The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa final 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 (8) | 9-0 | 89 | 1 |
| 2. Southeast Polk | 8-1 | 77 | 2 |
| 3. Ankeny | 7-2 | 67 | 4 |
| 4. Iowa City High (1) | 8-1 | 60 | 5 |
| 5. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 7-2 | 48 | 10 |
| 6. West Des Moines Valley | 7-2 | 44 | 8 |
| 7. West Des Moines Dowling | 6-3 | 41 | 7 |
| 8. Pleasant Valley | 7-2 | 30 | 9 |
| 9. Urbandale | 7-2 | 22 | 3 |
| 10. Marion Linn-Mar | 7-2 | 15 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Bettendorf 1. Cedar Falls 1.
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Eldridge North Scott (9) | 9-0 | 90 | 1 |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 8-1 | 74 | 2 |
| 3. Indianola | 8-1 | 73 | 3 |
| 4. Waverly-Shell Rock | 8-1 | 57 | 4 |
| 5. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 7-2 | 53 | 6 |
| 6. Bondurant Farrar | 8-1 | 49 | 7 |
| 7. Winterset | 7-2 | 33 | 5 |
| 8. Webster City | 7-2 | 29 | T9 |
| 9. Burlington | 7-2 | 13 | NR |
| 10. Norwalk | 6-3 | 9 | T9 |
| (tie) Spencer | 7-2 | 9 | T9 |
Others receiving votes: Clear Creek-Amana 2. Decorah 2. Fort Dodge 2.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Harlan (7) | 9-0 | 88 | 1 |
| 2. Boyden-Hull-RV (2) | 9-0 | 83 | 2 |
| 3. Solon | 9-0 | 68 | 3 |
| 4. Humboldt | 9-0 | 63 | 4 |
| 5. Manchester West Delaware | 8-1 | 56 | 5 |
| 6. Van Horne Benton | 8-1 | 38 | 6 |
| 7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 7-2 | 31 | 7 |
| 8. Nevada | 8-1 | 29 | 8 |
| (tie) Independence | 8-1 | 29 | 9 |
| 10. Adel ADM | 7-2 | 10 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: None.