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Gazette high school football poll 2025: Who the ranked teams play in Week 6
Fresh off a showdown win over West Branch, Class 2A No. 8 Alburnett hosts undefeated Bellevue this week

Oct. 1, 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 (5-0) hosts Ottumwa (3-2).
2. West Des Moines Valley (4-1) hosts Ankeny Centennial (3-2).
3. West Des Moines Dowling (4-1) is at Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3-2).
4. Ankeny (4-1) hosts No. 5 Johnston (4-1).
5. Johnston (4-1) is at No. 4 Ankeny (4-1).
6. Iowa City Liberty (4-1) hosts Davenport Central (1-4).
7. Cedar Falls (4-1) is at Bettendorf (2-3).
8. Iowa City West (4-1) hosts Muscatine (0-5).
9. Southeast Polk (3-2) is at Iowa City High (0-5).
10. Sioux City East (4-1) hosts Des Moines Roosevelt (2-3).
CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-0) hosts Waverly-Shell Rock (2-3).
2. Pella (5-0) hosts No. 7 Newton (4-1).
T-3. North Polk (4-1) is at Bondurant-Farrar (0-5).
T-3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (4-1) hosts Storm Lake (2-3).
5. Gilbert (5-0) hosts Carlisle (2-3).
6. Adel ADM (4-1) is at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (3-2).
7. Newton (4-1) is at No. 2 Pella (5-0).
8. Western Dubuque (3-2) hosts North Scott (3-2).
9. Decorah (4-1) hosts Cedar Rapids Washington (2-3).
10. Glenwood (4-1) hosts Denison-Schleswig (0-5).
CLASS 3A
1. Clear Lake (5-0) hosts Benton Community (3-2).
2. Solon (5-0) hosts Keokuk (3-2).
3. Sioux City Heelan (4-1) hosts No. 7 MOC-Floyd Valley (4-1).
4. Mount Vernon (4-1) hosts Center Point-Urbana (1-4).
5. Nevada (4-1) is at Williamsburg (2-3).
6. West Delaware (5-0) hosts Independence (4-1).
7. MOC-Floyd Valley (4-1) is at No. 3 Sioux City Heelan (4-1).
T-8. Algona (3-2) hosts Humboldt (2-3).
T-8. Dubuque Wahlert (3-2) hosts Central DeWitt (4-1).
10. Sioux Center (4-1) is at Webster City (2-3).
CLASS 2A
1. Carroll Kuemper (5-0) hosts Spirit Lake (1-4).
2. Monroe PCM (4-1) hosts Albia (3-2).
3. Osage (5-0) hosts Waukon (3-2).
4. Okoboji (5-0) is at Southeast Valley (3-2).
5. Mid-Prairie (4-1) is at Central Lee (2-3).
6. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (4-1) hosts Cherokee (3-2).
7. Woodward-Granger (4-1) is at Clarke (2-3).
T-8. Alburnett (4-1) hosts Bellevue (5-0).
T-8. Clarinda (4-1) hosts Grand View Christian (3-2).
10. Centerville (5-0) hosts South Tama (3-2).
CLASS 1A
1. Grundy Center (5-0) hosts No. 4 South Hardin (5-0).
2. West Lyon (5-0) is at Ridge View (3-2).
3. Iowa City Regina (5-0) is at Sigourney-Keota (2-3).
4. South Hardin (5-0) is at No. 1 Grundy Center (5-0).
5. Treynor (4-1) hosts Tri-Center (2-3).
T-6. Emmetsburg (4-1) hosts Manson-NW Webster (3-2).
T-6. Union Community (5-0) is at Hudson (2-3).
8. Pleasantville (4-1) hosts Ogden (3-2).
9. Dyersville Beckman (4-1) is at Cascade (4-1).
10. Underwood (3-2) is at Missouri Valley (0-5).
CLASS A
1. Saint Ansgar (5-0) hosts Postville (0-5).
2. West Hancock (5-0) is at Sibley-Ocheyedan (2-3).
3. Woodbury Central (5-0) is at Akron-Westfield (2-3).
4. Marcus MMCRU (5-0) is at Le Mars Gehlen (2-3).
5. Guthrie Center ACGC (5-0) hosts Central Decatur (2-3).
6. West Sioux (5-0) hosts South O’Brien (1-4).
7. North Linn (5-0) hosts North Cedar (0-5).
8. Wapsie Valley (5-0) is at South Winneshiek (3-2).
9. Pekin (5-0) hosts North Mahaska (2-2).
T-10. Council Bluffs St. Albert (4-1) hosts No. 10 Oakland Riverside (4-1).
T-10. Lynnville-Sully (4-1) hosts Madrid (3-2).
T-10. Oakland Riverside (4-1) is at No. 10 Council Bluffs St. Albert (4-1).
8-PLAYER
1. Algona Garrigan (5-0) is at North Union (2-2).
2. Woodbine (5-0) hosts Coon Rapids-Bayard (4-1).
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (5-0) is at Collins-Maxwell (5-1).
4. Iowa Valley (6-0) is idle.
5. Audubon (5-0) hosts Glidden-Ralston (2-3).
6. Edgewood-Colesburg (5-0) is at No. 7 Easton Valley (5-0).
7. Easton Valley (5-0) hosts No. 6 Edgewood-Colesburg (5-0).
8. Ruthven GTRA (5-0) is at Fort Dodge St. Edmond (3-2).
9. Southeast Warren (5-0) hosts Lenox (2-3).
10. Montezuma (3-2) hosts Melcher-Dallas (1-4).
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