Prairie, City High return to Class 5A's Top-10 in our Week 4 high school football rankings

Cody Goodwin, Des Moines Register
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Welcome to Week 4 of the high school football season, where our weekly rankings look similar to how they looked last week.

By that, we mean that six of the seven number one teams are still number one after their Week 3 games. The only change came in Class 1A, where Van Meter and West Sioux flip-flopped for the second-straight week.

The tops of our polls remain mostly the same — 31 of the 35 teams ranked fifth or better in their respective classes from last week remain in the top five this week — but there was some notable shuffling in a handful of classes, particularly in Class 5A and 4A.

More: Here are the top performers from Week 3 of Iowa high school football

Four of last week's top-10 teams in Iowa's largest class went down this past Friday, and two, W.D.M. Valley and Ames, tumbled out of this week's rankings, making room for Cedar Rapids Prairie and Iowa City High to return, at Nos. 8 and 9, respectively.

In Class 4A, four more ranked teams lost, and three — Norwalk, Iowa City Liberty, Webster City — dropped out of the top-10, allowing Spencer to return at No. 7 and both Clear Creek Amana and Carlisle to debut, at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.

The rest of our Week 4 rankings can be found below

Class 5A

1. Southeast Polk (3-0), beat Waukee Northwest 42-21

2. Pleasant Valley (3-0), beat Linn-Mar 14-7 (OT)

3. Dowling Catholic (2-1), beat #4 Ankeny 17-10

4. Ankeny (2-1), lost to #3 Dowling Catholic 17-10

5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3-0), beat 4A-#9 Cedar Rapids Washington 27-6

6. Sioux City East (3-0), beat LeMars 52-17

7. Johnston (2-1), beat Dallas Center-Grimes 44-21

8. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-1), beat #10 Cedar Falls 24-7

9. Iowa City High (2-1), beat Ames 55-19

10. Cedar Falls (2-1), lost to #8 Cedar Rapids Prairie 24-7

Dropped Out: West Des Moines Valley, Ames

Class 4A

1. Lewis Central (3-0), beat Norwalk 49-27

2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3-0), beat Dubuque Wahlert 40-7

3. Waverly-Shell Rock (3-0), beat Webster City 28-0

4. North Scott (3-0), beat Davenport Assumption 31-14

5. Bondurant-Farrar (3-0), beat Gilbert 48-7

6. Indianola (3-0), beat Pella 33-19

7. Spencer (2-1), beat Bishop Heelan 31-7

8. Clear Creek Amana (2-1), beat Washington 31-6

9. Cedar Rapids Washington (2-1), lost to 5A-#5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 27-6

10. Carlisle (2-1), beat Knoxville 49-0

Dropped Out: Norwalk, Iowa City Liberty, Webster City

Class 3A

1. Harlan (2-1), beat Sergeant Bluff-Luton 42-14

2. Humboldt (3-0), beat Estherville Lincoln Central 17-0

3. MOC-Floyd Valley (3-0), beat Storm Lake 41-0

4. Central DeWitt (3-0), beat Clinton 37-14

5. ADM (3-0), beat #10 North Polk 29-20

6. Hampton-Dumont-CAL (3-0), beat Southeast Valley 13-6

7. Mount Vernon (3-0), beat Tipton 42-0

8. Nevada (2-1), beat Roland-Story 49-26

9. Algona (3-0), beat Garner Hayfield Ventura 34-7

10. North Polk (2-1), lost to #5 ADM 29-20

Dropped Out: Benton

Class 2A

1. Williamsburg (3-0), beat Solon 38-25

2. Central Lyon (3-0), beat 1A-#2 West Sioux 44-6

3. OABCIG (3-0), beat East Sac County 54-7

4. New Hampton (3-0), beat Oelwein 47-0

5. West Marshall (3-0), beat South Hamilton 41-6

6. West Lyon (2-1), beat Sioux Center 17-0

7. Spirit Lake (3-0), beat Western Christian 35-20

8. Red Oak (3-0), beat Nodaway Valley 36-0

9. Pocahontas Area (3-0), beat Sioux Central 12-6 (OT)

10. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (3-0), beat Forest City 28-6

Dropped Out: Dubuque Wahlert

Class 1A

1. Van Meter (2-1), beat Winterset 42-17

2. West Sioux (2-1), lost to 2A-#2 Central Lyon 44-6

3. Beckman Catholic (3-0), beat Monticello 28-14

4. West Branch (3-0), beat Maquoketa Valley 59-0

5. Dike-New Hartford (2-1), beat Clear Lake 28-20

6. Pella Christian (3-0), beat PCM 28-7

7. Underwood (3-0), beat St. Albert 57-7

8. Aplington-Parkersburg (3-0), beat Jesup 72-19

9. Durant (3-0), beat Northeast 23-22

10. Kuemper Catholic (3-0), beat Greene County 35-0

Dropped Out: Western Christian

Class A

1. West Hancock (3-0), beat Lake Mills 60-6

2. Grundy Center (3-0), beat Wapsie Valley 20-7

3. Woodbury Central (3-0), beat IKM-Manning 40-0

4. Lynnville-Sully (3-0), beat East Marshall 49-7

5. Mount Ayr (3-0), beat Riverside 41-15

6. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (2-1), beat South O’Brien 22-6

7. Alburnett (3-0), beat Lisbon 14-0

8. North Linn (2-1), beat Bellevue 48-13

9. East Buchanan (2-1), beat Starmont 38-0

10. AHSTW (3-0), beat Southwest Valley 28-0

Dropped Out: Westwood

8-Player

1. Don Bosco (3-0), beat Collins-Maxwell 86-12

2. Newell-Fonda (3-0), beat River Valley 48-6

3. Remsen St. Mary’s (3-0), beat Siouxland Christian 73-0

4. WACO (4-0), beat English Valleys 49-0

5. Easton Valley (2-1), beat Midland 50-6

6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3-0), beat Dunkerton 60-6

7. Baxter (3-0), beat Woodward Academy

8. Lenox (3-0), beat Bedford 38-27

9. Central City (3-0), beat Edgewood-Colesburg 38-12

10. West Harrison (3-0), beat CAM 29-22

Dropped Out: Bedford

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.

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