Round of 16 games in the Iowa High School state football playoff’s with be Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
The Iowa high school state football semifinals and finals are played at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The UNI-Dome has been the host of the finals since 1976 and the semifinals since 1998.
Tickets: Tickets for the first round, second round, and quarterfinal games will be sold through the IHSAA Tickets page and utilize digital ticketing via HomeTown Ticketing. All tickets for all football lead-up rounds are $10.
Tickets for semifinals and finals will be sold through UNI Athletics.

Final regular season rankings are in parenthesis and those of Jbballsports, formally Iowa Prep Illustrated.

Eight Player

POD A
Clarksville (7-2) at (#1) Audubon (9-0)
(#8) North Union (8-1) at (#9) Kingsley-Pierson (8-1)

POD B
Kee (8-1) at (#2) Iowa Valley (9-0)
Gilbertville Don Bosco (7-2) at (#4) Edgewood-Colesburg (9-0)

POD C
Lenox (6-3) at (#3) Woodbine (8-0)
Remsen St. Mary’s (7-2) at (#7) Algona Garrigan (8-1)

POD D
Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-3) at (#5) Bedford (9-0)
(#10) Montezuma (8-1) at (#6) Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-0)

Class A

POD A
West Hancock (7-2) at (#1) Woodbury Central (9-0)
Martensdale-St. Marys (7-2) at (#8) West Fork (9-0)

POD B
West Monona (6-3) at (#2) West Sioux (9-0)
(#9) Co. Bluffs St. Albert (8-1) at Riverside (7-2)

POD C
Wapsie Valley (7-2) at (#3) Saint Ansgar (9-0)
Mason City Newman (7-2) at (#6) North Linn (8-1)

POD D
Maquoketa Valley (6-3) at (#4) Madrid (9-0)
(#10) Lynnville-Sully (7-2) at (#5) East Buchanan (8-1)

Class 1A

POD A
Sigourney/Keota (5-4) at (#1) Iowa City Regina (9-0)
(#8) Grundy Center (7-2) at Northeast (8-1)

POD B
Hinton (5-4) at (#2) West Lyon (8-1)
South Hardin (&-2) at (#6) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (8-1)

POD C
Pleasantville (7-2) at (#3) Aplington-Parkersburg (9-0)
(#9) Dyersville Beckman (8-1) at (#10) West Marshall (7-2)

POD D
Shenandoah (5-4) at (#4) Treynor (8-1)
(#7) South Central Calhoun (8-1) at (#5) Underwood (8-1)

Class 2A

POD A
Clarinda (7-2) at (#1) Central Lyon/G-LR (9-0)
(#5) OABCIG (8-1) at Dike-New Hartford (7-2)

POD B
(#10) Crestwood (8-1) at (#2) Alburnett (8-1)
(#8) Wilton (7-2) at Waukon (6-3)

POD C
Centerville (7-2) at (#6) Van Meter (8-1)
Roland-Story (7-2) at (#7) Mid-Prairie (8-1)

POD D
(#9) Osage (8-1) at (#3) Spirit Lake (7-2)
(#4) Carroll Kuemper (8-1) at PCM (6-3)

Class 3A

POD A
Fairfield (5-4) at (#1) Solon (9-0)
(#6) Davenport Assumption (6-3) at (#4) West Delaware (8-1)

POD B
Harlan (5-4) at (#3) Des Moines Christian (9-0)
Williamsburg (6-3) at (#8) Mount Pleasant (8-1)

POD C
Algona (5-4) at (#5) Carroll (8-1)
(#7) Sioux Center (8-1) at (#9) Sioux City Heelan (6-3)

POD D
Iowa Falls-Alden (6-3) at (#2) Clear Lake (9-0)
(#10) Dubuque Wahlert (6-3) at Mount Vernon (7-2)

Class 4A

POD A
Davenport, North at (#1) Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0)
(#9) North Polk (6-3) at (#10) Newton (6-3)

POD B
LeMars (5-4) at (#2) Sergeant Bluff-Luton (9-0)
Spencer (6-3) at (#8) Glenwood (7-2)

POD C
ADM (6-3) at (#4) Carlisle (9-0)
Pella (6-3) at (#5) Co. Bluffs Lewis Central (7-2)

POD D
(#7) Ballard (7-2) at (#3) Western Dubuque (8-1)
Clear Creek-Amana (6-3) at (#6) Waverly-Shell Rock (7-2)

Class 5A

POD A
(#5) Pleasant Valley (7-2) at (#2) Johnston (8-1)
Dallas Center-Grimes (7-2) at (#T10) West Des Moines Valley (6-3)

POD B
Bettendorf (6-3) at (#1) West Des Moines Dowling (8-1)
(#8) Waukee Northwest (6-3) at (#T10) Cedar Falls (7-2)

POD C
Urbandale (6-3) at (#3) Southeast Polk (8-1)
(#6) Cedar Rapids Prairie (7-2) at (#4) Sioux City East (7-2)

POD D
Waukee (5-4) at (#7) Ankeny (7-2)
Iowa City Liberty (6-3) at (#9) Indianola (7-2)