Another season of high school football in Idaho is just one week away!
As we ramp up towards the start of a new year, IdahoSports.com is once again providing wall-to-wall preview coverage of every conference and league around the state.
Additionally, we will be providing complementary preview pieces like these:
2025 Preview: Inside the Numbers
2025 Preview: Coaching Changes
2025 Preview: Ten Best Games (On Paper)
As for today’s preview feature, we asked every head coach in Idaho to anonymously rank the teams in their respective league or conference, based upon predicted order of finish.
That's right, it's time for our preseason coaches polls! Without further ado, here's what the coaches had to say. We've included last year's record for each team in parentheses.
CLASS 6A
Inland Empire League (District 1)
1. Coeur d'Alene (8-3)
2. Post Falls (7-4)
3. Lake City (4-5)
Southern Idaho Conference (District 3)
Foothills Division:
1. Rocky Mountain (10-1)
2. Timberline (6-4)
3. Middleton (6-5)
4. Capital (3-7)
5. Meridian (3-6)
6. Centennial (0-9)
River Division:
1. Eagle (9-3)
2. Mountain View (3-6)
3. Boise (5-4)
4. Owyhee (5-4)
5. Kuna (5-6)
6. Borah (5-5)
High Country Conference (District 5-6)
1. Rigby (11-1)
2. Madison (9-2)
3. Highland (6-4)
4. Thunder Ridge (3-6)
CLASS 5A
Inland Empire League (District 1-2)
1. Lewiston (5-5)
T-2. Lakeland (9-3)
T-2. Sandpoint (3-7)
Southern Idaho Conference (District 3)
1. Bishop Kelly (9-2)
2. Vallivue (7-3)
3. Nampa (4-6)
4. Emmett (6-4)
5. Columbia (3-6)
6. Skyview (2-7)
7. Ridgevue (2-6)
8. Caldwell (0-9, competing as an independent team in 2025)
Great Basin Conference (District 4)
1. Twin Falls (5-5)
2. Minico (9-3)
3. Canyon Ridge (4-4)
T-4. Burley (3-6)
T-4. Mountain Home (3-6)
6. Jerome (1-8)
South East Idaho Conference (District 5)
T-1. Pocatello (5-4)
T-1. Preston (4-6)
3. Century (0-8)
High Country Conference (District 6)
1. Hillcrest (10-3)
T-2. Blackfoot (6-5)
T-2. Skyline (10-3)
4. Bonneville (4-6)
5. Shelley (3-7)
6. Idaho Falls (1-8)
CLASS 4A
Intermountain League (District 1-2)
1. Moscow (7-3)
2. Timberlake (3-6)
3. Bonners Ferry (4-5)
Snake River Valley Conference (District 3)
1. Fruitland (8-3)
T-2. Homedale (10-2)
T-2. Weiser (8-3)
4. McCall-Donnelly (6-4)
5. Cole Valley Christian (1-8)
6. Payette (4-5)
Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference (District 4)
1. Kimberly (7-4)
2. Gooding (5-3)
3. Buhl (7-3)
4. Filer (4-5)
5. Wood River (3-6)
South East Idaho Conference (District 5)
1. American Falls (6-5)
2. Bear Lake (2-6)
3. Snake River (6-5)
4. Marsh Valley (5-4)
Mountain Rivers Conference (District 6)
1. Sugar-Salem (9-2)
T-2. South Fremont (2-6)
T-2. Teton (2-7)
CLASS 3A
Central Idaho League (District 1-2)
1. Priest River (6-3)
2. Grangeville (6-4)
3. St. Maries (1-7)
4. Kellogg (3-6)
5. Orofino (1-7)
Western Idaho Conference (District 3)
1. Nampa Christian (6-4)
2. Melba (2-6)
3. Marsing (6-3)
4. New Plymouth (2-6)
5. Parma (0-8)
South East Idaho Conference (District 4-5)
1. West Side (11-1)
T-2. Aberdeen (9-2)
T-2. Declo (10-2)
4. Malad (3-6)
5. Soda Springs (0-9)
6. Wendell (1-7)
Nuclear Conference (District 6)
1. Ririe (7-3)
2. Firth (7-3)
3. North Fremont (6-4)
4. West Jefferson (4-5)
5. Salmon (1-6)
CLASS 2A
Whitepine League (District 2)
1. Kendrick (11-1)
2. Logos (9-2)
3. Potlatch (5-5)
4. Prairie (6-4)
5. Kamiah (7-4)
6. Clearwater Valley (2-7)
7. Lapwai (2-7)
Western Idaho Conference (District 3)
1. Notus (3-5)
2. Rimrock (6-3)
3. Idaho City (1-6)
4. Wilder (2-4)
5. Centennial Baptist (0-4)
Snake River Conference (District 4)
1. Raft River (4-5)
2. Hagerman (10-2)
3. Valley (7-2)
4. Oakley (0-8)
5. Murtaugh (1-7)
6. Glenns Ferry (6-4)
High Desert Conference (District 5-6)
T-1. Butte County (9-2)
T-1. Grace (6-5)
CLASS 1A
North Star League (District 1)
1. Wallace (8-2)
2. Lakeside (6-2)
3. Coeur du Christ (3-5)
4. Clark Fork (0-7)
Whitepine League (District 2)
1. Deary (4-5)
2. Genesee (3-5)
T-3. Lewis County (2-5)
T-3. Timberline (1-5)
5. Troy (1-8)
Long Pin Conference (District 3)
1. Council (7-2)
2. Tri-Valley (10-2)
3. Garden Valley (7-3)
4. Salmon River (3-5)
5. Cascade (5-4)
6. Horseshoe Bend (1-6)
Sawtooth Conference (District 4)
1. Carey (11-1)
2. Shoshone (5-4)
3. Dietrich (10-2)
4. Richfield (1-6)
T-5. Castleford (3-5)
T-5. Hansen (1-6)
7. Camas County (1-7)
Rocky Mountain Conference (District 5-6)
1. Rockland (5-4)
2. Challis (5-4)
3. Mackay (1-6)
T-4. North Gem (4-6)
T-4. Watersprings (1-6)
6. Sho-Ban (0-0)