The 2024 Iowa High School football season got underway with a hand full of Week Zero games on August 23. A full slate of football action kicks off this week, beginning with five games on Thursday and the remainder of games on Friday, and even a pair of games on Saturday.
Below is the Pre-Season football rankings for Iowa Prep Illustrated, released on August 16. Radio Iowa released theirs on Monday (August 26). The Cedar Rapids Gazette announced their 8-Man rankings on August 23, their Class A on August 24, and completed Class 5A on August 30.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
8-Man Poll
1. Remsen St. Mary’s
2. Bedford
3. CAM
4. Algona Garrigan
5. Lenox
6. Gilbertville Don Bosco
7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
8. Clarksville (0-1)
T9. Audubon
T9. WACO (1-0)
Iowa Prep Illustrated
8-Man Poll
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
2. Lenox
3. Algona Garrigan
4. CAM
5. Bedford
6. Audubon
7. Gilbertville Don Bosco
8. Central City (0-1)
9 Remsen St. Mary’s
10. Moravia (0-1)
Radio Iowa
8-Man Poll
1. Algona Garrigan
2. Bedford
3. Lenox
4. Remsen St. Mary’s
5. CAM
6. Gilbertville Don Bosco
7. WACO (1-0)
8. Audubon
9. Iowa Valley (1-0)
10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class A Poll
1. Woodbury Central
2. AC/GC
3. West Hancock
4. Madrid
5. Wapsie Valley
T6. Logan-Magnolia
T6. St. Ansgar
8. Starmont
9. Mount Ayr
10. Tri-Center
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class A Poll
1. Woodbury Central
2. St. Ansgar
3. West Hancock
4. AC/GC
5. Madrid
6. Wapsie Valley
7. East Buchanan
8. MMCRU
9. Lisbon
10. Mt. Ayr
Radio Iowa
Class A Poll
1. Woodbury Central
2. Madrid
3. AC/GC
4. West Hancock
5. Lisbon
6. Wapsie Valley
7. St. Ansgar
8. Nashua-Plainfield
9. Logan-Magnolia
10. Starmont
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class 1A Poll
1. Dike-New Hartford
2. Grundy Center
3. Underwood
4. Wilton
5. OABCIG
6. AHSTW
T7. Emmetsburg
T7. Sumner-Fredricksburg
9. MFL-Mar Mac
10. Treynor
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class 1A Poll
1. Grundy Center
2. Wilton
3. MFL-Mar Mac
4. OABCIG
5. Iowa City Regina
6. Emmetsburg
7. Dike-New Hartford
8. Waterloo Columbus
9. Sigourney-Keota
10. Treynor
Radio Iowa
Class 1A Poll
1. Dike-New Hartford
2. OABCIG
3. Grundy Center
4. Underwood
5. Treynor
6. Wilton
7. MFL-Mar Mac
8. Iowa City Regina
9. AHSTW
10. Sigourney-Keota
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class 2A Poll
1. Spirit Lake
2. West Lyon
3. PCM
4. Van Meter
5. Carroll Kuemper
6. Central Lyon/GLR
7. Western Christian
8. Mid-Prairie
9. Clarinda
10. Cherokee
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class 2A Poll
1. Spirit Lake
2. Van Meter
3. West Lyon
4. Monticello
5. Carroll Kuemper
6. PCM
7. Western Christian
8. Mediapolis
9. Clarinda
10. Southeast Valley
Radio Iowa
Class 2A Poll
1. Spirit Lake
2. Van Meter
3. West Lyon
4. Carroll Kuemper
5. Western Christian
6. Mid-Prairie
7. PCM
8. Clarinda
9. Central Lyon/GLR
10. Roland-Story
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class 3A Poll
1. Williamsburg
2. Solon
3. West Delaware
4. Clear Lake
5. Mt. Vernon
6. Independence
7. Algona
8. Nevada
9. Harlan
10. MOC/FV
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class 3A Poll
1. Solon
2. Williamsburg
3. Clear Lake
4. West Delaware
5. Algona
6. Sioux Center
7. Nevada
8. Sioux City Heelan
9. Independence
10. Harlan
Radio Iowa
Class 3A Poll
1. Williamsburg
2. Clear Lake
3. Algona
4. Solon
5. West Delaware
6. Independence
7. Humboldt
8. Nevada
9. Mt. Vernon
10. Harlan
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class 4A Poll
1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2. North Scott
3. Western Dubuque
T4. Bondurant-Farrar
T4. Indianola
6. North Polk
7. Cedar Rapids Xavier
8. Ballard
T9. Pella
T9. Waverly-Shell Rock
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class 4A Poll
1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier
3. North Scott
4. North Polk
5. Western Dubuque
6. Gilbert
7. ADM
8. Glenwood
9. Bondurant-Farrar
10. Indianola
Radio Iowa
Class 4A Poll
1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2. North Scott
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier
4. Western Dubuque
5. Gilbert
6. Bondurant-Farrar
7. North Polk
8. Indianola
9. Decorah
10. Waverly Shell Rock
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Class 5A Poll
1. Ankeny
2. West Des Moines Valley
T3. West Des Moines Dowling
T3. Waukee
5. Southeast Polk
6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
7. Bettendorf
T8. Iowa City City High
T8. Johnston
10. Waukee Northwest
Iowa Prep Illustrated
Class 5A Poll
1. Ankeny
2. Southeast Polk
3. West Des Moines Valley
4. West Des Moines Dowling
5. Waukee Northwest
6. Waukee
7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
8. Iowa City City High
9. Pleasant Valley
10. Cedar Falls
Radio Iowa
Class 5A Poll
1. Ankeny
2. West Des Moines Valley
3. Southeast Polk
4. West Des Moines Dowling
5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
6. Waukee
7. Ankeny Centennial
8. Iowa City City High
9. Waukee Northwest
10. Johnston