Ten teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are featured in the first high school football rankings of the season released by the Associated Press on Monday (Aug. 27, 2018).

Two-time defending eight-player state champion Don Bosco and Hudson, which finished second in Class-A a year ago, both debuted at No. 1 in their respective classes. Don Bosco extended the state's longest-active winning streak to 21 games with a lop-sided 50-6 victory over eight-player newcomer Gladbrook-Reinbeck Friday night, while Hudson won its 12th-consecutive regular-season game with a 46-8 win over Jesup.

East Buchanan (No. 7) and Wapsie Valley (No. 9) are also ranked in the Class-A poll, while Dike-New Hartford debuted at No. 5 in the Class-1A survey.

Also ranked among the top 10 are La Porte City Union (No. 3) and Waukon (No. 9) in Class-2A, West Delaware (No. 7) and Waverly-Shell Rock (No. 9) in Class-3A, and Cedar Falls (No. 5) in Class-4A.

Six area teams received votes, but just missed being ranked among the top 10 in the six-class poll.


The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2018 season with first-place votes in parentheses, win-loss record, and total points:

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1. West Des Moines Dowling (7)1-070
2. Johnston1-053
3. Bettendorf1-050
4. West Des Moines Valley1-048
5. Cedar Falls1-043
6. Iowa City West1-039
7. Cedar Rapids Prairie1-032
8. Ankeny Centennial1-023
9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy1-014
10. Southeast Polk0-16

Others receiving votes: 11, Fort Dodge 5. 12, Indianola 1. 12, Sioux City West 1.

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1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3)1-063
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (2)1-060
3. Solon1-048
4. Pella (2)1-043
5. Harlan1-041
6. Sioux City Heelan1-033
7. Manchester West Delaware1-026
8. Eldridge North Scott0-116
9. Waverly-Shell Rock1-013
10. Sergeant Bluff-Luton0-111

Others receiving votes: 11, Epworth Western Dubuque 9. 12, Decorah 7. 13, Marion 6. 14, Glenwood 5. 15, Webster City 4.

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1. Boyden-Hull-RV (4)1-067
2. Monroe PCM (3)1-063
3. Union, La Porte City1-051
4. Carroll Kuemper1-042
5. Sioux Center1-035
6. State Center West Marshall1-032
7. Clear Lake1-031
8. Williamsburg0-115
9. Waukon0-113
10. Sheldon1-011

Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Vernon 9. 12, Gowrie Prairie Valley 5. 13, Centerville 4. 14, Algona 3. 15, Albia 2. 15, Roland-Story 2.

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1. Pella Christian (2)1-056
2. Inwood West Lyon (2)1-048
3. West Branch1-041
4. Hawarden West Sioux0-137
5. Dike-New Hartford (1)1-034
6. Iowa City Regina0-133
7. Cascade (1)1-023
8. Van Meter (1)1-022
9. Wilton1-018
(tie) Hull Western Christian1-018

Others receiving votes: 11, Mediapolis 15. 11, Aplington-Parkersburg 15. 13, South Central Calhoun 13. 14, Bellevue 6. 15, Truro Interstate 35 5. 16, Denver 1.

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1. Hudson (4)1-060
2. Saint Ansgar (1)1-050
3. Lynnville-Sully (1)1-049
4. Algona Garrigan1-047
5. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca1-045
6. Alburnett1-023
7. Winthrop East Buchanan1-017
(tie) Council Bluffs St. Albert0-117
9. Fairbank Wapsie Valley1-016
10. Belmond-Klemme1-015

Others receiving votes: 11, IKM/Manning 10. 11, Brooklyn BGM (1) 10. 13, Packwood Pekin 8. 14, Britt West Hancock 7. 15, Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 5. 16, Hartley HMS 3. 17, Sloan Westwood 2. 18, Hinton 1.

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1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7)1-070
2. Audubon1-042
3. Newell-Fonda1-038
4. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira1-036
5. New London1-032
6. Wyoming Midland2-027
7. Westside Ar-We-Va1-021
(tie) Stanton1-021
9. Fremont Mills, Tabor0-118
10. Riceville1-013

Others receiving votes: 11, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11. 11, Marengo Iowa Valley 11. 11, Kingsley-Pierson 11. 14, Moravia 9. 15, Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 7. 16, Lone Tree 6. 17, East Mills 3. 17, HLV, Victor 3. 19, Northwood-Kensett 2. 19, Harris-Lake Park 2. 21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1. 21, Dunkerton 1.

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