Gazette high school football poll 2025: How the ranked teams fared in Week 8

How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll fared in Week 8:

CLASS 5A

1. Waukee Northwest (7-1) lost to Waukee, 31-28.

2. West Des Moines Valley (6-2) lost to No. 8 Ankeny, 34-26.

3. West Des Moines Dowling (7-1) beat Ankeny Centennial, 27-10.

4. Iowa City Liberty (7-1) beat Iowa City High, 48-29.

5. Cedar Falls (6-2) lost to Linn-Mar, 21-13.

6. Sioux City East (7-1) beat Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 48-7.

7. Iowa City West (6-2) lost to Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-31.

8. Ankeny (6-2) beat No. 2 West Des Moines Valley, 34-26.

9. Johnston (6-2) beat No. 10 Southeast Polk, 38-37.

10. Southeast Polk (4-4) lost to No. 9 Johnston, 38-37.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (8-0) beat No. 9 Decorah, 34-0.

2. North Polk (7-1) beat Carlisle, 38-36.

3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (7-1) beat Sioux City West, 56-0.

4. Gilbert (8-0) beat Des Moines North, 55-6.

5. Newton (7-1) beat Grinnell, 35-7.

6. Pella (7-1) beat Clear Creek Amana, 44-7.

7. Adel ADM (7-1) beat Lewis Central, 31-28.

8. Western Dubuque (6-2) beat Clinton, 54-0.

9. Decorah (6-2) lost to No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 34-0.

10. Fort Dodge (7-1) beat Le Mars, 9-3.

CLASS 3A

1. Clear Lake (8-0) beat Charles City, 63-0.

2. Solon (8-0) beat Mount Pleasant, 35-0.

3. Sioux City Heelan (7-1) beat Humboldt, 21-0.

4. West Delaware (8-0) beat Benton Community, 42-20.

5. Sioux Center (7-1) beat MOC-Floyd Valley, 29-13.

6. Dubuque Wahlert (6-2) beat No. 9 Mount Vernon, 23-21.

7. Des Moines Christian (7-1) lost to No. 10 Nevada, 21-14.

8. Central DeWitt (6-2) beat Maquoketa, 56-14.

9. Mount Vernon (5-3) lost to No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert, 23-21.

10. Nevada (6-2) beat No. 7 Des Moines Christian, 21-14.

CLASS 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper (8-0) beat No. 4 Okoboji, 35-0.

2. Monroe PCM (7-1) beat No. 7 Centerville, 58-30.

3. Osage (8-0) beat Forest City, 42-0.

4. Okoboji (7-1) lost to No. 1 Carroll Kuemper, 35-0.

5. Mid-Prairie (7-1) beat West Burlington-Notre Dame, 59-0.

6. Woodward-Granger (6-2) lost to Clarinda, 47-0.

7. Centerville (7-1) lost to No. 2 Monroe PCM, 58-30.

8. Bellevue (7-1) lost to West Branch, 43-20.

9. Van Meter (6-2) beat Clarke, 49-7.

10. Cherokee (6-2) beat Sheldon, 41-14.

CLASS 1A

1. Grundy Center (8-0) beat Eagle Grove, 56-6.

2. West Lyon (8-0) beat Lawton-Bronson, 49-0.

3. Iowa City Regina (8-0) beat Louisa-Muscatine, 42-0.

4. Treynor (7-1) beat Missouri Valley, 48-0.

5. South Hardin (7-1) beat Central Springs, 35-6.

6. Dyersville Beckman (7-1) beat Lisbon, 63-0.

7. Pleasantville (7-1) beat Panorama, 56-7.

8. Underwood (6-2) beat Red Oak, 68-13.

9. West Marshall (6-2) beat West Central Valley, 44-7.

10. Manson-NW Webster (6-2) beat South Hamilton, 41-12.

CLASS A

1. Saint Ansgar (8-0) beat North Butler, 50-0.

2. West Hancock (8-0) beat Belmond-Klemme, 38-24.

3. Woodbury Central (8-0) beat Council Bluffs St. Albert, 35-14.

4. Marcus MMCRU (8-0) beat Hartley HMS, 54-6.

5. Guthrie Center ACGC (8-0) beat No. 10 Oakland Riverside, 55-22.

6. North Linn (7-1) lost to No. 7 Wapsie Valley, 42-0.

7. Wapsie Valley (8-0) beat No. 6 Wapsie Valley, 42-0.

8. Pekin (8-0) beat Columbus Community, 43-14.

9. West Sioux (7-1) beat Le Mars Gehlen, 31-14.

10. Oakland Riverside (6-2) lost to No. 5 Guthrie Center ACGC, 55-22.

8-PLAYER

1. Algona Garrigan (8-0) beat West Bend-Mallard, 56-0.

2. Woodbine (7-0) was idle.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-0) beat North Tama, 55-2.

4. Iowa Valley (8-0) beat WACO, 60-20.

5. Audubon (8-0) beat Exira-EHK, 80-16.

6. Edgewood-Colesburg (8-0) beat Elkader Central, 70-6.

7. Ruthven GTRA (8-0) beat Harris-Lake Park, 74-14.

8. Don Bosco (5-2) beat Tripoli, 55-6.

9. Montezuma (6-2) beat Baxter, 63-28.

10. Easton Valley (7-1) beat Calamus-Wheatland, 70-18.

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com