Iowa High School Football: Class 8-Player 2025 District Predictions

Breaking down the districts for Class 8-Player in Iowa high school football

Remsen St. Mary's Keaton Harpenau (2) intercept’s a pass meant for Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Hudson Clark (3) during the Iowa high school 8-player championship Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. / JULIA HANSEN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

As we move closer and closer to the official start of the 2025 Iowa high school football season, our attention turns to the district races.

For all classifications other than Class 5A, these will be key in determining who advances to the postseason and has a shot at playing inside the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The 5A qualifiers will use an RPI to determine those who advance.

The 4A and 3A state fields consist of each district champion and district runner-up along with four at-large qualifiers from the RPI.

In 2A, 1A and A, each district champion, district runner-up, district third-place and district fourth-place teams will qualify for the playoffs. In eight-player, each district champion, district runner-up and district third-place team qualify along with two at-large selections from all 10 districts.

Here are district-by-district predictions for Class 8-Player in Iowa high school football in 2025:

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CLASS 8-Player DISTRICT PREDICTIONS

District 1

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. St. Edmond
2. Remsen St. Mary’s
3. GTRA
4. Kingsley-Pierson
5. Newell-Fonda
6. Harris-Lake Park
7. Siouxland Christian

District 2

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Bishop Garrigan
2. Riceville
3. North Union
4. Northwood-Kensett
5. North Iowa
6. Rockford
7. West Bend-Mallard

District 3

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Don Bosco
2. Dunkerson
3. Janesville
4. Tripoli
5. Turkey Valley
6. West Central
7. Waterloo Christian

District 4

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Lansing Kee
2. Easton Valley
3. Central Elkader
4. Springville
5. Calamus-Wheatland
6. Central City
7. Edgewood-Colesburg

District 5

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Belle Plaine
2. Iowa Valley
3. Winfield-Mt. Union
4. WACO
5. Lone Tree
6. HLV
7. English Valleys

District 6

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
2. Clarksville
3. Colo-Nesco
4. North Tama
5. Collins-Maxwell
6. GMG
7. Meskwaki Settlement School

District 7

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Montezuma
2. Southeast Warren
3. Baxter
4. Moravia
5. Wayne
6. Melcher-Dallas
7. Twin Cedars

District 8

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Lenox
2. Bedford
3. Murray
4. Lamoni
5. East Union
6. Seymour
7. Mormon Trail

District 9

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Audubon
2. CAM
3. Ar-We-Va
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard
5. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton
6. Glidden-Ralston
7. Griswold

District 10

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Woodbine
2. Boyer Valley
3. Fremont Mills
4. East Mills
5. Sidney
6. Stanton/Essex

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