IHSAA releases football rankings, RPI for October 7th

BOONE — New playoff rankings for high school football’s lower classes as well as Ratings Percentage Index rankings for the upper classes were released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association on Monday.

The rankings in 2A, 1A, A, and Eight-Player would be used as a primary tool for postseason assignments while maintaining school and geographic considerations:

== Class A

1. West Hancock
2. Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center
3. St. Ansgar
4. Lisbon
5. North Linn
6. Earlham
7. Tri-Center
8. LeMars Gehlen
9. Woodbury Central
10. Starmont

== Class 1A

1. Grundy Center
2. Iowa City Regina
3. Dike-New Hartford
4. Emmetsburg
5. Wilton
6. Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove
7. South Hardin
8. Sigourney/Keota
9. Hinton
10. Treynor

== Class 2A 

1. West Lyon
2. Prairie City-Monroe
3. Spirit Lake
4. Van Meter
5. Carroll Kuemper
6. Northeast Goose Lake
7. North Fayette Valley
8. Roland-Story
9. Western Christian of Hull
10. Des Moines Christian

== Eight-Player

1. Lenox
2. Algona Garrigan
3. Don Bosco
4. Remsen St. Mary’s 
5. Woodbine
6. Audubon
7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck
8. Iowa Valley
9. Bedford
10. GTRA

RPI in the upper three classes helps to determine wild card teams at the end of each season. Looking at the top 10 statewide and any local teams that fall into the top 20:

== Class 3A

1. Algona
2. Humboldt
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
4. Dubuque Wahlert
5. Nevada
6. Sioux City Bishop Heelan
7. Solon
8. Williamsburg
9. Grinnell
10. Mt. Vernon
11. Clear Lake
12. Webster City

== Class 4A

1. North Polk
2. Decorah
3. Pella
4. ADM
5. Lewis Central
6. Gilbert
7. Western Dubuque
8. Cedar Rapids Xavier
9. Indianola
10. Clear Creek-Amana
11. Mason City

== Class 5A

1. Bettendorf
2. Iowa City Liberty
3. Waterloo West
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Pleasant Valley
6. Ottumwa
7. West Des Moines Dowling
8. Linn-Mar
9. Iowa City City High
10. Johnston

You can see the full Iowa High School Athletic Association rankings by clicking here