NEW POLL! | Carthage #1 in 4A-DII; Kilgore still #3 in 4A-DI; Gilmer drops out; Troup up to #9 in 3A-DII
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CLASS 6A HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Southlake Carroll (3-0) | Beat Trophy Club Nelson, 52-3 | 1 | Euless Trinity |
| 2. Duncanville (1-0) | Idle | 2 | Waxahachie |
| 3. North Crowley (3-0) | Beat Denton Guyer, 28-27 | 3 | Rockwall |
| 4. Allen (3-0) | Beat Prosper Rock Hill, 70-14 | 4 | Plano |
| 5. Humble Summer Creek (3-0) | Beat Spring, 78-0 | 5 | Idle |
| 6. Fort Bend Ridge Point (3-0) | Beat Bridgeland, 31-3 | 7 | Fort Bend Elkins |
| 7. Lake Travis (3-0) | Beat Midland Legacy, 59-13 | 8 | San Marcos |
| 8. Euless Trinity (3-0) | Beat Keller Central, 45-7 | 9 | Southlake Carroll |
| 9. Dickinson (3-0) | Beat Cy-Fair, 35-21 | 10 | Cleark Creek |
| 10. Pearland (3-0) | Beat Pasadena Rayburn, 64-0 | 12 | Alvin |
| 11. TheWoodlands (3-0) | Beat Conroe Grand Oaks, 45-14 | 13 | Willis |
| 12. Prosper (2-0) | Idle | 14 | McKinney Boyd |
| 13. Austin Westlake (2-1) | Beat Humble Atascocita, 35-28 | 15 | Cibolo Steele |
| 14. Humble Atascocita (2-1) | Lost to Austin Westlake, 35-28 | 6 | Idle |
| 15. Dripping Springs (3-0) | Beat Killeen Harker Heights, 31-26 | 16 | Buda Johnson |
| 16. Cibolo Steele (3-0) | Beat San Antonio Brandeis, 42-22 | 18 | Austin Westlake |
| 17. Waxahachie (2-0) | Beat Forney, 35-14 | 19 | Duncanville |
| 18. Austin Vandegrift (2-1) | Beat Round Rock Stony Point, 24-0 | 20 | Idle |
| 19. North Forney (3-0) | Beat Mesquite, 49-14 | 22 | Mansfield Lake |
| 20. Longview (2-1) | Lost to South Oak Cliff, 20-17 | 11 | at Ruston (La.) |
| 21. San Antonio Brennan (3-0) | Beat San Antonio Sotomayor, 56-0 | 21 | San Antonio Harlan |
| 22. Lewisville (3-0) | Beat Rockwall, 28-21 | 25 | Idle |
| 23. Galena Park North Shore (2-1) | Beat Spring Westfield, 48-0 | 24 | Idle |
| 24. Denton Guyer (1-2) | Beat North Crowley, 28-27 | 23 | Idle |
| 25. Alvin Shadow Creek (2-1) | Beat Alvin, 55-0 | Not ranked | Manvel |
CLASS 5A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Aledo (3-0) | Beat White Settlement Brewer, 54-7 | 1 | Birdville |
| 2. Frisco Lone Star (3-0) | Beat McKinney North, 46-7 | 2 | Frisco Centennial |
| 3. Smithson Valley (2-1) | Beat San Antonio Madison, 42-10 | 3 | Boerne Champion |
| 4. Denton Ryan (3-0) | Beat Keller Fossil Ridge, 43-14 | 4 | Idle |
| 5. Angleton (3-0) | Beat Richmond Foster, 59-14 | 6 | Idle |
| 6. Highland Park (2-1) | Beat Dallas Jesuit, 42-14 | 7 | Pulaski Academy (Ark) |
| 7. Lufkin (2-1) | Beat Little Rock SW, 76-0 | 10 | Tyler |
| 8. A&M Consolidated (2-1) | Beat Pflugerville Weiss, 48-40 | Not ranked | College Station |
| 9. Port Arthur Memorial (3-0) | Beat Fort Bend Hightower, 56-27 | Not ranked | Cleburne |
| 10. Amarillo (3-0) | Beat Midland, 31-24 | Not ranked | Amarillo Palo Duro |
CLASS 5A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. South Oak Cliff (2-1) | Beat Longview, 20-17 | 2 | Dallas Spruce |
| 2. Richmond Randle (2-0) | Beat Ford Bend Travis, 56-29 | 1 | Fort Bend Marshall |
| 3. Brenham (3-0) | Beat Bryan, 49-22 | 3 | Killeen |
| 4. Iowa Colony (3-0) | Beat Alief Elsik, 59-14 | 4 | Baytown Lee |
| 5. Port Neches-Groves (3-0) | Beat La Porte, 35-21 | 7 | Idle |
| 6. Argyle (2-1) | Beat Mansfield Timberview, 35-27 | 8 | Idle |
| 7. Anna (2-0) | Idle | 9 | Lovejoy |
| 8. Alamo Heights (3-0) | Beat New Braunfels Canyon, 42-28 | 10 | Schertz Clemens |
| 9. Fort Bend Marshall (2-0) | Beat Crosby, 17-14 | 6 | Richmond Randle |
| 10. Prosper Walnut Grove (3-0) | Beat Frisco Emerson, 49-0 | Not ranked | Idle |
CLASS 4A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Celina (3-0) | Beat Waco La Vega, 33-7 | 1 | Franklin |
| 2. Canyon West Plains (3-0) | Beat Clint Horizon, 58-0 | 2 | Bushland |
| 3. Kilgore (2-1) | Beat Whitehouse, 49-14 | 3 | Pleasant Grove |
| 4. Stephenville (3-0) | Beat Everman, 45-0 | 4 | Abilene Wylie |
| 5. San Antonio Davenport (3-0) | Beat Kerrville Tivy, 66-13 | 5 | Del Rio |
| 6. Frisco Panther Creek (3-0) | Beat Dallas Carter, 49-7 | 6 | Kennedale |
| 7. Austin LBJ (2-0) | Idle | 7 | Dallas Parish Episcopal |
| 8. Sulphur Springs (3-0) | Beat Greenville, 42-12 | 8 | Mount Pleasant |
| 9. Alvarado (2-0) | Van Alstyne, canceled | 9 | Waco Connally |
| 10. Chapel Hill (3-0) | Beat Gilmer, 41-26 | 10 | Carthage |
CLASS 4A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Carthage (2-0) | Beat Liberty-Eylau, 47-0 | 1 | Chapel Hill |
| 2. Pleasant Grove (3-0) | Beat Daingerfield, 49-7 | 2 | Kilgore |
| 3. Brock (3-0) | Beat Aubrey, 56-7 | 4 | Fort Worth Southwest |
| 4. Sealy (3-0) | Beat Brazosport, 58-0 | 5 | Bay City |
| 5. Waco La Vega (2-1) | Beat West Orange-Stark, 44-20 | 3 | Brownwood |
| 6. Sunnyvale (3-0) | Beat Caddo Mills, 45-34 | 6 | Van |
| 7. Cuero (3-0) | Beat Yoakum, 42-28 | 7 | Corpus Christi Miller |
| 8. Bellville (2-1) | Beat Fort Bend Crawford, 36-16 | 8 | Hitchcock |
| 9. Midland Greenwood (3-0) | Beat Andrews, 54-6 | 9 | Shallowater |
| 10. Silsbee (3-0) | Beat Nederland, 27-13 | Not ranked | Beaumont West |
CLASS 3A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Franklin (1-1) | Beat La Grange, 49-7 | 3 | Celina |
| 2. Llano (3-0) | Beat Godley, 47-20 | 4 | Jarrell |
| 3. Winnsboro (3-0) | Idle | 6 | Hooks |
| 4. Jefferson (2-1) | Beat Comanche, 62-23 | 5 | Pittsburg |
| 5. Paradise (2-1) | Lost to Newton, 22-14 | 2 | Millsap |
| 6. Columbus (1-2) | Beat Redwater, 72-7 | 1 | Madisonville |
| 7. Hitchcock (2-1) | Lost to Lorena, 38-35 | 8 | Bellville |
| 8. Palestine Westwood (3-0) | Lost to Hamshire-Fannett, 35-33 | Not ranked | Freeman |
| 9. Palmer (3-0) | Lost to Bay City, 42-14 | Not ranked | Edgewood |
| 10. Shallowater (2-1) | Beat Cedar Hill TLC, 23-22 | Not ranked | Midland Greenwood |
CLASS 3A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Tidehaven (3-0) | Beat Prosper Richland, 28-6 | 2 | Ganado |
| 2. Wall (3-0) | Beat Goliad, 38-7 | 3 | Monahans |
| 3. Gunter (2-1) | Beat Brownwood, 35-10 | 1 | Sanger |
| 4. Lexington (3-0) | Beat Little River Academy, 21-14 | 4 | Groesbeck |
| 5. Newton (2-1) | Beat Tatum, 42-12 | 5 | DeRidder |
| 6. Holliday (3-0) | Beat Muenster, 48-44 | 6 | Burkburnett |
| 7. Canadian (3-0) | Beat Bushland, 24-14 | 7 | Muleshoe |
| 8. Woodville (2-1) | Beat Falls City, 53-0 | 9 | Diboll |
| 9. Troup (3-0) | Beat Anahuac, 37-22 | 10 | Rusk |
| 10. Blanco (2-1) | Beat Edgewood, 47-35 | Not ranked | Ingram Moore |
CLASS 2A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Refugio (3-0) | Beat Edna, 48-21 | 1 | Idle |
| 2. Ganado (3-0) | Beat E. Bernard, 56-45 | 2 | Tidehaven |
| 3. Garrison (2-1) | Beat Anahuac, 54-0 | 4 | Lovelady |
| 4. Waskom (2-1) | Beat Shelbyville, 21-19 | 5 | Union Grove |
| 5. Post (3-0) | Beat Seagraves, 33-16 | 7 | Slaton |
| 6. Panhandle (2-1) | Lost to Dalhart, 42-35 | 3 | Amarillo River Road |
| 7. Frankston (3-0) | Beat Grapeland, 48-19 | 9 | Scurry-Rosser |
| 8. Honey Grove (2-1) | Lost to Winnsboro, 63-28 | 6 | Blue Ridge |
| 9. Weimar (3-0) | Beat Rice Consolidated, 36-33 | 10 | San Antonio Holy Cross |
| 10. De Leon (2-1) | Beat Valley Mills, 41-21 | Not ranked | Hawley |
CLASS 2A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Muenster (2-1) | Lost to Holliday, 48-44 | 1 | Pottsboro |
| 2. Shiner (3-0) | Beat Altair Rice Consolidated, 34-15 | 2 | Vanderbilt Industrial |
| 3. Bremond (3-0) | Beat Grapeland, 54-53 | 3 | Idle |
| 4. Albany (3-0) | Beat Hawley, 21-7 | 4 | Coahoma |
| 5. Lovelady (3-0) | Beat Texhoma (Okla.), 46-12 | 9 | Garrison |
| 6. Junction (3-0) | Beat Cooper, 14-0 | 10 | Mason |
| 7. Wink (2-1) | Lost to Wichita Falls City View, 27-20 | 8 | Forsan |
| 8. Chilton (3-0) | Beat Stanton, 44-20 | Not ranked | Idle |
| 9. Gruver (2-1) | Beat Timpson, 40-19 | 5 | Clarendon |
| 10. Collinsville (2-1) | Beat San Saba, 20-6 | 6 | Wolfe City |
CLASS 1A, DIVISION I (SIX-MAN) HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Gordon (3-0) | Beat Turkey Valley, 64-14 | 1 | Thorndale |
| 2. Water Valley (3-0) | Beat Hermleigh, 56-8 | 2 | Buena Vista |
| 3. May (2-1) | Lost to Richland Springs, 42-14 | 3 | Newcastle |
| 4. Whiteface (2-1) | Beat Happy, 55-0 | 4 | Klondike |
| 5. Aquilla (3-0) | Beat Perrin-Whitt, 60-12 | 5 | Milford |
| 6. Avalon (2-0) | Beat Nazarene Christian, 66-16 | 8 | Trinidad |
| 7. Abbott (2-1) | Beat Bynum, 50-0 | 7 | Covenant Classical |
| 8. Newcastle (3-0) | Idle | 10 | May |
| 9. Rankin (3-0) | Beat Nazareth, 60-26 | Not ranked | Borden County |
| 10. Robert Lee (3-0) | Beat Crowell, 73-0 | Not ranked | Blackwell |
CLASS 1A (SIX-MAN), DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Jayton (3-0) | Beat Pasadena First Baptist, 56-8 | 1 | Knox City |
| 2. Lamesa Klondike (3-0) | Beat Buena Vista, 46-0 | 2 | Whiteface |
| 3. Richland Springs (2-1) | Beat May, 42-14 | 3 | Bryan St. Joseph |
| 4. Oglesby (3-0) | Beat Bluff Dale, 50-45 | 4 | Waco Methodist |
| 5. Cherokee (3-0) | Beat Leakey, 80-30 | 5 | Idle |
| 6. Benjamin (3-0) | Beat Knox City, 65-20 | 7 | Idle |
| 7. Motley County (3-0) | Beat Follett, 64-12 | 8 | Crowell |
| 8. Strawn (2-1) | Beat Roby, 52-6 | 6 | Bryson |
| 9. Iredell (1-1) | Beat Covington, 58-54 | 9 | Happy |
| 10. Whitharral (3-0) | Beat King’s Academy, 46-0 | Not ranked | Aquilla |
