Gazette high school football poll 2025: Who the ranked teams play in Week 8

Who the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll play in Week 8:

CLASS 5A

1. Waukee Northwest (7-0) hosts Waukee (2-5).

2. West Des Moines Valley (6-1) is at No. 8 Ankeny (5-2).

3. West Des Moines Dowling (6-1) hosts Ankeny Centennial (4-3).

4. Iowa City Liberty (6-1) hosts Iowa City High (1-6).

5. Cedar Falls (6-1) is at Linn-Mar (3-4).

6. Sioux City East (6-1) hosts Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (4-3).

7. Iowa City West (6-1) is at Cedar Rapids Prairie (4-3).

8. Ankeny (5-2) hosts No. 2 West Des Moines Valley (6-1).

9. Johnston (5-2) is at No. 10 Southeast Polk (4-3).

10. Southeast Polk (4-3) hosts No. 9 Johnston (5-2).

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-0) hosts No. 9 Decorah (6-1).

2. North Polk (6-1) hosts Carlisle (3-4).

3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (6-1) hosts Sioux City West (1-6).

4. Gilbert (7-0) hosts Des Moines North (2-5).

5. Newton (6-1) hosts Grinnell (4-3).

6. Pella (6-1) hosts Clear Creek Amana (3-4).

7. Adel ADM (6-1) hosts Lewis Central (4-3).

8. Western Dubuque (5-2) hosts Clinton (3-4).

9. Decorah (6-1) is at No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-0).

10. Fort Dodge (6-1) hosts Le Mars (4-3).

CLASS 3A

1. Clear Lake (7-0) is at Charles City (3-4).

2. Solon (7-0) is at Mount Pleasant (6-1).

3. Sioux City Heelan (6-1) is at Humboldt (4-3).

4. West Delaware (7-0) is at Benton Community (4-3).

5. Sioux Center (6-1) hosts MOC-Floyd Valley (4-3).

6. Dubuque Wahlert (5-2) is at No. 9 Mount Vernon (5-2).

7. Des Moines Christian (6-1) hosts No. 10 Nevada (5-2).

8. Central DeWitt (5-2) is at Maquoketa (1-6).

9. Mount Vernon (5-2) hosts No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert (5-2).

10. Nevada (5-2) is at No. 7 Des Moines Christian (6-1).

CLASS 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper (7-0) hosts No. 4 Okoboji (7-0).

2. Monroe PCM (6-1) hosts No. 7 Centerville (7-0).

3. Osage (7-0) hosts Forest City (1-6).

4. Okoboji (7-0) is at No. 1 Carroll Kuemper (7-0).

5. Mid-Prairie (6-1) is at West Burlington-Notre Dame (3-4).

6. Woodward-Granger (6-1) is at Clarinda (5-2).

7. Centerville (7-0) is at No. 2 Monroe PCM (6-1).

8. Bellevue (7-0) hosts West Branch (5-2).

9. Van Meter (5-2) hosts Clarke (2-5).

10. Cherokee (5-2) hosts Sheldon (1-6).

CLASS 1A

1. Grundy Center (7-0) hosts Eagle Grove (2-5).

2. West Lyon (7-0) is at Lawton-Bronson (4-3).

3. Iowa City Regina (7-0) hosts Louisa-Muscatine (0-7).

4. Treynor (6-1) hosts Missouri Valley (0-7).

5. South Hardin (6-1) is at Central Springs (4-3).

6. Dyersville Beckman (6-1) is at Lisbon (0-7).

7. Pleasantville (6-1) is at Panorama (1-6).

8. Underwood (5-2) is at Red Oak (2-5).

9. West Marshall (5-2) is at West Central Valley (2-5).

10. Manson-NW Webster (5-2) is at South Hamilton (0-7).

CLASS A

1. Saint Ansgar (7-0) is at North Butler (4-3).

2. West Hancock (7-0) is at Belmond-Klemme (3-4).

3. Woodbury Central (7-0) is at Council Bluffs St. Albert (5-2).

4. Marcus MMCRU (7-0) is at Hartley HMS (1-6).

5. Guthrie Center ACGC (7-0) hosts No. 10 Oakland Riverside (6-1).

6. North Linn (7-0) is at No. 7 Wapsie Valley (7-0).

7. Wapsie Valley (7-0) hosts No. 6 Wapsie Valley (7-0).

8. Pekin (7-0) is at Columbus Community (3-4).

9. West Sioux (6-1) is at Le Mars Gehlen (3-4).

10. Oakland Riverside (6-1) is at No. 5 Guthrie Center ACGC (7-0).

8-PLAYER

1. Algona Garrigan (7-0) hosts West Bend-Mallard (2-4).

2. Woodbine (7-0) is idle.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (7-0) is at North Tama (4-3).

4. Iowa Valley (7-0) hosts WACO (3-4).

5. Audubon (7-0) hosts Exira-EHK (4-3).

6. Edgewood-Colesburg (7-0) hosts Elkader Central (4-2).

7. Ruthven GTRA (7-0) is at Harris-Lake Park (2-5).

8. Don Bosco (4-2) is at Tripoli (1-6).

9. Montezuma (5-2) is at Baxter (3-4).

10. Easton Valley (6-1) hosts Calamus-Wheatland (3-4).

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com