The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2022 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 5A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Southeast Polk (11) | 3-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Pleasant Valley | 3-0 | 94 | 3 |
| 3. West Des Moines Dowling | 2-1 | 84 | 5 |
| 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 3-0 | 80 | 6 |
| 5. Ankeny | 2-1 | 61 | 2 |
| 6. Johnston | 2-1 | 38 | 9 |
| 7. Urbandale | 2-1 | 34 | 10 |
| 8. Sioux City East | 3-0 | 30 | NR |
| 9. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 2-1 | 28 | NR |
| 10. Iowa City High | 2-1 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Cedar Falls 14. Marion Linn-Mar 5. West Des Moines Valley 4. Iowa City West 2. Davenport West 2.
Class 4A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (7) | 3-0 | 102 | 1 |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) | 3-0 | 96 | 2 |
| 3. Eldridge North Scott | 3-0 | 79 | 5 |
| 4. Waverly-Shell Rock (1) | 3-0 | 76 | 3 |
| 5. Indianola | 3-0 | 75 | 4 |
| 6. Bondurant Farrar | 3-0 | 59 | 7 |
| 7. Carlisle | 2-1 | 23 | 10 |
| 8. Newton | 3-0 | 21 | NR |
| 9. Iowa City Liberty | 2-1 | 19 | 6 |
| 10. Norwalk | 2-1 | 18 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Fort Madison 15. Clear Creek-Amana 11. Cedar Rapids Washington 9. Le Mars 2.
Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Adel ADM (4) | 3-0 | 98 | 1 |
| 1. Humboldt (2) | 3-0 | 98 | 2 |
| 3. Harlan (5) | 2-1 | 92 | 3 |
| 4. Mount Vernon | 3-0 | 66 | 5 |
| 5. Algona | 3-0 | 52 | 10 |
| 6. Alleman North Polk | 2-1 | 46 | 4 |
| 7. MOC-Floyd Valley | 3-0 | 43 | 8 |
| 8. DeWitt Central | 3-0 | 29 | NR |
| 9. Hampton-Dumont | 3-0 | 26 | NR |
| 10. Independence | 3-1 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Creston 16. Nevada 12. Van Horne Benton 4. Solon 3. Davenport Assumption 1.
Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Williamsburg (5) | 3-0 | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Central Lyon-GLR (5) | 3-0 | 94 | 3 |
| 3. O-A BCIG (1) | 3-0 | 89 | 2 |
| 4. State Center West Marshall | 3-0 | 75 | 4 |
| 5. Spirit Lake | 3-0 | 66 | 5 |
| 6. West Union North Fayette | 3-0 | 47 | 7 |
| 7. New Hampton | 3-0 | 33 | 9 |
| 8. Inwood West Lyon | 2-1 | 27 | NR |
| 9. Dubuque Wahlert | 2-1 | 17 | 6 |
| 10. Clarion-Goldfield1Dows | 3-0 | 12 | NR |
| (tie) Pocahontas Area | 3-0 | 12 | NR |
| (tie) Red Oak | 3-0 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Osage 6. Southeast Valley, Gowrie 6. Osceola Clarke 5. Cresco Crestwood 4.
Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Van Meter (5) | 2-1 | 92 | 2 |
| 2. Pella Christian (1) | 3-0 | 86 | 3 |
| 3. Hawarden West Sioux (1) | 2-1 | 78 | 1 |
| 4. West Branch (3) | 3-0 | 77 | 5 |
| 5. Dyersville Beckman (1) | 3-0 | 68 | 4 |
| 6. Underwood | 3-0 | 42 | 8 |
| (tie) Dike-New Hartford | 2-1 | 42 | 6 |
| 8. Durant | 3-0 | 26 | NR |
| 9. Aplington-Parkersburg | 3-0 | 25 | 9 |
| 10. Carroll Kuemper | 3-0 | 21 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Mediapolis 20. Hull Western Christian 12. Wilton 8. Sumner-Fredericksburg 4. Iowa City Regina 4.
Class A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Britt West Hancock (6) | 3-0 | 102 | 1 |
| 2. Grundy Center (3) | 3-0 | 97 | 2 |
| 3. Moville Woodbury Central (2) | 3-0 | 95 | 3 |
| 4. Lynnville-Sully | 3-0 | 61 | 4 |
| 5. Mount Ayr | 3-0 | 58 | 5 |
| 6. Alburnett | 3-0 | 48 | 6 |
| 7. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca | 3-0 | 36 | 10 |
| 8. Troy Mills North Linn | 2-1 | 28 | 7 |
| (tie) St. Ansgar | 2-1 | 28 | 8 |
| 10. Hartley HMS | 2-1 | 20 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Columbus Junction 11. Ackley AGWSR 8. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 6. Winthrop East Buchanan 5. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 2.
Class 8-Man
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Remsen Saint Mary’s (8) | 3-0 | 107 | 1 |
| 2. Wayland WACO (1) | 4-0 | 90 | 3 |
| 3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (2) | 3-0 | 88 | 2 |
| 4. Newell-Fonda | 3-0 | 63 | 4 |
| 5. Easton Valley | 3-1 | 52 | 6 |
| 6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 3-0 | 44 | 7 |
| 7. Central City | 3-0 | 35 | NR |
| 8. Lenox | 3-0 | 34 | 8 |
| 9. West Harrison Mondamin | 3-0 | 23 | NR |
| 10. Baxter | 3-0 | 12 | NR |
| 10. Anita CAM | 2-1 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Maynard West Central 11. Tripoli 11. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 7. Montezuma 6. Fremont Mills, Tabor 6. Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 1. Brooklyn BGM 1. West Bend-Mallard 1. Marengo Iowa Valley 1.
