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) | 8-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Southeast Polk | 7-1 | 96 | 2 |
| 3. Urbandale | 7-1 | 81 | 4 |
| 4. Ankeny | 6-2 | 76 | 5 |
| 5. Iowa City High | 7-1 | 59 | 7 |
| 6. Marion Linn-Mar | 7-1 | 51 | 6 |
| 7. West Des Moines Dowling | 5-3 | 40 | 10 |
| 8. West Des Moines Valley | 6-2 | 33 | 3 |
| 9. Pleasant Valley | 6-2 | 32 | 9 |
| 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 6-2 | 27 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: None.
| Class 4A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | ||
| 1. Eldridge North Scott (11) | 8-0 | 110 | 1 | |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 7-1 | 93 | 3 | |
| 3. Indianola | 7-1 | 84 | 6 | |
| 4. Waverly-Shell Rock | 7-1 | 72 | 5 | |
| 5. Winterset | 7-1 | 61 | 7 | |
| 6. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 6-2 | 53 | 8 | |
| 7. Bondurant Farrar | 7-1 | 49 | 2 | |
| 8. Decorah | 6-2 | 25 | 9 | |
| 9. Norwalk | 6-2 | 22 | 4 | |
| (tie) | Webster City | 6-2 | 22 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Burlington 8. Spencer 3. Clear Creek-Amana 2. Fort Dodge 1.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Harlan (8) | 8-0 | 105 | 1 |
| 2. Boyden-Hull-RV (3) | 8-0 | 101 | 2 |
| 3. Solon | 8-0 | 84 | 3 |
| 4. Humboldt | 8-0 | 79 | 4 |
| 5. Manchester West Delaware | 7-1 | 68 | 5 |
| 6. Van Horne Benton | 7-1 | 45 | 8 |
| 7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 6-2 | 37 | 9 |
| 8. Nevada | 7-1 | 36 | 7 |
| 9. Independence | 7-1 | 35 | 6 |
| 10. Adel ADM | 6-2 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Davenport Assumption 1. Grinnell 1.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. O-A BCIG (6) | 7-1 | 101 | 2 |
| 2. Waukon (4) | 7-1 | 96 | 3 |
| 3. State Center West Marshall (1) | 7-1 | 75 | 4 |
| 4. Spirit Lake | 6-2 | 69 | 6 |
| 5. Greene County | 7-1 | 64 | 5 |
| 6. Southeast Valley, Gowrie | 7-1 | 63 | 1 |
| 7. Inwood West Lyon | 6-2 | 46 | T7 |
| 8. West Union North Fayette | 7-1 | 38 | T7 |
| 9. Central Lyon-GLR | 5-3 | 19 | 10 |
| 10. Estherville-Lincoln Central | 5-3 | 17 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 8. Oelwein 4. Osceola Clarke 2. New Hampton 2. Monticello 1.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Van Meter (10) | 8-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. Underwood | 8-0 | 96 | 2 |
| 3. Sigourney-Keota (1) | 8-0 | 79 | 4 |
| 4. Iowa City Regina | 8-0 | 78 | 3 |
| 5. Dike-New Hartford | 8-0 | 68 | 5 |
| 6. Dyersville Beckman | 8-0 | 56 | 6 |
| 7. Pella Christian | 7-1 | 38 | 8 |
| 8. AC GC | 7-0 | 30 | 7 |
| 9. Hawarden West Sioux | 7-1 | 26 | 9 |
| 10. Denver | 7-1 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: South Central Calhoun 4. Waterloo Columbus 1.
| Class A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Britt West Hancock (9) | 8-0 | 108 | 1 |
| 2. Troy Mills North Linn (2) | 8-0 | 97 | 2 |
| 3. Logan-Magnolia | 7-1 | 80 | 4 |
| 4. Grundy Center | 7-1 | 73 | 5 |
| 5. Lisbon | 7-1 | 60 | 6 |
| 6. Moville Woodbury Central | 7-1 | 59 | 7 |
| 7. North Butler | 7-1 | 41 | 3 |
| 8. Winthrop East Buchanan | 7-1 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. Lynnville-Sully | 7-1 | 17 | NR |
| 10. Fairbank Wapsie Valley | 6-2 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Hartley HMS 9. Traer North Tama 7. Mount Ayr 2. Belle Plaine 1. Southwest Valley 1.Wapello 1.
| Class 8-Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Anita CAM (6) | 8-0 | 102 | 1 |
| 2. Montezuma (3) | 9-0 | 91 | 2 |
| 3. Easton Valley (1) | 8-0 | 86 | 3 |
| 4. Remsen Saint Mary’s (1) | 8-0 | 84 | 4 |
| 5. Wayland WACO | 8-0 | 57 | 5 |
| 6. Audubon | 7-1 | 47 | 6 |
| 7. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley | 8-0 | 46 | 7 |
| 8. Lenox | 8-0 | 45 | 8 |
| 9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 7-1 | 15 | 10 |
| 10. Newell-Fonda | 7-1 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Lansing Kee 6. Janesville 5. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 4. North English English Valleys 3. Fremont Mills, Tabor 1.