DCTF RANKINGS OUT | Kilgore soars up; Gilmer No. 3; Tatum back in rankings

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football releases its state rankings of high school football of every classification every Monday afternoon during the season, and today’s poll has a big mover in the Class 4A, Division I poll.

That mover is Kilgore. And the Gilmer Buckeyes? They’re right near the top in the 4A-Division II poll.

Coach Clint Fuller’s Kilgore High School Bulldogs jumped from seventh in the last poll to No. 4 this week after shutting down Pine Tree last Friday, 17-6 (and it wasn’t that close; here’s our story, by Joe Hale: KINDLING! | Kilgore chops up Pine Tree, 17-6, in district opener for both teams (etblitz.com)). Pine Tree had been undefeated and ranked sixth in the poll, a notch above Kilgore, and the Bulldogs beat the Pirates handily.

Kilgore (4-1 overall, 1-0 in District 9-4A, Division I) hosts Henderson (4-1, 1-0) this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium – it’s homecoming for Kilgore.

Pine Tree is still ranked, falling from sixth to No. 10.

Also in the 4A-DI poll: Chapel Hill, in the same district with Kilgore, Henderson and Pine Tree and a state finalist a year ago, blasted by Anna in the state championship game, is up three spots to No. 6, and Stephenville, who had been No. 1 for a few weeks running in the poll, is down to No. 2 – Celina is the new No. 1 in 4A-DI.

See the 4A-DI poll in its entirety, and all of the polls, below.

Gilmer, another top program in the ETBlitz.com coverage area, remains No. 3 in the 4A-DII poll. Gilmer (3-2), the reigning, defending 4A, Division II state champion, comes off a win over previously-unbeaten Brenham at a neutral site in Huntsville. Here’s our story by Phillip Williams (BUCKEYES KNOCK OFF BRENHAM! | Gilmer boots Brenham from ranks of the unbeatens, 51-37 (etblitz.com)).

Gilmer, who defeated Kilgore in week three, is stuck right now behind once-beaten Carthage (Kilgore beat them, back in week one) and Brock, a 5-0 team. The Buckeyes, in District 7-4A, Division II, have an open date this week.

And Tatum, another ETBlitz-area school who had been ranked No. 10 earlier this season in the DCTF Class 3A-DI poll, is back in that exact spot. The Eagles are 4-1 after shutting out Sabine, 63-0, last Friday. Tatum visits Liberty-Eylau on Friday.

Of note elsewhere across the DCTF rankings landscape: Duncanville is still atop the 6A poll; ditto for Denton Ryan, in the 5A-DI poll; Jefferson, who beat ETBlitz-area school Gladewater last Thursday, is up two spots in the 3A-DI poll to eighth; and New Diana, in the Longview area, is 5-0 and remained ranked No. 5 in the 3A-DII poll.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 6A POLL

(SEPTEMBER 30, 2024)

1. DUNCANVILLE (4-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Idle.

2. GALENA PARK NORTH SHORE (4-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Humble Kingwood.

3. NORTH CROWLEY (5-0; last week, No. 3). Next: Idle.

4. DESOTO (4-1; last week, No. 4). Next: Idle.

5. HUMBLE SUMMER CREEK (4-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Humble Atascocita.

6. SOUTHLAKE CARROLL (4-0; last week, No. 6). Next: Keller.

7. LAKE TRAVIS (5-0; last week, No. 7). Next: Idle.

8. HUMBLE ATASCOCITA (4-0; last week, No. 8). Next: Humble Summer Creek.

9. ALLEN (5-0; last week, No. 9). Next: Idle.

10. COPPELL(4-0; last week, No. 10). Next: Denton Guyer.

11. FULSHEAR (5-0; last week, No. 11). Next: Alief Hastings.

12. AUSTIN WESTLAKE (3-1; last week, No. 12). Next: Austin Akins.

13. KATY (4-1; last week, No. 15). Next: Idle.

14. FORT BEND RIDGE POINT (4-1; last week, No. 17). Next: Fort Bend Bush.

15. PROSPER (3-1; last week, No. 15). Next: Prosper Rock Hill.

16. WILLIS (5-0; last week, No. 16). Next: College Park.

17. THE WOODLANDS (4-1; last week, No. 17). Next: Idle.

18. FORT BEND HIGHTOWER (5-0; last week, No. 18). Next: Fort Bend Dulles.

19. CYPRESS BRIDGELAND (3-1; last week, No. 19). Next: Cypress Springs.

20. DENTON GUYER (3-1; last week, No. 20). Next: Coppell.

21. CIBOLO STEELE (4-1; last week, No. 22). Next: San Antonio East Central.

22. CYPRESS SPRINGS (4-0; last week, No. 23). Next: Cypress Bridgeland.

23. KATY JORDAN (5-0; last week, 24). Next: Katy Cinco Ranch.

24. SAN ANTONIO BRENNAN (3-1; No. 25). Next: San Antonio O’Connor.

25. EULESS TRINITY (4-1; last week, not ranked). Next: Idle.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 5A, DIVISION I POLL

1. DENTON RYAN (4-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Aledo.

2. ALEDO (4-1; last week, No. 2). Next: Denton Ryan.

3. FRISCO LONE STAR (5-0; last week, No. 3). Next: Frisco.

4. A&M CONSOLIDATED (5-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Idle.

5. RICHLAND (5-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Keller Fossil Ridge.

6. HIGHLAND PARK (4-1; last week, No. 6). Next: Red Oak.

7. COLLEGE STATION (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Pflugerville Hendrickson.

8. SAN ANTONIO PIEPER (5-0; last week, No. 8). Next: Idle.

9. GALVESTON BALL (5-0; last week, No. 9). Next: Port Arthur Memorial.

10. PORT ARTHUR MEMORIAL (4-1; last week, No. 10). Next: Galveston Ball.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 5A, DIVISION II POLL

1. PORT NECHES-GROVES (4-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Huntsville.

2. SOUTH OAK CLIFF (3-2; last week, No. 2). Next: Dallas Hillcrest.

3. ALAMO HEIGHTS (5-0; last week, No. 3). Next: San Antonio Harlandale.

4. TEXAS HIGH (5-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Whitehouse.

5. ARGYLE (3-1; last week, No. 5). Next: Everman.

6. RICHLMOND RANDLE (5-0; last week, No. 6). Next: Idle.

7. LIBERTY HILL (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Idle.

8. LUBBOCK COOPER (4-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Wichita Falls Legacy.

9. HUNTSVILLE (3-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Port Neches-Groves.

10. MELISSA (4-1); last week, not ranked). Next: Lovejoy.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 4A, DIVISION I POLL

1. CELINA (5-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Aubrey.

2. STEPHENVILLE (5-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Ruston (La.).

3. AUSTIN LBJ (4-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Austin Travis.

4. KILGORE (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Henderson.

5. ALVARADO (5-0; last week, No. 8). Next: Idle.

6. CHAPEL HILL (4-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Palestine.

7. EL CAMPO (3-1; last week, No. 10). Next: Idle.

8. CANYON RANDALL (5-0; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Idle.

9. SAN ANTONIO DAVENPORT (4-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: San Antonio Kennedy.

10. PINE TREE (4-1; last week, No. 6). Next: Mabank.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 4A, DIVISION II POLL

1. CARTHAGE (3-1; last week, No. 1). Next: San Benito.

2. BROCK (5-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Idle.

3. GILMER (3-2; last week, No. 3). Next: Idle.

4. SINTON (5-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Corpus Christi Calallen.

5. SEMINOLE (5-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Hereford.

6. ROBINSON (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Idle.

7. GRAHAM (4-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Idle.

8. WIMBERLEY (3-2; last week, No. 10). Next: Idle.

9. PLEASANT GROVE (3-2; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Idle.

10. WEST ORANGE-STARK (4-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Idle.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 3A, DIVISION I POLL

1. COLUMBUS (5-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Rogers.

2. MALAKOFF (4-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Commerce.

3. BUSHLAND (5-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Perryton.

4. EDNA (4-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Aransas Pass.

5. HITCHCOCK (4-1; last week, No. 5). Next: Idle.

6. PALESTINE WESTWOOD (5-0; last week, No. 8). Next: Idle.

7. POTTSBORO (5-0; last week, No. 7). Next: Dallas Madison.

8. JEFFERSON (5-0; last week, No. 10). Next: Atlanta.

9. GOLIAD (3-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Palacios.

10. TATUM (4-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Liberty-Eylau.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 3A, DIVISION II POLL

1. GUNTER (3-2; last week, No. 1). Next: Idle.

2. POTH (4-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Nixon Smiley.

3. LEXINGTON (3-1; last week, No. 6). Next: Caldwell.

4. EAST BERNARD (5-0; last week, No. 6). Next: Rice Consolidated.

5. NEW DIANA (5-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Idle.

6. JACKSBORO (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Idle.

7. WALL (4-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Idalou.

8. RICE CONSOLIDATED (5-0; last week, No. 10). Next: East Bernard.

9. CANDADIAN (3-2; last week, No. 3). Next: Shallowater.

10. WICHITA FALLS CITY VIEW (4-1; last week, not ranked). Next: Idle.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 2A, DIVISION I POLL

1. STAMFORD (5-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Idle.

2. REFUGIO (4-1; last week, No. 2). Next: Riviera.

3. GANADO (4-1; last week, No. 3). Next: Kenedy.

4. SUNRAY (5-0; last week, No. 4). Next: Idle.

5. HAWLEY (5-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Idle.

6. BECKVILLE (5-0; last week, No. 6). Next: Big Sandy.

7. HONEY GROVE (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: Como-Pickton.

8. PANHANDLE (5-0; last week, No. 9). Next: Idle.

9. MASON (4-1; last week, No. 10). Next: Idle.

10. HAMILTON (5-0; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Idle.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 2A, DIVISION II POLL

1. MART (3-1; last week, No. 2). Next: Chilton.

2. STRATFORD (2-2; last week, No. 1). Next: Childress.

3. MUENSTER (3-2; last week, No. 3). Next: Idle.

4. COLLINSVILLE (5-0; last week, No. 7). Next: Idle.

5. ALBANY (3-2; last week, No. 5). Next: Idle.

6. WINDTHORST (4-1; last week, No. 6). Next: Munday.

7. WINK (4-1; last week, No. 9). Next: Idle.

8. ROPES (5-0; last week, not ranked). Next: Idle.

9. SHINER (2-3; last week, not ranked). Next: Idle.

10. GRUVER (5-0; last week, not ranked). Next: Amarillo River Road.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 1A (SIX-MAN) DIVISION I POLL

1. GORDON (5-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Follett.

2. ABBOTT (4-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Hill County.

3. WHITEFACE (5-0; last week, No. 3). Next: Springlake-Earth.

4. MAY (3-0; last week, No. 5). Next: Irion County.

5. BUENA VISTA (5-0; last week, No. 9). Next: Idle.

6. JONESBORO (3-1; last week, No. 6). Next: McLennan County Challenge Academy.

7. HAPPY (4-1; last week, No. 7). Next: McLean.

8. AQUILLA (5-0; last week, No. 8). Next: Bynum.

9. WESTBROOK (2-2; last week, No. 4). Next: Garden City.

10. LOMETA (3-0; last week, not ranked). Next: Sidney.

DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASS 1A (SIX-MAN) DIVISION II POLL

1. JAYTON (5-0; last week, No. 1). Next: Newcastle.

2. RICHLAND SPRINGS (5-0; last week, No. 2). Next: Idle.

3. CHEROKEE (4-0; last week, No. 3). Next: Benjamin.

4. OGLESBY (3-2; last week, No. 5). Next: Marble Falls Faith Academy.

5. MOTLEY COUNTY (4-0; last week, No. 9). Next: Petersburg.

6. BENJAMIN (2-1; last week, No. 8). Next: Cherokee.

7. MIAMI (4-1; last week, No. 10). Next: Hart.

8. FOLLETT (2-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Gordon.

9. IREDELL (3-2; last week, No. 4). Next: Gholson.

10. STRAWN (3-1; last week, Not Ranked). Next: Ranger.