Iowa high school football rankings: Little change atop polls as season enters its final week

One more week.

The Iowa high school football season has reached its final week, with no change among the leaders in the Gazette/KGYM football poll.

West Des Moines Valley, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Monroe PCM, Dike-New Hartford, Hudson and Ar-We-Va retain the No. 1 rankings in their respective classes.

Xavier and PCM are unanimous among the six panelists.

Valley maintains a comfortable lead over Ankeny Centennial and Cedar Falls in the 4A poll. West Des Moines Dowling is fourth, followed by Johnston, which leapfrogged Bettendorf for the No. 5 slot.

Xavier and Lewis Central have been the class of 3A all season; the Saints and the Titans have been 1-2 all season. North Scott, Solon and Sergeant Bluff-Luton remain 3-4-5.

PCM, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, Algona and Waukon are still the top four in 2A. Union Community and Benton Community climbed to 5 and 6 after Benton's win last week over West Marshall.

The order, from 1 through 10, stays the same this week in 1A. DNH, which faces perennial power Iowa City Regina in a district-championship game Friday, is followed by West Sioux, Van Meter, South Central Calhoun and Bellevue.

Hudson continues to pace the Class A pack. Algona Garrigan, Avoca AHSTW and Belmond-Klemme are the next three, and North Tama moves into the top five after BGM lost last week to Durant.

The top five are unchanged in 8-Player — Ar-We-Va, Northwood-Kensett, Iowa Valley, Don Bosco and Fremont-Mills.

Class 4A

1.

West Des Moines Valley

8-0, 59 points (5 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 59 points (5 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat Ames, 45-0

This week: at Des Moines North

 

2.

Ankeny Centennial

8-0, 51 points

8-0, 51 points

Last week: No. 2 | Beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 56-6

This week: vs. Sioux City West

 

3.

Cedar Falls

8-0, 50 points (1 No. 1 vote)

8-0, 50 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 3 | Beat Dubuque Senior, 41-0

This week: at No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie

 

4.

West Des Moines Dowling

6-2, 38 points

6-2, 38 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat Des Moines Hoover, 59-0

This week: vs. Sioux City North

 

5.

Johnston

7-1, 32 points

7-1, 32 points

Last week: No. 5 | Beat Mason City, 52-0

This week: at No. 8 Waukee

 

6.

Bettendorf

7-1, 30 points

7-1, 30 points

Last week: No. 5 | Beat Davenport West, 48-3

This week: at Davenport Central (Thursday)

 

7.

Iowa City West

7-1, 29 points

7-1, 29 points

Last week: No. 7 | Beat Muscatine, 58-14

This week: vs. Iowa City High

 

8.

Waukee

6-2, 23 points

6-2, 23 points

Last week: No. 8 | Beat No. 10 Indianola, 42-14

This week: vs. No. 5 Johnston

 

9.

Cedar Rapids Prairie

7-1, 10 points

7-1, 10 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Waterloo West, 70-14

This week: vs. No. 3 Cedar Falls

 

10.

Indianola

6-2, 5 points

6-2, 5 points

Last week: No. 10 | Lost to No. 8 Waukee, 42-14

This week: at Des Moines East

 

Dropped out: none

Others receiving votes: Fort Dodge 3

Class 3A

1.

Cedar Rapids Xavier

8-0, 60 points (6 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 60 points (6 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat Center Point-Urbana, 41-0

This week: at Marion

 

2.

Lewis Central

8-0, 54 points

8-0, 54 points

Last week: No. 2 | Beat Glenwood, 42-14

This week: vs. Adel ADM

 

3.

North Scott

7-1, 43 points

7-1, 43 points

Last week: No. 3 | Beat No. 6 Clear Creek Amana, 45-7

This week: vs. Davenport Assumption

 

4.

Solon

8-0, 42 points

8-0, 42 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat Keokuk, 57-6

This week: vs. Fairfield

 

5.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton

7-1, 40 points

7-1, 40 points

Last week: No. 5 | Beat Denison-Schleswig, 49-14

This week: at Storm Lake

 

6.

Oskaloosa

7-1, 22 points

7-1, 22 points

Last week: No. 8 | Beat Knoxville, 42-6

This week: at South Tama

 

6.

Sioux City Heelan

7-1, 22 points

7-1, 22 points

Last week: No. 7 | Beat Storm Lake, 31-6

This week: at Spencer

 

8.

Pella

7-1, 16 points

7-1, 16 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Newton, 49-17

This week: vs. Grinnell

 

9.

Western Dubuque

6-2, 10 points

6-2, 10 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Marion, 62-28

This week: at Maquoketa

 

10.

Waverly-Shell Rock

7-1, 7 points

7-1, 7 points

Last week: NR | Beat Independence, 27-0

This week: vs. Charles City

 

Dropped out: Clear Creek Amana (6)

Others receiving votes: Clear Creek Amana 6, Harlan 5, Decorah 3

Class 2A

1.

Monroe PCM

8-0, 60 points (6 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 60 points (6 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat Clarke, 60-0

This week: vs. Centerville

 

2.

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

7-1, 54 points

7-1, 54 points

Last week: No. 2 | Beat MOC-Floyd Valley, 35-7

This week: at Sioux Center

 

3.

Algona

8-0, 46 points

8-0, 46 points

Last week: No. 3 | Beat No. 7 Spirit Lake, 30-24

This week: at No. 7 Southeast Valley

 

4.

Waukon

7-1, 44 points

7-1, 44 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat Anamosa, 44-24

This week: vs. North Fayette Valley

 

5.

Union Community

6-2, 34 points

6-2, 34 points

Last week: No. 6 | Beat Nevada, 23-20

This week: at No. 9 West Marshall

 

6.

Benton Community

7-1, 29 points

7-1, 29 points

Last week: No. 7 | Beat No. 5 West Marshall, 34-13

This week: vs. Vinton-Shellsburg

 

7.

Southeast Valley

6-2, 20 points

6-2, 20 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Estherville Lincoln Central, 28-6

This week: vs. No. 3 Algona

 

8.

Spirit Lake

6-2, 14 points

6-2, 14 points

Last week: No. 7 | Lost to No. 3 Algona, 30-24

This week: vs. Garner GHV

 

9.

West Marshall

6-2, 8 points

6-2, 8 points

Last week: No. 5 | Lost to No. 7 Benton Community, 34-13

This week: vs. No. 5 Union Community

 

10.

Chariton

7-1, 7 points

7-1, 7 points

Last week: No. 10 | Beat Des Moines Christian, 40-27

This week: vs. Clarke

 

Dropped out: none

Others receiving votes: Clear Lake 5, Greene County 4, Williamsburg 3, Crestwood 2

Class 1A

1.

Dike-New Hartford

8-0, 56 points (4 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 56 points (4 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat South Hardin, 54-0

This week: at Iowa City Regina

 

2.

West Sioux

7-1, 54 points (1 No. 1 vote)

7-1, 54 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 2 | Beat Unity Christian, 36-0

This week: vs. Emmetsburg

 

3.

Van Meter

8-0, 47 points (1 No. 1 vote)

8-0, 47 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 3 | Beat Mount Ayr, 35-6

This week: at Clarinda

 

4.

South Central Calhoun

8-0, 42 points

8-0, 42 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat Eagle Grove, 2-0 (forfeit)

This week: at Pocahontas Area

 

5.

Bellevue

8-0, 37 points

8-0, 37 points

Last week: No. 5 | Beat Northeast, 49-12

This week: at Cascade

 

6.

West Branch

7-1, 30 points

7-1, 30 points

Last week: No. 6 | Beat Cascade, 26-6

This week: at Dyersville Beckman

 

7.

Interstate 35

8-0, 23 points

8-0, 23 points

Last week: No. 7 | Beat Pleasantville, 35-14

This week: at No. 9 Pella Christian

 

8.

Wilton

7-1, 19 points

7-1, 19 points

Last week: No. 8 | Beat Columbus Community, 34-8

This week: vs. Van Buren Community

 

9.

Pella Christian

6-2, 14 points

6-2, 14 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Woodward-Granger, 45-22

This week: vs. No. 7 Interstate 35

 

10.

West Lyon

6-2, 6 points

6-2, 6 points

Last week: No. 10 | Beat Sibley-Ocheyedan, 40-6

This week: at Western Christian

 

Dropped out: none

Others receiving votes: Treynor 2

Class A

1.

Hudson

8-0, 58 points (5 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 58 points (5 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat Grundy Center, 55-21

This week: at East Buchanan

 

2.

Algona Garrigan

8-0, 53 points (1 No. 1 vote)

8-0, 53 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 2 | Beat West Fork, 57-26

This week: at Graettinger GTRA

 

3.

Avoca AHSTW

8-0, 51 points

8-0, 51 points

Last week: No. 3 | Beat Southwest Valley, 32-13

This week: vs. Council Bluffs St. Albert

 

4.

Belmond-Klemme

7-1, 41 points

7-1, 41 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat North Union, 39-14

This week: vs. No. 9 West Hancock

 

5.

North Tama

7-1, 35 points

7-1, 35 points

Last week: No. 6 | Beat Postville, 53-0

This week: at Conrad BCLUW

 

6.

Edgewood-Colesburg

7-1, 25 points

7-1, 25 points

Last week: No. 8 | Beat MFL MarMac, 40-6

This week: at Clayton Ridge

 

7.

Westwood

7-1, 11 points

7-1, 11 points

Last week: NR | Beat Tri-Center, 14-6

This week: at Lawton-Bronson

 

8.

Wapsie Valley

6-2, 10 points

6-2, 10 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat East Buchanan, 21-18

This week: at Grundy Center

 

9.

Sioux Central

7-1, 8 points

7-1, 8 points

Last week: No. 10 | Beat IKM-Manning, 26-7

This week: at Alta-Aurelia

 

9.

West Hancock

6-2, 8 points

6-2, 8 points

Last week: No. 10 | Beat Graettinger GTRA, 41-0

This week: at No. 4 Belmond-Klemme

 

Dropped out: BGM (5), Saint Ansgar (7)

Others receiving votes: BGM 7, Durant 7, Hinton 5, Akron-Westfield 4, Mason City Newman 4, Lynnville-Sully 3

8-Player

1.

Ar-We-Va

8-0, 58 points (4 No. 1 votes)

8-0, 58 points (4 No. 1 votes)

Last week: No. 1 | Beat Kingsley-Pierson, 64-42

This week: at River Valley

 

2.

Northwood-Kensett

8-0, 51 points (1 No. 1 vote)

8-0, 51 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 2 | Beat Tripoli, 49-0

This week: at Rockford

 

3.

Iowa Valley

8-0, 47 points (1 No. 1 vote)

8-0, 47 points (1 No. 1 vote)

Last week: No. 3 | Beat Montezuma, 46-12

This week: vs. HLV

 

4.

Don Bosco

7-1, 40 points

7-1, 40 points

Last week: No. 4 | Beat North Iowa, 52-0

This week: at Riceville

 

5.

Fremont-Mills

7-1, 32 points

7-1, 32 points

Last week: No. 5 | Beat Sidney, 35-0

This week: vs. Stanton

 

6.

New London

7-1, 22 points

7-1, 22 points

Last week: No. 8 | Beat English Valleys, 59-6

This week: vs. Montezuma

 

6.

Southeast Warren

9-0, 22 points

9-0, 22 points

Last week: No. 7 | Beat Murray, 77-12

This week: vs. Lamoni

 

8.

Exira-EHK

7-1, 19 points

7-1, 19 points

Last week: No. 9 | Beat Boyer Valley, 45-6

This week: at Coon Rapids-Bayard

 

9.

Newell-Fonda

7-1, 11 points

7-1, 11 points

Last week: No. 10 | Beat Remsen St. Mary's, 24-22

This week: vs. West Bend-Mallard

 

10.

Midland

8-1, 10 points

8-1, 10 points

Last week: NR | Beat No. 6 Central City, 40-28

This week: at Lansing Kee

 

Dropped out: Central City (6)

Others receiving votes: Central City 7, Audubon 5, Stanton 3, Turkey Valley 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1