Iowa high school football schedule: Who the ranked teams face in Week 8 (Oct. 18, 2024)

Here’s who all 70 Iowa high school football teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face in Week 8 games Friday night.

Five of the seven classes have at least one top-10 matchup.

It’s the last week of the regular season for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player teams.

Class 5A

No. 1 West Des Moines Valley (6-1) at Ankeny (3-4)

No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (6-1) vs. Southeast Polk (4-3)

No. 3 Bettendorf (7-0) vs. Cedar Rapids Prairie (3-4)

No. 4 Pleasant Valley (6-1) at Iowa City West (4-3)

No. 5 Ankeny Centennial (5-2) at Waukee Northwest (3-4)

No. 6 Johnston (5-2) at Urbandale (3-4)

No. 7 Linn-Mar (6-1) vs. No. 9 Iowa City High (5-2)

No. 8 Iowa City Liberty (6-1) at Waterloo West (5-2)

No. 9 Iowa City High (5-2) at No. 7 Linn-Mar (6-1)

No. 10 Sioux City East (5-2) vs. Ames (1-6)

Class 4A

No. 1 Lewis Central (7-0) vs. Norwalk (4-3)

No. 2 Pella (7-0) at Bondurant-Farrar (2-5)

No. 3 North Polk (7-0) vs. Boone (4-3)

No. 4 Decorah (7-0) vs. No. 10 Western Dubuque (5-2)

No. 5 Adel ADM (6-1) vs. Indianola (4-3)

No. 6 Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-2) vs. Clear Creek Amana (4-3)

No. 7 North Scott (5-2) vs. Clinton (3-4)

No. 8 Gilbert (6-1) vs. No. 9 Newton (5-2)

No. 9 Newton (5-2) at No. 8 Gilbert (6-1)

No. 10 Western Dubuque (5-2) at No. 4 Decorah (7-0)

Class 3A

No. 1 Williamsburg (6-1) at Grinnell (5-2)

No. 2 Dubuque Wahlert (7-0) vs. Central DeWitt (1-6)

No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (7-0) at No. 7 Sioux City Heelan (6-1)

No. 4 Mount Vernon (6-1) at Washington (5-2)

No. 5 Humboldt (6-1) at Clear Lake (5-2)

No. 6 Algona (6-1) vs. Webster City (3-4)

No. 7 Sioux City Heelan (6-1) vs. No. 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (7-0)

No. 8 Independence (5-2) vs. West Delaware (4-3)

No. 9 Benton Community (5-2) at South Tama (0-7)

No. 10 Solon (5-2) vs. Fairfield (2-5)

Class 2A

No. 1 West Lyon (7-0) vs. No. 9 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (5-2)

No. 2 Monroe PCM (7-0) at Iowa Falls-Alden (2-5)

No. 3 Spirit Lake (6-1) vs. Clarion CGD (1-6)

No. 4 Van Meter (6-1) at Interstate 35 (2-5)

No. 5 Carroll Kuemper (6-1) at Southeast Valley (3-4)

No. 6 North Fayette Valley (6-1) vs. Crestwood (3-4)

No. 7 Northeast (7-0) at Anamosa (6-1)

No. 8 Roland-Story (5-2) at Saydel (1-6)

No. 9 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (5-2) at No. 1 West Lyon (7-0)

No. 10 Cherokee (5-2) vs. Sheldon (2-5)

Class 1A

No. 1 Grundy Center (7-0) vs. Hudson (5-2)

No. 2 Wilton (7-0) at No. 9 Iowa City Regina (6-1)

No. 3 Dike-New Hartford (6-1) vs. Denver (2-5)

No. 3 Emmetsburg (7-0) at Manson-Northwest Webster (6-1)

No. 5 South Hardin (6-1) at Waterloo Columbus (1-6)

No. 6 Treynor (6-1) at Missouri Valley (0-7)

No. 7 Sigourney-Keota (6-1) vs. Eddyville EBF (2-5)

No. 8 Hinton (6-1) at West Sioux (3-4)

No. 9 Iowa City Regina (6-1) vs. No. 2 Wilton (7-0)

No. 10 Dyersville Beckman (5-2) vs. Cascade (3-4)

Class A

No. 1 West Hancock (7-0) at Mason City Newman (4-3)

No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC (7-0) vs. Southwest Valley (1-6)

No. 3 Saint Ansgar (6-1) vs. Lake Mills (4-3)

No. 4 Lisbon (7-0) at Van Buren County (1-6)

No. 4 Tri-Center (6-1) at Kingsley-Pierson (4-3)

No. 6 Le Mars Gehlen (6-1) vs. Hartley HMS (3-4)

No. 7 Maquoketa Valley (6-1) vs. Starmont (5-2)

No. 8 Pekin (6-1) at Louisa-Muscatine (0-7)

No. 9 Oakland Riverside (5-2) at Panorama (1-6)

No. 10 Madrid (5-2) at Wayne (5-2)

8-Player

No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0) vs. West Harrison/Whiting (1-6)

No. 2 Algona Garrigan (7-0) at Harris-Lake Park (2-5)

No. 3 Don Bosco (7-0) vs. Waterloo Christian (2-5)

No. 4 Lenox (7-0) at Lamoni (4-3)

No. 5 Audubon (7-0) at Baxter (3-4)

No. 6 Iowa Valley (7-0) at Belle Plaine (6-1)

No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-1) vs. Garwin GMG (1-6)

No. 8 Bedford (6-1) at Southeast Warren (6-1)

No. 9 Edgewood-Colesburg (7-0) vs. Lansing Kee (5-2)

No. 9 Woodbine (6-1) vs. East Mills (5-2)

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