Iowa High School Football Associated Press Polls

Final AP polls for 2A, 1A, A and eight-player in Iowa

Dowling Catholic’s Ian Middleton (5) reaches across the goal line for a touchdown on Oct. 10, 2025, at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines. | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The final Associated Press Iowa high school football polls for four classifications were released on Tuesday.

Class 2A, 1A, A and eight-player will all begin playoff football this coming Friday night around the state. The remaining three classes - 5A, 4A and 3A - will have one more week of regular season action before entering the postseason next week.

There was no change atop the polls for any of the classes except 5A, as previous No. 1 Waukee Northwest suffered its first loss of the season to cross-town rival Waukee. The Wolves dropped to second, as Dowling Catholic replaced them.

Remaining Classes With Same No. 1 Teams This Week

Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Clear Lake (3A), Kuemper Catholic (2A),  Grundy Center (1A), Saint Ansgar (A) and Bishop Garrigan (eight-player) held serve as No. 1s.

Newcomers to the rankings this week include Dallas Center-Grimes (5A), Atlantic (3A), Cherokee (2A), Emmetsburg (1A), Manson Northwest Webster (1A), Lynnville-Sully (A) and Don Bosco (eight-player).

Here are the latest Associated Press Iowa high school football rankings:

Iowa High School Football Associated Press Rankings

Class 5A

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

Class 4A

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

Class 3A

1. Clear Lake
2. Solon
3. West Delaware
4. Bishop Heelan
5. Wahlert Catholic
6. Sioux Center
7. Nevada
8. Central DeWitt
9. Des Moines Christian
10. Atlantic

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