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Who the ranked Iowa high school football teams face in Week 1 (Aug. 30, 2024)
No. 1 Dike-New Hartford takes on No. 2 Grundy Center in Class 1A
It’s the first full Friday night of the 2024 Iowa high school football season and there are plenty of ranked matchups to match the hype of kickoff. That includes a No. 1-vs.-No. 2 meeting in Class 1A between Dike-New Hartford and Grundy Center.
Here’s a look at who all 70 teams ranked in The Gazette’s preseason poll face.
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Class 5A
No. 1 Ankeny vs. Ankeny Centennial
No. 2 West Des Moines Valley at No. 5 Southeast Polk
No. 3 Waukee at Ames
No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling vs. No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy
No. 5 Southeast Polk vs. No. 2 West Des Moines Valley
No. 6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy at No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling
No. 7 Bettendorf at Pleasant Valley
No. 8 Iowa City High at Joliet (Ill.) Catholic
No. 8 Johnston at No. 10 Waukee Northwest
No. 10 Waukee Northwest vs. No. 8 Johnston
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central at 3A No. 9 Harlan
No. 2 North Scott at Central DeWitt
No. 3 Western Dubuque vs. 3A No. 3 West Delaware
No. 4 Bondurant-Farrar at No. 6 North Polk
No. 4 Indianola at Urbandale
No. 6 North Polk vs. No. 4 Bondurant-Farrar
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier vs. No. 9 Waverly-Shell Rock
No. 8 Ballard vs. No. 9 Pella
No. 9 Pella at No. 8 Ballard
No. 9 Waverly-Shell Rock at No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier
Class 3A
No. 1 Williamsburg at West Branch
No. 2 Solon vs. Davenport Assumption
No. 3 West Delaware at 4A No. 3 Western Dubuque
No. 4 Clear Lake vs. Forest City
No. 5 Mount Vernon at Monticello
No. 6 Independence vs. North Fayette Valley
No. 7 Algona at 2A No. 1 Spirit Lake
No. 8 Nevada vs. West Marshall
No. 9 Harlan vs. 4A No. 1 Lewis Central
No. 10 MOC-Floyd Valley vs. Unity Christian
Class 2A
No. 1 Spirit Lake vs. 3A No. 7 Algona
No. 2 West Lyon vs. Sioux Center
No. 3 Monroe PCM at Sigourney-Keota
No. 4 Van Meter vs. 1A No. 3 Underwood
No. 5 Carroll Kuemper vs. Sioux City Heelan
No. 6 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock at 1A No. 7 Emmetsburg
No. 7 Western Christian at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
No. 8 Mid-Prairie at 1A No. 4 Wilton
No. 9 Clarinda at Shenandoah
No. 10 Cherokee at Marcus MMCRU
Class 1A
No. 1 Dike-New Hartford vs. No. 2 Grundy Center
No. 2 Grundy Center at No. 1 Dike-New Hartford
No. 3 Underwood at 2A No. 4 Van Meter
No. 4 Wilton vs. 2A No. 8 Mid-Prairie
No. 5 Ida Grove OABCIG at Estherville-Lincoln Central
No. 6 Avoca AHSTW at A No. 10 Tri-Center
No. 7 Emmetsburg vs. 2A No. 6 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
No. 7 Sumner-Fredericksburg vs. East Buchanan
No. 9 MFL MarMac at Crestwood
No. 10 Treynor vs. Council Bluffs St. Albert
Class A
No. 1 Woodbury Central vs. Lawton-Bronson
No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC at Ogden
No. 3 West Hancock at Garner GHV
No. 4 Madrid vs. Woodward-Granger
No. 5 Wapsie Valley at Jesup
No. 6 Logan-Magnolia vs. Missouri Valley
No. 6 Saint Ansgar at Osage
No. 8 Starmont vs. South Winneshiek
No. 9 Mount Ayr vs. Nodaway Valley
No. 10 Tri-Center vs. 1A No. 6 Avoca AHSTW
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s at Harris-Lake Park
No. 2 Bedford vs. Moravia (0-1)
No. 3 Anita CAM vs. No. 9 Audubon
No. 4 Algona Garrigan vs. Fort Dodge St. Edmond
No. 5 Lenox vs. Stanton
No. 6 Don Bosco vs. No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck
No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck at No. 6 Don Bosco
No. 8 Clarksville (0-1) at North Iowa
No. 9 Audubon at No. 3 Anita CAM
No. 9 WACO (1-0) vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard (Saturday, at West Des Moines Valley)
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