2024 Iowa high school football playoffs: Round of 16 matchups, brackets for all 7 classes

Sixteen teams continue to compete for a state championship in each of Iowa’s seven high school football classes. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released updated postseason links Saturday morning.

For this phase, the teams in each class are grouped into four groups of four. The winners of the November 1 matches will play in the quarter-finals the following week. Those winners will advance to the state semifinals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, where they will once again be seeded.

The Class 5A field was determined solely by RPI. Class 4A and Class 3A district champions and runners-up advanced automatically, and at-large qualifiers earned bids through RPI.

This is the second round of the postseason for 2A, 1A, A and 8-player teams. Here’s a look at the scores and more details from their first-round matches Friday night.

Here you will find the round of 16 pairs and pods for each class. The matches start on Friday, November 1 at 7:00 PM, unless otherwise stated.

Class 5A Iowa high school football playoffs

Pod A

Waukee (6-3) at Iowa City Liberty (8-1)

Linn-Mar (7-2) at Ankeny (5-4)

Pod B

Cedar Falls (5-4) vs. West Des Moines Dowling (8-1), at Mediacom Stadium (Des Moines)

Iowa City High (6-3) at Ankeny Centennial (7-2), 5:30 p.m

Pod C

Iowa City West (5-4) and Bettendorf (8-1)

Southeast Polk (5-4) at Pleasant Valley (7-2)

Pod D

Sioux City East (6-3) and West Des Moines Valley (7-2)

Waterloo West (6-3) and Johnston (7-2)

Class 4A high school football playoffs in Iowa

Pod A

Fort Dodge (7-2) at North Polk (9-0)

Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-3) at Norwalk (6-3)

Pod B

Newton (6-3) at Decorah (9-0)

West Dubuque (6-3) and North Scott (7-2)

Pod C

Clear Creek Amana (6-3) and Pella (8-1)

Waverly-Shell Rock (6-3) at Gilbert (8-1)

Pod D

Ballard (5-4) at Lewis Central (8-1)

Adel ADM (7-2) and Spencer (6-3)

Class 3A high school football playoffs in Iowa

Pod A

Clear Lake (6-3) at Humboldt (8-1)

Solon (7-2) at Benton Community (7-2)

Pod B

MOC-Floyd Valley (6-3) at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (9-0)

Sioux City Heelan (6-3) and Nevada (7-2)

Pod C

Davenport Assumption (4-5) and Dubuque Wahlert (9-0)

Williamsburg (7-2) at Independence (7-2)

Pod D

Harlan (6-3) and Algona (8-1)

Carroll (6-3) at Mount Vernon (8-1)

Class 2A high school football playoffs in Iowa

Pod A

Western Christian (6-3) at West Lyon (9-0)

Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (6-3) and Carroll Kuemper (8-1)

Pod B

Greene County (5-4) and Monroe PCM (9-0)

Mediapolis (5-4) at Mid-Prairie (6-3)

Pod C

Osage (6-3) at Spirit Lake (8-1)

Crestwood (4-5) at North Fayette Valley (8-1)

Pod D

West Marshall (7-2) and Van Meter (8-1)

West Burlington/Notre Dame (8-1) and Anamosa (8-1)

Class 1A high school football playoffs in Iowa

Pod A

West Branch (3-6) at Grundy Center (9-0)

Sumner-Fredericksburg (6-3) and Manson-Northwest Webster (8-1)

Pod B

South Hamilton (5-4) at Dike-New Hartford (8-1)

Emmetsburg (8-1) at South Hardin (8-1)

Pod C

Hinton (8-1) at Ida Grove OABCIG (7-2)

Underwood (5-4) at Treynor (8-1)

Pod D

Iowa City Regina (8-1) and Woodward-Granger (8-1)

MFL MarMac (7-2) and Wilton (8-1)

Class A Iowa high school football playoffs

Pod A

Marcus MMCRU (7-2) at West Hancock (9-0)

Woodbury Central (7-2) and Le Mars Gehlen (8-1)

Pod B

Mount Ayr (7-2) at Guthrie Center ACGC (9-0)

Oakland Riverside (7-2) at Tri-Center (8-1)

Pod C

Saint Ansgar (8-1) at Wapsievallei (7-2)

Nashua-Plainfield (6-3) at Maquoketa Valley (8-1)

Pod D

Bellevue (7-2) at Lisbon (9-0)

Pekin (8-1) at Madrid (7-2)

Iowa high school football playoffs with 8 players

Pod A

Ar-We-Va (6-3) and Lenox (9-0)

Bedford (8-1) and Montezuma (9-1)

Pod B

Riceville (8-1) and Algona Garrigan (9-0)

Janesville (8-1) and Edgewood-Colesburg (9-0)

Pod C

WACO (8-1) at Don Bosco (9-0)

Iowa Valley (8-1) at Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-1)

Pod D

Anita CAM (7-2) at Remsen St. Mary’s (9-0)

Woodbine (8-1) at Audubon (9-0)