Iowa high school football playoffs 2025: Round of 16 pairings for all seven classes

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released first-round football pairings for Class 5A, 4A and 3A, along with second-round pairings for the other four classes.

For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call it all the Round of 16.

All games are at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.

Class 5A

Pod A

Waterloo West (5-4) at West Des Moines Dowling (8-1)

Iowa City West (7-2) at Cedar Falls (7-2)

Pod B

Indianola (6-3) at Waukee Northwest (8-1)

Dallas Center-Grimes (7-2) at Sioux City East (8-1)

Pod C

Ankeny Centennial (5-4) at Johnston (7-2)

Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-3) at West Des Moines Valley (5-4)

Pod D

Waukee (4-5) at Iowa City Liberty (8-1)

Southeast Polk (5-4) at Ankeny (7-2)

Class 4A

Pod A

Waverly-Shell Rock (4-5) at Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0)

North Scott (6-3) at Adel ADM (8-1)

Pod B

Lewis Central (5-4) at Gilbert (9-0)

Fort Dodge (8-1) at Newton (8-1)

Pod C

Le Mars (5-4) at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (8-1)

Glenwood (7-2) at North Polk (7-2)

Pod D

Davenport North (6-3) at Pella (8-1)

Decorah (7-2) at Western Dubuque (7-2)

Class 3A

Pod A

Mount Vernon (6-3) at Clear Lake (9-0)

Nevada (7-2) at Carroll (6-3)

Pod B

Benton Community (5-4) at Solon (9-0)

Independence (6-3) at Winterset (6-3)

Pod C

Mount Pleasant (7-2) at West Delaware (8-1)

Central DeWitt (7-2) at Dubuque Wahlert (7-2)

Pod D

Atlantic (6-3) at Sioux City Heelan (7-2)

Des Moines Christian (6-3) at Sioux Center (8-1)

Class 2A

Pod A

Ida Grove OABCIG (6-3) at Carroll Kuemper (9-0)

Unity Christian (4-5) at Cherokee (7-2)

Pod B

Pella Christian (3-6) at Monroe PCM (8-1)

Wilton (7-2) at West Branch (7-2)

Pod C

Mediapolis (5-4) at Mid-Prairie (8-1)

Van Meter (7-2) at Roland-Story (7-2)

Pod D

Hampton-Dumont/CAL (5-4) at Osage (9-0)

Waukon (6-3) at Alburnett (7-2)

Class 1A

Pod A

Lawton-Bronson (5-4) at West Lyon (9-0)

Underwood (7-2) at West Marshall (7-2)

Pod B

Clarion CGD (6-3) at Grundy Center (9-0)

Sigourney-Keota (5-4) at Dyersville Beckman (8-1)

Pod C

Cascade (7-2) at Iowa City Regina (9-0)

Pleasantville (8-1) at Hudson (5-4)

Pod D

Ridge View (6-3) at South Hardin (8-1)

Hinton (6-3) at Treynor (8-1)

Class A

Pod A

Le Mars Gehlen (4-5) at Marcus MMCRU (9-0)

Madrid (6-3) at Woodbury Central (9-0)

Pod B

West Fork (7-2) at Saint Ansgar (9-0)

North Linn (8-1) at Pekin (9-0)

Pod C

Mount Ayr (6-3) at Guthrie Center ACGC (9-0)

Sibley-Ocheyedan (5-4) at West Sioux (8-1)

Pod D

Maquoketa Valley (7-2) at Wapsie Valley (9-0)

BGM (7-2) at Lynnville-Sully (8-1)

8-Player

Pod A

North Union (5-3) at Algona Garrigan (9-0)

Clarksville (7-2) at Don Bosco (6-2)

Pod B

Southeast Warren (7-2) at Woodbine (8-0)

Fremont-Mills (7-2) at Bedford (8-1)

Pod C

Easton Valley (8-1) at Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-0)

Turkey Valley (6-3) at Edgewood-Colesburg (9-0)

Pod D

Janesville (6-4) at Iowa Valley (9-0)

Montezuma (7-2) at Audubon (9-0)

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com