2018 Iowa High School Football Week 1 Rankings

Ten teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are featured in the first high school football rankings of the season released by the Associated Press on Monday (Aug. 27, 2018).

Two-time defending eight-player state champion Don Bosco and Hudson, which finished second in Class-A a year ago, both debuted at No. 1 in their respective classes. Don Bosco extended the state's longest-active winning streak to 21 games with a lop-sided 50-6 victory over eight-player newcomer Gladbrook-Reinbeck Friday night, while Hudson won its 12th-consecutive regular-season game with a 46-8 win over Jesup.

East Buchanan (No. 7) and Wapsie Valley (No. 9) are also ranked in the Class-A poll, while Dike-New Hartford debuted at No. 5 in the Class-1A survey.

Also ranked among the top 10 are La Porte City Union (No. 3) and Waukon (No. 9) in Class-2A, West Delaware (No. 7) and Waverly-Shell Rock (No. 9) in Class-3A, and Cedar Falls (No. 5) in Class-4A.

Six area teams received votes, but just missed being ranked among the top 10 in the six-class poll.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2018 season with first-place votes in parentheses, win-loss record, and total points:


	Record	Pts
1. West Des Moines Dowling (7)	1-0	70
2. Johnston	1-0	53
3. Bettendorf	1-0	50
4. West Des Moines Valley	1-0	48
5. Cedar Falls	1-0	43
6. Iowa City West	1-0	39
7. Cedar Rapids Prairie	1-0	32
8. Ankeny Centennial	1-0	23
9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy	1-0	14
10. Southeast Polk	0-1	6

Others receiving votes: 11, Fort Dodge 5. 12, Indianola 1. 12, Sioux City West 1.


	Record	Pts
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3)	1-0	63
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (2)	1-0	60
3. Solon	1-0	48
4. Pella (2)	1-0	43
5. Harlan	1-0	41
6. Sioux City Heelan	1-0	33
7. Manchester West Delaware	1-0	26
8. Eldridge North Scott	0-1	16
9. Waverly-Shell Rock	1-0	13
10. Sergeant Bluff-Luton	0-1	11

Others receiving votes: 11, Epworth Western Dubuque 9. 12, Decorah 7. 13, Marion 6. 14, Glenwood 5. 15, Webster City 4.


	Record	Pts
1. Boyden-Hull-RV (4)	1-0	67
2. Monroe PCM (3)	1-0	63
3. Union, La Porte City	1-0	51
4. Carroll Kuemper	1-0	42
5. Sioux Center	1-0	35
6. State Center West Marshall	1-0	32
7. Clear Lake	1-0	31
8. Williamsburg	0-1	15
9. Waukon	0-1	13
10. Sheldon	1-0	11

Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Vernon 9. 12, Gowrie Prairie Valley 5. 13, Centerville 4. 14, Algona 3. 15, Albia 2. 15, Roland-Story 2.


	Record	Pts
1. Pella Christian (2)	1-0	56
2. Inwood West Lyon (2)	1-0	48
3. West Branch	1-0	41
4. Hawarden West Sioux	0-1	37
5. Dike-New Hartford (1)	1-0	34
6. Iowa City Regina	0-1	33
7. Cascade (1)	1-0	23
8. Van Meter (1)	1-0	22
9. Wilton	1-0	18
(tie) Hull Western Christian	1-0	18

Others receiving votes: 11, Mediapolis 15. 11, Aplington-Parkersburg 15. 13, South Central Calhoun 13. 14, Bellevue 6. 15, Truro Interstate 35 5. 16, Denver 1.


	Record	Pts
1. Hudson (4)	1-0	60
2. Saint Ansgar (1)	1-0	50
3. Lynnville-Sully (1)	1-0	49
4. Algona Garrigan	1-0	47
5. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca	1-0	45
6. Alburnett	1-0	23
7. Winthrop East Buchanan	1-0	17
(tie) Council Bluffs St. Albert	0-1	17
9. Fairbank Wapsie Valley	1-0	16
10. Belmond-Klemme	1-0	15

Others receiving votes: 11, IKM/Manning 10. 11, Brooklyn BGM (1) 10. 13, Packwood Pekin 8. 14, Britt West Hancock 7. 15, Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 5. 16, Hartley HMS 3. 17, Sloan Westwood 2. 18, Hinton 1.


	Record	Pts
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7)	1-0	70
2. Audubon	1-0	42
3. Newell-Fonda	1-0	38
4. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira	1-0	36
5. New London	1-0	32
6. Wyoming Midland	2-0	27
7. Westside Ar-We-Va	1-0	21
(tie) Stanton	1-0	21
9. Fremont Mills, Tabor	0-1	18
10. Riceville	1-0	13

Others receiving votes: 11, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11. 11, Marengo Iowa Valley 11. 11, Kingsley-Pierson 11. 14, Moravia 9. 15, Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 7. 16, Lone Tree 6. 17, East Mills 3. 17, HLV, Victor 3. 19, Northwood-Kensett 2. 19, Harris-Lake Park 2. 21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1. 21, Dunkerton 1.

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