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) | 5-0 | 112 | 1 |
| 2. West Des Moines Dowling (3) | 4-1 | 95 | 2 |
| 3. Ankeny | 4-1 | 94 | 3 |
| 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2) | 5-0 | 87 | 4 |
| 5. Southeast Polk | 4-1 | 64 | 5 |
| 6. Urbandale | 4-1 | 50 | 6 |
| 7. Cedar Rapids Prairie | 4-1 | 44 | 8 |
| 8. Davenport West | 5-0 | 35 | 9 |
| 9. Ames | 4-1 | 21 | NR |
| (tie) West Des Moines Valley | 3-2 | 21 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 14. Sioux City East 10. Iowa City High 9. Marion Linn-Mar 2. Des Moines North 1. Cedar Falls 1.
Class 4A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (8) | 5-0 | 115 | 1 |
| 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) | 5-0 | 101 | 2 |
| 3. Waverly-Shell Rock (1) | 5-0 | 99 | 3 |
| 4. Iowa CIty Liberty | 4-1 | 67 | 7 |
| (tie) Indianola | 4-1 | 67 | 6 |
| 6. Carlisle | 4-1 | 50 | 8 |
| 7. Newton | 5-0 | 37 | 9 |
| 8. Bondurant Farrar | 4-1 | 31 | 4 |
| 9. Norwalk | 4-1 | 29 | 10 |
| 10. Fort Madison | 5-0 | 27 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Eldridge North Scott 21. Spencer 8. Webster City 3. Epworth Western Dubuque 3. Le Mars 2.
Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Humboldt (5) | 5-0 | 108 | 1 |
| 2. Adel ADM (1) | 5-0 | 102 | 2 |
| (tie) Harlan (4) | 4-1 | 102 | 3 |
| 4. Mount Vernon (2) | 5-0 | 93 | 4 |
| 5. Alleman North Polk | 4-1 | 66 | 5 |
| 6. Creston | 5-0 | 51 | 6 |
| 7. Nevada | 4-1 | 39 | 8 |
| 8. Independence | 5-1 | 38 | 7 |
| 9. Solon | 3-2 | 25 | NR |
| 10. Hampton-Dumont | 4-1 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Carroll 10. Davenport Assumption 4. DeWitt Central 2. Algona 1. Boyden-Hull-RV 1.
Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Williamsburg (6) | 5-0 | 113 | 1 |
| 2. Central Lyon-GLR (6) | 5-0 | 103 | 2 |
| 3. Spirit Lake | 5-0 | 92 | 4 |
| 4. State Center West Marshall | 5-0 | 86 | 5 |
| 5. O-A BCIG | 4-1 | 63 | 3 |
| 6. New Hampton | 5-0 | 60 | 6 |
| 7. Dubuque Wahlert | 4-1 | 52 | 7 |
| 8. Inwood West Lyon | 3-2 | 19 | 9 |
| 9. Clarion-Goldfield-Downs | 4-1 | 18 | 10 |
| (tie) Wellman Mid-Prairie | 4-1 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Greene County 15. Red Oak 12. Cresco Crestwood 3. Osage 2. Osceola Clarke 2. Monticello 1. Waukon 1.
Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. West Branch (5) | 5-0 | 110 | 2 |
| 2. Van Meter (5) | 4-1 | 98 | 1 |
| 3. Underwood (1) | 5-0 | 77 | 4 |
| (tie) Durant (1) | 5-0 | 77 | 5 |
| 5. Hawarden West Sioux | 4-1 | 66 | 6 |
| 6. Aplington-Parkersburg | 5-0 | 63 | 8 |
| 7. Carroll Kuemper | 5-0 | 51 | 10 |
| 8. Dike-New Hartford | 4-1 | 47 | 9 |
| 9. Dyersville Beckman | 4-1 | 17 | NR |
| 10. Pella Christian | 4-1 | 16 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Mediapolis 15. Sigourney-Keota 9. Hull Western Christian 7. AC/GC 4. Iowa City Regina 2. Jewell South Hamilton 1.
Class A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Grundy Center (4) | 5-0 | 109 | 2 |
| 2. Britt West Hancock (6) | 5-0 | 106 | 1 |
| 3. Moville Woodbury Central (2) | 5-0 | 100 | 3 |
| 4. Lynnville-Sully | 5-0 | 75 | T4 |
| 5. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca | 5-0 | 70 | T4 |
| 6. Troy Mills North Linn | 4-1 | 41 | 6 |
| 7. Columbus Junction | 5-0 | 40 | 7 |
| 8. Hartley HMS | 4-1 | 39 | 8 |
| 9. Winthrop East Buchanan | 4-1 | 32 | 9 |
| 10. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic | 4-1 | 16 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Fairbank Wapsie Valley 9. Alburnett 9. Mount Ayr 6. Southwest Valley 4. Mason City Newman 3. Nashua-Plainfield 1.
Class 8-Man
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Remsen Saint Mary’s (9) | 5-0 | 116 | 1 |
| 2. Wayland WACO (2) | 6-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (1) | 5-0 | 89 | 3 |
| 4. Newell-Fonda | 5-0 | 73 | 4 |
| 5. Easton Valley | 4-1 | 63 | 5 |
| 6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 5-0 | 55 | 6 |
| 7. Lenox | 5-0 | 51 | 8 |
| 8. West HarrisonMondamin | 5-0 | 41 | 9 |
| 9. Baxter | 5-0 | 25 | 10 |
| 10. Graettinger-Terril1Ruthven-Ayrshire | 5-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Fremont Mills, Tabor 13. Tripoli 5. Anita CAM 2. Moravia 2. Liberty Center SE Warren 1. Marengo Iowa Valley 1. Central City 1.
