As teams all across Iowa are preparing for Week One of the 2017 Iowa High School Football season, news outlets that cover prep sports are also busy giving their predictions and thoughts on the upcoming season, which kicks off later this week.

Week One Rankings

Tuesday morning, the Des Moines Register released their Week One rankings for all classes throughout the state. Coming in at #10 on the Register's Class 1A rankings is the West Branch Bears. One spot ahead of the Bears at #9 is their District 3 rival: the Bellevue Comets. Check out the full top-10 below. Visit the Register's website to view rankings for all classes.

1. Iowa City Regina
2. Van Meter
3. Denver
4. Western Christian (Hull)
5. West Lyon
6. AHSTW (Avoca)
7. Pleasantville
8. Panorama (Panora)
9. Bellevue
10. West Branch

Preseason Football Team

Late last week, the Iowa City Press-Citizen and Des Moines Register teamed up to come up with their third-annual American Family Insurance All-USA Iowa preseason football team. The team is a selection of 48 of the state’s top prep football players as part of USA Today’s ALL-USA program. Making the Second-Team Offense roster is West Branch lineman Jacob Barnhart. The senior is only one of four Class 1A football players to make the team, joining running back Carson Rhodes and offensive lineman Sean Boles from Van Meter as well as defensive lineman Cole White from Iowa City Regina. You can check out the entire roster over on the Press-Citizen's website.