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. Ankeny (5) | 4-1 | 100 | 2 |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3) | 5-0 | 94 | 1 |
| 3. Iowa City High (3) | 5-0 | 89 | 3 |
| 4. Southeast Polk | 4-1 | 74 | 4 |
| 5. West Des Moines Valley | 4-1 | 61 | 5 |
| 6. Marion Linn-Mar | 5-0 | 59 | 6 |
| 7. Cedar Falls | 4-1 | 49 | 7 |
| 8. Urbandale | 4-1 | 36 | 8 |
| 9. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 4-1 | 28 | 9 |
| 10. Ankeny Centennial | 3-2 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Dowling 5. Pleasant Valley 1. Dubuque Senior 1.
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Eldridge North Scott (7) | 5-0 | 106 | 1 |
| 2. Indianola (4) | 5-0 | 103 | 2 |
| 3. Bondurant Farrar | 5-0 | 82 | 3 |
| 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 4-1 | 76 | T4 |
| 5. Waverly-Shell Rock | 4-1 | 56 | 6 |
| 6. Winterset | 4-1 | 41 | 9 |
| 7. Fort Madison | 5-0 | 34 | 10 |
| 8. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 3-2 | 33 | 7 |
| 9. Norwalk | 4-1 | 19 | NR |
| 10. Clear Creek-Amana | 4-1 | 17 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Spencer 12. Burlington 11. Newton 6. Epworth Western Dubuque 5. Fort Dodge 1. Glenwood 1. Pella 1. Webster City 1.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Harlan (9) | 5-0 | 107 | 1 |
| 2. Boyden-Hull-RV (2) | 5-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Solon | 5-0 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. Humboldt | 5-0 | 77 | 4 |
| 5. Manchester West Delaware | 4-1 | 63 | 5 |
| 6. Independence | 5-0 | 56 | 6 |
| 7. Nevada | 5-0 | 50 | 7 |
| 8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 4-1 | 34 | 8 |
| 9. Adel ADM | 4-1 | 22 | T9 |
| 10. Algona | 4-1 | 9 | T9 |
Others receiving votes: Creston 3. Davenport Assumption 3. Van Horne Benton 1.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Southeast Valley, Gowrie (9) | 5-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 2. O-A BCIG (1) | 4-1 | 93 | 4 |
| 3. Waukon | 4-1 | 77 | 5 |
| 4. Spirit Lake | 4-1 | 67 | 1 |
| 5. State Center West Marshall (1) | 4-1 | 59 | 6 |
| 6. Greene County | 4-1 | 52 | 8 |
| 7. Estherville-Lincoln Central | 3-2 | 45 | 3 |
| 8. Pocahontas Area | 4-1 | 43 | 7 |
| 9. Orange City Unity Christian | 4-1 | 28 | T10 |
| 10. West Union North Fayette | 4-1 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Osceola Clarke 9. Inwood West Lyon 8. Williamsburg 1. Central Lyon-GLR 1.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Van Meter (10) | 5-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. Underwood | 5-0 | 96 | 2 |
| 3. Sigourney-Keota (1) | 5-0 | 79 | 4 |
| 4. Iowa City Regina | 5-0 | 76 | 3 |
| 5. Dike-New Hartford | 5-0 | 61 | 5 |
| 6. Dyersville Beckman | 5-0 | 50 | 7 |
| 7. Denver | 5-0 | 40 | 8 |
| 8. AC-GC | 3-0 | 24 | 10 |
| (tie) Hawarden West Sioux | 4-1 | 24 | 9 |
| 10. Pella Christian | 4-1 | 19 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Eldon Cardinal 11. Guthrie Center-Adair-Casey 6. Waterloo Columbus 4. West Branch 3. Treynor 2. South Central Calhoun 1.
| Class A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |||||
| 1. Britt West Hancock (8) | 5-0 | 104 | 1 | ||||
| 2. Troy Mills North Linn (2) | 5-0 | 93 | 2 | ||||
| 3. Moville Woodbury Central | 5-0 | 86 | 3 | ||||
| 4. Traer North Tama | 5-0 | 70 | 5 | 5.GrundyCenter | 4-1 | 56 | 6 |
| 6. Logan-Magnolia | 4-1 | 49 | 7 | ||||
| 7. North Butler | 5-0 | 46 | 9 | ||||
| 8. Lisbon | 4-1 | 28 | 10 | ||||
| 9. Earlham | 4-1 | 18 | NR | ||||
| 10. Hartley HMS (1) | 4-1 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Oakland Riverside 12. Ogden 9. Belle Plaine 6. Southwest Valley 4. Winthrop East Buchanan 4. Paullina South O’Brien 3. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 2.
| Class 8-Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Anita CAM (5) | 5-0 | 102 | 1 |
| 2. Montezuma (4) | 5-0 | 93 | 2 |
| 3. Easton Valley (1) | 5-0 | 88 | 4 |
| 4. Remsen Saint Mary’s (1) | 5-0 | 74 | T5 |
| 5. Audubon | 4-1 | 61 | 3 |
| 6. Newell-Fonda | 5-0 | 50 | T5 |
| 7. Lenox | 5-0 | 38 | 8 |
| 8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 5-0 | 29 | 9 |
| 9. Wayland WACO | 6-0 | 24 | 10 |
| 10. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley | 5-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire 7. Lansing Kee 6. Baxter 4. Janesville 3. North English English Valleys 2. Edgewood-Colesburg 1.