2021 Iowa High School Football Rankings

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More than a dozen teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are ranked in the fourth high school football poll of the season released by the Associated Press Tuesday afternoon.North Tama and Waukon are both ranked among the top five in their respective classes and are the highest-rated teams from the area.

Waukon climbed two spots from No. 5 to No. 3 in Class 2A, while North Tama jumped one spot to No. 5 in Class A. North Fayette Valley jumped into the 2A at No. 10. Grundy Center and North Butler are ranked behind the Redhawks in the Class A poll, at No. 5 and No. 7 respectively.

Cedar Falls is ranked at No. 7 in Class 5A and Waverly-Shell Rock is No. 5 in Class 4A.

The 3A survey has West Delaware at No. 5. Independence is rated one spot lower than the Hawks at No. 6.

Dike-New Hartford is No. 5 in the Class 1A poll, followed by Denver at No. 7. The Wolverines and Cyclones are both undefeated entering Week 6 games Friday night.

The 8-player rankings feature Gladbrook-Reinbeck at No. 8 and Turkey Valley at No. 10.

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. Ankeny (5)	4-1	100	2
2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3)	5-0	94	1
3. Iowa City High (3)	5-0	89	3
4. Southeast Polk	4-1	74	4
5. West Des Moines Valley	4-1	61	5
6. Marion Linn-Mar	5-0	59	6
7. Cedar Falls	4-1	49	7
8. Urbandale	4-1	36	8
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie	4-1	28	9
10. Ankeny Centennial	3-2	8	NR

Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Dowling 5. Pleasant Valley 1. Dubuque Senior 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Eldridge North Scott (7)	5-0	106	1
2. Indianola (4)	5-0	103	2
3. Bondurant Farrar	5-0	82	3
4. Cedar Rapids Xavier	4-1	76	T4
5. Waverly-Shell Rock	4-1	56	6
6. Winterset	4-1	41	9
7. Fort Madison	5-0	34	10
8. Council Bluffs Lewis Central	3-2	33	7
9. Norwalk	4-1	19	NR
10. Clear Creek-Amana	4-1	17	NR

Others receiving votes: Spencer 12. Burlington 11. Newton 6. Epworth Western Dubuque 5. Fort Dodge 1. Glenwood 1. Pella 1. Webster City 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Harlan (9)	5-0	107	1
2. Boyden-Hull-RV (2)	5-0	99	2
3. Solon	5-0	81	3
4. Humboldt	5-0	77	4
5. Manchester West Delaware	4-1	63	5
6. Independence	5-0	56	6
7. Nevada	5-0	50	7
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton	4-1	34	8
9. Adel ADM	4-1	22	T9
10. Algona	4-1	9	T9

Others receiving votes: Creston 3. Davenport Assumption 3. Van Horne Benton 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Southeast Valley, Gowrie (9)	5-0	108	2
2. O-A BCIG (1)	4-1	93	4
3. Waukon	4-1	77	5
4. Spirit Lake	4-1	67	1
5. State Center West Marshall (1)	4-1	59	6
6. Greene County	4-1	52	8
7. Estherville-Lincoln Central	3-2	45	3
8. Pocahontas Area	4-1	43	7
9. Orange City Unity Christian	4-1	28	T10
10. West Union North Fayette	4-1	14	NR

Others receiving votes: Osceola Clarke 9. Inwood West Lyon 8. Williamsburg 1. Central Lyon-GLR 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Van Meter (10)	5-0	109	1
2. Underwood	5-0	96	2
3. Sigourney-Keota (1)	5-0	79	4
4. Iowa City Regina	5-0	76	3
5. Dike-New Hartford	5-0	61	5
6. Dyersville Beckman	5-0	50	7
7. Denver	5-0	40	8
8. AC-GC	3-0	24	10
(tie) Hawarden West Sioux	4-1	24	9
10. Pella Christian	4-1	19	6

Others receiving votes: Eldon Cardinal 11. Guthrie Center-Adair-Casey 6. Waterloo Columbus 4. West Branch 3. Treynor 2. South Central Calhoun 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Britt West Hancock (8)	5-0	104	1
2. Troy Mills North Linn (2)	5-0	93	2
3. Moville Woodbury Central	5-0	86	3
4. Traer North Tama	5-0	70	5
5. Grundy Center	4-1	56	6
6. Logan-Magnolia	4-1	49	7
7. North Butler	5-0	46	9
8. Lisbon	4-1	28	10
9. Earlham	4-1	18	NR
10. Hartley HMS (1)	4-1	15	NR

Others receiving votes: Oakland Riverside 12. Ogden 9. Belle Plaine 6. Southwest Valley 4. Winthrop East Buchanan 4. Paullina South O'Brien 3. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 2.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Anita CAM (5)	5-0	102	1
2. Montezuma (4)	5-0	93	2
3. Easton Valley (1)	5-0	88	4
4. Remsen Saint Mary's (1)	5-0	74	T5
5. Audubon	4-1	61	3
6. Newell-Fonda	5-0	50	T5
7. Lenox	5-0	38	8
8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck	5-0	29	9
9. Wayland WACO	6-0	24	10
10. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley	5-0	23	NR

Others receiving votes: Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire 7. Lansing Kee 6. Baxter 4. Janesville 3. North English English Valleys 2. Edgewood-Colesburg 1.

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