Iowa high school football 2023 scores: How the ranked teams fared in Week 8

Was it the weather? Friday the 13th? Or just another example of parity in this thrilling Iowa high school football season?

Either way, Week 8 brought us upsets galore and most likely the game of the year.

Eight teams in The Gazette’s poll loss to unraked foes Friday night. That includes Indianola shutting out one of the teams tied for the No. 1 spot in Class 4A, Adel ADM, 24-0.

Elsewhere, two top-ranked teams produced classic victories.

Class 5A No. 1 Southeast Polk scored on fourth-and-goal from inside the 1 to beat No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling, 37-34 in triple-overtime. Will their next meeting come at the UNI-Dome?

And in one of the state’s best rivalries, Class 2A No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock closed its regular season with a 7-0 win over No. 3 West Lyon in a game that fit its “Beef Bowl” name.

Here’s a look at how the 70 teams ranked in The Gazette’s poll fared in Week 8.

Class 5A

No. 1 Southeast Polk beat No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling, 37-34 (3OT)

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling lost to No. 1 Southeast Polk, 37-34 (3OT)

No. 3 Cedar Rapids Kennedy lost to Cedar Falls, 17-14

No. 4 Ankeny lost to West Des Moines Valley, 24-23

No. 5 Pleasant Valley beat Iowa City West, 38-25

No. 5 Waukee Northwest beat No. 7 Ankeny Centennial, 17-7

No. 7 Ankeny Centennial lost to No. 5 Waukee Northwest, 17-7

No. 8 Bettendorf beat No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 35-8

No. 9 Waukee beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 42-14 (Thursday)

No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie lost to No. 8 Bettendorf, 35-8

Class 4A

No. 1 Adel ADM lost to Indianola, 24-0

No. 1 Western Dubuque beat Decorah, 28-7

No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar lost to Pella, 40-13

No. 4 Council Bluffs Lewis Central beat No. 10 Norwalk, 42-13

No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Clear Creek Amana, 35-7

No. 6 North Scott beat Clinton, 55-0

No. 7 North Polk beat Boone, 42-8

No. 8 Gilbert lost to Newton, 21-2

No. 9 Le Mars lost to Denison-Schleswig, 16-14

No. 10 Norwalk lost to No. 4 Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 42-13

Class 3A

No. 1 Creston beat No. 7 Nevada, 42-28

No. 2 Clear Lake lost to Humboldt, 34-0

No. 3 Solon beat Fairfield, 42-6

No. 4 Mount Vernon beat Washington, 65-6

No. 5 Williamsburg beat Grinnell, 63-8

No. 6 Sioux Center beat Carroll, 25-6

No. 7 Nevada lost to No. 1 Creston, 42-28

No. 8 Davenport Assumption beat Keokuk, 48-0

No. 9 Independence lost to West Delaware, 29-21

No. 10 Harlan beat Atlantic, 27-6

Class 2A

No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock beat No. 3 West Lyon, 7-0

No. 1 Van Meter beat Interstate 35, 47-3

No. 3 West Lyon lost to No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 7-0

No. 4 Spirit Lake beat Clarion CGD, 21-0

No. 5 Monticello beat Tipton, 57-6

No. 6 Carroll Kuemper beat Southeast Valley, 28-0

No. 7 Monroe PCM beat Iowa Falls-Alden, 45-6

No. 7 Western Christian beat Unity Christian, 36-14

No. 9 Roland-Story beat Saydel, 49-0

No. 10 Clarinda beat Centerville, 30-8

Class 1A

No. 1 Grundy Center beat Hudson, 28-3 (Thursday)

No. 2 Underwood beat Red Oak, 56-0

No. 3 Sumner-Fredericksburg beat Aplington-Parkersburg, 27-0

No. 4 MFL MarMac beat Central Springs, 34-0

No. 5 Wilton lost to No. 7 Iowa City Regina, 35-0

No. 6 Sigourney-Keota beat Eddyville EBF, 62-12

No. 7 Iowa City Regina beat No. 5 Wilton, 35-0

No. 8 Dike-New Hartford beat No. 10 Denver, 14-8

No. 9 West Branch beat Durant, 42-0

No. 10 Denver lost to No. 8 Dike-New Hartford, 14-8

Class A

No. 1 Saint Ansgar beat Lake Mills, 31-6

No. 2 Woodbury Central beat West Monona, 55-0

No. 3 West Hancock beat Mason City Newman, 67-13

No. 4 Madrid beat Wayne, 40-14

No. 5 Lisbon beat Van Buren County, 45-8

No. 6 Guthrie Center ACGC beat Southwest Valley, 41-0

No. 7 Lynnville-Sully beat Central Decatur, 22-0

No. 8 Wapsie Valley beat Nashua-Plainfield, 32-6

No. 9 Starmont beat Maquoketa Valley, 27-6

No. 10 Logan-Magnolia beat IKM-Manning, 31-21

8-Player

No. 1 Winfield-Mount Union beat HLV, 66-0

No. 2 Anita CAM beat Stanton/Essex, 42-6

No. 3 Bedford beat Southeast Warren, 63-0

No. 4 Remsen St. Mary’s beat West Harrison/Whiting, 17-0 (forfeit)

No. 5 Clarksville beat Meskwaki, 48-6

No. 6 Central City beat Midland, 66-18

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck beat Garwin GMG, 62-16

No. 8 Don Bosco beat Waterloo Christian, 80-0

No. 9 Lenox beat Lamoni, 56-8

No. 10 WACO was idle

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com