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. Pleasant Valley (7) | 4-0 | 109 | 2 |
| 2. West Des Moines Dowling (3) | 3-1 | 99 | 3 |
| 3. Ankeny | 3-1 | 91 | 5 |
| 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2) | 4-0 | 90 | 4 |
| 5. Southeast Polk | 3-1 | 67 | 1 |
| 6. Urbandale | 3-1 | 49 | 7 |
| 7. Sioux City East | 4-0 | 43 | 8 |
| 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 3-1 | 36 | 9 |
| 9. Davenport West | 4-0 | 25 | NR |
| 10. Iowa City West | 3-1 | 17 | NR |
Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Valley 16. Ames 7. Ankeny Centennial 5. Johnston 2. Marion Linn-Mar 2. Des Moines North 1. Iowa City High 1.
Class 4A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (8) | 4-0 | 115 | 1 |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) | 4-0 | 101 | 2 |
| 3. Waverly-Shell Rock (1) | 4-0 | 96 | 4 |
| 4. Bondurant Farrar | 4-0 | 87 | 6 |
| 5. Eldridge North Scott | 3-1 | 59 | 3 |
| 6. Indianola | 3-1 | 42 | 5 |
| 7. Iowa CIty Liberty | 3-1 | 39 | 9 |
| 8. Carlisle | 3-1 | 31 | 7 |
| 9. Newton | 4-0 | 29 | 8 |
| 10. Norwalk | 3-1 | 28 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Fort Madison 24. Burlington 3. Spencer 3. Le Mars 2. Cedar Rapids Washington 1.
Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Humboldt (4) | 4-0 | 109 | 2 |
| 2. Adel ADM (3) | 4-0 | 105 | 1 |
| 3. Harlan (5) | 3-1 | 104 | 3 |
| 4. Mount Vernon | 4-0 | 80 | 4 |
| 5. Alleman North Polk | 3-1 | 63 | 6 |
| 6. Creston | 4-0 | 44 | NR |
| 7. Independence | 4-1 | 40 | 10 |
| 8. Nevada | 3-1 | 29 | NR |
| 9. MOC-Floyd Valley | 3-1 | 24 | 7 |
| 10. Algona | 3-1 | 21 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Solon 17. DeWitt Central 6. Hampton-Dumont 6. Carroll 5. Van Horne Benton 4. Boyden-Hull-RV 3.
Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Williamsburg (6) | 4-0 | 111 | 1 |
| 2. Central Lyon-GLR (5) | 4-0 | 106 | 2 |
| 3. O-A BCIG (1) | 4-0 | 98 | 3 |
| 4. Spirit Lake | 4-0 | 80 | 5 |
| 5. State Center West Marshall | 4-0 | 77 | 4 |
| 6. New Hampton | 4-0 | 46 | 7 |
| 7. Dubuque Wahlert | 3-1 | 40 | 9 |
| 8. Red Oak | 4-0 | 34 | T10 |
| 9. Inwood West Lyon | 2-2 | 14 | 8 |
| 10. Clarion-Goldfield-Downs | 3-1 | 11 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Cresco Crestwood 9. Wellman Mid-Prairie 8. West Union North Fayette 6. Osage 5. Southeast Valley, Gowrie 4. Waukon 3. Sheldon 3. Greene County 3. Osceola Clarke 2.
Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Van Meter (5) | 3-1 | 92 | 1 |
| 2. West Branch (3) | 4-0 | 90 | 4 |
| 3. Pella Christian (2) | 4-0 | 86 | 2 |
| 4. Underwood (1) | 4-0 | 74 | T6 |
| 5. Durant | 4-0 | 62 | 8 |
| 6. Hawarden West Sioux | 3-1 | 58 | 3 |
| 7. Mediapolis (1) | 4-0 | 46 | NR |
| 8. Aplington-Parkersburg | 4-0 | 44 | 9 |
| 9. Dike-New Hartford | 3-1 | 42 | T6 |
| 10. Carroll Kuemper | 4-0 | 34 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Hull Western Christian 16. Dyersville Beckman 11. Wilton 3. Sumner-Fredericksburg 1. Cascade 1.
Class A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Britt West Hancock (8) | 4-0 | 114 | 1 |
| 2. Grundy Center (3) | 4-0 | 107 | 2 |
| 3. Moville Woodbury Central (1) | 4-0 | 97 | 3 |
| 4. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca | 4-0 | 77 | 7 |
| 4. Lynnville-Sully | 4-0 | 77 | 4 |
| 6. Troy Mills North Linn | 3-1 | 43 | T8 |
| 7. Columbus Junction | 4-0 | 35 | NR |
| 8. Hartley HMS | 3-1 | 34 | 10 |
| 9. Winthrop East Buchanan | 3-1 | 27 | NR |
| 10. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic | 3-1 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Fairbank Wapsie Valley 11. Alburnett 7. Mount Ayr 5. Mason City Newman 4. Ackley AGWSR 4. Madrid 3. Ogden 2.
Class 8-Man
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Remsen Saint Mary’s (8) | 4-0 | 116 | 1 |
| 2. Wayland WACO (2) | 5-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (2) | 4-0 | 93 | 3 |
| 4. Newell-Fonda | 4-0 | 79 | 4 |
| 5. Easton Valley | 3-1 | 59 | 5 |
| 6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 4-0 | 50 | 6 |
| 7. Central City | 4-0 | 47 | 7 |
| 8. Lenox | 4-0 | 31 | 8 |
| 9. West HarrisonMondamin | 4-0 | 23 | 9 |
| 10. Baxter | 4-0 | 22 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Montezuma 13. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 11. Fremont Mills, Tabor 8. East Mills 3. Clarksville 2. Maynard West Central 1. Anita CAM 1. Tripoli 1. Brooklyn BGM 1.
