Iowa high school football 2023 playoffs: Here are the quarterfinal matchups

One win away from the Dome. The 2023 Iowa high school football playoff quarterfinals are set after Friday’s first-round (5A, 4A and 3A) and second-round (2A, 1A, A and 8-Player) games.

Teams were bracketed into four-team pods ahead of Friday’s round and the Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the host sites for next week’s games Friday night.

The 8-Player quarterfinals are Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.. All other games are Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. Winners will advance and be reseeded for the state semifinals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

Rankings listed are via The Gazette’s poll.

Class 5A

No. 9 Cedar Falls (7-3) at No. 1 Southeast Polk (10-0)

No. 6 Ankeny (7-3) vs. No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (9-1), at Williams Stadium

West Des Moines Valley (5-5) at No. 5 Waukee (8-2)

No. 7 Ankeny Centennial (6-4) at No. 10 Bettendorf (8-2)

Class 4A

No. 5 North Scott (8-2) at No. 1 Western Dubuque (9-1)

No. 10 Adel ADM (7-3) at No. 3 Council Bluffs Lewis Central (8-2)

No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar (8-2) at No. 7 Glenwood (8-2)

No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier (8-2) at No. 4 North Polk (8-2)

Class 3A

Webster City (8-2) at No. 1 Creston (10-0)

West Delaware (7-3) at No. 2 Solon (9-1)

No. 4 Mount Vernon (9-1) at No. 3 Williamsburg (9-1)

No. 8 Sioux City Heelan (9-1) at No. 5 Sioux Center (9-1)

Class 2A

No. 6 Carroll Kuemper (8-2) at No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (10-0)

No. 2 Van Meter (10-0) at No. 8 Monroe PCM (8-2)

No. 3 West Lyon (9-1) at No. 5 Spirit Lake (9-1)

No. 4 Monticello (9-1) at Mediapolis (8-2)

Class 1A

No. 7 Dike-New Hartford (7-3) at No. 1 Grundy Center (10-0)

No. 2 Underwood (9-1) at Ida Grove OABCIG (8-2)

No. 3 Sumner-Fredericksburg (9-1) at Waterloo Columbus (8-2)

No. 5 Iowa City Regina (9-1) at No. 4 MFL MarMac (9-1)

Class A

East Buchanan (8-2) at No. 1 Saint Ansgar (10-0)

No. 10 Logan-Magnolia (9-1) at No. 2 Woodbury Central (10-0)

No. 3 West Hancock (9-1) at No. 8 Wapsie Valley (9-1)

No. 4 Madrid (10-0) at No. 6 Guthrie Center ACGC (10-0)

8-Player

No. 1 Winfield-Mount Union (10-0) at No. 8 Don Bosco (9-1)

No. 8 Lenox (9-1) at No. 3 Bedford (10-0)

No. 2 Anita CAM (10-0) at Algona Garrigan (9-1)

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-1) at No. 5 Clarksville (10-0)

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Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com