2023 IAHSFB: week 4 post-game thoughts


Week 4 notes:

1. Rankings

http://ia.bcmoorerankings.com/fb/2023/week4/

2. Preamble

Numbers are presented at the time of writing. Scores may be corrected during the week. As this happens, rankings will be updated; this exposition will not.

3. General thoughts:

Week 4 rankings are published with no bias. Rankings are based on 2023 data only.

Week 5 rankings are the benchmark for understanding the championship contenders. 86% of championships are won by teams in the top 5 of the bcmoorerankings in week 5.

4. 5A Results

Rnk Visitor            Score Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
# 3 Ankeny Centennial     21 # 1 Southeast Polk        24  18.54   8.68   3
# 4 Bettendorf            21 #14 Marion Linn-Mar       14 -29.05 -22.20  -7
#12 CR Prairie            23 # 9 Pleasant Valley       28  15.79   4.78   5
#30 CR Washington          7 # 5 CR Kennedy            45  51.40  58.95  38
#15 Iowa City Liberty     19 #13 Cedar Falls           35   2.92  13.40  16
#18 Iowa City West         8 #16 Iowa City High        23  -0.52   9.00  15
#10 Johnston              10 # 8 Ankeny                16   0.26   3.68   6
# 7 Waukee Northwest      17 # 2 WDM Dowling           31  23.77  17.07  14
#11 WDM Valley            15 # 6 Waukee                37   4.59  13.79  22

#1 Southeast Polk beats #3 Centennial by 3.
#4 Bettendorf wins by 7 (29 was expected).

5. 5A Rankings

SE Polk, Dowling, Centennial, and Bettendorf lead

6. 5A games

#6 (3-1) Waukee @ #10 (2-2) Johnston   -8.44  63%

This seems to be the best game of the week.

7. 4A Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
4A # 7 CR Xavier             21 4A #11 Pella                 31 -16.50  -8.27  10
4A # 3 CB Lewis Central      26 4A # 5 Bondurant-Farrar      36   3.52   1.32  10
4A #14 Decorah                7 3A #16 Independence          21  -7.14   1.21  14
4A #16 Denison-Schleswig     14 4A # 9 Glenwood              28  15.63  11.82  14
4A # 2 Eldridge North Scott  24 4A # 4 Western Dubuque       31  10.61   0.33   7
4A #22 Dallas Center-Grimes   0 4A #12 Huxley Ballard        24  -0.04  18.55  24
3A #13 Humboldt               7 4A # 6 Alleman North Polk    34  22.07  17.58  27
4A #13 Indianola              6 4A #18 Carlisle              17 -23.33  -5.81  11
4A #15 Newton                45 5A #35 Marshalltown           0 -35.68 -50.45 -45
4A # 8 Norwalk               14 4A # 1 Adel ADM              47   5.91  20.07  33
4A #10 Winterset             21 3A #31 Atlantic               0 -14.19 -34.99 -21

8. 4A Rankings

ADM, North Scott, Lewis Central, Western Dubuque, and Bondurant-Farrar lead.

#23 Gilbert is still undefeated.

9. 4A Games

#12 (2-2) Huxley Ballard  @ #13 (2-2) Indianola          1.72  53%
# 9 (3-1) Glenwood        @ # 3 (2-2) CB Lewis Central  17.91  76%
#10 (2-2) Winterset       @ # 8 (3-1) Norwalk            6.07  60%

10. 3A Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
3A  12 Algona                53 3A  22 Boyden-Hull-R Valley  20   7.93 -16.53 -33
3A   1 Creston               50 3A  21 Carroll               21 -18.23 -34.34 -29
3A   3 Davenport Assumption  30 3A  17 Dubuque Wahlert        6  -2.89 -20.91 -24
4A  14 Decorah                7 3A  16 Independence          21  -7.14   1.21  14
3A  13 Humboldt               7 4A   6 Alleman North Polk    34  22.07  17.58  27
3A   7 Nevada                21 3A  11 Hampton-Dumont-CAL    24  -4.77   0.98   3
3A  29 Sergeant Bluff-Luton   6 3A   2 Harlan                42  37.23  49.06  36
3A   5 Sioux Center          35 4A  26 Spencer               14 -29.98 -38.17 -21
3A   8 Solon                 37 3A   9 Mount Vernon          20  29.30   1.67 -17
3A   6 Van Horne Benton      42 4A  21 Clear Creek-Amana     27 -25.63 -15.91 -15
4A  20 Waverly-Shell Rock    25 3A  15 Clear Lake            28  33.85   8.72   3
3A  18 Webster City          13 3A  14 West Delaware         42  -9.04   6.93  29
3A   4 Williamsburg          48 3A  24 Fort Madison          14 -21.82 -33.92 -34

Solon upsets Mount Vernon.

11. 3A Rankings

Creston, Harlan, Assumption, Williamsburg lead.

#10 Heelan, #11 Hampton-Dumont-CAL, and #15 Clear Lake are still undefeated.

12. 3A Games

# 2 (3-1) Harlan             @ # 1 (4-0) Creston       4.73  58%
#10 (4-0) Sioux City Heelan  @ # 5 (3-1) Sioux Center 11.23  67%
#11 (4-0) Hampton-Dumont-CAL @ #13 (2-2) Humboldt     -1.74  53%

#2 @ #1: Creston is listed as a 5-point favorite.

13. 2A Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
2A   4 Carroll Kuemper       42 2A  13 Roland-Story           7 -11.64 -20.86 -35
2A  14 Estherville LC        34 2A  38 Milford Okoboji       23 -15.07 -22.45 -11
2A  30 Southeast Valley      12 2A  11 Des Moines Christian  52  -8.68  23.12  40
2A   5 Western Christian     28 2A   8 Cherokee Washington   21  -2.76  -4.32  -7
2A   2 Inwood West Lyon      35 2A  18 Unity Christian        0 -33.12 -41.42 -35
2A  12 Greene County         41 2A  48 Saydel                 0 -31.33 -48.45 -41
2A  34 Jesup                  7 2A  10 Prairie City-Monroe   50  19.60  33.23  43
2A  15 Monticello            38 2A  24 Anamosa               20  -8.86 -11.04 -18
2A   7 Osage                 40 2A  28 New Hampton            7 -18.35 -30.70 -33
2A   3 Central Lyon CL-G-LR  47 2A  25 Sheldon               14 -45.14 -49.32 -33
2A   6 Spirit Lake           63 2A  36 Forest City            6 -27.86 -41.76 -57
2A   1 Van Meter             56 2A   9 Clarinda              22 -12.82 -28.20 -34
2A  44 WB-Notre Dame         18 2A  16 Wellman Mid-Prairie   40  21.48  34.47  22

14. 2A Rankings

Van Meter, West Lyon, and Central Lyon lead.

15. 2A Games

#2 (4-0) Inwood West Lyon     @ #5 (4-0) Western Christian    -16.41  74%
#3 (4-0) Central Lyon CL-G-LR @ #8 (3-1) Cherokee Washington  -21.74  81%

Both visiting teams are favored.

16. 1A Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
1A  38 Cascade                0 1A  10 West Branch           38  32.15  47.06  38
1A   6 Denver                42 1A  32 Manly Central Spring   6 -30.97 -44.59 -36
1A   8 Dike-New Hartford     24 1A  15 SumnerFredericksburg  14  -3.45 -10.03 -10
1A  43 Durant                12 1A   4 Iowa City Regina      49  60.21  76.29  37
1A  40 Dyersville Beckman     7 1A   9 Wilton                47  42.52  49.66  40
1A   3 Grundy Center         49 1A  47 East Marshall          0 -62.34 -83.77 -49
1A  26 Lake View East Sac     3 1A  12 Emmetsburg            40  10.78  25.79  37
1A  36 Mapleton MV-A-O-CO-U   2 1A  16 Ida Grove O-A-BC-IG   55  24.56  37.10  53
1A   2 Monona MFL-MarMac     42 1A  21 Aplington AP           0 -10.84 -34.67 -42
1A  23 Pleasantville         14 1A  11 Pella Christian       42   0.71  20.99  28
1A  39 Red Oak                6 1A   5 Treynor               47  43.86  57.58  41
1A  13 Sigourney-Keota       67 1A  46 Eldon Cardinal         0 -41.18 -60.69 -67
1A   1 Underwood             28 1A   7 Avoca AHSTW           12  -3.52 -19.03 -16
1A  14 Waterloo Columbus     42 1A  28 Hudson                18  -2.79 -19.80 -24

17. 1A Rankings

Underwood, MFL-MarMac, Grundy Center, and Regina lead.

#5 Treynor, #6 Denver, #9 Wilton are undefeated.

18. 1A Games

#5 (4-0) Treynor  @  #7 (2-2) Avoca AHSTW  -1.36  52%

This is a great coin-flip game. Treynor is a 1-point favorite.

19. A Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
 A  52 Belmond-Klemme         6  A   2 Saint Ansgar          61  71.45  75.46  55
 A  36 Southwest Valley      14  A  11 Earlham               60  21.54  27.40  46
 A  44 Corydon Wayne          6  A  16 Panora Panorama       35  15.17  36.88  29
 A   8 Wapsie Valley         19  A  22 Greene North Butler    0  -4.94 -12.67 -19
 A   6 Guthrie Center GC-AC  35  A  12 South Cent Calhoun    21  13.68  -7.88 -14
 A  46 Hartley HMS            8  A   5 Akron-Westfield       36  40.73  53.18  28
 A  30 LeMars Gehlen         14  A   4 Woodbury Central      43  25.18  29.36  29
 A  13 Logan-Magnolia        40  A  50 West Monona            0 -39.34 -40.85 -40
 A  10 Madrid                27  A  14 Lynnville-Sully        9  12.84  -6.04 -18
 A  15 IKM-Manning           38  A  17 Oakland Riverside     37   5.55   2.00  -1
 A  58 Riverside Highland     6  A   9 Lisbon                57  72.27  77.84  51
 A  47 Stanwood North Cedar   0  A   1 North Linn            48  55.15  70.90  48
 A  27 North Union            7  A   3 Britt West Hancock    49  29.54  30.21  42

IKM-Manning has a slight upset of Riverside.

20. A Rankings

North Linn and Saint Ansgar lead.
#3 Woodbury Central, #6 GC-AC, #9 Lisbon, #10 Madrid, #23 Nashua-Plainfield, and #25 Lake Mills are undefeated.

21. A Games

#11 (3-1) Earlham             @ #10 (4-0) Madrid          5.25  58%
#18 (2-2) Neola Tri-Center    @ #13 (3-1) Logan-Magnolia  4.25  57%
#12 (3-1) South Cent Calhoun  @ #15 (3-1) IKM-Manning     0.22  50%
#25 (4-0) Lake Mills          @ #27 (2-2) North Union     0.23  50%

These are the four best games of the week. Home teams are all slight favorites.

22. 8 Results

Cl Rnk Visitor            Score Cl Rnk Home               Score    Pre   Post Act
 8  42 Afton East Union       6  8   2 Bedford               52  32.03  53.05  46
 8  14 Belle Plaine          66  8  39 Brooklyn BGM          35   9.11 -23.88 -31
 8   7 Central City          17  8  57 New London             0 -55.78 -67.38 -17
 8  16 Colo-NESCO            46  8  46 Collins-Maxwell       26 -25.64 -30.48 -20
 8  34 Coon Rapids-Bayard     6  8   1 Anita CAM             50  41.08  52.64  44
 8  22 Dunlap Boyer Valley    7  8  10 Remsen St Mary        12  33.67  13.73   5
 8  20 Fort Dodge St Edmond  48  8   9 Audubon               66   5.57  14.07  18
 8  61 Mormon Trail           8  8   5 Lenox                 66  64.70  80.10  58
 8  26 Lansing Kee           34  8   6 Don Bosco             68   8.82  26.36  34
 8  12 Marengo Iowa Valley   48  8  51 English Valleys       16 -40.98 -43.87 -32
 8  15 Moravia               59  8  30 Southeast Warren      28   7.08 -16.57 -31
 8  47 Northwood-Kensett     22  8  13 Algona Garrigan       59  30.36  38.24  37
 8   3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck    56  8  44 Dunkerton              0 -40.79 -48.11 -56
 8  64 Victor HLV            12  8   8 Wayland WACO          59  71.95  82.77  47
 8  11 West Bend-Mallard     58  8  36 Ruthven GTRA          18   3.85 -23.36 -40
 8   4 Winfield-Mt Union     70  8  17 Montezuma             20 -12.85 -14.29 -50

23. 8 Rankings

CAM, Bedford, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Winfield-Mount Union lead.

#10 Remsen St Mary, #18 Clarksville, #21 Ar-We-Va are undefeated.

24. 8 Games

#23 (3-1) Baxter @ #16 (3-2) Colo-NESCO 8.12 63%

Colo is a 8-point favorite.