City High (13-1)

3. Cedar Falls (11-1)

4. Bettendorf (12-1)

5. Ankeny (9-4)

6. Linn-Mar (8-3)

7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-5)

8. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-3)

9. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (9-1)

10. West Des Moines Valley (7-4)

Next five in line: North Scott (9-2), Fort Dodge (8-2), Ames (9-3), Southeast Polk (7-4), Urbandale (5-7).

CLASS 3A

1. Solon (13-1)

2. Pella (12-1)

3. Sioux City Heelan (12-2)

4. Harlan (10-2)

5. West Delaware (10-3)

6. Clear Lake (10-1)

7. Williamsburg (10-2)

8. Grinnell (8-3)

9. Decorah (9-3)

10. Carlisle (9-3)

Next five in line: Lewis Central (8-3), Waverly-Shell Rock (9-2), Union (9-1), Webster City (8-2), Marion (7-3).

CLASS 2A

1. Iowa City Regina (14-0)

2. North Fayette (12-1)

3. North Polk (10-4)

4. Sigourney-Keota (11-1)

5. Sheldon (11-2)

6. South Central Calhoun (11-1)

7. Western Christian (9-2)

8. West Marshall (9-3)

9. Sioux Center (8-3)

10. Pella Christian (9-2)

Next five in line: Carroll Kuemper (8-2), Dyersville Beckman (8-3), Bondurant-Farrar (7-4), Waterloo Columbus (8-3), Spirit Lake (6-4).

CLASS 1A

1. West Lyon (12-2)

2. Emmetsburg (11-1)

3. Council Bluffs St. Albert (12-1)

4. Logan-Magnolia (10-2)

5. Hartley HMS (8-3)

6. Dike-New Hartford (11-3)

7. West Branch (11-1)

8. Woodward-Granger (11-1)

9. Hinton (9-2)

10. Treynor (8-3)

Next five in line: Aplington-Parkersburg (10-1), North Cedar (10-2), Starmont (10-1), Saint Ansgar (8-3), Wapsie Valley (8-3).

CLASS A

1. North Tama (14-0)

2. Madrid (13-1)

3. Mason City Newman (11-1)

4. LeMars Gehlen (11-2)

5. WACO (12-1)

6. Bedford (10-2)

7. West Hancock (8-4)

8. Lisbon (9-3)

9. Postville (8-3)

10. BGM (9-2)

Next five in line: Elkader Central (7-4), Van Meter (7-4), Rockford (8-2), Guthrie Center (7-4), HLV (6-5).

EIGHT-MAN

1. Armstrong-Ringsted (14-0)

2. Lenox (13-1)

3. Fremont-Mills (12-1)

4. Graettinger-Terril (10-2)

5. Glidden-Ralston (10-2)

6. Tripoli (11-2)

7. Northeast Hamilton (12-1)

8. Remsen-Union (9-2)

9. Preston (10-1)

10. Newell-Fonda (9-2)

Next five in line: Stanton (8-3), Adair-Casey (9-3), East Mills (7-4), Moravia (9-1), Clarksville (8-3).