The first Friday night of October brought the penultimate week of the Iowa high school football regular season.
It was a week full of top-10 matchups across the state, although two of those 8-Player matchups (Audubon at Coon Rapids-Bayard and Fremont-Mills at Anita CAM) were canceled because of COVID-19. Coon Rapids-Bayard took on Stanton/Essex instead.
Here’s a look at who the rest of the teams ranked in this week’s Gazette/KGYM poll.
CLASS 4A
No. 1 Southeast Polk beat Ottumwa, 69-21
No. 2 Urbandale was idle
No. 3 West Des Moines Dowling beat Marshalltown, 42-0
No. 4 Ankeny beat No. 9 Johnston, 49-0
No. 5 Waukee beat West Des Moines Valley, 31-23
No. 6 Iowa City West beat No. 10 Dubuque Senior, 35-23 (Thursday)
No. 7 Pleasant Valley beat Davenport West, 54-0
No. 8 Dubuque Hempstead beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 54-16
No. 9 Johnston lost to No. 4 Ankeny, 49-0
No. 10 Dubuque Senior lost to No. 6 Iowa City West, 35-23 (Thursday)
CLASS 3A
No. 1 Dallas Center-Grimes beat Adel ADM, 16-14
No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat No. 7 Grinnell, 44-20
No. 2 Harlan beat Creston/O-M, 35-7
No. 2 Lewis Central was idle
No. 5 Washington beat Burlington, 69-0
No. 6 Davenport Assumption beat Clinton, 63-6 (Thursday)
No. 7 Grinnell lost to No. 2 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 44-20
No. 7 Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Sioux City Heelan, 48-21
No. 9 Webster City beat Gilbert, 54-13
No. 10 Decorah lost to Waverly-Shell Rock, 21-17
CLASS 2A
No. 1 Monroe PCM beat Albia, 57-0
No. 2 Williamsburg beat Eddyville EBF, 56-0
No. 3 West Lyon beat Sioux Center, 26-12
No. 4 Central Lyon-GLR beat MOC-Floyd Valley, 43-0
No. 5 Waukon beat Crestwood, 54-0
No. 6 Mount Vernon lost to No. 8 Solon, 42-14
No. 7 Monticello lost to No. 10 Camanche, 41-20
No. 8 Solon beat No. 6 Mount Vernon, 42-14
No. 8 West Marshall beat Clear Lake, 21-13
No. 10 Camanche beat No. 7 Monticello, 41-20
No. 10 Estherville Lincoln Central was idle
No. 10 Spirit Lake was idle
CLASS 1A
No. 1 Ida Grove OABCIG beat No. 2 Underwood, 49-22
No. 2 Underwood lost to No. 1 Ida Grove OABCIG, 49-22
No. 3 Van Meter beat Carroll Kuemper, 35-18
No. 4 Sigourney-Keota beat Mediapolis, 31-14
No. 5 South Hamilton beat East Marshall, 52-7
No. 6 Emmetsburg beat No. 10 West Sioux, 36-35 (OT)
No. 7 Southeast Valley beat Clarion CGD, 38-20
No. 8 Pleasantville lost to Pella Christian, 34-27
No. 8 South Central Calhoun was idle
No. 10 West Sioux lost to No. 6 Emmetsburg, 36-35 (OT)
CLASS A
No. 1 Grundy Center beat North Tama, 47-0
No. 2 Iowa City Regina beat Columbus Community, 47-22
No. 3 Saint Ansgar beat Mason City Newman, 44-34
No. 4 South Winneshiek lost to No. 7 MFL MarMac, 36-22
No. 5 Edgewood-Colesburg (5-0) vs. Bellevue (2-1) (Saturday)
No. 6 Wapsie Valley beat Postville, 66-0
No. 7 MFL MarMac beat No. 4 South Winneshiek, 36-22
No. 8 Logan-Magnolia beat West Monona, 53-0
No. 9 West Hancock beat North Union, 61-12
No. 10 West Fork lost to Lake Mills, 49-12
8-PLAYER
No. 1 Don Bosco beat No. 6 Easton Valley, 54-34
No. 2 Remsen St. Mary’s beat No. 8 Newell-Fonda, 30-28
No. 3 Audubon was idle
No. 4 Anita CAM was idle
No. 5 Fremont-Mills was idle
No. 6 Easton Valley lost to No. 1 Don Bosco, 54-34
No. 7 Montezuma beat WACO, 55-20
No. 8 Newell-Fonda lost to No. 2 Remsen St. Mary's, 30-28
No. 9 Coon Rapids-Bayard beat Stanton/Essex, 49-12
No. 10 Janesville beat Turkey Valley, 73-34