The Gazette releases its Iowa high school football poll each week during the regular season. Six staff members vote in the poll, ranking the top 10 teams in each of the seven classes.

Here is the poll as of September 22, 2025 regular season.

Season records are listed in parentheses following the teams, then the number of points they received in this week’s poll and, in parentheses, first-place votes if applicable.

The Gazette’s post-Week 4 football poll

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Waukee Northwest (6) 4-0 60 1

2. West Des Moines Valley 3-1 53 3

3. West Des Moines Dowling 3-1 46 4

4. Ankeny 3-1 36 5

5. Johnston 3-1 33 8

6. Sioux City East 4-0 27 6

7. Iowa City West 4-0 26 8

8. Iowa City Liberty 3-1 25 2

9. Cedar Falls 3-1 16 10

10. Southeast Polk 2-2 4 6

Others receiving votes: Dallas Center-Grimes 2, Ankeny Centennial 1, Pleasant Valley 1.

CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6) 4-0 60 1

2. Pella 4-0 54 2

3. Fort Dodge 4-0 44 5

4. North Polk 3-1 42 3

5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 3-1 38 6

6. Gilbert 4-0 31 7

7. Adel ADM 3-1 21 9

8. Newton 3-1 19 8

9. Western Dubuque 2-2 11 —

10. Decorah3-1 8 4

Dropped out: Glenwood (10).

Others receiving votes: Glenwood 1, North Scott 1.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Clear Lake (5) 4-0 59 1

2. Solon (1) 4-0 54 1

3. Sioux City Heelan 3-1 49 3

4. Mount Vernon 3-1 42 4

5. Independence 4-0 31 7

6. Algona 3-1 29 7

7. Des Moines Christian 4-0 23 9

8. Nevada 3-1 18 6

9. West Delaware 4-0 17 —

10. Sioux Center 4-0 6 —

Dropped out: Dubuque Wahlert (5), MOC-Floyd Valley (10).

Others receiving votes: Dubuque Wahlert 1, Humboldt 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Carroll Kuemper (6) 4-0 60 1

2. Monroe PCM 3-1 50 2

3. Osage 4-0 48 3

4. Van Meter 3-1 46 4

5. Mid-Prairie 3-1 26 7

6. Okoboji 4-0 25 8

7. Woodward-Granger 3-1 19 6

8. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3-1 18 10

9. West Branch 3-1 15 —

10. Alburnett 3-1 11 —

Dropped out: Cherokee (5), Ida Grove OABCIG (8).

Others receiving votes: Centerville 8, Clarinda 2, Ida Grove OABCIG 2.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Grundy Center (5) 4-0 59 1

2. West Lyon (1) 4-0 54 2

3. Iowa City Regina 4-0 49 3

4. South Hardin 4-0 42 4

5. Treynor 3-1 36 6

6. Underwood 3-1 28 9

7. Union Community 4-0 21 10

8. Emmetsburg 3-1 20 10

9. West Marshall 3-1 9 —

10. Lawton-Bronson 3-1 6 —

Dropped out: Pleasantville (5), Hinton (7), Mapleton MVAOCOU (8).

Others receiving votes: Dyersville Beckman 4, Pleasantville 3.

CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Saint Ansgar (4) 4-0 56 1

2. West Hancock (1) 4-0 51 2

3. Woodbury Central 4-0 47 3

4. Marcus MMCRU 4-0 42 4

5. Guthrie Center ACGC 4-0 36 5

6. West Sioux (1) 4-0 26 6

7. North Linn 4-0 21 7

8. Wapsie Valley 4-0 19 8

9. Madrid 3-1 13 9

10. Maquoketa Valley 3-1 10 9

Others receiving votes: Pekin 5, Nashua-Plainfield 4.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs

1. Algona Garrigan (5) 4-0 59 1

2. Woodbine (1) 4-0 54 2

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-0 47 3

4. Iowa Valley 5-0 42 4

5. Audubon 4-0 35 5

6. Edgewood-Colesburg 4-0 26 6

7. Easton Valley 4-0 24 7

8. Don Bosco 2-1 17 9

9. Fremont-Mills 3-1 11 8

10. Ruthven GTRA 4-0 9 10

Others receiving votes: Montezuma 3, Southeast Warren 2, Elkader Central 1.