Eight teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are featured in this week's Associated Press high school football rankings, which were released on Monday (Oct. 8, 2018).

Three of the rated teams in Class A are from District 7. Leading the group is No. 1 Hudson, while North Tama is ranked fourth and Wapsie Valley ninth. A fourth team in the district, Grundy Center, just missed the top 10. The Spartans are the highest-rated squad among the others receiving votes.

Grundy Center travels to Hudson this week looking to its playoff hopes alive. The top-ranked Pirates will clinch the district championship with a win over the Spartans.

Like Hudson, Dike-New Hartford is also ranked No. 1. The unbeaten Wolverines lead the Class 2A poll for the third week in a row.

Other rated teams from the Cedar Valley and northeast Iowa are: Cedar Falls (No.2, Class 4A), Waukon (No. 4, Class 2A), La Porte City Union (No. 6, Class 2A) and Don Bosco (No. 4, 8-player).

Grundy Center among eight area teams receiving votes for the top-10, part of a group that also includes: Waverly Shell Rock, Independence, Decorah, Crestwood, Sumner-Fredericksburg, Turkey Valley and Gladbrook-Reinbeck.


The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

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RecordPtsPrv
1. West Des Moines Valley (9)7-0991
2. Cedar Falls (1)7-0892
3. Ankeny Centennial7-0763
4. Bettendorf6-1634
5. Johnston6-1575
6. West Des Moines Dowling5-2556
7. Iowa City West6-1477
8. Waukee5-2339
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie6-12110
10. Indianola6-168

Others receiving votes: Fort Dodge 2. Davenport North 1. Ames 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (8)7-0981
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (2)7-0902
3. Solon7-0823
4. Eldridge North Scott6-1615
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton6-1606
6. Clear Creek-Amana7-0468
7. Sioux City Heelan6-13510
8. Pella6-1284
9. Oskaloosa6-124NR
10. Epworth Western Dubuque5-297

Others receiving votes: Waverly-Shell Rock 6. Harlan 5. Independence 5. Decorah 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Monroe PCM (10)7-01001
2. Boyden-Hull-RV6-1882
3. Algona7-0773
4. Waukon6-1734
5. State Center West Marshall6-1575
6. Van Horne Benton6-1406
(tie) Union, La Porte City5-2407
8. Spirit Lake6-1368
9. Greene County6-11210
10. Southeast Valley5-25NR
(tie) Carroll Kuemper4-35NR

Others receiving votes: Clear Lake 4. West Liberty 4. Chariton 4. Cresco Crestwood 3. O-A/BCIG 1. Williamsburg 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Dike-New Hartford (4)7-0931
2. Van Meter (3)7-0852
3. South Central Calhoun (1)7-0704
4. Bellevue (2)7-0693
5. Hawarden West Sioux6-160T6
6. West Branch6-150T6
7. Wilton6-14610
8. Truro Interstate 357-0409
9. Mediapolis6-1145
10. Cascade5-27NR

Others receiving votes: Sumner-Fredericksburg 6. Inwood West Lyon 4. Pella Christian 3. Mount Ayr 2. Sigourney-Keota 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Hudson (9)7-0971
2. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca (1)7-0892
3. Algona Garrigan7-0823
4. Traer North Tama6-1584
5. Belmond-Klemme6-1546
6. Edgewood-Colesburg6-1477
7. Brooklyn BGM7-0465
8. St. Ansgar5-2258
9. Fairbank Wapsie Valley5-2129
10. Packwood Pekin4-37NR

Others receiving votes: Grundy Center 5. Akron-Westfield 5. Hinton 4. Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 4. Sloan Westwood 4. Riverside Highland 3. Britt West Hancock 3. Mason City Newman 2. Durant 2. Lynnville-Sully 1.

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RecordPtsPrv
1. Westside Ar-We-Va (5)7-0923
2. Northwood-Kensett (3)7-0874
3. Marengo Iowa Valley (2)7-0806
4. Gilbertville-Don Bosco6-1695
5. Central City7-0478
(tie) Liberty Center SE Warren8-0477
7. Fremont Mills, Tabor6-1449
8. New London6-1371
9. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira6-1152
10. Wyoming Midland6-19T10

Others receiving votes: Audubon 7. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 5. Newell-Fonda 4. HLV, Victor 4. Stanton 2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1.

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