Sigourney-Keota ranked ninth, Washington, M-P receive votes in Gazette preseason poll

Not much has changed since the Cedar Rapids Gazette/KGYM Radio poll put out its way-too-early football rankings in the spring. The same four teams are ranked No. 1 after a new preseason poll was taken last week.

Three area teams received votes in the preseason poll. Sigourney-Keota is ranked No. 9 in the Class 1A poll. Washington received 13 votes in the Class 3A poll, two votes off the Top-10, and Mid-Prairie picked up seven votes in the Class 2A poll, three votes away from being ranked.

Two teams were unanimously ranked No. 1 in their respective classes. Pella received all six first-place votes in Class 3A and Ida Grove OABCIG picked up all six first-place votes in Class 1A.

West Des Moines Dowling, Waukon, Iowa City Regina and Don Bosco rounded out the rest of the top-ranked teams in the poll.

Pollsters are Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher, Jeff Linder and Nathan Ford of The Gazette, Andy Krutsinger of the Southeast Iowa Union and Scott Unash of KGYM Radio.

PRESEASON GAZETTE/KGYM PRESEASON FOOTBALL POLL

(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A W-L Pts

1. West Des Moines Dowling (4) 12-1 55

2. Ankeny (2) 7-4 54

3. West Des Moines Valley 12-1 45

4. Cedar Falls 10-1 35

5. Waukee 7-4 28

6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-2 25

7. Southeast Polk 7-3 24

8. Bettendorf 9-3 14

9. Urbandale 7-4 11

10. Ankeny Centennial 8-2 10

Others receiving votes: Iowa City West 7, Linn-Mar 7, Dubuque Senior 6, Dubuque Hempstead 4, Johnston 2.

CLASS 3A W-L Pts

1. Pella (6) 8-3 60

2. Dallas Center-Grimes 9-2 43

3. Grinnell 6-3 35

4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-2 23

5. Lewis Central 10-2 22

6. Harlan 7-3 19

(tie) North Scott 9-2 19

8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10-2 15

(tie) West Delaware 5-4 15

(tie) Western Dubuque 13-0 15

Others receiving votes: Clear Creek Amana 14, Washington 13, Carlisle 12, Norwalk 9, Adel ADM 7, Bondurant-Farrar 4, Nevada 4, Webster City 4, Carroll 1.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts

1. Waukon (3) 12-1 56

2. Monroe PCM (2) 8-3 48

3. Spirit Lake 6-4 39

4. Williamsburg 8-4 37

5. Clear Lake 10-1 27

6. Solon (1) 12-1 23

7. Algona 11-1 20

8. West Lyon 12-1 15

9. Sioux Center 5-4 13

10. West Marshall 6-4 10

Others receiving votes: Unity Christian 8, Mid-Prairie 7, New Hampton 7, Iowa Falls-Alden 6, Monticello 4, Independence 3, Albia 2, Camanche 1, Des Moines Christian 1.

CLASS 1A W-L Pts

1. Ida Grove OABCIG (6) 13-0 60

2. South Central Calhoun 10-1 39

3. West Branch 10-1 34

4. Underwood 8-2 33

5. Dike-New Hartford 10-1 32

6. Panorama 8-2 26

7. Van Meter 12-1 20

8. Osage 5-5 17

9. Sigourney-Keota 8-1 16

10. West Sioux 10-2 13

(tie) Western Christian 8-2 13

Others receiving votes: Waterloo Columbus 7, Belmond-Klemme 6, South Hamilton 3, Southeast Valley 3, Guthrie Center ACGC 2, Hinton 2, Mediapolis 1.

CLASS A W-L Pts

1. Iowa City Regina (5) 9-3 59

2. Grundy Center (1) 11-2 55

3. Saint Ansgar 11-1 37

4. Edgewood-Colesburg 7-3 30

(tie) Wapsie Valley 5-4 30

6. West Hancock 13-0 23

7. Council Bluffs St. Albert 5-4 22

8. Woodbury Central 10-2 21

9. South Winneshiek 7-3 20

10. Belle Plaine 7-3 9

Others receiving votes: North Tama 8, Lisbon 7, Algona Garrigan 3, East Buchanan 3, Bellevue 2.

8-PLAYER W-L Pts

1. Don Bosco (5) 13-0 59

2. Remsen St. Mary's (1) 11-1 54

3. Anita CAM 8-3 35

(tie) Audubon 12-2 35

5. Fremont-Mills 7-2 32

6. Harris-Lake Park 8-2 25

7. Montezuma 6-3 14

8. Springville 7-3 12

9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 7-3 11

10. Easton Valley 9-2 10

(tie) Janesville 7-3 10

Others receiving votes: BGM 8, Ackley AGWSR 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Rockford 4, HLV 3, Turkey Valley 2, Newell-Fonda 1, Northwood-Kensett 1.