IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An internal email says University of Iowa athletics department administrators ordered a female be hired for an assistant track coaching job in 2013. Attorneys for Mike Scott, a male coach who says he was illegally passed over for the job, received the email last week and provided it to The Associated Press. They’re portraying it as a strong piece of evidence that will help prove his gender discrimination allegations.

In the email, Head Coach Layne Anderson tells assistants that he had rewritten the position’s job description in a way to attract more female candidates. He writes that the change “is once again largely driven by the mandate from the administration to hire a female (qualified to them being optional).” A female was eventually hired.

The university has denied illegal discrimination.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Opening day losses have all but doomed Iowa State in each of the last two seasons. The Cyclones know that the path to a turnaround could begin with a strong start. Iowa State enters its seventh season under coach Paul Rhoads with an immediate must-win game on Saturday against Northern Iowa.

The Cyclones have dropped back-to-back home openers against FCS schools, starting with a defeat to Northern Iowa in 2013. A third such loss might again derail their season before it starts.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2015 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record, Points, Previous position on the poll
1. West Des Moines Valley (15), 1-0, 159
2. West Des Moines Dowling (1), 1-0, 128
3. Bettendorf 1-0, 120,
4. Cedar Falls 1-0, 119
5. Cedar Rapids Washington 1-0, 99
6. Fort Dodge 1-0, 52
7. Ankeny Centennial 1-0, 50
8. Urbandale 1-0, 40
9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 1-0, 35
10. Waukee 0-1, 15
(tie) Johnston 1-0, 15
(tie) Pleasant Valley 1-0, 15
Others receiving votes: 13, Southeast Polk 8. 13, Ankeny 8. 13, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 8. 16, Cedar Rapids Prairie 6. 17, Iowa City West 2. 18, Dubuque Senior 1.

Class 3A
1. Pella (14), 1-0, 158
2. Manchester West Delaware (2), 1-0, 125
3. Dallas Center-Grimes 1-0, 107
4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 0-0, 94
5. Sioux City Heelan 1-0, 81
6. Norwalk 1-0, 74
7. Waverly-Shell Rock 1-0, 57
8. Webster City 1-0, 51
9. Harlan 1-0, 44
10. Carroll 1-0, 30
Others receiving votes: 11, Solon 24. 12, Boyden-Hull-RV 13. 13, Davenport Assumption 11. 14, Clear Creek-Amana 4. 15, Fairfield 3. 16, Spencer 2. 17, Bondurant Farrar 1. 17, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1.

Class 2A
1. West Union North Fayette (5), 1-0, 138
2. Albia (9), 1-0, 133
3. Dyersville Beckman 1-0, 111
4. Spirit Lake (2), 1-0, 97
5. Central Lyon-GLR 1-0, 74
6. Tama South Tama 1-0, 62
7. Hampton-Dumont 1-0, 60
8. Williamsburg 1-0, 36
(tie)Sioux Center 1-0, 36
10. West Burlington-Notre Dame 1-0, 28
Others receiving votes: 11, Baxter CMB 19. 12, Mediapolis 18. 13, New Hampton 13. 14, Waukon 11. 15, Mount Vernon 10. 16, Clear Lake 8. 17, Center Point-Urbana 7. 18, Aplington-Parkersburg 6. 19, Clarinda 5. 20, Donnellson Central Lee 4. 21, Anamosa 3. 22, Union, La Porte City 1.

Class 1A
1. Iowa City Regina (15), 1-0, 159
2. Pella Christian 1-0, 108
3. West Branch 1-0, 103
4. Hinton 1-0, 100
5. Dike-New Hartford 1-0, 95
6. Madrid (1), 1-0, 75
7. IKM Manning 1-0, 49
8. Inwood West Lyon 0-1, 46
9. Panora Panorama 1-0, 40
10. St. Ansgar 1-0, 36
Others receiving votes: 11, Emmetsburg 21. 12, South Central Calhoun 18. 13, Leon Central Decatur 11. 14, Avoca AHST 5. 15, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 4. 16, Guttenberg Clayton Ridge 3. 17, Ridge View 2. 17, Des Moines Christian 2. 17, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 2. 20, Bellevue 1.

Class A
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (11), 1-0, 152
2. Logan-Magnolia (2), 1-0, 129
3. Packwood Pekin 1-0, 97
4. Audubon 1-0, 95
5. Brooklyn BGM (1), 1-0, 85
6. Algona Garrigan 1-0, 61
7. Belmond-Klemme (1) 1-0, 57
8. Paullina South O’Brien (1) 1-0, 53
9. Montezuma 1-0, 27
10. Lynnville-Sully 1-0, 23
Others receiving votes: 11, Hawarden West Sioux 17. 11, Bedford 17. 13, Denver 16. 14, Council Bluffs St. Albert 13. 15, Fairbank Wapsie Valley 12. 16, Mount Ayr 9. 17, Earlham 5. 18, Pleasantville 3. 19, Winthrop East Buchanan 1. 19, Britt West Hancock 2. 19, Ackley AGWSR 2. 22, Belle Plaine 1. 22, Lisbon 1. 22, Mason City Newman 1. 22, Winfield-Mount Union 1.

Class 8-Man
1. Newell-Fonda (10), 1-0, 125
2. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (1), 1-0, 109
3. Glidden-Ralston (3), 1-0, 106
4. Fremont Mills, Tabor 1-0, 103
5. HLV, Victor (1), 2-0, 89
6. Graettinger-Terril Ruthven-Ayrshire 1-0, 62
7. Elkader Central (1), 1-0, 48
8. Marcus MMC 1-0,46
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 1-0, 42
10. Janesville 1-0, 30
Others receiving votes: 11, Lenox 26. 12, Colo-NESCO 20. 13, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 18. 14, West Bend-Mallard 14. 15, Stanton 13. 16, Anita CAM 11. 17, Kingsley-Pierson 6. 18, Riceville 5. 19, Northwood-Kensett 3. 20, Westside Ar-We-Va 2. 21, East Mills 1. 21, Cedar Valley 1.