High School on SI Iowa High School Football Week 4 Top 25 Fared

Results from Week 4 of the Iowa high school football season
Dowling Catholic’s Ian Middleton (5) takes the ball forward down the field against DCG on Sept. 12, 2025, at Dallas Center-Grimes High School.
Dowling Catholic’s Ian Middleton (5) takes the ball forward down the field against DCG on Sept. 12, 2025, at Dallas Center-Grimes High School. / Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Week 4 of the Iowa high school football season came with plenty of intrigue, as a pair of Top 10 teams went down, including No. 1 Iowa City Liberty.

The Lightning, who had won their first three games, came up short vs. Johnston, who checked in this week at No. 8 overall in the state power rankings. 

Four-time defending Class 5A champion Southeast Polk also fell, as Dowling Catholic handled the Rams in another Top 10 matchup, 45-14.

The High School on SI Iowa Top 25 includes all 11-player teams from Class A up to 5A.

Here is a look at the High School on SI Iowa High School Football Week 4 Top 25 Fared:

High School on SI Iowa High School Football Week 4 Top 25 Fared

1. Iowa City Liberty (3-1)

Last week: lost to Johnston, 27-24

2. Sioux City East (4-0)

Last week: defeated Sioux City West, 42-0

3. Southeast Polk (2-2)

Last week: lost to Dowling Catholic, 45-14

4. Waukee Northwest (4-0)

Last week: defeated Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-10

5. West Des Moines Valley (3-1)

Last week: defeated Waukee, 42-31

6. Dowling Catholic (3-1)

Last week: defeated Southeast Polk, 45-14

7. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-0)

Last week: defeated Williamsburg, 45-14

8. Johnston (3-1)

Last week: defeated Iowa City Liberty, 27-24

9. Carroll Kuemper (4-0)

Last week: defeated OABCIG, 43-22

10. Fort Dodge (4-0)

Last week: defeated Waterloo West, 35-14

11. Pella (4-0)

Last week: defeated North Polk, 19-15

12. Sioux City Bishop Heelan (3-1)

Last week: defeated Sioux City North, 35-20

13. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1)

Last week: defeated Glenwood, 14-10

14. North Polk (3-1)

Last week: lost to Pella, 19-15

15. Grundy Center (4-0)

Last week: defeated Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, 49-7

16. Ankeny Centennial (2-2)

Last week: lost to Ankeny, 29-15

17. Iowa City Regina (4-0)

Last week: defeated Cardinal

18. Iowa City West (4-0)

Last week: defeated Bettendorf, 31-14

19. Algona (3-1)

Last week: defeated Waverly-Shell Rock, 28-7

20. Indianola (3-1)

Last week: lost to Newton, 48-21

21. Solon (4-0)

Last week: defeated Dubuque Wahlert, 28-21

22. Clear Creek-Amana (2-2)

Last week: lost to North Scott, 33-30

23. Mount Vernon (3-1)

Last week: defeated Fort Madison, 56-0

24. ADM (3-1)

Last week: defeated Bondurant-Farrar, 48-0

25. OABCIG (2-2)

Last week: lost to Carroll Kuemper, 43-22

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Dana Becker
DANA BECKER

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.