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Mid-Prairie, Pekin, Mt. Pleasant ranked
Gazette, IHSAA rankings released post Week-7
Andy Krutsinger
Oct. 15, 2025 1:13 pm
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Mid-Prairie, Pekin and Mt. pleasant all find themselves in the various Iowa high school football rankings after a wild Week 7. Mid-Prairie and Pekin are in both and the Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings and the Gazette rankings, while Mt. Pleasant appears in only the IHSAA poll.
Listed below are both rankings, along with playoff rules for the smaller classes. This week will be the last week for Class 8-Player, A, 1A and 2A, while Classes 3A, 4A and 5A have two regular season weeks left.
The Gazette’s post-Week 7 football poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
CLASS 5A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Waukee Northwest (6) 7-0 60 1
2. West Des Moines Valley 6-1 54 2
3. West Des Moines Dowling 6-1 48 3
4. Iowa City Liberty 6-1 40 5
5. Cedar Falls 6-1 32 6
6. Sioux City East 6-1 28 10
7. Iowa City West 6-1 24 8
8. Ankeny 5-2 20 7
9. Johnston 5-2 18 4
10. Southeast Polk 4-3 5 9
Others receiving votes: Dallas Center-Grimes 1.
CLASS 4A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6) 7-0 60 1
2. North Polk 6-1 50 2
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6-1 47 2
4. Gilbert 7-0 41 4
5. Newton 6-1 38 5
6. Pella 6-1 31 6
7. Adel ADM 6-1 27 7
8. Western Dubuque 5-2 17 8
9. Decorah 6-1 13 9
10. Fort Dodge 6-1 4 —
Others receiving votes: Lewis Central 2.
CLASS 3A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Clear Lake (6) 7-0 60 1
2. Solon 7-0 53 2
3. Sioux City Heelan 6-1 49 3
4. West Delaware 7-0 42 5
5. Sioux Center 6-1 34 6
6. Dubuque Wahlert 5-2 29 7
7. Des Moines Christian 6-1 23 9
8. Central DeWitt 5-2 15 —
9. Mount Vernon 5-2 13 4
10. Nevada 5-2 8 —
Dropped out: Williamsburg (8), Davenport Assumption (10).
Others receiving votes: Humboldt 4.
CLASS 2A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Carroll Kuemper (6) 7-0 60 1
2. Monroe PCM 6-1 53 2
3. Osage 7-0 47 3
4. Okoboji 7-0 40 4
5. Mid-Prairie 6-1 33 6
6. Woodward-Granger 6-1 32 5
7. Centerville 7-0 21 7
8. Bellevue 7-0 19 8
9. Van Meter 5-2 15 9
10. Cherokee 5-2 6 —
Dropped out: Western Christian (10).
Others receiving votes: Alburnett 4.
CLASS 1A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Grundy Center (5) 7-0 59 1
2. West Lyon (1) 7-0 54 2
3. Iowa City Regina 7-0 49 3
4. Treynor 6-1 41 4
5. South Hardin 6-1 37 5
6. Dyersville Beckman 6-1 27 6
7. Pleasantville 6-1 25 7
8. Underwood 5-2 20 8
9. West Marshall 5-2 12 9
10. Manson-NW Webster 5-2 4 —
Dropped out: Interstate 35 (10).
Others receiving votes: Cascade 2.
CLASS A W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Saint Ansgar (4) 7-0 57 1
2. West Hancock (1) 7-0 52 2
3. Woodbury Central 7-0 47 3
4. Marcus MMCRU (1) 7-0 45 4
5. Guthrie Center ACGC 7-0 37 5
6. North Linn 7-0 27 7
7. Wapsie Valley 7-0 25 8
8. Pekin 7-0 15 9
9. West Sioux 6-1 12 6
10. Oakland Riverside 6-1 7 10
Others receiving votes: Lynnville-Sully 6.
8-PLAYER W-L Pts. Pvs
1. Algona Garrigan (5) 7-0 59 1
2. Woodbine (1) 7-0 54 2
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 7-0 48 3
4. Iowa Valley 7-0 42 4
5. Audubon 7-0 36 5
6. Edgewood-Colesburg 7-0 31 6
7. Ruthven GTRA 7-0 23 7
8. Don Bosco 4-2 13 9
9. Montezuma 5-2 8 9
10. Easton Valley 6-1 6 —
Dropped out: Kingsley-Pierson (8).
Others receiving votes: Bedford 3, Fremont-Mills 3, Southeast Warren 3, Kingsley-Pierson 1.
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The IHSAA’s RPI and committee rankings after Week 7
The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released its first RPI rankings for Class 5A, Class 4A and Class 3A, and its committee rankings for the other four classes.
In 5A, RPI completely decides the 16-team playoff field.
In 4A and 3A, the top two teams in each district are automatic qualifiers. The four at-large teams are determined by RPI.
In 2A, 1A and A, the 32 qualifying teams are easy to determine, it’s the top four teams in each of eight districts.
In 8-Player, the top three teams qualify from each of 10 districts. Two qualifiers are determined via the plus/minus-17 rule.
Rankings in the four smallest classes are used for seeding and pairings only and have no bearing on qualification.
Three regular-season weeks remain in 5A, 4A and 3A. For the other four classes, it’s two regular-season weeks.
IHSAA rankings, through Week 7
CLASS 5A (RPI) W-L RPI
1. Waukee Northwest 7-0 .6916
2. West Des Moines Dowling 6-1 .6689
3. West Des Moines Valley 6-1 .6641
4. Sioux City East 6-1 .6285
5. Ankeny 5-2 .6230
6. Iowa City Liberty 6-1 .6224
7. Johnston 5-2 .6184
8. Cedar Falls 6-1 .6078
9. Iowa City West 6-1 .5838
10. Dallas Center-Grimes 5-2 .5628
10. Southeast Polk 4-3 .5628
12. Ankeny Centennial 4-3 .5553
13. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-3 .5373
14. Dubuque Senior 5-2 .5295
15. Norwalk 4-3 .5254
16. Waterloo West 4-3 .5236
16. Indianola 4-3 .5236
18. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 4-3 .5117
19. Urbandale 4-3 .5093
20. Waukee 2-5 .4965
CLASS 4A (RPI) W-L RPI
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (D2) 7-0 .6865
2. Decorah (D2) 6-1 .6508
3. North Polk (D5) 6-1 .6488
4. Gilbert (D5) 7-0 .6481
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (D1) 6-1 .6462
6. Pella (D4) 6-1 .6208
7. Western Dubuque (D3) 5-2 .6157
8. Newton (D4) 6-1 .6135
9. Fort Dodge (D1) 6-1 .6049
10. Adel ADM (D6) 6-1 .6034
11. Glenwood (D6) 5-2 .5622
12. Le Mars (D1) 4-3 .5580
13. North Scott (D3) 4-3 .5463
14. Lewis Central (D6) 4-3 .5434
15. Burlington (D3) 5-2 .5357
16. Davenport North (D3) 5-2 .5284
17. Grinnell (D4) 4-3 .5000
18. Mason City (D2) 3-4 .4881
19. Waverly-Shell Rock 3-4 .4852
20. Carlisle 3-4 .4821
CLASS 3A (RPI) W-L RPI
1. Clear Lake (D2) 7-0 .7147
2. West Delaware (D2) 7-0 .7098
3. Solon (D4) 7-0 .6850
4. Sioux City Heelan (D1) 6-1 .6733
5. Sioux Center (D1) 6-1 .6396
6. Des Moines Christian (D5) 6-1 .6256
7. Dubuque Wahlert (D3) 5-2 .6182
8. Mt. Pleasant (D4) 6-1 .5973
9. Nevada (D5) 5-2 .5933
10. Benton Community (D2) 4-3 .5880
11. Mount Vernon (D3) 5-2 .5693
12. Central DeWitt (D3) 5-2 .5628
13. Humboldt (D1) 4-3 .5619
14. Independence (D2) 4-3 .5555
15. MOC-Floyd Valley (D1) 4-3 .5403
16. Atlantic (D6) 4-3 .5298
17. Winterset (D5) 4-3 .5263
18. Iowa Falls-Alden (D2) 3-4 .5257
19. Williamsburg (D5) 3-4 .5216
20. Davenport Assumption (D3) 4-3 .5196
CLASS 2A (Committee) W-L Pvs
1. Carroll Kuemper 7-0 1
2. Monroe PCM 6-1 2
3. Okoboji 7-0 3
4. Bellevue 7-0 4
5. Centerville 7-0 5
6. Mid-Prairie 6-1 7
7. Osage 7-0 6
8. Alburnett 5-2 9
9. Van Meter 5-2 10
10. West Branch 5-2 —
CLASS 1A (Committee) W-L Pvs
1. West Lyon 7-0 1
2. Grundy Center 7-0 2
3. Iowa City Regina 7-0 3
4. South Hardin 6-1 4
5. Treynor 6-1 5
6. Pleasantville 6-1 6
7. Underwood 5-2 7
8. Dyersville Beckman 6-1 8
9. West Marshall 5-2 9
10. Ridge View 4-3 —
CLASS A (Committee) W-L Pvs
1. Marcus MMCRU 7-0 1
2. Saint Ansgar 7-0 2
3. Guthrie Center ACGC 7-0 3
4. West Sioux 6-1 4
5. Wapsie Valley 7-0 6
6. North Linn 7-0 7
7. West Hancock 7-0 5
8. Woodbury Central 7-0 8
9. Oakland Riverside 6-1 9
10. Lynnville-Sully 6-1 10
8-PLAYER (Committee) W-L Pvs
1. Algona Garrigan 7-0 1
2. Woodbine 7-0 2
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 7-0 3
4. Iowa Valley 7-0 4
5. Audubon 7-0 5
6. Edgewood-Colesburg 7-0 6
7. Ruthven GTRA 7-0 7
8. Don Bosco 4-2 8
9. Fremont-Mills 5-2 10
10. Bedford 6-1 —