August 3, 2026

THE ONLY POLL THAT MATTERS | Dave Campbell’s Texas Football state high school polls, all classifications / Presented by Kilgore-Gilmer Eye Care Centers

Mitch Lucas 10 hours ago

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here, presented by Kilgore-Gilmer Eye Care Centers, are the preseason state high school football polls from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, which has been the recognized, traditional, most respected state polls for decades. ETBlitz.com will run these every week until the polls pause briefly during the playoffs, then again for the final round of polls following the state championship games.

The ETBlitz.com coverage area once again this year will be Kilgore, Henderson, and Pine Tree, all eligible for the University Interscholastic League’s Class 4A, Division I poll; Carthage and Gilmer, eligible for the 4A-DII poll; Tatum, Gladewater, Sabine, and White Oak, all eligible for the 3A-DI poll; Arp, Troup and West Rusk, who all compete in 3A-DII and are eligible in that poll; Beckville, in 2A-DI; Overton, in 2A-DII; and Leverett’s Chapel, the only six-man program in the ETB coverage area.

Several of the programs in our area are ranked in the preseason poll! Carthage, the defending state champion, is No. 1 in the 4A-DII poll. Troup is No. 2 in the 3A-DII poll. Kilgore is ranked fourth in 4A-DI, and Pine Tree is ranked 13th. Gilmer is ninth in 4A-DII, joining Carthage in the top 10.

Gladewater, going into just the second year for coach Jermaine Lewis, is ranked 24th in 3A-DI. Arp is 21st in 3A-DII. Beckville is 25th in 2A-DI, and Overton, 16th in 2A-DII. So just over half of the programs in the ETB coverage area begin the season ranked.

This poll is sponsored this week by Kilgore-Gilmer Eye Care Centers, the best eye care physicians in East Texas, whose practice dates back to 1976 — 50 years.

Contact them at the Kilgore office at (903) 983-2020, and for the Gilmer center, call (903) 843-5400. See their elaborate website at Kilgore-Gilmer Eye Care Centers. And visit them in Kilgore at 1100 Stone Road, Suite 2020, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.; on Thursdays from 7:30 a.m. until 3; and on Fridays from 7:30 until noon.

In Gilmer, the office is located at 710 N. Titus Street, and is open from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 until 5:30; the Gilmer office is closed on Fridays.

CLASS 6A PRESEASON POLL

  1. Waxahachie
  2. Galena Park North Shore
  3. Sheldon C.E. King (Houston)
  4. North Crowley
  5. Humble Summer Creek
  6. Duncanville
  7. Allen
  8. Southlake Carroll
  9. Denton Guyer
  10. Dickinson
  11. Humble Atascocita
  12. Coppell
  13. San Antonio Johnson
  14. Katy
  15. Fort Bend Ridge Point
  16. Aledo
  17. The Woodlands College Park
  18. Longview
  19. Lake Travis
  20. Cibolo Steele
  21. Cy Ranch
  22. Alvin Shadow Creek
  23. Austin Westlake
  24. Dripping Springs
  25. Austin Vandergrift

CLASS 5A, DIVISION I PRESEASON POLL

  1. DeSoto
  2. Smithson Valley
  3. Frisco Lone Star
  4. Richmond Randle
  5. Denton Ryan
  6. Highland Park
  7. Pflugerville Weiss
  8. La Porte
  9. Port Arthur Memorial
  10. Alvin Iowa Colony
  11. Melissa
  12. Angleton
  13. A&M Consolidated
  14. Lancaster
  15. Richland
  16. College Station
  17. Cedar Hill
  18. Abilene
  19. Boerne Champion
  20. West Mesquite
  21. Medina Valley
  22. Fort Worth Brewer
  23. Frisco Reedy
  24. Fort Worth Arlington Heights
  25. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff

CLASS 5A, DIVISION II PRESEASON POLL

  1. South Oak Cliff
  2. Argyle
  3. Port Neches-Groves
  4. Boerne
  5. Anna
  6. Alamo Heights
  7. Terrell
  8. Liberty Hill
  9. New Braunfels
  10. Brenham
  11. Fort Bend Crawford
  12. Midlothian Heritage
  13. Gregory Portlant
  14. Lovejoy
  15. Texas High
  16. Mansfield Timberview
  17. Huntsville
  18. Amarillo Palo Duro
  19. Bastrop
  20. Celina
  21. Colleyville Heritage
  22. Frisco Panther Creek
  23. Montgomery
  24. Killeen Ellison
  25. Arlington Seguin

CLASS 4A, DIVISION I STATE POLL

  1. Stephenville
  2. Lindale
  3. Springtown
  4. Kilgore
  5. La Vernia
  6. San Antonio Davenport
  7. Decatur
  8. Sulphur Springs
  9. Bay City
  10. Canyon West Plains
  11. Austin LBJ
  12. Alvarado
  13. Pine Tree
  14. Corpus Christi Calallen
  15. Midland Greenwood
  16. Navasota
  17. Sealy
  18. Somerset
  19. Bridge City
  20. Kerrville Tivy
  21. Chapel Hill (Tyler)
  22. Port Lavaca Calhoun
  23. Paris
  24. Dumos

CLASS 4A, DIVISION II PRESEASON POLL

  1. Carthage
  2. West Orange-Stark
  3. Waco La Vega
  4. Pleasant Grove
  5. Cuero
  6. Brock
  7. Lubbock Liberty
  8. Wimberley
  9. Gilmer
  10. Robinson
  11. Sunnyvale
  12. Graham
  13. Athens
  14. Silsbee
  15. Seminole
  16. Bellville
  17. La Marque
  18. Glen Rose
  19. Hamshire-Fannett
  20. Hitchcock
  21. HoustonYates
  22. Van
  23. Krum
  24. Brownwood
  25. Shepherd

CLASS 3A, DIVISION I PRESEASON POLL

  1. Columbus
  2. Gunter
  3. Paradise
  4. Franklin
  5. Sinton
  6. Wall
  7. Commerce
  8. Yoakum
  9. Malakoff
  10. Whitney
  11. Grandview
  12. Peaster
  13. Goliad
  14. Llano
  15. Shallowater
  16. Lorena
  17. Ingram Moore
  18. Edna
  19. Pottsboro
  20. Palestine Westwood
  21. Fairfield
  22. Vernon
  23. Clyde
  24. Gladewater
  25. Bushland

CLASS 3A, DIVISION II PRESEASON POLL

  1. Newton
  2. Troup
  3. Tidehaven
  4. Idalou
  5. East Bernard
  6. Canadian
  7. Daingerfield
  8. Jefferson
  9. Blanco
  10. Edgewood
  11. Poth
  12. Woodville
  13. Hardin
  14. Hamilton
  15. Holliday
  16. Jacksboro
  17. Childress
  18. Lexington
  19. Henrietta
  20. Bells
  21. Arp
  22. Dekalb
  23. Vanderbilt Industrial
  24. Hooks
  25. Cotulla

CLASS 2A, DIVISION I PRESEASON POLL

  1. Ganado
  2. Shiner
  3. Joaquin
  4. Cisco
  5. Mason
  6. Axtell
  7. Muenster
  8. Post
  9. Panhandle
  10. Rosebud-Lott
  11. Hawley
  12. Refugio
  13. Kenedy
  14. Spearman
  15. San Augustine
  16. Ozona
  17. Thorndale
  18. De Leon
  19. Alvord
  20. Garrison
  21. San Saba
  22. Carlisle
  23. Shelbyville
  24. Anson
  25. Beckville

CLASS 2A, DIVISION II PRESEASON POLL

  1. Bremond
  2. Stratford
  3. Ropesville
  4. Gruver
  5. Collinsville
  6. Albany
  7. Windthorst
  8. Wink
  9. Chilton
  10. Wellington
  11. Junction
  12. Crawford
  13. Goldthwaite
  14. Mart
  15. Falls City
  16. Overton
  17. Stamford
  18. Lindsay
  19. La Villa
  20. Burton
  21. Stinnett West Texas
  22. Grapeland
  23. Wheeler
  24. Pineland West Sabine
  25. Alto

CLASS 1A, DIVISION I PRESEASON POLL

  1. Rankin
  2. Union Hill
  3. Jayton
  4. Gordon
  5. Aquilla
  6. Borden County
  7. Whiteface
  8. Oglesby
  9. Lamesa Klondike
  10. Nazareth
  11. Ackerly Sands
  12. Newcastle
  13. Menard
  14. Water Valley
  15. Medina
  16. May
  17. Abbott
  18. Milford
  19. Hermleigh
  20. Jonesboro
  21. Westbrook
  22. Coolidge
  23. Sterling City
  24. Aspermont
  25. Booker

CLASS 1A, DIVISION II PRESEASON POLL

  1. Cherokee
  2. Motley County
  3. Benjamin
  4. Richland Springs
  5. Strawn
  6. Oakwood
  7. Zephyr
  8. McLean
  9. Balmorhea
  10. Grandfalls-Royalty
  11. Paducah
  12. Turkey Valley
  13. Mount Calm
  14. Runge
  15. Iredell
  16. Three Way
  17. Blanket
  18. Gustine
  19. Knox City
  20. Guthrie
  21. Miami
  22. Fannindel
  23. Bynum
  24. Hart
  25. Lefors

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