Iowa high school football 2023: Who the ranked teams face in Week 9

The silver lining in a week with only one top-10 matchup on the Iowa high school football schedule? It’s win or go home for a lot of these teams.

It’s the first round of the playoffs for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player and the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A, with plenty of playoff stakes.

You can track every playoff game Friday night with our live scoreboard, which also includes Gazette area regular-season games.

Here’s who all 70 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face Friday night.

Class 5A

No. 1 Southeast Polk (8-0) vs. Des Moines Lincoln (3-5)

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (7-1) vs. Sioux City North (2-6)

No. 3 Waukee Northwest (6-2) at Ames (3-5)

No. 4 Pleasant Valley (7-1) at Linn-Mar (4-4)

No. 5 Bettendorf (7-1) vs. Iowa City High (5-3)

No. 6 Waukee (6-2) at Council Bluffs Lincoln (2-6)

No. 7 Ankeny Centennial (4-4) at Urbandale (4-4)

No. 8 Ankeny (5-3) vs. Cedar Rapids Washington (1-7)

No. 9 Cedar Falls (5-3) at Davenport West (5-3)

No. 9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-3) vs. Davenport North (2-6)

Class 4A

No. 1 Western Dubuque (7-1) at Mason City (2-6)

No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2) at Burlington (4-4)

No. 3 Council Bluffs Lewis Central (6-2) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes (4-4)

No. 4 North Polk (6-2) at No. 6 Adel ADM (6-2)

No. 5 North Scott (6-2) vs. Oskaloosa (3-5)

No. 6 Adel ADM (6-2) vs. No. 4 North Polk (6-2)

No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar (6-2) vs. Carlisle (2-6)

No. 8 Glenwood (6-2) vs. Norwalk (5-3)

No. 8 Indianola (5-3) at Des Moines North (2-6), Thursday

No. 10 Pella (5-3) at Gilbert (6-2)

Class 3A

No. 1 Creston (8-0) at Perry (2-6)

No. 2 Solon (7-1) vs. South Tama (0-8)

No. 3 Williamsburg (7-1) vs. Benton Community (5-3)

No. 4 Mount Vernon (7-1) at Keokuk (4-4)

No. 5 Sioux Center (7-1) vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (2-6)

No. 6 Davenport Assumption (6-2) vs. Mount Pleasant (0-8)

No. 7 Clear Lake (7-1) at Charles City (3-5)

No. 8 Nevada (6-2) at Atlantic (3-5)

No. 9 Sioux City Heelan (7-1) at MOC-Floyd Valley (5-3)

No. 10 Harlan (5-3) at Knoxville (2-6)

Class 2A

No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (8-0) vs. Okoboji (2-6)

No. 2 Van Meter (8-0) vs. Albia (4-4)

No. 3 West Lyon (7-1) vs. Clarion CGD (3-5)

No. 4 Monticello (7-1) vs. North Fayette Valley (3-5)

No. 5 Spirit Lake (7-1) vs. Southeast Valley (5-3)

No. 6 Carroll Kuemper (6-2) vs. Cherokee (5-3), at Harlan

No. 7 Western Christian (6-2) at Estherville-Lincoln Central (5-3)

No. 8 Monroe PCM (6-2) vs. Interstate 35 (3-5)

No. 9 Roland-Story (6-2) vs. Clarke (4-4)

No. 10 Clarinda (6-2) vs. Des Moines Christian (4-4)

Class 1A

No. 1 Grundy Center (8-0) vs. Cascade (2-6)

No. 2 Underwood (7-1) vs. East Sac County (4-4)

No. 3 Sumner-Fredericksburg (7-1) vs. South Hardin (4-4)

No. 4 MFL MarMac (7-1) vs. Hudson (5-3)

No. 5 Iowa City Regina (7-1) vs. Eddyville EBF (3-5)

No. 6 Sigourney-Keota (7-1) vs. West Central Valley (3-5)

No. 7 Dike-New Hartford (5-3) at Manson-Northwest Webster (3-5)

No. 8 Wilton (7-1) at Woodward-Granger (4-4)

No. 9 West Branch (5-3) vs. Pleasantville (5-3)

No. 10 Treynor (7-1) vs. West Sioux (4-4)

Class A

No. 1 Saint Ansgar (8-0) vs. Sibley-Ocheyedan (2-6)

No. 2 Woodbury Central (8-0) vs. North Union (5-3)

No. 3 West Hancock (7-1) vs. Le Mars Gehlen (4-4)

No. 4 Madrid (8-0) vs. IKM-Manning (4-4)

No. 5 Lisbon (8-0) vs. North Linn (6-2)

No. 6 Guthrie Center ACGC (8-0) vs. Mount Ayr (4-4)

No. 7 Lynnville-Sully (7-1) vs. Pekin (6-2)

No. 8 Wapsie Valley (7-1) vs. Danville (4-4)

No. 9 Starmont (7-1) vs. North Butler (6-2)

No. 10 Logan-Magnolia (7-1) vs. South Central Calhoun (5-3)

8-Player

No. 1 Winfield-Mount Union (8-0) vs. Belle Plaine (4-4)

No. 2 Anita CAM (8-0) vs. Southeast Warren (4-4)

No. 3 Bedford (8-0) vs. Fremont-Mills (4-4)

No. 4 Remsen St. Mary’s (8-0) vs. Harris-Lake Park (5-3)

No. 5 Clarksville (9-0) vs. Turkey Valley (5-3)

No. 6 Central City (7-1) vs. Lansing Kee (6-2)

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (7-1) vs. Montezuma (5-4)

No. 8 Don Bosco (7-1) vs. Edgewood-Colesburg (6-2)

No. 8 Lenox (7-1) vs. Woodbine (5-3)

No. 10 WACO (6-1) vs. Baxter (5-3)

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com