Iowa high school football playoffs 2022: Here are the round of 16 matchups

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the round of 16 pairings for the 2022 Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday.

Teams are bracketed into four groups of four in each of the seven classes for this round and the quarterfinals.

The 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player playoffs started Friday night with the round of 32. The round of 16 is the first round for 5A, 4A and 3A.

All Class 5A teams qualified via RPI. In 4A and 3A, the district champions and runners-up qualified automatically and four teams earned at-large bids via RPI.

Among the 4A at-large qualifiers is Cedar Rapids Washington, which finished 17th in the RPI but jumped No. 16 Marion for the last playoff spot because it beat the Wolves head-to-head.

Hosts are determined via RPI in 5A and district finish in the other six classes (in 4A and 3A, two district runners-up with the best RPI also host).

Here are the round of 16 matchups. Games kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28.

Class 5A

Pod A

Davenport West (7-2) vs. West Des Moines Dowling (8-1) — at Williams Stadium, Des Moines

Waukee Northwest (5-4) at Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-2)

Pod B

Ames (6-3) at Southeast Polk (8-1)

Linn-Mar (6-3) at Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-3)

Pod C

Sioux City East (7-2) at Ankeny (8-1)

Iowa City High (6-3) at Johnston (6-3)

Pod D

West Des Moines Valley (5-4) at Pleasant Valley (9-0)

Ankeny Centennial (5-4) at Cedar Falls (7-2)

Class 4A

Pod A

Cedar Rapids Washington (5-4) at Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0)

Indianola (6-3) at Bondurant-Farrar (8-1)

Pod B

Fort Madison (7-2) at Waverly-Shell Rock (9-0)

Western Dubuque (6-3) at North Scott (7-2)

Pod C

Le Mars (6-3) at Lewis Central (9-0)

Glenwood (6-3) at Spencer (7-2)

Pod D

Webster City (6-3) at Iowa City Liberty (8-1)

Newton (7-2) at Carlisle (8-1)

Class 3A

Pod A

MOC-Floyd Valley (6-3) at Harlan (8-1)

Nevada (7-2) at Sioux Center (5-4)

Pod B

DeWitt Central (6-3) at Mount Vernon (9-0)

West Delaware (5-4) at Solon (7-2)

Pod C

Hampton-Dumont/CAL (6-3) at Humboldt (8-1)

Benton Community (6-3) at Independence (9-1)

Pod D

Grinnell (5-4) at Adel ADM (8-1)

Creston (6-3) at North Polk (7-2)

Class 2A

Rankings via The Gazette’s final regular-season poll

Pod A

Clarinda (6-3) at No. 1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (9-0)

No. 7 West Lyon (7-2) at No. 6 Greene County (8-1)

Pod B

No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG (8-1) at No. 8 Osage (7-2)

Clear Lake (5-4) at No. 3 Spirit Lake (9-0)

Pod C

Crestwood (6-3) at No. 10 Waukon (6-3)

Dubuque Wahlert (7-2) at No. 4 West Marshall (9-0)

Pod D

Centerville (7-2) at No. 9 Monticello (7-2)

Mid-Prairie (6-3) at No. 2 Williamsburg (9-0)

Class 1A

Rankings via The Gazette’s final regular-season poll

Pod A

Western Christian (7-2) at No. 5 Aplington-Parkersburg (8-1)

No. 6 Carroll Kuemper (8-1) at No. 2 West Sioux (8-1)

Pod B

No. 10 Dike-New Hartford (7-2) at No. 8 MFL MarMac (8-1)

Waterloo Columbus (6-3) at No. 3 West Branch (9-0)

Pod C

No. 9 Mediapolis (8-1) at Sigourney-Keota (7-2)

Woodward-Granger (6-3) at No. 1 Van Meter (8-1)

Pod D

No. 7 Pella Christian (8-1) at South Hamilton (8-1)

Guthrie Center ACGC (7-2) at No. 4 Underwood (9-0)

Class A

Rankings via The Gazette’s final regular-season poll

Pod A

Hinton (6-3) at No. 7 Hartley HMS (7-2)

No. 9 Le Mars Gehlen (8-1) at No. 4 Woodbury Central (9-0)

Pod B

Mason City Newman (8-1) at No. 6 North Linn (8-1)

Wapsie Valley (7-2) at No. 1 West Hancock (9-0)

Pod C

No. 8 East Buchanan (8-1) at No. 10 Alburnett (8-1)

Columbus Community (8-1) at No. 2 Grundy Center (9-0)

Pod D

Southwest Valley (7-2) at No. 5 Avoca AHSTW (9-0)

Mount Ayr (8-1) at No. 3 Lynnville-Sully (9-0)

8-Player

Rankings via The Gazette’s final regular-season poll

Pod A

West Bend-Mallard (7-2) at No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s (9-0)

No. 10 Ruthven GTRA (8-1) at No. 7 West Harrison (9-0)

Pod B

Anita CAM (7-2) at No. 4 Lenox (9-0)

Fremont-Mills (7-2) at No. 9 Southeast Warren (9-1)

Pod C

No. 8 Newell-Fonda (8-1) at No. 3 Don Bosco (8-0)

No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-1) at Turkey Valley (7-1)

Pod D

No. 5 Easton Valley (7-1) at Montezuma (8-2)

Central City (8-1) at No. 2 WACO (10-0)

Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com