Ten area high school football teams are ranked by the Associated Press this week heading into Friday night's first-round playoff games.

Don Bosco (5-0), Edgewood-Colesburg (7-0), Gladbrook-Reinbeck, (7-0) and Grundy Center (7-0) all finished the regular season undefeated. They were among 27 teams across the state to accomplish that feat.

Don Bosco leads the 8-player poll, which also includes Gladbrook-Reinbeck at No. 7.

For the seventh-straight week, Grundy Center is rated at the top of the Class A survey.  Four other northeast Iowa teams are ranked behind the Spartans: Edgewood-Colesburg at No. 4, MFL-Mar-Mac at No. 7, Wapsie Valley at No. 8 and South Winneshiek at No. 9.

Waterloo Columbus Catholic (6-1) had a successful regular season. The Sailors won a district championship Friday, then debuted in the Class 1A poll at No. 10 Monday afternoon.

Other rated teams from the area are Waukon (5-1) and West Delaware (7-1). Waukon is rated No. 5 in Class 2A, while the Hawks are No. 8 in Class 3A.


The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2020 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Southeast Polk (11)6-01361
2. Ankeny (2)6-11252
3. West Des Moines Dowling5-1994
4. Pleasant Valley (1)7-0975
5. Waukee5-2906
6. Dubuque Hempstead6-1637
7. Iowa City West4-0578
8. Urbandale5-1473
9. Sioux City East6-12610
10. Cedar Rapids Prairie4-212NR

Others receiving votes: Cedar Falls 7. Council Bluffs Lincoln 4. West Des Moines Valley 4. Bettendorf 3.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7)7-01251
2. Harlan (1)7-01144
3. Washington (2)7-01025
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (3)6-01002
5. Davenport Assumption (1)7-0956
6. Webster City7-0647
7. Council Bluffs Lewis Central5-1553
8. Manchester West Delaware7-1528
9. Huxley Ballard6-120NR
(tie) Eldridge North Scott4-12010

Others receiving votes: Decorah 10. Fort Madison 6. Spencer 3. Nevada 2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1. Pella 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Williamsburg (5)7-0129T1
2. Central Lyon-GLR (5)7-01254
3. Monroe PCM (4)7-01213
4. Inwood West Lyon6-188T1
5. Waukon5-1765
6. Camanche6-1716
7. Solon5-2379
8. Estherville-Lincoln Central5-1357
9. Atlantic6-1328
10. State Center West Marshall6-121NR

Others receiving votes: Spirit Lake 15. Mount Vernon 12. Monticello 5. Sioux Center 3.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. O-A BCIG (12)7-01351
2. Van Meter (1)7-01252
3. Sigourney-Keota (1)7-01093
4. Jewell South Hamilton7-01014
5. Southeast Valley7-0816
6. Underwood6-1687
7. South Central Calhoun5-1528
8. Mount Ayr6-1309
9. Emmetsburg5-1255
10. Waterloo Columbus6-120NR

Others receiving votes: Hawarden West Sioux 18. Panora Panorama 3. Hull Western Christian 1. Cascade 1. Dike-New Hartford 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Grundy Center (10)7-01351
2. St. Ansgar (1)7-01172
3. Iowa City Regina (2)6-11113
4. Edgewood-Colesburg (1)7-0954
5. Britt West Hancock6-1695
6. Logan-Magnolia6-1647
7. Monona MFL-Mar-Mac6-1616
8. Fairbank Wapsie Valley6-1438
9. Calmar South Winneshiek6-1409
10. Lisbon5-21410

Others receiving votes: Oakland Riverside 11. Council Bluffs St. Albert 5. Belle Plaine 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 1. Riverside Highland 1.

Class 8-Man
RecordPtsPrv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (12)5-01321
2. Remsen Saint Mary's (1)7-01143
3. Audubon5-01132
4. Anita CAM6-0944
5. Montezuma (1)7-0835
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard7-0657
7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck7-0438
8. Easton Valley6-13310
9. Newell-Fonda6-1289
10. Fremont Mills, Tabor3-1236

Others receiving votes: Martensdale-St. Marys 20. Janesville 10. North English English Valleys 9. New London 2. Tripoli 1.

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