The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the complete round‑of‑16 playoff schedule for the 2026 high school football season. After Week 9 concluded on Friday night, the regular season is officially over for classes 5A, 4A and 3A, while the remaining classes have already begun their postseason contests.
Class 5A matchups
Pod A: Pleasant Valley travels to Johnston; Dallas Center‑Grimes visits Valley.
Pod B: Bettendorf faces Dowling Catholic; Waukee Northwest meets Cedar Falls.
Pod C: Urbandale heads to Southeast Polk; Prairie travels to Sioux City East.
Pod D: Waukee travels to Ankeny; Iowa City Liberty plays at Indianola.
Class 4A matchups
Pod A: Davenport North visits Xavier in Cedar Rapids; North Polk goes to Newton.
Pod B: LeMars travels to Sergeant Bluff‑Luton; Spencer meets Glenwood.
Pod C: ADM visits Carlisle; Pella travels to Lewis Central.
Pod D: Ballard heads to Western Dubuque; Clear Creek‑Amana plays at Waverly‑Shell Rock.
Class 3A matchups
Pod A: Fairfield travels to Solon; Assumption meets West Delaware.
Pod B: Harlan Community visits Des Moines Christian; Williamsburg heads to Mount Pleasant.
Pod C: Algona travels to Carroll; Sioux Center meets Bishop Heelan.
Pod D: Iowa Falls‑Alden visits Clear Lake; Wahlert Catholic travels to Mount Vernon.
Class 2A matchups
Pod A: Clarinda goes to CL/GLR; OABCIG visits Dike‑New Hartford.
Pod B: Crestwood travels to Alburnett; Wilton heads to Waukon.
Pod C: Centerville visits Van Meter; Roland‑Story travels to Mid‑Prairie.
Pod D: Osage goes to Spirit Lake; Kuemper Catholic meets PCM.
Class 1A matchups
Pod A: Sigourney/Keota travels to Regina; Grundy Center visits Northeast.
Pod B: Hinton heads to West Lyon; South Hardin travels to Clarion‑Goldfield‑Dows.
Pod C: Pleasantville visits Aplington‑Parkersburg; Beckman Catholic goes to West Marshall.
Pod D: Shenandoah travels to Treynor; South Central Calhoun meets Underwood.
Class A matchups
Pod A: West Hancock visits Woodbury Central; Martensdale‑St. Marys travels to West Fork.
Pod B: West Monona heads to West Sioux; St. Albert meets Riverside.
Pod C: Wapsie Valley travels to Saint Ansgar; Newman Catholic visits North Linn.
Pod D: Maquoketa Valley goes to Madrid; Lynnville‑Sully meets East Buchanan.
Eight‑player division matchups
Pod A: Clarksville travels to Audubon; North Union visits Kingsley‑Pierson.
Pod B: Kee heads to Iowa Valley; Don Bosco meets Edgewood‑Colesburg.
Pod C: Lenox travels to Woodbine; St. Mary’s, Remsen visits Bishop Garrigan in Algona.
Pod D: Coon Rapids‑Bayard goes to Bedford; Montezuma visits Gladbrook‑Reinbeck.
All games are slated to begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. The brackets set the path toward the state championship games later this month, giving families, alumni and community members a clear view of the road ahead for their schools’ football programs.
Original reporting: KCCI Des Moines — read the source article.
