2019 Iowa High School Football Rankings – Poll 8
With the regular season coming to an end this week, 12 high school football teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are ranked heading into their final games.
Three area teams lead their respective classes in the latest Associated Press poll of 2019, which was released Monday afternoon. Three of the six top-ranked teams in the eighth poll of the season are Waukon (Class 2A), Dike-New Hartford (Class 1A) and Don Bosco (8-Player), which has been No. 1 all season.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck is one of the newcomers to the poll. The Rebels are ranked 10th in the 8-Player class, following Friday's district championship and playoff-qualifying win over AGWSR.
Other ranked teams from the area are: Cedar Falls (No. 2, Class 4A), Independence (No. 5, Class 3A), Waterloo Columbus Catholic (No. 6, Class 2A), North Tama (No. 3, Class A), MFL-Mar-Mac (No. 4, Class A),Grundy Center (No. 5, Class A), Edgewood-Colesburg (No. 8, Class A), and Turkey Valley (No. 3, 8-Player).
In addition to the 12 rated teams, South Winneshiek (Class A) and Janesville (8-Player) are receiving votes.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2019 season with first-place votes in parentheses, win-loss record, and total points:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. West Des Moines Valley (8) | 8-0 | 89 | 1 |
2. West Des Moines Dowling | 7-1 | 76 | 2 |
(tie) Cedar Falls (1) | 8-0 | 76 | 3 |
4. Ankeny Centennial | 7-1 | 62 | 4 |
5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 7-1 | 57 | 5 |
6. Bettendorf | 6-2 | 37 | 8 |
(tie) Southeast Polk | 7-1 | 37 | 7 |
8. Ankeny | 5-3 | 17 | 9 |
9. Waukee | 5-3 | 16 | 10 |
10. Des Moines Roosevelt | 6-2 | 15 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Cedar Rapids Prairie 6. Marion Linn-Mar 5. Sioux City East 2.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Epworth Western Dubuque (9) | 8-0 | 90 | 1 |
2. Solon | 8-0 | 80 | 2 |
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 7-1 | 64 | 3 |
4. Eldridge North Scott | 7-1 | 55 | 5 |
5. Independence | 8-0 | 47 | 4 |
6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 7-1 | 43 | 6 |
7. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 7-1 | 41 | 7 |
8. Norwalk | 7-1 | 25 | 8 |
9. Washington | 6-2 | 18 | T10 |
10. Dallas Center-Grimes | 7-1 | 17 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Harlan 12. Pella 2. Glenwood 1.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Waukon (9) | 8-0 | 90 | 1 |
2. Clear Lake | 8-0 | 76 | 2 |
3. Algona | 8-0 | 72 | 3 |
4. Green County | 8-0 | 60 | 5 |
5. O-A-BCIG | 8-0 | 59 | 6 |
6. Waterloo Columbus Catholic | 7-1 | 44 | 7 |
7. Van Horne Benton | 7-1 | 28 | NR |
8. Des Moines Christian | 7-1 | 22 | 4 |
9. Nevada | 7-1 | 13 | NR |
10. Tipton | 6-2 | 9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: State Center West Marshall 6. Williamsburg 5. Monticello 4. Spirit Lake 4. Monroe PCM 3.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Dike-New Hartford (6) | 8-0 | 87 | 1 |
2. Van Meter (2) | 8-0 | 81 | 2 |
3. Hull Western Christian | 8-0 | 64 | 3 |
4. Hawarden West Sioux | 6-1 | 53 | 4 |
5. West Branch | 8-0 | 51 | T6 |
6. South Central Calhoun (1) | 8-0 | 50 | 5 |
7. Treynor | 8-0 | 44 | T6 |
8. Inwood West Lyon | 7-1 | 32 | 8 |
9. Sigourney-Keota | 8-0 | 21 | 9 |
10. Iowa City Regina | 7-1 | 9 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Underwood 3.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Britt West Hancock (8) | 8-0 | 89 | 1 |
2. St. Ansgar (1) | 8-0 | 81 | 2 |
3. Traer North Tama | 8-0 | 69 | 3 |
4. Monona MFL-Mar-Mac | 8-0 | 54 | 5 |
5. Grundy Center | 7-1 | 51 | 4 |
6. Earlham | 7-1 | 39 | 7 |
7. Moville Woodbury Central | 7-1 | 35 | 8 |
8. Edgewood-Colesburg | 6-2 | 20 | 6 |
9. Brooklyn BGM | 7-1 | 16 | 9 |
10. Hinton | 6-2 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Paullina South O'Brien 9. 12, Manly Central Springs 8. 12, Neola Tri-Center 8. 14, Calmar South Winneshiek 1. 14, Belle Plaine 1.
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Gilbertville Don Bosco (7) | 8-0 | 88 | 1 |
2. Remsen St. Mary's (1) | 8-0 | 77 | 2 |
3. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley (1) | 8-0 | 76 | 3 |
4. Audubon | 8-1 | 63 | 4 |
5. Coon Rapids-Bayard | 7-1 | 48 | T7 |
6. Harris-Lake Park | 7-1 | 39 | T7 |
7. Fremont Mills, Tabor | 5-1 | 27 | 9 |
8. Easton Valley | 7-1 | 25 | 5 |
9. Anita, CAM | 7-1 | 21 | 6 |
10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 6-2 | 7 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Montezuma 6. Janesville 6. Lamoni 5. Lenox 4. HLV, Victor 2. Liberty Center SE Warren 1.