My way too early rankings for next year

[PNation]

1. Dowling
2. Centennial
3. Iowa City West
4. Valley
5. CR Kennedy
6. Lewis Central
7. Waukee
8. Ames
9. Southeast Polk
10. Bettendorf

Very west side strong in these rankings which I think is fair, considering their recent dominance over the east side. Dowling at 1 because until someone knocks them off I don't see any reason to move them, Centennial seems to bring back some nice pieces for #2, West brings back quite a bit, but lose two really good players, Valley brings back some nice pieces but also lost some big contributors and will be interesting to see how they recover. Kennedy returns almost everyone off of a very young team last year. Lewis Central might have the best QB in the state the next two years. Waukee next with the depth that they will have, SEP was young last year, and Bett rounds out the top 10 because of program respect.

 

[woodsiding]

That looks pretty good to me. Speaking only of the east:

ICW may be a little high. Martin, Lane, Kleinow are all D1 athletes that will be gone. Any team not named Dowling has a hard time recovering from losing that much. They do have good depth right now and will be strong. They have one year left before they take a big hit. The freshman team at Liberty was loaded and the freshman team at West was terrible.

Kennedy was the only undefeated soph team and had quite a few freshman on that team. One of those was a running back who will be a big time play maker for them next year.

Wash had a period where Coach Lombardi had stockpiled a ton of talent to play around Rocky when they were coming up through the ranks. The talent stockpile is about over. They have a few good linemen, and always have skill players. They will be good again but won't have the numbers to have any depth.

Bettendorf is always good. They'll blow up at some point though.

Cedar Falls is question mark.

Linn Mar, there is no reason that program isn't great. Who they hire and how fast they can recruit their own halls will be telling.

 

[matodd8032]

Washington will be a top 10 team again if they can stay healthy.

 

[DrainTheSwamp]

1. Dowling Catholic
2. Ankeny Centennial
3. Iowa City West
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Waukee
6. Bettendorf
7. Ankeny
8. Lewis Central
9. Waterloo West
10. Epworth, Western Dubuque

Others Receiving Votes: Johnston, Cedar Falls, Ames, Southeast Polk, Cedar Rapids Kennedy

 

[dubco reviews]

1. Dowling Catholic
2. Ankeny Centennial
3. Iowa City West
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Waukee
6. Bettendorf
7. Ankeny
8. Lewis Central
9. Waterloo West
10. Epworth, Western Dubuque

Others Receiving Votes: Johnston, Cedar Falls, Ames, Southeast Polk, Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Interesting you have Western Dubuque in your top 10, they are losing a lot of talent but to my knowledge the sophomore team only lost one game as did there freshman team

 

[Qued18]

IC West is not top 10 imo oline losses and playmakers gone.

austin west and travis buchanan are quality players but hard to replace 2 of the best skill players in west's history