The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2021 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
| Class 5A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (11) | 7-0 | 119 | 1 |
| 2. Southeast Polk | 6-1 | 101 | 3 |
| 3. West Des Moines Valley | 6-1 | 97 | 4 |
| 4. Urbandale | 6-1 | 74 | 6 |
| 5. Ankeny | 5-2 | 64 | 5 |
| 6. Marion Linn-Mar | 6-1 | 55 | 8 |
| 7. Iowa City High (1) | 6-1 | 48 | 2 |
| 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 5-2 | 28 | 7 |
| 9. Pleasant Valley | 5-2 | 27 | NR |
| 10. West Des Moines Dowling | 4-3 | 23 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Cedar Falls 18. 12, Dubuque Senior 5. 13, Ames 1.
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Eldridge North Scott (12) | 7-0 | 120 | 1 |
| 2. Bondurant Farrar | 7-0 | 102 | 2 |
| 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 6-1 | 93 | 3 |
| 4. Norwalk | 6-1 | 71 | T4 |
| 5. Waverly-Shell Rock | 6-1 | 68 | T4 |
| 6. Indianola | 6-1 | 67 | T7 |
| 7. Winterset | 6-1 | 56 | T7 |
| 8. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 5-2 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. Decorah | 5-2 | 12 | NR |
| 10. Webster City | 5-2 | 11 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Fort Madison 8. Newton 5. Clear Creek-Amana 5. Iowa CIty Liberty 3. Spencer 2.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Harlan (11) | 7-0 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1) | 7-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. Solon | 7-0 | 85 | 3 |
| 4. Humboldt | 7-0 | 80 | 4 |
| 5. Manchester West Delaware | 6-1 | 73 | 5 |
| 6. Independence | 7-0 | 68 | 6 |
| 7. Nevada | 7-0 | 55 | 7 |
| 8. Van Horne Benton | 6-1 | 31 | NR |
| 9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 5-2 | 20 | 8 |
| 10. Algona | 5-2 | 9 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Adel ADM 6. Grinnell 4. Carroll 1. Davenport Assumption 1. DeWitt Central 1.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Southeast Valley, Gowrie (10) | 7-0 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. O-A BCIG (1) | 6-1 | 103 | 2 |
| 3. Waukon | 6-1 | 92 | 3 |
| 4. State Center West Marshall (1) | 6-1 | 82 | 4 |
| 5. Greene County | 6-1 | 70 | 5 |
| 6. Spirit Lake | 5-2 | 55 | 7 |
| 7. West Union North Fayette | 6-1 | 39 | 9 |
| (tie) Inwood West Lyon | 5-2 | 39 | 10 |
| 9. Estherville-Lincoln Central | 4-3 | 19 | 6 |
| 10. Central Lyon-GLR | 4-3 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 9. Clear Lake 8. Osceola Clarke 8. Monticello 2. Pocahontas Area 1.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Van Meter (10) | 7-0 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Underwood | 7-0 | 100 | 2 |
| 3. Iowa City Regina | 7-0 | 88 | 3 |
| 4. Sigourney-Keota (1) | 7-0 | 84 | 4 |
| 5. Dike-New Hartford (1) | 7-0 | 76 | 5 |
| 6. Dyersville Beckman | 7-0 | 64 | 6 |
| 7. AC GC | 7-0 | 50 | 8 |
| 8. Pella Christian | 6-1 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. Hawarden West Sioux | 6-1 | 21 | 10 |
| 10. Denver | 6-1 | 11 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Monona MFL-Mar-Mac 6. Waterloo Columbus 3. South Central Calhoun 2.
| Class A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Britt West Hancock (9) | 7-0 | 116 | 1 |
| 2. Troy Mills North Linn (3) | 7-0 | 107 | 2 |
| 3. North Butler | 7-0 | 85 | 5 |
| 4. Logan-Magnolia | 6-1 | 72 | 7 |
| 5. Grundy Center | 6-1 | 70 | 6 |
| 6. Lisbon | 6-1 | 57 | 8 |
| 7. Moville Woodbury Central | 6-1 | 42 | 3 |
| 8. Belle Plaine | 6-1 | 29 | 9 |
| 9. Winthrop East Buchanan | 6-1 | 25 | 10 |
| 10. Southwest Valley | 6-1 | 21 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Traer North Tama 17. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 9. Oakland Riverside 3. Wapello 3. Neola Tri-Center 2. Hartley HMS 2.
| Class 8-Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Anita CAM (5) | 7-0 | 111 | 1 |
| 2. Montezuma (5) | 8-0 | 106 | 2 |
| 3. Easton Valley (1) | 7-0 | 96 | 3 |
| 4. Remsen Saint Mary’s (1) | 7-0 | 82 | 4 |
| 5. Wayland WACO | 8-0 | 64 | T7 |
| 6. Audubon | 6-1 | 53 | 5 |
| 7. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley | 7-0 | 49 | 9 |
| 8. Lenox | 7-0 | 36 | T7 |
| 9. Lansing Kee | 7-0 | 26 | 10 |
| 10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 7-0 | 12 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Janesville 7. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 7. Newell-Fonda 6. North English English Valleys 3. Fremont Mills, Tabor 1. Baxter 1.