Latest Iowa High School Football Rankings, RPI Revealed

Playoffs for half the state will be announced this Saturday

Waukee Northwest's Elliot Combe sacks Southeast Polk's Boston Bailey during a football game at Southeast Polk High School on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Pleasant Hill. / Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Leaves are falling, temperatures and dropping and the Iowa high school football season is quickly winding down.

For half of the state, this is the final week of the regular season, with playoff pairings set to be announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association on Saturday. That will be for Classes 2A, 1A, A and eight-player.

The remainder of the state will play one more regular season contest after this week before embarking on the playoff journey and road to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

With that, here are the latest official Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings for eight-player to 2A along with the Top 10 in the RPI for Classes 5A, 4A and 3A.

Iowa High School Athletic Association RPI Rankings

Class 5A

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

Class 4A

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

Class 3A

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

Iowa High School Athletic Association Rankings

Class 2A

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

Class 1A

1. West Lyon
2. Grundy Center
3. Regina
4. South Hardin
5. Treynor
6. Pleasantville
7. Underwood
8. Beckman Catholic
9. West Marshall
10. Ridge View

Class A

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

Eight-Player

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

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