IHSAA’s 2025 high school football rankings, through Week 6

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released its first RPI rankings for Class 5A, Class 4A and Class 3A, and its committee rankings for the other four classes.

In 5A, RPI completely decides the 16-team playoff field.

In 4A and 3A, the top two teams in each district are automatic qualifiers. The four at-large teams are determined by RPI.

In 2A, 1A and A, the 32 qualifying teams are easy to determine, it’s the top four teams in each of eight districts.

In 8-Player, the top three teams qualify from each of 10 districts. Two qualifiers are determined via the plus/minus-17 rule.

Rankings in the four smallest classes are used for seeding and pairings only and have no bearing on qualification.

Three regular-season weeks remain in 5A, 4A and 3A. For the other four classes, it’s two regular-season weeks.

IHSAA rankings, through Week 6

CLASS 5A (RPI) W-L RPI

1. Waukee Northwest 6-0 .6934

2. West Des Moines Dowling 5-1 .6685

3. Johnston 5-1 .6656

4. West Des Moines Valley 5-1 .6556

5. Sioux City East 5-1 .6224

6. Iowa City Liberty 5-1 .6121

7. Ankeny 4-2 .6085

8. Southeast Polk 4-2 .5949

9. Cedar Falls 5-1 .5903

10. Iowa City West 5-1 .5676

11. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-2 .5656

12. Dallas Center-Grimes 4-2 .5527

13. Indianola 4-2 .5486

14. Ankeny Centennial 3-3 .5285

15. Waukee 2-4 .5180

16. Dubuque Senior 4-2 .5118

17. Waterloo West 3-3 .5015

18. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3-3 .5008

19. Norwalk 3-3 .5005

20. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 3-3 .4964

CLASS 4A (RPI) W-L RPI

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (D2) 6-0 .6870

2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (D1) 5-1 .6415

3. Gilbert (D5) 6-0 .6412

4. Decorah (D2) 5-1 .6399

5. North Polk (D5) 5-1 .6296

6. Pella (D4) 5-1 .6039

7. Newton (D4) 5-1 .6003

(tie) Fort Dodge (D1) 5-1 .6003

9. Western Dubuque (D3) 4-2 .5962

10. Glenwood (D6) 5-1 .5931

11. Le Mars (D1) 4-2 .5913

12. Adel ADM (D6) 5-1 .5874

13. Burlington (D3) 5-1 .5867

14. North Scott (D3) 3-3 .5270

15. Davenport North (D3) 4-2 .5180

16. Mason City (D2) 3-3 .5147

17. Lewis Central (D6) 3-3 .5072

18. Clear Creek Amana (D4) 3-3 .4979

19. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (D6) 3-3 .4835

20. Clinton (D3) 3-3 .4766

CLASS 3A (RPI) W-L RPI

1. Clear Lake (D2) 6-0 .7212

2. West Delaware (D2) 6-0 .7097

3. Solon (D4) 6-0 .6968

4. Sioux City Heelan (D1) 5-1 .6716

5. Sioux Center (D1) 5-1 .6322

6. Mount Vernon (D3) 5-1 .6113

7. Des Moines Christian (D5) 5-1 .6100

8. Dubuque Wahlert (D3) 4-2 .6026

9. Mount Pleasant (D4) 5-1 .5948

10. Independence (D2) 4-2 .5944

11. MOC-Floyd Valley (D1) 4-2 .5730

12. Benton Community (D2) 3-3 .5720

13. Nevada (D5) 4-2 .5720

14. Iowa Falls-Alden (D2) 3-3 .5585

15. Dav. Assumption (D3) 4-2 .5528

16. Central DeWitt (D3) 4-2 .5476

17. Williamsburg (D5) 3-3 .5470

18. Humboldt (D1) 3-3 .5342

19. Webster City (D1) 2-4 .5283

20. Algona (D1) 3-3 .5272

CLASS 2A (Committee) W-L Pvs

1. Carroll Kuemper 6-0 1

2. Monroe PCM 5-1 2

3. Okoboji 6-0 3

4. Bellevue 6-0 —

5. Centerville 6-0 6

6. Osage 6-0 7

7. Mid-Prairie 5-1 8

8. Western Christian 5-1 5

9. Alburnett 4-2 4

10. Van Meter 4-2 —

CLASS 1A (Committee) W-L Pvs

1. West Lyon 6-0 1

2. Grundy Center 6-0 2

3. Iowa City Regina 6-0 3

4. South Hardin 5-1 4

5. Treynor 5-1 5

6. Pleasantville 5-1 7

7. Underwood 4-2 9

8. Dyersville Beckman 5-1 10

9. West Marshall 4-2 —

10. Interstate 35 4-2 —

CLASS A (Committee) W-L Pvs

1. Marcus MMCRU 6-0 1

2. Saint Ansgar 6-0 2

3. Guthrie Center ACGC 6-0 3

4. West Sioux 6-0 4

5. West Hancock 6-0 5

6. Wapsie Valley 6-0 6

7. North Linn 6-0 7

8. Woodbury Central 6-0 8

9. Oakland Riverside 5-1 9

10. Lynnville-Sully 5-1 10

8-PLAYER (Committee) W-L Pvs

1. Algona Garrigan 6-0 1

2. Woodbine 6-0 2

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-0 3

4. Iowa Valley 6-0 4

5. Audubon 6-0 5

6. Edgewood-Colesburg 6-0 6

7. Ruthven GTRA 6-0 9

8. Don Bosco 3-2 10

9. Kingsley-Pierson 6-1 —

10. Fremont-Mills 4-2 —

If the playoffs started today ...

... here’s what the 16-team field in 5A, 4A and 3A might look like:

CLASS 5A

Pod A

#16 Dubuque Senior at #1 Waukee Northwest

#9 Cedar Falls at #8 Southeast Polk

Pod B

#15 Waukee at #2 West Des Moines Dowling

#10 Iowa City West at #7 Ankeny

Pod C

#14 Ankeny Centennial at #3 Johnston

#11 Cedar Rapids Prairie at #6 Iowa City Liberty

Pod D

#13 Indianola at #4 West Des Moines Valley

#12 Dallas Center-Grimes at #5 Sioux City East

CLASS 4A

Pod A

#15 Davenport North at #1 Cedar Rapids Xavier

#5 North Polk at #4 Decorah

Pod B

#16 Mason City at #2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton

#8 Fort Dodge at #6 Pella

Pod C

#14 North Scott at #3 Gilbert

#11 Le Mars at #10 Glenwood

Pod D

#13 Burlington at #7 Newton

#12 ADM at #9 Western Dubuque

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com