How the ranked Iowa high school football teams fared in Week 1 (Aug. 30, 2024)

Three top-ranked teams fell on the first full Friday night of the Iowa high school football season.

Two of those results probably weren’t too surprising to Gazette pollsters. Class 2A No. 1 Spirit Lake lost to a 3A foe, seventh-ranked Algona, by just two (42-40). And 1A No. 1 Dike-New Hartford (which actually didn’t get a first-place vote) absorbed a 21-7 defeat to No. 2 Grundy Center.

But in 5A, No. 1 Ankeny was stunned by crosstown rival Ankeny Centennial, 31-10. Plenty of candidates for the top spot in that class next week.

Here’s a look at how all 70 teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll fared in Week 1.

Class 5A

No. 1 Ankeny lost to Ankeny Centennial, 31-10

No. 2 West Des Moines Valley beat No. 5 Southeast Polk, 20-17

No. 3 Waukee beat Ames, 59-14

No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling beat No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 24-12

No. 5 Southeast Polk lost to No. 2 West Des Moines Valley, 20-17

No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling, 24-12

No. 7 Bettendorf beat Pleasant Valley, 25-24 (OT)

No. 8 Iowa City High lost to Joliet Catholic (Ill.), 50-22

No. 8 Johnston beat No. 10 Waukee Northwest, 28-17

No. 10 Waukee Northwest lost to No. 8 Johnston, 28-17

Class 4A

No. 1 Lewis Central beat 3A No. 9 Harlan, 31-10

No. 2 North Scott beat Central DeWitt, 41-6

No. 3 Western Dubuque beat 3A No. 3 West Delaware, 21-13

No. 4 Bondurant-Farrar lost to No. 6 North Polk, 42-41 (OT)

No. 4 Indianola beat Urbandale, 21-17

No. 6 North Polk beat No. 4 Bondurant-Farrar, 42-41 (OT)

No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat No. 9 Waverly-Shell Rock, 14-7

No. 8 Ballard lost to No. 9 Pella, 29-17

No. 9 Pella beat No. 8 Ballard, 29-17

No. 9 Waverly-Shell Rock lost to No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 14-7

Class 3A

No. 1 Williamsburg beat West Branch, 55-10

No. 2 Solon beat Davenport Assumption, 33-7

No. 3 West Delaware lost to 4A No. 3 Western Dubuque, 21-13

No. 4 Clear Lake beat Forest City, 41-14

No. 5 Mount Vernon beat Monticello, 44-6

No. 6 Independence beat North Fayette Valley, 42-14

No. 7 Algona beat 2A No. 1 Spirit Lake, 42-40

No. 8 Nevada beat West Marshall, 33-7

No. 9 Harlan lost to 4A No. 1 Lewis Central, 31-10

No. 10 MOC-Floyd Valley beat Unity Christian, 22-18

Class 2A

No. 1 Spirit Lake lost to 3A No. 7 Algona, 42-40

No. 2 West Lyon beat Sioux Center, 35-7

No. 3 Monroe PCM beat Sigourney-Keota, 54-14

No. 4 Van Meter beat 1A No. 3 Underwood, 17-7

No. 5 Carroll Kuemper lost to Sioux City Heelan, 32-14

No. 6 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock lost to 1A No. 7 Emmetsburg, 20-19

No. 7 Western Christian beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 21-14

No. 8 Mid-Prairie lost to 1A No. 4 Wilton, 19-14

No. 9 Clarinda beat Shenandoah, 20-19

No. 10 Cherokee beat Marcus MMCRU, 37-8

Class 1A

No. 1 Dike-New Hartford lost to No. 2 Grundy Center, 21-7

No. 2 Grundy Center beat No. 1 Dike-New Hartford, 21-7

No. 3 Underwood lost to 2A No. 4 Van Meter, 17-7

No. 4 Wilton beat 2A No. 8 Mid-Prairie, 19-14

No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG beat Estherville-Lincoln Central, 47-20

No. 6 Avoca AHSTW beat A No. 10 Tri-Center, 26-21

No. 7 Emmetsburg beat 2A No. 6 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 20-19

No. 7 Sumner-Fredericksburg beat East Buchanan, 33-0

No. 9 MFL MarMac beat Crestwood, 9-7

No. 10 Treynor beat Council Bluffs St. Albert, 28-23

Class A

No. 1 Woodbury Central beat Lawton-Bronson, 32-9

No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC beat Ogden, 40-0

No. 3 West Hancock beat Garner GHV, 22-20 (2OT)

No. 4 Madrid lost to Woodward-Granger, 29-28 (OT)

No. 5 Wapsie Valley lost to Jesup, 20-13

No. 6 Logan-Magnolia beat Missouri Valley, 40-0

No. 6 Saint Ansgar beat Osage, 28-14

No. 8 Starmont beat South Winneshiek, 15-14

No. 9 Mount Ayr beat Nodaway Valley, 58-6

No. 10 Tri-Center lost to 1A No. 6 Avoca AHSTW, 26-21

8-Player

No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s beat Harris-Lake Park, 51-6

No. 2 Bedford beat Moravia, 58-0

No. 3 Anita CAM lost to No. 9 Audubon, 38-20

No. 4 Algona Garrigan beat Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 48-22

No. 5 Lenox beat Stanton, 50-18

No. 6 Don Bosco beat No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 33-26

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck lost to No. 6 Don Bosco, 33-26

No. 8 Clarksville beat North Iowa, 46-7

No. 9 Audubon beat No. 3 Anita CAM, 38-20

No. 9 WACO (1-0) vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard (Saturday, at West Des Moines Valley)