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ADM, Williamsburg move up in the Des Moines Register's Iowa high school football rankings

Alyssa Hertel, Des Moines Register
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Two weeks of Iowa high school football are complete, and the results from Week 2 led to even more movement in the Des Moines Register's rankings.

The competition from this past weekend led to more questions than answers, as previously unranked teams made their cases to be included in the rankings and some highly-ranked programs dropped from the top 10 altogether.

In Class 5A, Dowling remained in the No. 1 spot, despite Southeast Polk’s thumping of Ankeny. ADM took over the top spot in Class 4A, dethroning the reigning state champions, Xavier. Williamsburg took over No. 1 in Class 3A after downing Xavier by one point.

More: Iowa high school football final scores, results from Sept. 1 of the 2023 season

And there is even more movement throughout all seven classes.

Southeast Polk made a case to be moved up to No. 1 after thumping Ankeny, but Dowling Catholic remains atop Class 5A for now.
Southeast Polk made a case to be moved up to No. 1 after thumping Ankeny, but Dowling Catholic remains atop Class 5A for now.

Class 5A

  1. Dowling (2-0), beat Valley 14-0

  2. Southeast Polk (2-0), beat Ankeny 58-21

  3. Iowa City Liberty (1-1), beat Iowa City High 41-14

  4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), beat Dubuque Senior 49-13

  5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (0-2), lost to Pleasant Valley 36-35

  6. Cedar Falls (1-1), beat Johnston 35-21

  7. Linn-Mar (2-0), beat Cedar Rapids Washington 49-7

  8. Bettendorf (2-0), beat Davenport West 48-0

  9. Johnston (1-1), lost to Cedar Falls 35-21

  10. Waukee (1-1), lost to Waukee Northwest 20-17

More: Four things we learned in Dowling's 14-0 shutout victory over Valley

Class 4A

  1. ADM (2-0), beat Winterset 49-27

  2. Xavier (1-1), lost to Williamsburg 21-20

  3. North Scott (2-0), beat Waverly-Shell Rock 56-28

  4. Glenwood (2-0), beat Atlantic 47-6

  5. Lewis Central (1-1), lost to Creston 22-20

  6. Western Dubuque (2-0), beat Wahlert Catholic 35-14

  7. Bondurant-Farrar (1-1), beat Grinnell 40-0

  8. North Polk (2-0), beat Carlisle 43-7

  9. Le Mars (2-0), best Sioux City North 38-14

  10. Norwalk (2-0), beat Indianola 21-14

More: Waukee Northwest 20, Waukee 17: Wolves' fourth-quarter touchdown seals victory

Class 3A

  1. Williamsburg (2-0), beat Xavier 21-20

  2. Mount Vernon (2-0), beat Union Community 33-0

  3. Webster City (2-0), beat Spencer 34-7

  4. Independence (2-0), beat Crestwood 39-13

  5. Humboldt (2-0), beat Ballard 14-13

  6. Harlan (1-1), beat Denison-Schleswig 38-0

  7. Nevada (2-0), beat Roland-Story 42-7

  8. Hampton-Dumont-CAL (2-0), beat Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 34-7

  9. Central DeWitt (1-1), beat Northeast 37-14

  10. Solon (1-1), beat Clear Creek Amana 7-3

Class 2A

  1. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (2-0), beat MOC-Floyd Valley 42-7

  2. Van Meter (2-0), beat Des Moines Christian 56-17

  3. West Lyon (2-0), beat Lawton-Bronson 53-12

  4. Western Christian (2-0), beat Hinton 33-0

  5. Spirit Lake (1-1), lost to Sioux Center 30-20

  6. Monticello (1-1), beat Beckman Catholic 49-0

  7. Osage (1-1), beat Garner Hayfield Ventura 45-0

  8. Greene County (1-1), beat Perry 55-14

  9. PCM (1-1), lost to Pella Christian 29-28

  10. Kuemper Catholic (0-2), lost to Underwood 24-14

More: Dowling tops Valley, SEP smashes Ankeny. Highlights, recap from Week 2 of Iowa high school football

Class 1A

  1. Grundy Center (2-0), beat Aplington-Parkersburg 31-7

  2. MFL MarMac (2-0), beat Waukon 34-12

  3. South Hamilton (2-0), beat West Marshall 48-13

  4. Iowa City Regina (2-0), beat Mid-Prairie 51-19

  5. Columbus Catholic (2-0), beat Durant 56-22

  6. Underwood (1-1), beat Kuemper Catholic 24-14

  7. Sigourney-Keota (1-1), beat Mediapolis 21-0

  8. AHSTW (2-0), beat Riverside 41-7

  9. Aplington-Parkersburg (1-1), lost to Grundy Center 31-7

  10. Pella Christian (2-0), beat PCM 29-28

Class A

  1. West Hancock (2-0), beat Belmond-Klemme 60-0

  2. Woodbury Central (2-0), beat Westwood 39-22

  3. Lynnville-Sully (2-0), beat North Mahaska 48-0

  4. East Buchanan (1-1), beat Bellevue 40-21

  5. Nashua-Plainfield (2-0), beat North Tama 22-20

  6. Madrid (2-0), beat Martensdale-St. Marys 48-18

  7. South Central Calhoun (2-0), beat Southwest Valley 47-0

  8. North Linn (2-0), beat Postville 60-0

  9. Southwest Valley (1-1), lost to South Central Calhoun 47-0

  10. Columbus (1-1), beat Wapello 49-6

8-Player

  1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2-0), beat Tripoli 78-0

  2. CAM, Anita (2-0), beat Griswold 82-12

  3. Winfield-Mt. Union (2-0), beat New London 78-16

  4. Central City (1-1), beat Springville 44-21

  5. Remsen St. Mary’s (2-0), beat Siouxland Christian 48-0

  6. Southeast Warren (1-1), beat Mormon Trail 56-14

  7. Moravia (2-1), beat Montezuma 57-55

  8. Lenox (2-0), beat Fremont-Mills 52-26

  9. Montezuma (2-1), lost to Moravia 57-55

  10. WACO (2-0), beat Iowa Valley 46-22

Alyssa Hertel is the college sports recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.

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