(Radio Iowa) – The State Board of Education has updated the rules for a new law that establishes a state conference realignment committee for schools wanting to be in a activities conference. Board lawyer Thomas Mayes says the listened to public input and changed the original plan that would have selected the nine activity directors on the committee from the nine Area Education Agencies.

He says that gives the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union more flexibility in selecting the members. Mayes says they want to find a conference for every school that wants to be in a conference.

Mayes says the new committee will have much more flexibility to achieve that goal.

The rules update also includes the terms of the committee members which Mayes says was inadvertently left off in the updated rules. He says the members will serve four-year terms and are eligible for reappointment once. The executive directors of the girls’ Union and the boys’ Association will make appointments to the committee, including filling vacancies.

Each group will contain at least one representative of a nonpublic school. There will be a public hearing on the updated rules on October 21st from 8:00 a-m to 9:30 a-m in Room B-50 of the Grimes State Office Building in Des Moines.

UNI coach Todd Stepsis does not want his team to look at Utah Tech’s record as they prepare for this week’s road game. The Trailblazers are 0-3 but the losses have come to three rated foes in UC-Davis, Northern Arizona and Idaho.

Stepsis says the Panther players who were part of last year’s nine game losing streak know what the Utah Tech players have experienced.

Stepsis is confident the Panther players know they are facing a tough challenge.

The Panthers are 2-1 after a win over Eastern Washington and Stepsis says at first blush it appears to be an even match-up.

Stepsis feels good about the progress on offense. Quarterback Matthew Schecklman has passed for 680 yards and six touchdowns in three games.

Special teams remain a concern, especially the punt game. The Panthers have had punts blocked in the last two games.

Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson was happy to see Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz become the all-time leader in wins in the Big Ten. Hockenson was an All-American for the Hawkeyes and won the John Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end in 2018.

There is a new top ranked team in the latest Radio Iowa High School Football Poll. Todd Kimm reports.

Class 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (3-0), LW #1 @ CR Prairie
2. Iowa City Liberty (3-0), LW #2 @ Johnston
3. WDM Valley (2-1), LW #3 @ Waukee
4. Dowling Catholic (2-1), LW #4 vs #5 S.E. Polk
5. Southeast Polk (2-1), LW #5 @ #4 Dowling Catholic
6. Ankeny (2-1), LW #7 @ #9 Ankeny Centennial
7. Iowa City West (3-0), LW #6 @ Bettendorf
8. Sioux City East (3-0), LW #8 vs Sioux City West (Thur)
9. Ankeny Centennial (2-1), LW (X) vs #6 Ankeny
10.Cedar Falls (2-1), LW #10 vs Iowa City High

Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3-0), LW #1 @ Williamsburg
2. Pella (3-0), LW #2 vs #3 North Polk
3. North Polk (3-0), LW #4 @ #3 Pella
4. Decorah (3-0), LW #5 vs Western Dubuque
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (2-1), LW #7 @ #9 Glenwood
6. ADM (Adel) (2-1), vs Bondurant-Farrar
7. Fort Dodge (3-0), LW #6 @ Waterloo West
8. Gilbert (3-0), LW #10 @ Webster City
9. Glenwood (3-0), LW (X) vs #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
10.Newton (2-1), LW #9 vs Indianola

Class 3A
1. Clear Lake (3-0), LW #3 @ #7 Nevada
2. Solon (3-0), LW #4 @ Benton
3. Bishop Heelan (2-1), LW #1 @ Sioux City North
4. Mount Vernon (2-1), LW #2 vs Fort Madison
5. Des Moines Christian (3-0), LW #5 vs Creston
6. MOC/Floyd Valley (3-0), LW #6 @ Le Mars
7. Nevada (3-0), LW #9 vs #1 Clear Lake
8. Wahlert Catholic (2-1), LW #7 @ West Delaware
9. Algona (2-1), LW #10 vs Waverly-Shell Rock
10.Independence (3-0), LW (X) @ Center Point-Urbana

Class 2A
1. Kuemper Catholic (3-0), LW #1 vs #9 OABCIG
2. Van Meter (2-1), LW #5 @ #3 Woodward-Granger
3. Woodward-Granger (3-0), LW #4 vs #2 Van Meter
4. Osage (3-0), LW #8 vs North Fayette Valley
5. PCM (Monroe) (2-1), LW #7 @ Pella Christian
6. Okoboji (Milford) (3-0), LW (X) @ Spirit Lake
7. Mid-Prairie (Wellman) (2-1), LW #9 @ Wilton
8. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (2-1), LW (X) @ Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
9. OABCIG (2-1), LW #2 @ #1 Kuemper Catholic
10.Cherokee (2-1), LW #10 @ Unity Christian

Class 1A
1. Grundy Center (3-0), LW #1 vs Garner Hayfield Ventura
2. West Lyon (3-0), LW #2 @ Alta-Aurelia
3. Regina Catholic (3-0), LW #3 @ Cardinal
4. South Hardin (3-0), LW #3 vs Eagle Grove
5. Pleasantville (3-0), LW #7 @ Interstate-35
6. Treynor (2-1), LW #8 vs Shenandoah
7. Hinton (2-1), LW (X) vs Ridge View
8. Underwood (2-1), LW #5 vs Tri-Center
9. West Marshall (2-1), LW (X) @ Ogden
10.MVAOCOU (3-0), LW (X) @ Lawton-Bronson

Class A
1. West Hancock (3-0), LW #1 vs BCLUW
2. Saint Ansgar (3-0), LW #2 vs Newman Catholic
3. MMCRU (3-0), LW #3 @ Sioux Central
4. AC/GC (3-0), LW #4 @ Mount Ayr
5. North Linn (3-0), LW #5 vs Columbus
6. Woodbury Central (3-0), LW #6 vs IKM-Manning
7. Wapsie Valley (3-0), LW #7 vs Midland
8. Maquoketa Valley (2-1), LW #8 @ East Marshall
9. Madrid (2-1), LW #9 vs Earlham
10.Riverside (Oakland) (2-1), LW #10 @ Southeast Valley

8-Player
1. Bishop Garrigan (3-0), LW #1 @ St. Edmond
2. Iowa Valley (4-0), LW #2 vs HLV/TC
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3-0), LW #3 vs GMG
4. Woodbine (3-0), LW #6 @ Stanton
5. Audubon (3-0), LW #7 @ CAM
6. Montezuma (2-1), LW #4 vs Moravia
7. Easton Valley (3-0), LW #8 @ Central City
8. Don Bosco (2-1), LW #9 Idle
9. Fremont-Mills (2-1), W #5 vs WACO
10.Edgewood-Colesburg (3-0), LW (X) @ Turkey Valley

Ridge View Meet 

Class A 

Team Scores

Griswold Tournament 

• Riverside – 2 vs Griswold – 0
• Riverside – 2 vs ACGC 0
• Riverside – 2 vs Southwest Valley 0
• Riverside – 2 vs Denison-Schleswig 0
• Riverside – 2 vs AHSTW 0
• AHSTW – 2 vs Griswold – 1
• Southwest Valley – 2 vs Griswold – 0
• Southwest Valley – 2 vs ACGC – 0
• Southwest Valley – 2 vs Denison-Schleswig – 0
• Southwest Valley – 2 vs AHSTW – 0
• ACGC – 2 vs Denison-Schleswig – 1
• ACGC – 2 vs Griswold – 0
• ACGC – 2 vs AHSTW – 0
• Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs Griswold – 0
• Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs AHSTW – 0

Iowa State is 12th in the latest AP College Football Poll. The Cyclones are 4-0 heading into their bye week after surviving an upset bid by Arkansas State for a 24-16 victory. The Cyclones will open Big 12 play in two weeks by hosting Arizona.

That’s ISU coach Matt Campbell, who says the Cyclones need to use this bye week to get better.

Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz is the Big Ten’s all-time leader in wins after a 47-7 victory over UMass. It was his 206th victory as Hawkeye coach and he passed former Ohio State coach Woody Hayes.

Ferentz credits the players he has coached over the years.

The Hawkeyes have a short week before opening Big Ten play at Rutgers on Friday night.

11-Man

Non-District 

• Des Moines Christian – 17 vs Atlantic – 9
• Kuemper Catholic – 42 vs Shenandoah – 7
• Clarinda – 35 vs Underwood – 28
• Red Oak – 22 vs West Central Valley – 21
• Glenwood – 59 vs Creston – 13
• Lewis Central – 38 vs Harlan – 13
• Abraham Lincoln – 20 vs Denison-Schleswig – 7
• Hinton – 40 vs Tri-Center – 26
• Woodward-Granger – 42 vs Perry – 28
• Treynor – 57 vs Pella Christian – 21
• Lawton-Bronson – 42 vs Missouri Valley – 0
• IKM-Manning – 49 vs South Central Calhoun – 22
• Pleasantville – 33 vs Mount Ayr – 22
• Earlham – 42 vs Panorama – 7
• Van Meter – 35 vs Winterset – 12

Class A District 7 

• Riverside – 32 vs AHSTW – 21
• ACGC – 54 vs Nodaway Valley – 0
• Southwest Valley – 30 vs Central Decatur – 10

8-Man

Non-District 

• CAM – 50 vs Bedford – 48

District 9 

• Audubon – 84 vs Ar-We-Va – 7
• Coon Rapids-Bayard – 64 vs Exira-EHK – 62
• Glidden-Ralston – 52 vs Griswold – 6

District 10 

• Woodbine – 54 vs Fremont-Mills – 12
• Sidney – 62 vs Stanton/Essex – 12