Football 2010: Preseason rankings

Here are Jeff Linder's 2010 preseason high school football rankings, with 2009 record and level of playoff advancement:

CLASS 4A1. West Des Moines Dowling (12-1, 4A semifinals)2. Fort Dodge (7-3, 4A substate)3. Cedar Falls (8-3, 4A first round)4. Bettendorf (8-2, 4A substate)5. West Des Moines Valley (6-5, 4A substate)6. Iowa City High (14-0, 4A champion)7. Cedar Rapids Xavier (10-3, 4A semifinals)8. Cedar Rapids Washington (9-3, 4A quarterfinals)9. Ankeny (10-2, 4A quarterfinals)10. Linn-Mar (9-2, 4A first round)

CLASS 3A1. Harlan (14-0, 3A champion)2. Solon (14-0, 2A champion)3. Sioux City Heelan (10-2, 3A quarterfinals)4. Williamsburg (8-2, 3A substate)5. Carroll (12-1, 3A semifinals)6. Clear Lake (11-1, 3A quarterfinals)7. Pella (10-4, 3A runner-up)8. Decorah (9-3, 3A quarterfinals)9. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (13-1, 2A runner-up)10. Grinnell (9-2, 3A first round)

CLASS 2A1. New Hampton (10-3, 3A semifinals)2. Iowa City Regina (10-2, 2A quarterfinals)3. Carroll Kuemper (9-3, 2A quarterfinals)4. Pella Christian (7-3, 1A substate)5. North Fayette (12-1, 2A semifinals)6. South Central Calhoun (Southern Cal was 13-1 and A champion; Rockwell City-Lytton was 6-4 and A substate)7. Western Christian (10-2, 2A quarterfinals)8. Davis County (8-3, 2A first round)9. South Winneshiek (12-2, 1A runner-up)10. Osage (11-1, 2A quarterfinals)

CLASS 1A1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (14-0, 1A champion)2. Hartley HMS (9-2, 1A first round)3. West Lyon (10-2, 1A quarterfinals)4. Logan-Magnolia (6-4, 1A substate)5. West Branch (12-1, 1A semifinals)6. IKM-Manning (11-2, 2A semifinals)7. Eagle Grove (9-2, 2A first round)8. Prairie Valley (12-1, 1A semifinals)9. Hinton (8-3, 1A first round)10. Woodward-Granger (9-3, 1A quarterfinals)

CLASS A1. Madrid (11-2, A semifinals)2. Mason City Newman (12-2, A runner-up)3. Bedford (7-4, A first round)4. LeMars Gehlen (10-2, A quarterfinals)5. Avoca AHST (11-1, A quarterfinals)6. North Tama (12-1, A semifinals)7. Elkader Central (9-2, A first round)8. Clay Central-Everly (8-3, A first round)9. BGM (9-2, A first round)10. Akron-Westfield (8-3, A first round)

EIGHT-MAN1. Lenox (13-1, 8M runner-up)2. Graettinger-Terril (9-3, 8M quarterfinals)3. Ankeny Christian (9-2, 8M first round)4. Remsen St. Mary's (9-1, 8M substate)5. Preston (12-1, 8M semifinals)6. Armstrong-Ringsted (13-1, 8M champion)7. Corwith CWL (8-2, 8M substate)8. Northeast Hamilton (10-2, 8M first round)9. Adair Casey (10-3, 8M semifinals)10. North Sentral Kossuth (10-1, 8M first round)