2021 Iowa High School Football Rankings

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For the second week in a row, 15 high school football teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are ranked by the Associated Press.

Nearly half of the region's rated teams are featured among the top five in their respective classes. Three of those teams -- North Linn, North Butler and Grundy Center -- compete in Class A. The Lynx are ranked at No. 2, the Bearcats are No. 3 and the Spartans are No. 5. Another area squad in the survey is East Buchanan, which is ranked at No. 9.

Waukon is ranked third in the Class 2A survey, four spots ahead of No. 9 North Fayette Valley.

Waverly-Shell Rock (Class 4A) is one of three area teams ranked at No. 5, along with West Delaware (Class 3A) and Dike-New Hartford (Class 1A). Decorah is ranked four spots below Waverly-Shell Rock, while Independence is ranked right behind West Delaware at No. 6. Dike-New Hartford shares the Class 1A spotlight with Denver, which is ranked at No. 10.

In the eight-player class, three area teams are feature among the top 10. They are: Turkey Valley at No. 7, Kee High at No. 8 and Gladbrook-Reinbeck at No. 10.

The regular season ends this week for teams that compete in Iowa's four smallest classes. Teams that fail to qualify for the playoffs have the option of scheduling an additional regular season game.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2021 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (11)	7-0	119	1
2. Southeast Polk	6-1	101	3
3. West Des Moines Valley	6-1	97	4
4. Urbandale	6-1	74	6
5. Ankeny	5-2	64	5
6. Marion Linn-Mar	6-1	55	8
7. Iowa City High (1)	6-1	48	2
8. Cedar Rapids Prairie	5-2	28	7
9. Pleasant Valley	5-2	27	NR
10. West Des Moines Dowling	4-3	23	9

Others receiving votes: 11, Cedar Falls 18. 12, Dubuque Senior 5. 13, Ames 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Eldridge North Scott (12)	7-0	120	1
2. Bondurant Farrar	7-0	102	2
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier	6-1	93	3
4. Norwalk	6-1	71	T4
5. Waverly-Shell Rock	6-1	68	T4
6. Indianola	6-1	67	T7
7. Winterset	6-1	56	T7
8. Council Bluffs Lewis Central	5-2	37	9
9. Decorah	5-2	12	NR
10. Webster City	5-2	11	NR

Others receiving votes: Fort Madison 8. Newton 5. Clear Creek-Amana 5. Iowa CIty Liberty 3. Spencer 2.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Harlan (11)	7-0	118	1
2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1)	7-0	108	2
3. Solon	7-0	85	3
4. Humboldt	7-0	80	4
5. Manchester West Delaware	6-1	73	5
6. Independence	7-0	68	6
7. Nevada	7-0	55	7
8. Van Horne Benton	6-1	31	NR
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton	5-2	20	8
10. Algona	5-2	9	10

Others receiving votes: Adel ADM 6. Grinnell 4. Carroll 1. Davenport Assumption 1. DeWitt Central 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Southeast Valley, Gowrie (10)	7-0	118	1
2. O-A BCIG (1)	6-1	103	2
3. Waukon	6-1	92	3
4. State Center West Marshall (1)	6-1	82	4
5. Greene County	6-1	70	5
6. Spirit Lake	5-2	55	7
7. West Union North Fayette	6-1	39	9
(tie) Inwood West Lyon	5-2	39	10
9. Estherville-Lincoln Central	4-3	19	6
10. Central Lyon-GLR	4-3	15	NR

Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 9. Clear Lake 8. Osceola Clarke 8. Monticello 2. Pocahontas Area 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Van Meter (10)	7-0	118	1
2. Underwood	7-0	100	2
3. Iowa City Regina	7-0	88	3
4. Sigourney-Keota (1)	7-0	84	4
5. Dike-New Hartford (1)	7-0	76	5
6. Dyersville Beckman	7-0	64	6
7. AC GC	7-0	50	8
8. Pella Christian	6-1	37	9
9. Hawarden West Sioux	6-1	21	10
10. Denver	6-1	11	7

Others receiving votes: Monona MFL-Mar-Mac 6. Waterloo Columbus 3. South Central Calhoun 2.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Britt West Hancock (9)	7-0	116	1
2. Troy Mills North Linn (3)	7-0	107	2
3. North Butler	7-0	85	5
4. Logan-Magnolia	6-1	72	7
5. Grundy Center	6-1	70	6
6. Lisbon	6-1	57	8
7. Moville Woodbury Central	6-1	42	3
8. Belle Plaine	6-1	29	9
9. Winthrop East Buchanan	6-1	25	10
10. Southwest Valley	6-1	21	NR

Others receiving votes: Traer North Tama 17. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 9. Oakland Riverside 3. Wapello 3. Neola Tri-Center 2. Hartley HMS 2.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Anita CAM (5)	7-0	111	1
2. Montezuma (5)	8-0	106	2
3. Easton Valley (1)	7-0	96	3
4. Remsen Saint Mary's (1)	7-0	82	4
5. Wayland WACO	8-0	64	T7
6. Audubon	6-1	53	5
7. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley	7-0	49	9
8. Lenox	7-0	36	T7
9. Lansing Kee	7-0	26	10
10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck	7-0	12	6

Others receiving votes: Janesville 7. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 7. Newell-Fonda 6. North English English Valleys 3. Fremont Mills, Tabor 1. Baxter 1.

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