Iowa High School Football Class Top 10 Rankings - Oct. 27, 2026

Final regular season rankings in Iowa high school football, as the postseason dawns around the state.

Regina's Aiden Gaffey (14) hands the ball to Holt Hinkel (1) Oct. 2, 2026 during a high school football game against the Sigourney Keota Cobras in Iowa City, Iowa. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

As noted, the Iowa high school football regular season is now officially closed. Class 5A, Class 4A and Class 3A joined the other four classifications to wrap things up last week.

From here on out, it is all playoffs all the time across the state. The round of 16 will take place this Friday night in all seven classes, as teams jockey for a spot one game closer to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

There was no change to any of the top teams in each of the seven classes. Johnston concluded the year with a commanding win over Des Moines Roosevelt, as the Dragons move into the Class 5A playoffs with all the momentum in the world.

Defending state champion Dowling Catholic, Southeast Polk, Ankeny and Sioux City East will be hot on the chase of Johnston.

Several other reigning state champions are still alive, including Cedar Rapids Xavier, the No. 1 team in Class 4A. Kuemper Catholic in Class 2A, West Lyon in Class 1A and Bishop Garrigan in eight-player continue to serve as defending champions.

Here are the latest Top 10s for each of the classes this week in Iowa high school football.

Iowa High School Football Class Top 10 Rankings - Oct. 27, 2026

Class 5A

1. Johnston
2. Dowling Catholic
3. Southeast Polk
4. Ankeny
5. Sioux City East
6. Indianola
7. Cedar Falls
8. Waukee Northwest
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie
10. Pleasant Valley

Class 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier
2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
3. Carlisle
4. Western Dubuque
5. Lewis Central
6. Waverly-Shell Rock
7. Glenwood
8. Newton
9. North Polk
10. Spencer

Class 3A

1. Clear Lake
2. Solon
3. Des Moines Christian
4. Carroll
5. Sioux City Bishop Heelan
6. Mount Pleasant
7. Mount Vernon
8. Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
9. West Delaware
10. Davenport Assumption

Class 2A

1. Van Meter
2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
3. Spirit Lake
4. Kuemper Catholic
5. OABCIG
6. Mid-Prairie
7. Alburnett
8. Wilton
9. Osage
10. Dike-New Hartford

Class 1A

1. Iowa City Regina Catholic
2. West Lyon
3. Aplington-Parkersburg
4. Treynor
5. Clarion-Goldfield/Dows
6. West Marshall
7. Underwood
8. Grundy Center
9. South Central Calhoun
10. Pleasantville

Class A

1. Woodbury Central
2. Saint Ansgar
3. West Sioux
4. Madrid
5. East Buchanan
6. West Fork
7. North Linn
8. Council Bluffs St. Albert
9. Wapsie Valley
10. Maquoketa Valley

Eight-Player

1. Woodbine
2. Audubon
3. Iowa Valley
4. Bedford
5. Edgewood-Colesburg
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
7. Bishop Garrigan
8. Kingsley-Pierson
9. North Union
10. Montezuma