Six Metro boys soccer teams have cracked the preseason rankings by the  Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Kennedy is ranked No. 5, Washington No. 8 and Prairie No. 16 in 3A.

The Xavier Saints are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A. The Marion Indians are ranked 16th in 2A.

The top-ranked teams are Iowa City West in Class 3A, Norwalk in Class 2A and Iowa City Regina in Class 1A.

CLASS 3A

1. Iowa City West, 2. Johnston, 3. Linn-Mar, 4. Iowa City High, 5. Kennedy, 6. West Des Moines Valley, 7. Ankeny Centennial, 8. Washington, 9. Bettendorf, 10. Pleasant Valley, 11. Sioux City West, 12. Dubuque Hempstead, 13. Ames, 14. Waukee, 15. Dowling, 16. Prairie.

CLASS 2A

1. Norwalk, 2. Xavier, 3. Perry, 4. Waverly-Shell Rock, 5. Pella, 6. DeWitt Central, 7. Clear Creek-Amana, 8. Glenwood, 9. Sioux City Heelan, 10. Spencer, 11. Dallas Center-Grimes, 12. Davenport Assumption, 13. ADM, 14. Dubuque Wahlert, 15. Webster City, 16. Marion.

CLASS 1A

1. Iowa City Regina, 2. Dyersville Beckman, 3. Clear Lake, 4. (tie) West Liberty & MOC-Floyd Valley, 6. Mid-Prairie, 7. Oakland Riverside, 8. Columbus Junction, 9. Danville, 10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 11. Albia, 12. (tie) Postville & Council Bluffs St. Alberts, 14. Solon, 15. West Central Valley, 16. West Sioux.