Linder's latest prep football rankings

Here is Jeff Linder's Associated Press football ballot, submitted Oct. 16:

CLASS 4A1. West Des Moines Dowling (9-0)2. Cedar Falls (8-0)3. Iowa City High (8-0)4. Bettendorf (8-0)5. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (8-0)6. Linn-Mar (7-1)7. Fort Dodge (7-1)8. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-2)9. Southeast Polk (6-2)10. Ames (6-2)Next five in line: North Scott (7-1), Ankeny (6-2), West Des Moines Valley (6-2), Cedar Rapids Washington (5-3), Davenport Assumption (6-2).

CLASS 3A1. Pella (8-0)2. Clear Lake (8-0)3. Harlan (7-1)4. Solon (7-1)5. Sioux City Heelan (7-1)6. Williamsburg (7-1)7. Union (8-0)8. Marion (7-1)9. Grinnell (7-1)10. Webster City (7-1)Next five in line: Lewis Central (6-2), West Delaware (6-2), Waverly-Shell Rock (7-1), Decorah (6-2), Carlisle (7-1).

CLASS 2A1. Iowa City Regina (8-0)2. North Fayette (8-0)3. South Central Calhoun (8-0)4. Carroll Kuemper (7-1)5. Sigourney-Keota (8-0)6. Sheldon (7-1)7. Western Christian (7-1)8. West Marshall (6-2)9. Pella Christian (7-1)10. Bondurant-Farrar (6-2)Next five in line: Spirit Lake (6-2), Dyersville Beckman (6-2), Waterloo Columbus (6-2), Iowa Falls-Alden (6-2), Sioux Center (6-2).

CLASS 1A1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (8-0)2. Logan-Magnolia (8-0)3. West Branch (7-0)4. Emmetsburg (8-0)5. Woodward-Granger (8-0)6. Aplington-Parkersburg (8-0)7. Hartley HMS (7-1)8. West Lyon (6-2)9. North Cedar (8-0)10. Starmont (8-0)Next five in line: Hinton (7-1), Treynor (6-2), Panorama (7-1), Saint Ansgar (6-2), Wapsie Valley (7-1).

CLASS A1. Madrid (8-0)2. Mason City Newman (8-0)3. North Tama (8-0)4. LeMars Gehlen (7-1)5. WACO (8-0)6. BGM (7-1)7. Bedford (7-1)8. Rockford (8-1)9. Lisbon (7-1)10. Postville (7-1)Next five in line: Van Meter (6-2), Elkader Central (6-2), West Hancock (5-3), Iowa Valley (6-2), Clay Central-Everly (6-2).

EIGHT MAN1. Lenox (8-0)2. Armstrong-Ringsted (8-0)3. Preston (9-0)4. Northeast Hamilton (9-0)5. Moravia (8-0)6. Fremont-Mills (8-0)7. Glidden-Ralston (7-1)8. Graettinger-Terril (7-1)9. Clarksville (7-1)10. Tripoli (7-1)Next five in line: Remsen-Union (7-1), Newell-Fonda (7-1), West Bend-Mallard (7-1), Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-1), Stanton (6-2).