Iowa
Who the ranked Iowa high school football teams face Friday night
Southeast Polk and Ankeny have met in three of the last four Class 5A state championship games. The Rams have won the last three titles and the Hawks claimed the one before that run. So it’s a little odd to see 0-1 records by their names entering a big game Friday.
Still, both the Rams (No. 5) and Hawks (No. 7) are ranked, part of a strong Class 5A Central Iowa contingent that also happens to include a 1-vs.-2 rivalry game this week.
West Des Moines Valley and West Des Moines Dowling are both 1-0 ahead of their clash at Valley Stadium.
The Iowa Valley Tigers, meanwhile, already are 2-0. So is WACO and those two ranked 8-Player teams meet Friday in Marengo.
Here’s a look at who all 71 teams ranked in this week’s Gazette poll face Friday night.
Class 5A
No. 1 West Des Moines Valley (1-0) vs. No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (1-0)
No. 2 Waukee (1-0) at Waukee Northwest (0-1)
No. 2 West Des Moines Dowling (1-0) vs. No. 1 West Des Moines Valley (1-0)
No. 4 Ankeny Centennial (1-0) vs. Ames (0-1)
No. 5 Southeast Polk (0-1) vs. No. 7 Ankeny (0-1)
No. 6 Johnston (1-0) vs. Cedar Falls (1-0)
No. 7 Ankeny (0-1) at No. 5 Southeast Polk (0-1)
No. 8 Bettendorf (1-0) at Davenport West (0-1)
No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (0-1) vs. Pleasant Valley (0-1)
No. 10 Linn-Mar (1-0) vs. Cedar Rapids Washington (0-1)
Class 4A
No. 1 Lewis Central (1-0) at Creston (0-1)
No. 2 North Scott (1-0) at Waverly-Shell Rock (0-1)
No. 3 Western Dubuque (1-0) at Dubuque Wahlert (1-0)
No. 4 North Polk (1-0) at Carlisle (0-1)
No. 5 Indianola (1-0) vs. Norwalk (1-0)
No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar (0-1) vs. Grinnell (1-0)
No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier (1-0) at 3A No. 1 Williamsburg (1-0)
No. 8 Pella (1-0) vs. Keokuk (0-1)
No. 9 Decorah (1-0) at 3A No. 6 West Delaware (0-1)
No. 10 Gilbert (1-0) at Carroll (1-0)
Class 3A
No. 1 Williamsburg (1-0) vs. 4A No. 7 Cedar Rapids Xavier (1-0)
No. 2 Solon (1-0) at Clear Creek Amana (1-0)
No. 3 Mount Vernon (1-0) vs. Union Community (1-0)
No. 4 Algona (1-0) at Forest City (0-1)
No. 5 Clear Lake (1-0) at New Hampton (0-1)
No. 6 West Delaware (0-1) vs. 4A No. 9 Decorah (1-0)
No. 7 Independence (1-0) at Crestwood (0-1)
No. 8 Nevada (1-0) at Roland-Story (1-0)
No. 9 MOC-Floyd Valley (1-0) at 2A No. 7 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (0-1)
No. 10 Harlan (0-1) vs. Denison-Schleswig (1-0)
Class 2A
No. 1 West Lyon (1-0) at Lawton-Bronson (0-1)
No. 2 Van Meter (1-0) at No. 10 Des Moines Christian (1-0)
No. 3 Monroe PCM (1-0) vs. Pella Christian (0-1)
No. 4 Spirit Lake (0-1) at Sioux Center (0-1)
No. 5 Western Christian (1-0) at Hinton (1-0)
No. 6 Clarinda (1-0) vs. Red Oak (0-1)
No. 7 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (0-1) vs. 3A No. 9 MOC-Floyd Valley (1-0)
No. 7 Cherokee (1-0) vs. Sioux Central (1-0)
No. 9 Carroll Kuemper (0-1) at 1A No. 4 Underwood (0-1)
No. 10 Des Moines Christian (1-0) vs. No. 2 Van Meter (1-0)
Class 1A
No. 1 Grundy Center (1-0) at Aplington-Parkersburg (0-1)
No. 2 Wilton (1-0) at West Liberty (0-1)
No. 3 Ida Grove OABCIG (1-0) vs. East Sac County (0-1)
No. 4 Underwood (0-1) vs. 2A No. 9 Carroll Kuemper (0-1)
No. 5 Dike-New Hartford (0-1) vs. West Branch (0-1)
No. 6 Emmetsburg (1-0) vs. Estherville-Lincoln Central (0-1)
No. 7 Avoca AHSTW (1-0) vs. Oakland Riverside (1-0)
No. 8 Sumner-Fredericksburg (1-0) at North Fayette Valley (0-1)
No. 9 South Hardin (1-0) at Iowa Falls-Alden (0-1)
No. 10 Iowa City Regina (1-0) at Mid-Prairie (0-1)
No. 10 MFL MarMac (1-0) vs. Waukon (0-1)
Class A
No. 1 Woodbury Central (1-0) at Westwood (0-1)
No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC (1-0) vs. No. 9 Earlham (1-0)
No. 3 West Hancock (1-0) vs. Belmond-Klemme (0-1)
No. 4 Logan-Magnolia (1-0) vs. Kingsley-Pierson (1-0)
No. 5 Saint Ansgar (1-0) vs. North Union (0-1)
No. 6 Mount Ayr (1-0) vs. Wayne (1-0)
No. 7 Starmont (1-0) at Clayton Ridge (0-1)
No. 8 Madrid (0-1) at Martensdale-St. Marys (0-1)
No. 9 Earlham (1-0) at No. 2 Guthrie Center ACGC (1-0)
No. 10 Lisbon (1-0) at Louisa-Muscatine (0-1)
8-Player
No. 1 Remsen St. Mary’s (1-0) vs. Siouxland Christian (0-1)
No. 2 Bedford (1-0) vs. Murray (1-1)
No. 3 Algona Garrigan (1-0) vs. West Bend-Mallard (1-0)
No. 4 Audubon (1-0) vs. Colo-Nesco (2-0)
No. 5 Don Bosco (1-0) vs. Elkader Central (0-1)
No. 6 Lenox (1-0) at Fremont-Mills (1-0)
No. 7 Anita CAM (0-1) at Griswold (0-1)
No. 8 Iowa Valley (2-0) vs. No. 9 WACO (2-0)
No. 9 WACO (2-0) at No. 8 Iowa Valley (2-0)
No. 10 Lansing Kee (1-0) vs. Turkey Valley (0-1)
Comments: nathan.ford@thegazette.com