Radio Iowa High School Football Rankings Updated

All No. 1 teams remain same this week in latest poll
Dowling Catholic wide receiver Sam Drexler (1) carries the ball during a high school football game between Valley and Dowling Catholic on Aug. 29, 2025, at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines, Iowa. Valley defeated Dowling Catholic 20-19.
Dowling Catholic wide receiver Sam Drexler (1) carries the ball during a high school football game between Valley and Dowling Catholic on Aug. 29, 2025, at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines, Iowa. Valley defeated Dowling Catholic 20-19. / Ayrton Breckenridge/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The No. 1 ranked teams in the Radio Iowa high school football polls stayed the same this week, as all seven scored victories.

High School on SI Iowa High School Football Top 25 State Rankings

That included Waukee Northwest, as the Wolves now prepare for Cedar Rapids Prairie in Class 5A action this coming Friday night.

Other No. 1 ranked teams include Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Clear Lake (3A), Carroll Kuemper (2A), Grundy Center (1A), West Hancock (A) and Bishop Garrigan.

Here are the latest Radio Iowa high school football rankings for the week of September 15, 2025:

Radio Iowa High School Football Rankings

(September, 15, 2025)

Class 5A

  1. Waukee Northwest
  2. Iowa City Liberty
  3. West Des Moines Valley
  4. Dowling Catholic
  5. Southeast Polk
  6. Ankeny
  7. Iowa City West
  8. Sioux City East
  9. Ankeny Centennial
  10. Cedar Falls

Class 4A

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

Class 3A

  1. Clear Lake
  2. Solon
  3. Sioux City Bishop Heelan
  4. Mount Vernon
  5. Des Moines Christian
  6. MOC-Floyd Valley
  7. Nevada
  8. Dubuque Wahlert
  9. Algona
  10. Independence

Class 2A

  1. Carroll Kuemper
  2. Van Meter
  3. Woodward-Granger
  4. Osage
  5. PCM
  6. Okoboji
  7. Mid-Prairie
  8. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  9. OABCIG
  10. Cherokee

Class 1A

  1. Grundy Center
  2. West Lyon
  3. Iowa City Regina
  4. South Hardin
  5. Pleasantville
  6. Treynor
  7. Hinton
  8. Underwood
  9. West Marshall
  10. MVAOCOU

Class A

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

Eight-Player

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

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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.