Radio Iowa High School Football Poll – September 21st

Iowa (RI) — A new top-ranked team has emerged in the latest Radio Iowa High School Football Poll, released on September 21st, 2026.

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Class 5A

1. Southeast Polk (4-0), LW #2 @ Ottumwa
2. Dowling Catholic (3-1), LW #1 @ Waterloo West
3. Johnston (3-1), LW #3 vs CB Abe Lincoln
4. Sioux City East (4-0), LW #4 vs #5 Ankeny
5. Ankeny (4-0), LW #5 @ #4 Sioux City East
6. Dallas Center-Grimes (3-1), LW #10 @ #10 Waukee
7. Cedar Falls (3-1), LW #9 @ Dubuque Hempstead
8. Bettendorf (3-1), LW (X) vs Dubuque Senior
9. Iowa City Liberty (2-2). LW #6 vs Iowa City West
10. Waukee (2-2), vs #6 Dallas Center-Grimes

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Class 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-0), LW #1 vs CR Washington
2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (4-0), LW #2 vs #5 Fort Dodge
3. Western Dubuque (3-1), LW #4 vs Davenport North
4. Carlisle (4-0), LW #8 @ DSM North
5. Fort Dodge (4-0), LW #6 @ #2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
6. Lewis Central (2-2), LW #3 @ #8 Glenwood
7. North Polk (3-1), LW #7 @ Ballard
8. Glenwood (3-1), LW #5 vs #6 Lewis Central
9. Waverly-Shell Rock (3-1), LW #9 @ Mason City
10. Clear Creek-Amana (3-1), LW (X) vs Grinnell

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Class 3A

1. Solon (4-0), LW #1 vs Fairfield
2. Clear Lake (4-0), LW #2 vs Independence
3. Sioux Center (4-0), LW #3 @ #10 Heelan
4. Des Moines Christian (4-0), LW #4 @ Williamsburg
5. Dubuque Wahlert (3-1), LW #6 @ Center Point-Urbana
6. West Delaware (3-1), LW #5 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
7. Carroll (3-1), LW #9 @ Harlan
8. Mount Pleasant (4-0), LW #7 @ Washington
9. Mount Vernon (3-1), LW #8 vs Maquoketa
10. Sioux City Heelan (2-2), LW #10 vs #3 Sioux Center

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Class 2A

1. Carroll Kuemper (4-0), LW #1 vs #7 S.E. Valley
2. Roland-Story (3-1), LW #2 vs Vinton-Shellsburg
3. Alburnett (3-1), LW #4 @ West Branch
4. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (4-0), LW #8 vs Cherokee
5. Mid-Prairie (3-1), LW #5 @ West Liberty
6. Van Meter (3-1), LW #6 vs Clarinda
7. Southeast Valley (4-0), LW (X) @ #1 Kuemper
8. Centerville (3-1), LW #9 @ Pella Christian
9. Crestwood (4-0), LW (X) vs Forest City
10. OABCIG (3-1), LW #7 @ Spirit Lake

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Class 1A

1. Iowa City Regina (4-0), LW #1 @ Durant
2. South Hardin (4-0), LW #2 vs Garner Hayfield Ventura
3. Aplington-Parkersburg (4-0), LW #3 @ Sumner-Fredricksburg
4. West Lyon (3-1), LW #4 @ Hinton
5. Underwood (4-0), LW #5 @ #6 Treynor
6. Treynor (3-1), LW #6 vs #5 Underwood
7. Dyersville Beckman (4-0), LW #8 @ Camanche
8. South Central Calhoun (4-0), LW (X) @ Emmetsburg
9. Northeast (Goose Lake) (4-0), LW #10 @ Cascade
10. East Sac County (4-0), LW #9 @ South Hamilton

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Class A

1. Woodbury Central (4-0), LW #1 @ Gehlen Catholic
2. West Sioux (4-0), LW #2 @ HMS (Hartley)
3. Wapsie Valley (4-0), LW #3 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Linn (4-0), LW #4 vs East Buchanan
5. Saint Ansgar (4-0), LW #5 vs Nashua-Plainfield
6. Madrid (4-0), LW #6 @ ACGC
7. St. Albert (4-0), LW #8 vs Westwood
8. Mason City Newman (3-1), LW #7 @ #9 West Fork
9. West Fork (4-0), LW #9 vs #8 Newman Catholic
10. Pekin (5-0), LW #10 @ Van Buren County (Thurs)

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8-Player

1. Audubon (4-0), LW #1 vs Fremont-Mills
2. Iowa Valley (5-0), LW #2 vs Winfield-Mount Union
3. Algona Garrigan (4-0), LW #3 @ #8 Bedford
4. Woodbine (4-0), LW #4 vs East Mills
5. Edgewood-Colesburg (4-0), LW #5 @ Central City
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0), LW #7 vs Don Bosco
7. North Union (4-0), LW #6 vs GTRA
8. Bedford (4-0), LW #8 vs #3 Garrigan
9. Clarksville (3-1), LW #9 vs Colo-Nesco
10. Kingsley-Pierson (4-1), LW (X) vs Newell-Fonda

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