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Gazette high school football poll 2025: Who the ranked teams play in Week 5
11 ranked-vs.-ranked encounters, including No. 8 Liberty at No. 7 Iowa City West in Class 5A

Sep. 24, 2025 10:00 am
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Who the ranked teams from The Gazette’s preseason football poll play in Week 5:
CLASS 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (4-0) hosts Des Moines East (1-3).
2. West Des Moines Valley (3-1) is at Indianola (3-1).
3. West Des Moines Dowling (3-1) hosts Waterloo West (2-2).
4. Ankeny (3-1) hosts No. 6 Sioux City East (4-0).
5. Johnston (3-1) is at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (3-1).
6. Sioux City East (4-0) is at No. 4 Ankeny (3-1).
7. Iowa City West (4-0) hosts No. 8 Iowa City Liberty (3-1).
8. Iowa City Liberty (3-1) is at No. 7 Iowa City West (4-0).
9. Cedar Falls (3-1) hosts Dubuque Hempstead (1-3).
10. Southeast Polk (2-2) hosts Ottumwa (3-1).
CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-0) is at Cedar Rapids Washington (2-2).
2. Pella (4-0) is at Marion (1-3).
3. Fort Dodge (4-0) hosts No. 5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1).
4. North Polk (3-1) hosts Ballard (0-4).
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1) is at No. 3 Fort Dodge (4-0).
6. Gilbert (4-0) is at Bondurant-Farrar (0-4).
7. Adel ADM (3-1) hosts Boone (1-3).
8. Newton (3-1) hosts Oskaloosa (0-4).
9. Western Dubuque (2-2) is at Davenport North (3-1).
10. Decorah (3-1) is at Waterloo East (0-4).
CLASS 3A
1. Clear Lake (4-0) at No. 5 Independence (4-0).
2. Solon (4-0) is at Fairfield (1-3).
3. Sioux City Heelan (3-1) is at No. 10 Sioux Center (4-0).
4. Mount Vernon (3-1) is at Maquoketa (1-3).
5. Independence (4-0) hosts No. 1 Clear Lake (4-0).
6. Algona (3-1) is at MOC-Floyd Valley (3-1).
7. Des Moines Christian (4-0) hosts Williamsburg (1-3).
8. Nevada (3-1) hosts Winterset (2-2).
9. West Delaware (4-0) is at Iowa Falls-Alden (2-2).
10. Sioux Center (4-0) hosts No. 3 Sioux City Heelan (3-1).
CLASS 2A
1. Carroll Kuemper (4-0) is at Southeast Valley (3-1).
2. Monroe PCM (3-1) is at South Tama (3-1).
3. Osage (4-0) is at New Hampton (1-3).
4. Van Meter (3-1) is at Clarinda (3-1).
5. Mid-Prairie (3-1) hosts West Liberty (2-2).
6. Okoboji (4-0) hosts Estherville ELC (0-4).
7. Woodward-Granger (3-1) hosts Grand View Christian (3-1).
8. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (3-1) is at Sheldon (1-3).
9. West Branch (3-1) is at No. 10 Alburnett (3-1).
10. Alburnett (3-1) hosts No. 9 West Branch (3-1).
CLASS 1A
1. Grundy Center (4-0) is at Clarion CGD (3-1).
2. West Lyon (4-0) hosts Hinton (2-2).
3. Iowa City Regina (4-0) hosts Durant (3-1).
4. South Hardin (4-0) is at Garner GHV (0-4).
5. Treynor (3-1) is at No. 6 Underwood (3-1).
6. Underwood (3-1) hosts No. 5 Treynor (3-1).
7. Union Community (4-0) hosts Jesup (0-4).
8. Emmetsburg (3-1) is at South Central Calhoun (2-2).
9. West Marshall (3-1) hosts Pleasantville (3-1).
10. Lawton-Bronson (3-1) is at Ridge View (2-2).
CLASS A
1. Saint Ansgar (4-0) is at Nashua-Plainfield (4-0).
2. West Hancock (4-0) is at Lake Mills (0-4).
3. Woodbury Central (4-0) hosts Le Mars Gehlen (2-2).
4. Marcus MMCRU (4-0) hosts Sibley-Ocheyedan (2-2).
5. Guthrie Center ACGC (4-0) is at No. 9 Madrid (3-1).
6. West Sioux (4-0) hosts Hartley HMS (1-3).
7. North Linn (4-0) is at East Buchanan (2-2).
8. Wapsie Valley (4-0) is at No. 10 Maquoketa Valley (3-1).
9. Madrid (3-1) hosts No. 9 Guthrie Center ACGC (4-0)
10. Maquoketa Valley (3-1) hosts No. 8 Wapsie Valley (4-0).
8-PLAYER
1. Algona Garrigan (4-0) hosts Turkey Valley (3-1).
2. Woodbine (4-0) is at East Mills (4-1).
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0) is at No. 8 Don Bosco (2-1).
4. Iowa Valley (5-0) is at Winfield-Mount Union (1-3), Thursday.
5. Audubon (4-0) is at No. 9 Fremont-Mills (3-1).
6. Edgewood-Colesburg (4-0) hosts Central City (1-3).
7. Easton Valley (4-0) is at HLV-TC (1-3).
8. Don Bosco (2-1) hosts No. 3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0).
9. Fremont-Mills (3-1) hosts No. 5 Audubon (4-0).
10. Ruthven GTRA (4-0) is idle.
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