The fifth week of Iowa high school football in 2025 is rapidly approaching.
There have been some thrilling video games in Week 4, headlined by Class 4A No. 1 Pella defeating No. 3 North Polk, 19-15, in a rematch of final 12 months’s 4A championship sport. Johnston, ranked No. 7 in 5A, upset No. 2 Iowa Metropolis Liberty, 27-24, No. 4 Ankeny earned a giant rivalry win over Ankeny Centennial by a 29-15 rating and No. 3 Dowling Catholic cruised previous No. 10 and four-time defending 5A state champion Southeast Polk, 45-14.
Week 5 additionally presents a slew of video games that promise to be thrilling.
The top games of Week 5 on Sept. 26 embody No. 1 Waukee Northwest internet hosting Des Monies East for homecoming, No. 2 West Des Moines Valley occurring the street to face Indianola, No. 3 Dowling Catholic internet hosting Waterloo West, No. 4 Ankeny internet hosting Sioux Metropolis East, No. 7 Johnston is at Council Bluffs Lincoln and No. 10 Southeast Polk hosts Ottumwa.
Different 5A video games that includes metro-area colleges embody Waukee at Dallas Heart-Grimes, Ames at Des Moines Roosevelt and Sioux Metropolis North at Des Moines Lincoln. In 4A, Des Moines North goes on the street to face Carlisle and 4A No. 5 Adel-Desoto-Minburn hosts Boone, in 3A No. 5 Des Moines Christian hosts Williamsburg and in 2A No. 2 Van Meter goes to Clarinda and No. 5 Woodward-Granger hosts Grandview Christian.
High video games from the remainder of the state embody 4A No. 1 Pella at Marion, 3A No. 1 Solon at Fairfield and Class A No. 2 Saint Ansgar at No. 10 Nashua-Plainfield.
(Video games are listed alphabetically, with the house staff listed first)
Cedar Rapids Jefferson vs Cedar Rapids Prairie, 7:15 p.m.
Davenport Central vs Linn-Mar, 7:15 p.m.
Des Moines Lincoln vs Sioux Metropolis North, 7 p.m.
Iowa Valley vs. Winfield-Mt. Union, 7 p.m.
Louisa-Muscatine vs Sigourney-Keota, 7 p.m.
ADM vs Boone, 7 p.m.
AHSTW vs Southwest Valley, 7 p.m.
Albia vs Davis County, 8 p.m.
Alburnett vs West Department, 8 p.m.
Anamosa vs Tipton, 8 p.m.
Ankeny vs S.C. East, 7 p.m.
Aplington-Parkersburg vs Sumner-Fredericksburg, 7 p.m.
BCLUW vs Belmond-Klemme, 7 p.m.
BGM vs Martensdale-St Marys, 7 p.m.
Beckman vs Camanche, 7 p.m.
Bedford vs Seymour, 7 p.m.
Belle Plaine vs WACO, 7 p.m.
Benton vs Charles Metropolis, 8 p.m.
Bishop Garrigan vs Rockford, 7 p.m.
Bondurant-Farrar vs Gilbert, 7 p.m.
Burlington vs Clinton, 7 p.m.
Calamus-Wheatland vs Kee, 7 p.m.
Cardinal vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 7 p.m.
Carlisle vs D.M. North, 7 p.m.
Carroll vs Harlan, 7 p.m.
Cedar Falls vs Hempstead, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Washington vs Xavier, 7 p.m.
Centerville vs Pella Christian, 8 p.m.
Central DeWitt vs Assumption, 8 p.m.
Central Decatur vs Mt Ayr, 7 p.m.
Central Elkader vs Springville, 7 p.m.
Central Lee vs West Burlington, 8 p.m.
Chariton vs Clarke, 8 p.m.
Cherokee vs Central Lyon, 7 p.m.
Clarinda vs Van Meter, 7 p.m.
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows vs Grundy Heart, 7 p.m.
Colo-Nesco vs Clarksville, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs New London, 7 p.m.
Coon Rapids-Bayard vs Ar-We-Va, 7 p.m.
Council Bluffs Lincoln vs Johnston, 7 p.m.
Creston vs Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Dallas Heart-Grimes vs Waukee, 7 p.m.
Danville vs Highland, 7 p.m.
Davenport North vs Western Dubuque, 7 p.m.
Denison-Schleswig vs Jefferson, 7 p.m.
Denver vs Dike-New Hartford, 8 p.m.
Des Moines Christian vs Williamsburg, 8 p.m.
Don Bosco vs Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7 p.m.
Dowling vs Waterloo West, 7 p.m.
Dubuque Senior vs Bettendorf, 7 p.m.
Dunkerton vs Turkey Valley, 7 p.m.
Eagle Grove vs Central Springs, 7 p.m.
Earlham vs Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.
East Buchanan vs North Linn, 7 p.m.
East Mills vs Woodbine, 7 p.m.
East Sac County vs South Hamilton, 7 p.m.
Edgewood-Colesburg vs Central Metropolis, 7 p.m.
English Valleys vs Sidney, 7 p.m.
Exira-EHK vs Griswold, 7 p.m.
Fairfield vs Solon, 8 p.m.
Forest Metropolis vs Crestwood, 8 p.m.
Fort Dodge vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 7 p.m.
Fremont-Mills vs Audubon, 7 p.m.
GMG vs Collins-Maxwell, 7 p.m.
GTRA vs North Union, 7 p.m.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura vs South Hardin, 7 p.m.
Glidden-Ralston vs CAM, 7 p.m.
Grinnell vs Clear Creek-Amana, 7 p.m.
HLV vs Easton Valley, 7 p.m.
Humboldt vs Webster Metropolis, 7 p.m.
I-35 vs Panorama, 7 p.m.
IKM-Manning vs Akron-Westfield, 7 p.m.
Independence vs Clear Lake, 8 p.m.
Indianola vs Valley, 7 p.m.
Iowa Metropolis West vs Liberty, 7 p.m.
Iowa Metropolis Excessive vs Norwalk, 7 p.m.
Iowa Falls-Alden vs West Delaware, 8 p.m.
Janesville vs Waterloo Christian, 7 p.m.
Keokuk vs Fort Madison, 8 p.m.
Lake Mills vs West Hancock, 7 p.m.
Le Mars vs Spencer, 7 p.m.
Lenox vs Lamoni, 7 p.m.
Lewis Central vs Glenwood, 7 p.m.
Lone Tree vs English Valleys, 7 p.m.
MFL MarMac vs Lisbon, 7 p.m.
MMCRU vs Sibley-Ocheyedan, 7 p.m.
MOC-Floyd Valley vs Algona, 7 p.m.
MVAOCOU vs Alta-Aurelia, 7 p.m.
Madrid vs AC/GC, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa Valley vs Wapsie Valley, 7 p.m.
Maquoketa vs Mt Vernon, 8 p.m.
Marion vs Pella, 7 p.m.
Marshalltown vs Kennedy, 7 p.m.
Mediapolis vs Wilton, 8 p.m.
Meskwaki Settlement vs North Tama, 7 p.m.
Mid-Prairie vs West Liberty, 8 p.m.
Midland vs East Marshall, 7 p.m.
Missouri Valley vs Shenandoah, 6:30 p.m.
Monticello vs Bellevue, 8 p.m.
Moravia vs Melcher-Dallas, 7 p.m.
Mormon Path vs Bedford, 7 p.m.
Mt Nice vs Washington, 8 p.m.
Murray vs East Union, 7 p.m.
Nashua-Plainfield vs St Ansgar, 7 p.m.
Nevada vs Winterset, 8 p.m.
New Hampton vs Osage, 8 p.m.
Newell-Fonda vs Kingsley-Pierson, 7 p.m.
Newman vs West Fork, 7 p.m.
Newton vs Oskaloosa, 7 p.m.
North Butler vs AGWSR, 7 p.m.
North Fayette Valley vs Waukon, 7 p.m.
North Mahaska vs Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.
North Polk vs Ballard, 7 p.m.
North Scott vs Davenport West, 7 p.m.
Northeast vs Cascade, 7 p.m.
Northwood-Kensett vs North Iowa, 7 p.m.
OABCIG vs Spirit Lake, 7 p.m.
Oelwein vs Hampton-Dumont, 8 p.m.
Ogden vs West Central Valley, 7 p.m.
Okoboji vs Estherville-Lincoln Central, 7 p.m.
Pekin vs Van Buren County, 7 p.m.
Perry vs Greene County, 8 p.m.
Nice Valley vs Muscatine, 7 p.m.
Pocahontas vs Manson-Northwest Webster, 7 p.m.
Regina vs Durant, 7 p.m.
Ridge View vs Lawton-Bronson, 7 p.m.
Riverside vs Nodaway Valley, 7 p.m.
Roosevelt vs Ames, 7 p.m.
S.C. West vs Storm Lake, 7 p.m.
Saydel vs Knoxville, 8 p.m.
Sheldon vs BHRV, 7 p.m.
Sioux Heart vs Bishop Heelan, 7 p.m.
South Central Calhoun vs Emmetsburg, 7 p.m.
South O’Brien vs Sioux Central, 7 p.m.
South Tama County vs PCM, 8 p.m.
South Winneshiek vs Clayton Ridge, 7 p.m.
Southeast Polk vs Ottumwa, 7 p.m.
Southeast Valley vs Kuemper, 7 p.m.
Southeast Warren vs Montezuma, 7 p.m.
St Mary’s vs Harris-Lake Park, 7 p.m.
Stanton-Essex vs Boyer Valley, 7 p.m.
Starmont vs Postville, 7 p.m.
Tri-Heart vs Pink Oak, 7 p.m.
Twin Cedars vs Seymour, 7 p.m.
Underwood vs Treynor, 7 p.m.
Union vs Jesup, 7 p.m.
Urbandale vs Centennial, 7 p.m.
Vinton-Shellsburg vs Roland-Story, 8 p.m.
Wahlert vs Heart Level-Urbana, 8 p.m.
Wapello vs North Cedar, 7 p.m.
Waterloo Columbus vs Hudson, 7 p.m.
Waterloo East vs Decorah, 7 p.m.
Waukee Northwest vs D.M. East, 7 p.m.
Waverly-Shell Rock vs Mason Metropolis, 7 p.m.
Wayne vs Baxter, 7 p.m.
West Bend-Mallard vs Riceville, 7 p.m.
West Central vs Tripoli, 7 p.m.
West Lyon vs Hinton, 7 p.m.
West Marshall vs Pleasantville, 7 p.m.
West Monona vs Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.
West Sioux vs HMS, 7 p.m.
Western Christian vs Unity Christian, 7 p.m.
Westwood vs St Albert, 7 p.m.
Woodbury Central vs Gehlen, 7 p.m.
Woodward-Granger vs Grand View Christian, 8 p.m.
Joe Randleman covers highschool sports activities for the Ames Tribune. Contact him atjrandleman@gannett.com. Comply with him on Twitter at@JoeRandleman