Final Iowa High School Football AP Poll For 5A, 4A, 3A

The last polls for three classes released in Iowa high school football

Dowling Catholic wide receiver Jeffrey Roberts (3) attempts to shake off defenders during a high school football game between Valley and Dowling Catholic on Aug. 29, 2025, at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines, Iowa. Valley defeated Dowling Catholic 20-19. | Ayrton Breckenridge/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

With playoffs beginning in Iowa high school football for Classes 5A, 4A and 3A, the final Associated Press rankings for those classifications have been released.

Dowling Catholic remained No. 1 in 5A, as did Cedar Rapids Xavier in 4A. There is a tie for the top spot in 3A between Clear Lake and Solon.

All games from here on out are playoff encounters in Iowa high school football, as the Round of 16 in eight-player, A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A hit fields around the state this Friday night. 

Here are the final Associated Press rankings for 5A, 4A and 3A in Iowa high school football.

Iowa High School Football Associated Press Rankings

Class 5A

1. Dowling Catholic
2. Waukee Northwest
3. Iowa City Liberty
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Ankeny
6. Sioux City East
7. Johnston
8. Dallas Center-Grimes
9. Cedar Falls
10. Cedar Rapids Prairie

Class 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier
2. Gilbert
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
4. Newton
5. ADM
6. Pella
7. Western Dubuque
8. North Polk
9. Fort Dodge
10. Glenwood

Class 3A

1. Solon
2. (tie) Clear Lake
3. West Delaware
4. (tie) Sioux Center
5. Wahlert Catholic
6. Sioux City Bishop Heelan
7. Nevada
8. Central DeWitt
9. Mount Vernon
10. Mount Pleasant
11. (tie) Carroll

Class 2A

1. Kuemper Catholic
2. Osage
3. (tie) PCM
4. Mid-Prairie
5. Van Meter
6. Okoboji
7. Centerville
8. Cherokee
9. Alburnett
10. Bellevue

Class 1A

1. Grundy Center
2. West Lyon
3. Iowa City Regina
4. Treynor
5. (tie) South Hardin
6. Pleasantville
7. Beckman Catholic
8. Underwood
9. West Marshall
10. Cascade
11. (tie) Emmetsburg
12. (tie) Manson Northwest Webster

Class A

1. Saint Ansgar
2. ACGC
3. MMCRU
4. West Hancock
5. Wapsie Valley
6. Woodbury Central
7. West Sioux
8. North Linn
9. Pekin
10. Lynnville-Sully

Eight-Player

1. Bishop Garrigan
2. Woodbine
3. Audubon
4. Iowa Valley
5. (tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck
6. GTRA
7. (tie) Edgewood-Colesburg
8. Bedford
9. Don Bosco
10. Easton Valley