Iowa high school football playoffs 2024: Qualifiers set for Classes 5A, 4A and 3A

Then there were 16.

As the ninth week of Iowa high school football concluded, the IHSAA released its playoff qualifiers for Classes 5A, 4A and 3A. Classes 2A, 1A, A and Eight-Player have slimmed from the round-of-32 to the round-of-16, while the three larger classes will begin their playoff journeys next week with 16 teams in each class.

Round-of-16 will be announced on Saturday morning, but in the meantime, here are the qualifiers for next week.

Rankings below are the final RPI standings.

Class 5A

• 1. Iowa City Liberty
• 2. Dowling Catholic
• 3. Bettendorf
• 4. Valley
• 5. Johnston
• 6. Pleasant Valley
• 7, Ankeny Centennial
• 8. Ankeny
• 9. Linn-Mar
• 10. Iowa City High
• 11. Southeast Polk
• 12. Waterloo West
• 13. Sioux City East
• 14. Iowa City West
• 15. Cedar Falls
• 16. Waukee

Class 4A

• 1. North Polk
• 2. Decorah
• 3. Pella
• 4. Lewis Central
• 5. ADM
• 6. Gilbert
• 7. Western Dubuque
• 8. Cedar Rapids Xavier
• 9. North Scott
• 10. Waverly-Shell Rock
• 11. Clear Creek-Amana
• 12. Norwalk
• 13. Ballard
• 14. Spencer
• 15. Newton
• 16. Fort Dodge

Class 3A

• 1. Humboldt
• 2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
• 3. Wahlert Catholic
• 4. Algona
• 5. Mount Vernon
• 6. Nevada
• 7. Independence
• 8. Benton Community
• 9. Solon
• 10. Williamsburg
• 11. MOC-Floyd Valley
• 12. Bishop Heelan
• 13. Carroll
• 14. Harlan
• 15. Clear Lake
• 20. Assumption (qualified as runner-up)

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.