IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
FOOTBALL
2025 & 2026 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULES
CLASS 5A
Home games listed with opponent | Away games listed with "at" before opponent | Thursday game dates to be determined
2025
GROUP 1
School	Date	Des Moines, East	Iowa City, City	Norwalk	Ottumwa	Southeast Polk	Waukee Northwest
Week 1	Aug. 29	Des Moines, North	Iowa City, West	at Indianola	Oskaloosa	Ankeny Centennial	at Ankeny
Week 2	Sept. 5	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Bettendorf	Sioux City, East	at Dallas Center-Grimes	Iowa City, Liberty	Valley, West Des Moines
Week 3	Sept. 12	at Ottumwa	Waukee Northwest	Southeast Polk	Des Moines, East	at Norwalk	at Iowa City, City
Week 4	Sept. 19	Marshalltown	at Cedar Falls	at Ames	Des Moines, Lincoln	at Dowling Catholic	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids
Week 5	Sept. 26	at Waukee Northwest	Norwalk	at Iowa City, City	at Southeast Polk	Ottumwa	Des Moines, East
Week 6	Oct. 3	at Norwalk	Southeast Polk	Des Moines, East	at Waukee Northwest	at Iowa City, City	Ottumwa
Week 7	Oct. 10	Iowa City, City	at Des Moines, East	at Ottumwa	Norwalk	Waukee Northwest	at Southeast Polk
Week 8	Oct. 17	at Des Moines, Lincoln	at Iowa City, Liberty	at Urbandale	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Johnston	Waukee
Week 9	Oct. 24	Southeast Polk	Ottumwa	Waukee Northwest	at Iowa City, City	at Des Moines, East	at Norwalk
GROUP 2
School	Date	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Dallas Center-Grimes	Dowling Catholic	Marshalltown	Waterloo, West	Waukee
Week 1	Aug. 29	at Dubuque, Hempstead	at Urbandale	at Valley, West Des Moines	Ames	at Waterloo, East	at Johnston
Week 2	Sept. 5	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Ottumwa	Johnston	at Waterloo, East	at Dubuque, Senior	Ankeny
Week 3	Sept. 12	Waukee	Dowling Catholic	at Dallas Center-Grimes	Mason City	Dubuque, Hempstead	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
Week 4	Sept. 19	at Linn-Mar, Marion	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Southeast Polk	at Des Moines, East	Fort Dodge	Valley, West Des Moines
Week 5	Sept. 26	at Marshalltown	Waukee	Waterloo, West	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Dowling Catholic	at Dallas Center-Grimes
Week 6	Oct. 3	Dowling Catholic	at Waterloo, West	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Waukee	Dallas Center-Grimes	Marshalltown
Week 7	Oct. 10	Waterloo, West	at Marshalltown	Waukee	Dallas Center-Grimes	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Dowling Catholic
Week 8	Oct. 17	at Bettendorf	Ames	Ankeny Centennial	at Waterloo, West	Marshalltown	at Waukee Northwest
Week 9	Oct. 24	Dallas Center-Grimes	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Marshalltown	Dowling Catholic	at Waukee	Waterloo, West
GROUP 3
School	Date	Ames	Ankeny	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Des Moines, Roosevelt	Johnston	Sioux City, East
Week 1	Aug. 29	at Marshalltown	Waukee Northwest	LeMars	Des Moines, Lincoln	Waukee	Sioux City, North
Week 2	Sept. 5	at Urbandale	at Waukee	at Sioux City, North	at Des Moines, East	at Dowling Catholic	at Norwalk
Week 3	Sept. 12	Johnston	Des Moines, Roosevelt	Denison-Schleswig	at Ankeny	at Ames	at Bishop Heelan, Sioux City
Week 4	Sept. 19	Norwalk	at Ankeny Centennial	at Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson	Dallas Center-Grimes	Iowa City, Liberty	Sioux City, West
Week 5	Sept. 26	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Sioux City, East	Johnston	Ames	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	at Ankeny
Week 6	Oct. 3	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Johnston	at Ames	at Sioux City, East	at Ankeny	Des Moines, Roosevelt
Week 7	Oct. 10	Ankeny	at Ames	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Sioux City, East	at Johnston
Week 8	Oct. 17	at Dallas Center-Grimes	Valley, West Des Moines	at Sioux City, East	Ottumwa	at Southeast Polk	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln
Week 9	Oct. 24	Sioux City, East	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Ankeny	at Johnston	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Ames
GROUP 4
School	Date	Ankeny Centennial	Des Moines, Lincoln	Indianola	Sioux City, North	Urbandale	Valley, West Des Moines
Week 1	Aug. 29	at Southeast Polk	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Norwalk	at Sioux City, East	Dallas Center-Grimes	Dowling Catholic
Week 2	Sept. 5	Linn-Mar, Marion	Des Moines, North	at Carlisle	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Ames	at Waukee Northwest
Week 3	Sept. 12	at Des Moines, Lincoln	Ankeny Centennial	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Sioux City, West	at Valley, West Des Moines	Urbandale
Week 4	Sept. 19	Ankeny	at Ottumwa	at Newton	Bishop Heelan, Sioux City	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Waukee
Week 5	Sept. 26	at Urbandale	Sioux City, North	Valley, West Des Moines	at Des Moines, Lincoln	Ankeny Centennial	at Indianola
Week 6	Oct. 3	at Valley, West Des Moines	at Indianola	Des Moines, Lincoln	at Urbandale	Sioux City, North	Ankeny Centennial
Week 7	Oct. 10	Indianola	Urbandale	at Ankeny Centennial	Valley, West Des Moines	at Des Moines, Lincoln	at Sioux City, North
Week 8	Oct. 17	at Dowling Catholic	Des Moines, East	at Sioux City, North	Indianola	Norwalk	at Ankeny
Week 9	Oct. 24	Sioux City, North	at Valley, West Des Moines	Urbandale	at Ankeny Centennial	at Indianola	Des Moines, Lincoln
GROUP 5
School	Date	Bettendorf	Cedar Falls	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Dubuque, Hempstead	Dubuque, Senior	Prairie, Cedar Rapids
Week 1	Aug. 29	at Pleasant Valley	at Iowa City, Liberty	Cedar Rapids, Washington	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Davenport, Central	at Linn-Mar, Marion
Week 2	Sept. 5	Iowa City, City	Pleasant Valley	at Muscatine	at Iowa City, West	Waterloo, West	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
Week 3	Sept. 12	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Dubuque, Senior	at Indianola	at Waterloo, West	Cedar Falls	Bettendorf
Week 4	Sept. 19	Iowa City, West	Iowa City, City	Urbandale	Pleasant Valley	at Muscatine	Waukee Northwest
Week 5	Sept. 26	at Dubuque, Senior	Dubuque, Hempstead	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Cedar Falls	Bettendorf	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson
Week 6	Oct. 3	Cedar Falls	at Bettendorf	at Dubuque, Senior	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Dubuque, Hempstead
Week 7	Oct. 10	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Bettendorf	Dubuque, Senior	at Dubuque, Hempstead	at Cedar Falls
Week 8	Oct. 17	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Linn-Mar, Marion	at Dubuque, Hempstead	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Pleasant Valley	Iowa City, West
Week 9	Oct. 24	Dubuque, Hempstead	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	@Cedar Falls	at Bettendorf	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Dubuque, Senior
GROUP 6
School	Date	Davenport, Central	Iowa City, Liberty	Iowa City, West	Linn-Mar, Marion	Muscatine	Pleasant Valley
Week 1	Aug. 29	Dubuque, Senior	Cedar Falls	at Iowa City, City	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Davenport, North	Bettendorf
Week 2	Sept. 5	at Clinton	at Southeast Polk	Dubuque, Hempstead	at Ankeny Centennial	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Cedar Falls
Week 3	Sept. 12	at Davenport, West	Linn-Mar, Marion	at Pleasant Valley	at Iowa City, Liberty	at Assumption, Davenport	Iowa City, West
Week 4	Sept. 19	Davenport, North	at Johnston	at Bettendorf	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Dubuque, Senior	at Dubuque, Hempstead
Week 5	Sept. 26	Linn-Mar, Marion	at Iowa City, West	Iowa City, Liberty	at Davenport, Central	at Pleasant Valley	Muscatine
Week 6	Oct. 3	at Iowa City, Liberty	Davenport, Central	Muscatine	Pleasant Valley	at Iowa City, West	at Linn-Mar, Marion
Week 7	Oct. 10	Iowa City, West	at Pleasant Valley	at Davenport, Central	at Muscatine	Linn-Mar, Marion	Iowa City, Liberty
Week 8	Oct. 17	at Muscatine	Iowa City, City	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Cedar Falls	Davenport, Central	Dubuque, Senior
Week 9	Oct. 24	Pleasant Valley	Muscatine	Linn-Mar, Marion	at Iowa City, West	at Iowa City, Liberty	at Davenport, Central
2026
GROUP 1
School	Date	Des Moines, East	Iowa City, City	Norwalk	Ottumwa	Southeast Polk	Waukee Northwest
Week 1	Aug. 28	at Des Moines, North	at Iowa City, West	Indianola	at Oskaloosa	at Ankeny Centennial	Ankeny
Week 2	Sept. 4	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Bettendorf	at Sioux City, East	Dallas Center-Grimes	at Iowa City, Liberty	at Valley, West Des Moines
Week 3	Sept. 11	Ottumwa	at Waukee Northwest	at Southeast Polk	at Des Moines, East	Norwalk	Iowa City, City
Week 4	Sept. 18	at Marshalltown	Cedar Falls	Ames	at Des Moines, Lincoln	Dowling	Prairie
Week 5	Sept. 25	Waukee Northwest	at Norwalk	Iowa City, City	Southeast Polk	at Ottumwa	at Des Moines, East
Week 6	Oct. 2	Norwalk	at Southeast Polk	at Des Moines, East	Waukee Northwest	Iowa City, City	at Ottumwa
Week 7	Oct. 9	at Iowa City, City	Des Moines, East	Ottumwa	at Norwalk	at Waukee Northwest	Southeast Polk
Week 8	Oct. 16	Des Moines, Lincoln	Iowa City, Liberty	Urbandale	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Johnston	at Waukee
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Southeast Polk	at Ottumwa	at Waukee Northwest	Iowa City, City	Des Moines, East	Norwalk
GROUP 2
School	Date	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Dallas Center-Grimes	Dowling Catholic	Marshalltown	Waterloo, West	Waukee
Week 1	Aug. 28	Dubuque Hempstead	Urbandale	Valley, West Des Moines	at Ames	Waterloo, East	Johnston
Week 2	Sept. 4	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Ottumwa	at Johnston	Waterloo, East	Dubuque, Senior	at Ankeny
Week 3	Sept. 11	at Waukee	at Dowling Catholic	Dallas Center-Grimes	at Mason City	at Dubuque, Hempstead	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
Week 4	Sept. 18	Linn-Mar	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Southeast Polk	Des Moines, East	at Fort Dodge	at Valley, West Des Moines
Week 5	Sept. 25	Marshalltown	at Waukee	at Waterloo, West	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Dowling Catholic	Dallas Center-Grimes
Week 6	Oct. 2	at Dowling Catholic	Waterloo, West	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Waukee	at Dallas Center-Grimes	at Marshalltown
Week 7	Oct. 9	at Waterloo, West	Marshalltown	at Waukee	at Dallas Center-Grimes	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Dowling Catholic
Week 8	Oct. 16	Bettendorf	at Ames	at Ankeny Centennial	Waterloo, West	at Marshalltown	Waukee Northwest
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Dallas Center-Grimes	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Marshalltown	at Dowling Catholic	Waukee	at Waterloo, West
GROUP 3
School	Date	Ames	Ankeny	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Des Moines, Roosevelt	Johnston	Sioux City, East
Week 1	Aug. 28	Marshalltown	at Waukee Northwest	at LeMars	at Des Moines, Lincoln	at Waukee	at Sioux City, North
Week 2	Sept. 4	Urbandale	Waukee	Sioux City, North	Des Moines, East	Dowling Catholic	Norwalk
Week 3	Sept. 11	at Johnston	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Denison-Schleswig	Ankeny	Ames	Bishop Heelan, Sioux City
Week 4	Sept. 18	at Norwalk	Ankeny Centennial	Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson	at Dallas Center-Grimes	at Iowa City, Liberty	at Sioux City, West
Week 5	Sept. 25	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Sioux City, East	at Johnston	at Ames	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	Ankeny
Week 6	Oct. 2	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	at Johnston	Ames	Sioux City, East	Ankeny	at Des Moines, Roosevelt
Week 7	Oct. 9	at Ankeny	Ames	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	at Sioux City, East	Johnston
Week 8	Oct. 16	Dallas Center-Grimes	at Valley, West Des Moines	Sioux City, East	at Ottumwa	Southeast Polk	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Sioux City, East	Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	at Ankeny	Johnston	at Des Moines, Roosevelt	Ames
GROUP 4
School	Date	Ankeny Centennial	Des Moines, Lincoln	Indianola	Sioux City, North	Urbandale	Valley, West Des Moines
Week 1	Aug. 28	Southeast Polk	Des Moines, Roosevelt	at Norwalk	Sioux City, East	at Dallas Center-Grimes	at Dowling Catholic
Week 2	Sept. 4	at Linn-Mar, Marion	at Des Moines, North	Carlisle	at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	at Ames	Waukee Northwest
Week 3	Sept. 11	Des Moines, Lincoln	at Ankeny Centennial	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Sioux City, West	Valley, West Des Moines	at Urbandale
Week 4	Sept. 18	at Ankeny	Ottumwa	Newton	at Bishop Heelan, Sioux City	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Waukee
Week 5	Sept. 25	Urbandale	at Sioux City, North	at Valley, West Des Moines	Des Moines, Lincoln	at Ankeny Centennial	Indianola
Week 6	Oct. 2	Valley, West Des Moines	Indianola	at Des Moines, Lincoln	Urbandale	at Sioux City, North	at Ankeny Centennial
Week 7	Oct. 9	at Indianola	at Urbandale	Ankeny Centennial	at Valley, West Des Moines	Des Moines, Lincoln	Sioux City, North
Week 8	Oct. 16	Dowling Catholic	at Des Moines, East	Sioux City, North	at Indianola	at Norwalk	Ankeny
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Sioux City, North	Valley, West Des Moines	at Urbandale	Ankeny Centennial	Indianola	at Des Moines, Lincoln
GROUP 5
School	Date	Bettendorf	Cedar Falls	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Dubuque, Hempstead	Dubuque, Senior	Prairie, Cedar Rapids
Week 1	Aug. 28	Pleasant Valley	Iowa City, Liberty	at Cedar Rapids, Washington	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Davenport, Central	Linn-Mar, Marion
Week 2	Sept. 4	at Iowa City, City	at Pleasant Valley	Muscatine	Iowa City, West	at Waterloo, West	Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
Week 3	Sept. 11	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Dubuque, Senior	Indianola	Waterloo, West	at Cedar Falls	at Bettendorf
Week 4	Sept. 18	at Iowa City, West	at Iowa City, City	at Urbandale	at Pleasant Valley	Muscatine	at Waukee Northwest
Week 5	Sept. 25	Dubuque, Senior	at Dubuque, Hempstead	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Cedar Falls	at Bettendorf	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson
Week 6	Oct. 2	at Cedar Falls	Bettendorf	Dubuque, Senior	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Dubuque, Hempstead
Week 7	Oct. 9	Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Bettendorf	at Dubuque, Senior	Dubuque, Hempstead	Cedar Falls
Week 8	Oct. 16	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	Linn-Mar	Dubuque, Hempstead	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Pleasant Valley	at Iowa City, West
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Dubuque, Hempstead	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Cedar Falls	Bettendorf	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Dubuque, Senior
GROUP 6
School	Date	Davenport, Central	Iowa City, Liberty	Iowa City, West	Linn-Mar, Marion	Muscatine	Pleasant Valley
Week 1	Aug. 28	at Dubuque, Senior	at Cedar Falls	Iowa City, City	at Prairie, Cedar Rapids	Davenport, North	at Bettendorf
Week 2	Sept. 4	Clinton	Southeast Polk	at Dubuque, Hempstead	Ankeny Centennial	at Cedar Rapids, Jefferson	Cedar Falls
Week 3	Sept. 11	Davenport, West	at Linn-Mar, Marion	Pleasant Valley	Iowa City, Liberty	Assumption, Davenport	at Iowa City, West
Week 4	Sept. 18	at Davenport, North	Johnston	Bettendorf	at Cedar Rapids, Kennedy	at Dubuque, Senior	Dubuque, Hempstead
Week 5	Sept. 25	at Linn-Mar, Marion	Iowa City, West	at Iowa City, Liberty	Davenport, Central	Pleasant Valley	at Muscatine
Week 6	Oct. 2	Iowa City, Liberty	at Davenport, Central	at Muscatine	at Pleasant Valley	Iowa City, West	Linn-Mar, Marion
Week 7	Oct. 9	at Iowa City, West	Pleasant Valley	Davenport, Central	Muscatine	at Linn-Mar, Marion	at Iowa City, Liberty
Week 8	Oct. 16	Muscatine	at Iowa City, City	Prairie, Cedar Rapids	at Cedar Falls	at Davenport, Central	at Dubuque, Senior
Week 9	Oct. 23	at Pleasant Valley	at Muscatine	at Linn-Mar, Marion	Iowa City, West	Iowa City, Liberty	Davenport, Central