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Southeast Polk reclaims No. 1 in Des Moines Register's Iowa high school football rankings

alyssa hertel, des moines register
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Three weeks of Iowa high school football are complete, and the results from Week 3 led to some movement in the Des Moines Register's rankings.

The game results led to more questions than answers, as previously unranked teams made their cases to be included and some highly ranked programs dropped from the top 10 altogether.

In Class 5A, Southeast Polk reclaimed the top spot and kicked Cedar Rapids Prairie out of the rankings. North Scott jumped into the top spot in Class 4A, bumping down Xavier and ADM. Woodbury Central now sits at No. 1 in Class A.

Plus, even more movement throughout all seven classes.

A large crowd gathers for the first game at Southeast Polk's football stadium Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.
A large crowd gathers for the first game at Southeast Polk's football stadium Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

Class 5A

  1. Southeast Polk (3-0), beat Prairie 42-7

  2. Dowling (3-0), beat Ankeny 35-14

  3. Bettendorf (3-0), beat Urbandale 48-10

  4. Ankeny Centennial (2-1), beat Cedar Falls 42-13

  5. Linn-Mar (2-1), lost to Cedar Rapids Kennedy 34-0

  6. Waukee Northwest (2-1), beat Des Moines Roosevelt 51-14

  7. Johnston (2-1), beat Valley 21-9

  8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (1-2), beat Linn-Mar 34-0

  9. Waukee (2-1), beat Sioux City North 42-0

  10. Pleasant Valley (2-1), beat Iowa City Liberty 56-39

Class 4A

  1. North Scott (3-0), beat Assumption 42-28

  2. Xavier (2-1), beat Western Dubuque 22-20

  3. ADM (2-1), lost to Lewis Central 38-31

  4. Norwalk (3-0), beat Newton 32-15

  5. Lewis Central (2-1), beat ADM 38-31

  6. Glenwood (2-1), lost to Harlan 17-14

  7. Gilbert (3-0), beat Mason City 27-15

  8. Western Dubuque (2-1), lost to Xavier 22-20

  9. Le Mars (3-0), beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 49-42

  10. Decorah (3-0), beat Crestwood 34-6

Class 3A

  1. Williamsburg (3-0), beat Clear Creek Amana 49-20

  2. Webster City (3-0), beat North Polk 21-20

  3. Mount Vernon (3-0), beat Benton 19-7

  4. Nevada (3-0), beat PCM 27-7

  5. Creston (3-0), beat Ballard 48-28

  6. Assumption (2-1), lost to North Scott 42-28

  7. Hampton-Dumont-CAL (3-0), beat West Marshall 43-0

  8. Harlan (2-1), beat Glenwood 17-14

  9. Humboldt (2-1), lost to Van Meter 52-14

  10. Bishop Heelan (3-0), beat Sioux City East 29-21

Class 2A

  1. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (3-0), beat West Sioux 70-7

  2. Van Meter (3-0), beat Humboldt 52-14

  3. West Lyon (3-0), beat OABCIG 49-0

  4. Monticello (3-0), beat Cascade 35-0

  5. Western Christian (3-0), beat Pocahontas 41-0

  6. Spirit Lake (2-1), beat Spencer 48-21

  7. Greene County (2-1), beat Atlantic 41-6

  8. Osage (2-1), beat Dike-New Hartford 15-14

  9. PCM (1-2), lost to Nevada 27-7

  10. Cherokee (3-0), beat Ridge View 42-21

Class 1A

  1. Grundy Center (3-0), beat Pella Christian 38-6

  2. MFL MarMac (3-0), beat New Hampton 43-31

  3. Iowa City Regina (3-0), beat Mediapolis 45-7

  4. Underwood (2-1), beat St. Albert 45-0

  5. Columbus Catholic (2-1), beat West Branch 30-23

  6. Pella Christian (2-1), lost to Grundy Center 38-6

  7. Denver (3-0), beat North Fayette Valley 35-14

  8. Sumner-Fredericksburg (3-0), beat Oelwein 58-6

  9. Treynor (3-0), beat Clarinda 34-28

  10. Aplington-Parkersburg (2-1), beat South Hardin 35-26

Class A

  1. Woodbury Central (3-0), beat Logan-Magnolia 39-14

  2. Lynnville-Sully (3-0), beat Pleasantville 36-27

  3. Madrid (3-0), beat Mount Ayr 35-34

  4. Nashua-Plainfield (3-0), beat BCLUW 46-6

  5. West Hancock (2-1), lost to Saint Ansgar 24-15

  6. South Central Calhoun (3-0), beat Riverside 34-28

  7. North Linn (3-0), beat Starmont 27-0

  8. Saint Ansgar (3-0), beat West Hancock 24-15

  9. East Buchanan (2-1), beat Maquoketa Valley 39-21

  10. Logan-Magnolia (2-1), lost to Woodbury Central 39-14

8-Player

  1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3-0), beat Meskwaki 90-0

  2. Bedford (3-0), beat Lenox 41-30

  3. CAM-Anita (3-0), best East Mills 76-14

  4. Winfield-Mt. Union (3-0), beat WACO 34-8

  5. Remsen St. Mary’s (3-0), beat West Bend-Mallard 34-18

  6. Baxter (3-0), beat St. Edmond 36-34

  7. Don Bosco (2-1), beat Riceville 42-6

  8. St. Edmond (2-1), lost to Baxter 36-34

  9. Kee (3-0), beat Waterloo Christian 67-0

  10. Clarksville (4-0), beat Janesville 36-15

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

This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa high school football rankings: Southeast Polk back at No. 1 in 5A