2017 Iowa High School Football Week 9 Rankings

Eleven high school football teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are featured in the final Associated Press rankings of the 2017 season.

According to the poll, defending eight-player state champion Don Bosco is favored to win the title again. The Dons (9-0) enter the playoffs as the top-rated team. They are ranked six spots ahead of No. 7 Tripoli (8-1), the squad Don Bosco beat 78-20 in the regular-season finale Friday night (Oct. 20).

Four area squads are considered contenders for the Class-A championship. Hudson (9-0) is ranked third, one spot in front of No. 4 Wapsie Valley (9-0). Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-1) sits at No. 7 in the poll, while East Buchanan (8-1) is 10th. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, the two-time defending state titlist, begins its quest for a third-straight championship at Wapsie Valley this week.

Other squads ranked in the survey include Denver (No. 6, Class-1A), Waukon (No. 5, 2A), Aplington-Parkersburg (No. 8, 2A), Waverly-Shell Rock (No. 7, 3A) and Cedar Falls (No. 5, 4A). Denver (9-0) is the only team unbeaten among the group. The rest are 8-1.

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2017 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Iowa City West (10)	9-0	109	1
2. West Des Moines Dowling	8-1	95	T2
3. West Des Moines Valley (1)	8-1	87	T2
4. Bettendorf	8-1	75	4
5. Cedar Falls	8-1	65	5
6. Johnston	8-1	61	6
7. Ankeny Centennial	7-2	31	8
8. Cedar Rapids Prairie	8-1	30	7
9. Eldridge North Scott	8-1	18	9
10. Southeast Polk	6-3	17	NR

Others receiving votes: Council Bluffs Lewis Central 14. Waukee 2. Pleasant Valley 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Solon (7)	9-0	102	1
2. Dallas Center-Grimes (2)	9-0	99	2
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2)	9-0	90	3
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton	9-0	75	4
5. Pella	8-1	72	5
6. Harlan	8-1	48	6
7. Waverly-Shell Rock	8-1	41	7
8. Glenwood	8-1	29	8
9. Webster City	8-1	28	9
10. Carlisle	8-1	8	10

Others receiving votes: Davenport Assumption 4. Decorah 3. Manchester West Delaware 3. Sioux City Heelan 2. Norwalk 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Boyden-Hull-RV (8)	8-1	103	1
2. Cascade (1)	9-0	94	2
3. Mount Vernon	8-1	86	3
4. Monroe PCM (2)	8-1	69	5
5. Waukon	8-1	60	7
6. Sioux Center	8-1	54	9
7. South Central Calhoun	8-1	48	8
8. Aplington-Parkersburg	8-1	31	NR
9. Williamsburg	7-2	21	6
10. Clear Lake	7-2	12	4

Others receiving votes: Sheldon 10. New Hampton 10. Union, La Porte City 5. Carroll Kuemper 1. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Inwood West Lyon (8)	9-0	104	1
2. Van Meter (2)	9-0	95	2
3. Pella Christian	9-0	93	3
4. Iowa City Regina (1)	7-2	81	4
5. West Branch	9-0	62	6
6. Denver	9-0	52	7
7. Bellevue	8-1	38	8
8. Hull Western Christian	7-2	29	9
9. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca	8-1	23	5
10. Jewell South Hamilton	8-1	21	10

Others receiving votes: Pleasantville 4. Wilton 2. Delhi Maquoketa Valley 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Hawarden West Sioux (7)	9-0	104	1
2. Southwest Valley (1)	9-0	90	3
3. Hudson (2)	9-0	83	2
4. Fairbank Wapsie Valley (1)	9-0	73	4
5. Council Bluffs St. Albert	8-1	57	6
6. Algona Garrigan	9-0	54	5
7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck	8-1	51	7
8. Lynnville-Sully	8-0	46	8
9. St. Ansgar	9-0	30	9
10. Winthrop East Buchanan	8-1	13	10

Others receiving votes: Packwood Pekin 3. Alburnett 1.


	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7)	9-0	105	1
2. Remsen Saint Mary's (2)	9-0	97	T2
3. Audubon (2)	9-0	93	T2
4. Newell-Fonda	8-1	72	5
5. Sidney	9-0	60	6
6. Baxter	8-1	42	8
7. Tripoli	8-1	33	4
8. Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire	6-2	31	9
9. Riceville	8-1	30	7
10. Stanton	8-1	19	10