Iowa high school football rankings: The Gazette’s post-Week 4 poll

Another week, another new leader in Class 4A.

Co-leaders, actually.

Friday’s 31-24 victory over former 4A No. 1 North Scott vaulted Western Dubuque into co-ownership of this week’s top spot in The Gazette’s football rankings.

Western Dubuque and Adel ADM, both 3-1, collected 54 poll points apiece in this week’s poll. The Bobcats received three first-place votes; ADM grabbed one. No. 3 Bondurant-Farrar (3-1, 46 poll points) got the other two.

The 4A list has seen massive turnover from week to week. Cedar Rapids Xavier held the top spot until a Week 2 loss to Williamsburg. ADM was on top for a week, then it was North Scott last week.

North Scott is fourth, North Polk fifth. No. 6 Gilbert is the lone remaining 4A unbeaten.

The other change at the top this week comes in Class A, in which Madrid’s 27-9 win over former No. 1 Lynnville-Sully opened the door for Saint Ansgar to rise.

Saint Ansgar holds a 55-53 edge over Woodbury Central in poll points, including 4-2 in first-place votes. Madrid climbs three spots to No. 3 and is followed by West Hancock and North Linn.

Unbeatens Southeast Polk, West Des Moines Dowling and Bettendorf remain 1-2-3 in Class 5A. After that, the rest of the big-school field — particularly in Central Iowa — remain in whirlpool mode.

Pleasant Valley and Waukee, both 3-1, climb to fourth and fifth. The other 5A top-10 teams all are 2-2.

Williamsburg is a unanimous No. 1 in 3A now, due in part to former No. 2 Mount Vernon’s 37-20 loss to Solon.

The Raiders marched to 4-0 with a 48-14 victory over previously unbeaten Fort Madison, and will be heavy favorites the next two weeks before a showdown at Solon in Week 7.

Harlan, Creston, Davenport Assumption and Hampton-Dumont/CAL complete the 3A top five.

Van Meter maintains a razor-thin advantage (57-56 in poll points) over Central Lyon/George-Little Rock in 2A. Both teams received three first-place votes.

Four teams in 2A District 1 are ranked, and that district will begin to sort itself out this week. CL-GLR is at No. 9 Cherokee; No. 3 West Lyon is at No. 4 Western Christian.

The top five in Class A is unchanged. Grundy Center is a unanimous No. 1, followed by MFL MarMac, Underwood, Iowa City Regina and Denver.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Winfield-Mount Union and Anita CAM remain the top three in 8-Player. Bedford jumped over Remsen St. Mary’s in the No. 4 slot.

The Gazette’s post-Week 4 Iowa high school football poll

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Southeast Polk (5) 4-0 59 1

2. West Des Moines Dowling (1) 4-0 55 2

3. Bettendorf 4-0 48 3

4. Pleasant Valley 3-1 32 7

5. Waukee 3-1 30 10

6. Ankeny Centennial 2-2 27 4

7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 2-2 24 9

8. Ankeny 2-2 22 —

9. Waukee Northwest 2-2 13 6

10. Johnston 2-2 8 5

Dropped out: Cedar Rapids Prairie (8)

Others receiving votes: Cedar Falls 6, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 3, Cedar Rapids Prairie 3.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs

T-1. Adel ADM (1) 3-1 54 4

T-1. Western Dubuque (3) 3-1 54 5

3. Bondurant-Farrar (2) 3-1 46 5

4. North Scott 3-1 39 1

5. North Polk 3-1 38 8

6. Gilbert 4-0 26 9

7. Lewis Central 2-2 25 3

8. Cedar Rapids Xavier 2-2 20 2

9. Glenwood 3-1 15 —

T-10. Ballard 2-2 4 —

T-10. Norwalk 3-1 4 7

Dropped out: Indianola (10).

Others receiving votes: Indianola 2, Pella 2, Le Mars 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Williamsburg (6) 4-0 60 1

2. Harlan 3-1 51 3

3. Creston 4-0 47 5

4. Davenport Assumption 3-1 34 8

5. Hampton-Dumont/CAL 4-0 32 10

6. Clear Lake 4-0 28 7

7. Sioux City Heelan 4-0 27 9

8. Mount Vernon 3-1 16 2

9. Solon 3-1 15 —

10. Nevada 3-1 13 5

Dropped out: Webster City (4).

Others receiving votes: Sioux Center 5, Webster City 2.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Van Meter (3) 4-0 57 1

2. Central Lyon-GLR (3) 4-0 56 2

3. West Lyon 4-0 47 3

4. Western Christian 4-0 43 4

5. Spirit Lake 3-1 28 6

6. Monticello 3-1 27 5

7. Osage 3-1 24 7

8. Greene County 3-1 20 9

9. Cherokee 3-1 15 8

10. Carroll Kuemper 2-2 5 —

Dropped out: Southeast Valley (10).

Others receiving votes: Sheldon 4, Tipton 3, Monroe PCM 1.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Grundy Center (6) 4-0 60 1

2. MFL MarMac 4-0 53 2

3. Underwood 3-1 49 3

4. Iowa City Regina 4-0 39 4

5. Denver 4-0 34 5

6. Treynor 4-0 27 8

7. Wilton 4-0 19 9

8. Sigourney-Keota 3-1 12 10

9. Dike-New Hartford 2-2 10 —

10. Pella Christian 3-1 9 —

Dropped out: Sumner-Fredericksburg (6), Avoca AHSTW (7).

Others receiving votes: Waterloo Columbus 6, West Branch 6, South Hamilton 3, Avoca AHSTW 1, Sumner-Fredericksburg 1.

CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs

1. Saint Ansgar (4) 4-0 55 2

2. Woodbury Central (2) 4-0 53 3

3. Madrid 4-0 41 6

4. West Hancock 3-1 39 5

5. North Linn 4-0 34 9

6. Nashua-Plainfield 4-0 28 8

7. Lisbon 4-0 23 10

8. Guthrie Center ACGC 4-0 20 —

9. Lynnville-Sully 3-1 18 1

10. Lake Mills 4-0 11 —

Dropped out: East Buchanan (4), South Central Calhoun (6).

Others receiving votes: Starmont 7.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts Pvs

1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3) 4-0 56 1

2. Winfield-Mount Union (1) 4-0 52 2

3. Anita CAM (1) 4-0 51 3

4. Bedford 4-0 38 5

5. Remsen St. Mary’s (1) 4-0 37 4

6. Central City 3-1 32 5

7. Don Bosco 3-1 23 7

8. Lenox 3-1 16 8

9. Clarksville 4-0 11 9

10. Ar-We-Va 4-0 6 —

Dropped out: Ruthven GTRA (9), Lansing Kee (10).

Others receiving votes: WACO 5, Moravia 3, Audubon 1.

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com