Gazette high school football poll 2025: How the ranked teams fared in Week 9

How the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll fared in Week 9:

CLASS 5A

1. West Des Moines Dowling (8-1) beat Marshalltown, 42-0.

2. Waukee Northwest (8-1) beat Norwalk, 42-7.

3. Iowa City Liberty (8-1) beat Muscatine, 68-14.

4. Ankeny (7-2) beat Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 61-0.

5. Sioux City East (8-1) beat Ames, 39-14.

6. West Des Moines Valley (7-2) beat Des Moines Lincoln, 63-0.

7. Johnston (7-2) beat Des Moines Roosevelt, 37-0.

8. Cedar Falls (7-2) beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 41-0.

9. Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-3) beat Dubuque Senior, 41-17.

10. Iowa City West (7-2) beat Linn-Mar, 42-14.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0) beat Mason City, 41-3.

2. North Polk (7-2) lost to No. 4 Gilbert, 49-18.

3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (8-1) beat Spencer, 41-14.

4. Gilbert (9-0) beat No. 2 North Polk, 49-18.

5. Newton (8-1) beat Marion, 42-17.

6. Pella (8-1) beat Grinnell, 14-0.

7. Adel ADM (8-1) beat Denison-Schleswig, 49-0.

8. Western Dubuque (7-2) beat Burlington, 62-7.

9. Fort Dodge (8-1) beat Sioux City West, 35-6.

10. North Scott (6-3) beat Davenport North, 24-3.

CLASS 3A

1. Clear Lake (9-0) beat No. 4 West Delaware, 28-0.

2. Solon (9-0) beat Fort Madison, 51-2.

3. Sioux City Heelan (7-2) lost to Algona, 21-13.

4. West Delaware (8-1) lost to No. 1 Clear Lake, 28-0.

5. Sioux Center (8-1) beat Humboldt, 34-13.

6. Dubuque Wahlert (7-2) beat Maquoketa, 56-8.

7. Central DeWitt (7-2) beat Center Point-Urbana, 27-24.

8. Nevada (7-2) beat Knoxville, 63-21.

9. Des Moines Christian (6-3) lost to Winterset, 31-20.

10. Carroll (6-3) beat Atlantic, 35-7.

CLASS 2A (First-round playoffs)

1. Carroll Kuemper (9-0) beat Grand View Christian, 35-0.

2. Monroe PCM (8-1) beat West Liberty, 42-8.

3. Osage (9-0) beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 22-14.

4. Mid-Prairie (8-1) beat North Fayette Valley, 34-19.

5. Van Meter (7-2) beat South Tama, 45-6.

6. Okoboji (7-2) lost to Unity Christian, 28-13.

7. Cherokee (7-2) beat Spirit Lake, 58-57 (OT).

8. Alburnett (7-2) beat Crestwood, 13-6.

9. West Branch (7-2) beat Denver, 22-15.

10. Clarinda (6-3) lost to Pella Christian, 27-24.

CLASS 1A (First-round playoffs)

1. Grundy Center (9-0) beat Eddyville EBF, 57-0.

2. West Lyon (9-0) beat East Sac County, 48-6.

3. Iowa City Regina (9-0) beat Northeast, 69-0.

4. Treynor (8-1) beat Ogden, 49-7.

5. South Hardin (8-1) beat Camanche, 35-7.

T-6. Dyersville Beckman (8-1) beat Jesup, 63-13.

T-6. Pleasantville (8-1) beat Durant, 42-14.

8. Underwood (7-2) beat South Central Calhoun, 54-8.

9. West Marshall (7-2) beat Shenandoah, 38-8.

10. Manson-NW Webster (6-3) lost to Lawton-Bronson, 14-12.

CLASS A (First-round playoffs)

1. Saint Ansgar (9-0) beat East Marshall, 47-0.

2. West Hancock (8-1) lost to Le Mars Gehlen, 34-18.

3. Woodbury Central (9-0) beat Avoca AHSTW, 21-14.

4. Marcus MMCRU (9-0) beat Belmond-Klemme, 49-7.

5. Guthrie Center ACGC (9-0) beat Logan-Magnolia, 33-7.

6. Wapsie Valley (9-0) beat Starmont, 50-3.

7. Pekin (9-0) beat Earlham, 42-7.

8. West Sioux (8-1) beat IKM-Manning, 45-27.

9. Lynnville-Sully (8-1) beat Wapello, 42-0.

10. North Linn (8-1) beat Columbus Community, 59-14.

8-PLAYER (First-round playoffs)

1. Algona Garrigan (9-0) beat Kingsley-Pierson, 57-12.

2. Woodbine (8-0) beat Exira-EHK, 78-6.

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-0) beat Ar-We-Va, 56-7.

4. Iowa Valley (9-0) beat Moravia, 64-0.

5. Audubon (9-0) beat Lenox, 58-20.

6. Edgewood-Colesburg (9-0) beat WACO, 58-7.

7. Ruthven GTRA (8-1) lost to North Union, 56-48.

8. Don Bosco (6-2) beat Collins-Maxwell, 54-10.

9. Montezuma (7-2) beat East Union, 46-28.

10. Easton Valley (8-1) beat Belle Plaine, 80-52.

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com