TROUP DEBUTS AT NO. 10 IN 3A-DII | State polls keep Carthage 1 at top in 4A-DII, Kilgore No. 3 in DI; Gilmer drops a spot to 10th
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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 (2-0) | Beat Hebron, 35-7 | 1 | Trophy Club / B. Nelson |
| 2. Duncanville (1-0) | Beat South Oak Cliff, 35-28 | 3 | Idle |
| 3. North Crowley (2-0) | Beat DeSoto, 36-27 | 2 | Denton Guyer |
| 4. Allen (2-0) | Beat Cedar Hill, 38-0 | 4 | Prosper Rock Hill |
| 5. Humble Summer Creek (2-0) | Beat Houston Lamar, 58-14 | 6 | Spring |
| 6. Humble Atascocita (2-0) | Beat Katy, 52-33 | 8 | Austin Westlake |
| 7. Fort Bend Ridge Point (2-0) | Beat Fulshear, 34-10 | 7 | Cypress Bridgeland |
| 8. Lake Travis (2-0) | Beat Rockwall, 28-20 | 5 | Midland Legacy |
| 9. Euless Trinity (2-0) | Beat Midland Legacy, 28-16 | 9 | Keller Central |
| 10. Dickinson (2-0) | Beat C.E. King, 47-10 | 10 | Cy-Fair |
| 11. Longview (2-0) | Beat Marshall, 20-7 | 11 | South Oak Cliff |
| 12. Pearland (2-0) | Beat Houston Memorial, 37-26 | 12 | Pasadena Rayburn |
| 13. The Woodlands (2-0) | Beat Dear Park, 30-20 | 13 | Conroe Grand Oaks |
| 14. Prosper (2-0) | Beat Rockwall Heath, 45-27 | 14 | Idle |
| 15. Austin Westlake (1-1) | Lost to San Benito, 66-0 | 15 | Humble Atascocita |
| 16. Dripping Springs (2-0) | Beat San Antonio Wagner, 55-0 | 16 | Killeen Harker Heights |
| 17. Cypress Bridgeland (2-0) | Beat Katy Tompkins, 42-14 | 20 | Fort Bend Ridge Point |
| 18. Cibolo Steele (2-0) | Beat San Antonio Reagan, 28-13 | 18 | San Antonio Brandeis |
| 19. Waxahachie (1-0) | Date vs Coppell canceled | 19 | Forney |
| 20. Austin Vandegrift (1-1) | Beat Cedar Park, 35-14 | 22 | Round Rock Stony Point |
| 21. San Antonio Brennan (2-0) | Beat Smithson Valley, 30-21 | 23 | San Antonio Sotomayor |
| 22. North Forney (2-0) | Beat Plano East, 55-10 | 24 | Mesquite |
| 23. Denton Guyer (1-1) | Beat Arlington Martin, 41-21 | 25 | North Crowley |
| 24. Galena Park North Shore (1-1) | Beat Crowley, 42-0 | Not ranked | Spring Westfield |
| 25. Lewisville (2-0) | Beat Trophy Club Nelson, 38-21 | Not ranked | Rockwall |
CLASS 5A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Aledo (2-0) | Beat Lancaster, 18-0 | 1 | Brewer |
| 2. Frisco Lone Star (2-0) | Beat Garland, 29-0 | 3 | McKinney North |
| 3. Smithson Valley (1-1) | Lost to San Antonio Brennan, 30-21 | 2 | San Antonio Madison |
| 4. Denton Ryan (2-0) | Beat Mansfield Timberview, 20-12 | 4 | Keller Fossil Ridge |
| 5. La Porte (2-0) | Beat Humble Kingwood, 34-28 | 5 | Port Neches-Groves |
| 6. Angleton (2-0) | Beat Brazoswood, 75-21 | 6 | Richmond Foster |
| 7. Highland Park (-11) | Beat Lovejoy, 21-0 | 7 | Dallas Jesuit |
| 8. Abilene (2-0) | Beat Abilene Cooper, 34-13 | 8 | Odessa Permian |
| 9. Pfluverville Weiss (2-0) | Beat San Marcos, 25-15 | Not Ranked | A&M Consolidated |
| 10. Lufkin (1-1) | Beat Nacogdoches, 42-14 | Not ranked | Little Rock (Ark.) SW |
CLASS 5A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Richmond Randle (2-0) | Beat Alief Elsik, 64-6 | 1 | Fort Bend Travis |
| 2. South Oak Cliff (1-1) | Lost to Duncanville, 35-28 | 2 | Longview |
| 3. Brenham (2-0) | Beat Houston Sterling, 49-8 | 3 | Bryan |
| 4. Iowa Colony (2-0) | Beat Crosby, 42-17 | 4 | Alief Elsik |
| 5. Texas High (2-0) | Beat Liberty Christian, 31-28 | 5 | Midlothian Heritage |
| 6. Fort Bend Marshall (1-0) | Dallas Skyline, canceled | 6 | Crosby |
| 7. Port Neches-Groves (2-0) | Beat Beaumont United, 45-7 | 7 | La Porte |
| 8. Argyle (1-1) | Beat Midlothian Heritage, 35-7 | 8 | Mansfield Timberview |
| 9. Anna (2-0) | Beat Gilbert (AZ) Highland, 18-9 | 9 | Idle |
| 10. Alamo Heights (2-0) | Beat Churchill, 54-24 | 10 | New Braunfels Canyon |
CLASS 4A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Celina (2-0) | Beat Waco La Vega, 33-7 | 1 | Gunter |
| 2. Canyon West Plains (2-0) | Beat Clint Horizon, 58-0 | 2 | Lubbock Estacado |
| 3. Kilgore (1-1) | Beat Whitehouse, 49-14 | 3 | Gilmer |
| 4. Stephenville (1-0) | Beat Everman, 45-0 | 4 | Godley |
| 5. San Antonio Davenport (2-0) | Beat Kerrville Tivy, 66-13 | 6 | San Antonio Pieper |
| 6. Frisco Panther Creek (2-0) | Beat Dallas Carter, 49-7 | 7 | Fort Worth Southwest |
| 7. Austin LBJ (1-0) | Idle | 8 | Wimberley |
| 8. Sulphur Springs (2-0) | Beat Greenville, 42-12 | 9 | Bullard |
| 9. Alvarado (1-0) | Van Alstyne, canceled | 10 | Robinson |
| 10. Chapel Hill (2-0) | Beat Gilmer, 41-26 | Not Ranked | Whitehouse |
CLASS 4A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Carthage (1-0) | Idle | 1 | Liberty-Eylau |
| 2. Pleasant Grove (2-0) | Beat Paris, 24-7 | 2 | Daingerfield |
| 3. Brock (2-0) | Beat Lake Worth, 67-7 | 4 | Aubrey |
| 4. Sealy (2-0) | Beat Cameron Yoe, 64-0 | 5 | Brazosport |
| 5. Waco La Vega (1-1) | Lost to Celina, 36-7 | 3 | West Orange-Stark |
| 6. Sunnyvale (2-0) | Beat Carrollton Ranchview, 20-14 | 6 | Caddo Mills |
| 7. Cuero (2-0) | Beat La Vernia, 49-41 | Not Ranked | Yoakum |
| 8. Bellville (1-1) | Beat Stafford, 24-7 | 10 | Fort Bend Crawford |
| 9. Midland Greenwood (2-0) | Beat Sweetwater, 47-8 | Not Ranked | Andrews |
| 10. Gilmer (1-1) | Lost to Chapel Hill, 41-26 | 8 | Kilgore |
CLASS 3A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Columbus (1-1) | Beat La Grange, 49-7 | 1 | Needville |
| 2. Paradise (2-0) | Beat Godley, 47-20 | 2 | Eagle Mountain |
| 3. Frankin (0-1) | Idle | 3 | Lorena |
| 4. Llano (2-0) | Beat Comanche, 62-23 | 7 | Marble Falls |
| 5. Jefferson (1-1) | Lost to Newton, 22-14 | 4 | DeKalb |
| 6. Winnsboro (2-0) | Beat Redwater, 72-7 | 9 | Honey Grove |
| 7. Malakoff (1-1) | Lost to Lorena, 38-35 | 6 | Madisonville |
| 8. Hitchcock (1-1) | Lost to Hamshire-Fannett, 35-33 | 8 | La Marque |
| 9. Edna (1-1) | Lost to Bay City, 42-14 | 5 | Refugio |
| 10. Tuscola Jim Ned (2-0) | Beat Cedar Hill TLC, 23-22 | Not Ranked | Wall |
CLASS 3A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Gunter (2-0) | Beat Prosper Richland, 28-6 | 1 | Celina |
| 2. Tidehaven (2-0) | Beat Goliad, 38-7 | 2 | Hallettsville |
| 3. Wall (2-0) | Beat Brownwood, 35-10 | 3 | Tuscola Jim Ned |
| 4. Lexington (2-0) | Beat Little River Academy, 21-14 | 4 | Rockdale |
| 5. Newton (1-1) | Beat Jefferson, 22-14 | 5 | Tatum |
| 6. Holliday (2-0) | Beat Muenster, 48-44 | 6 | Benbrook |
| 7. Canadian (2-0) | Beat Bushland, 24-14 | 7 | Dumas |
| 8. Poth (2-0) | Beat Falls City, 53-0 | 8 | Shiner |
| 9. Woodville (1-1) | Beat Anahuac, 37-22 | 9 | Coldspring-Oakhurst |
| 10. Troup (2-0) | Beat Edgewood, 47-35 | Not Ranked | Harleton |
CLASS 2A, DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Refugio (2-0) | Beat Corpus Christi London, 56-6 | 1 | Edna |
| 2. Ganado (2-0) | Beat Boling, 28-27 | 2 | East Bernard |
| 3. Panhandle (2-0) | Beat Stratford, 61-19 | 4 | Dalhart |
| 4. Garrison (1-1) | Lost to Arp, 44-9 | 3 | Anahuac |
| 5. Waskom (1-1) | Beat Hemphill, 40-6 | 5 | Shelbyville |
| 6. Honey Grove (2-0) | Beat Marlin, 40-7 | 6 | Winnsboro |
| 7. Post (2-0) | Beat Fosan, 64-6 | 7 | Seagraves |
| 8. Stamford (1-1) | Beat DeLeon, 33-20 | 8 | Lubbock Christian |
| 9. Frankston (2-0) | Beat Huntington, 59-0 | Not Ranked | Grapeland |
| 10. Weimar (2-0) | Beat Somerville, 48-0 | Not ranked | Rice Consolidated |
CLASS 2A, DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Muenster (1-1) | Lost to Holliday, 48-44 | 1 | Windthorst |
| 2. Shiner (2-0) | Beat Altair Rice Consolidated, 34-15 | 2 | Poth |
| 3. Bremond (2-0) | Beat Grapeland, 54-53 | 3 | Moody |
| 4. Albany (2-0) | Beat Hawley, 21-7 | 4 | Seymour |
| 5. Gruver (2-0) | Beat Texhoma (Okla.), 46-12 | 5 | Stinnett West Texas |
| 6. Collinsville (2-0) | Beat Cooper, 14-0 | 6 | Callisburg |
| 7. Windthorst (1-1) | Lost to Wichita Falls City View, 27-20 | 7 | Muenster |
| 8. Wink (1-1) | Beat Stanton, 44-20 | 8 | Alpine |
| 9. Lovelady (2-0) | Beat Timpson, 40-19 | 9 | Groveton |
| 10. Junction (2-0) | Beat San Saba, 20-6 | Not Ranked | Early |
CLASS 1A (SIX MAN), DIVISION I HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL POLL
| Rank, team, record | Last week’s result | Last week’s ranking | This week |
| 1. Gordon (1-0) | Beat Turkey Valley, 64-14 | 1 | Strawn |
| 2. Water Valley (2-0) | Beat Hermleigh, 56-8 | 3 | Panther Creek |
| 3. May (1-1) | Lost to Richland Springs, 42-14 | 2 | Rochelle |
| 4. Whiteface (1-1) | Beat Happy, 55-0 | 4 | Follett |
| 5. Aquilla (2-0) | Beat Perrin-Whitt, 60-12 | 5 | Oakwood |
| 6. Union Hill (2-0) | Beat Nazarene Christian, 66-16 | 6 | Jonesboro |
| 7. Abbott (1-1) | Beat Bynum, 50-0 | 7 | Blum |
| 8. Avalon (1-0) | Idle | 8 | Bynum |
| 9. Borden County (2-0) | Beat Nazareth, 60-26 | 9 | Benjamin |
| 10. Newcastle (2-0) | Beat Crowell, 73-0 | 10 | Gold-Burg |
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 (2-0) | Beat Pasadena First Baptist, 56-8 | 1 | Valley |
| 2. Lamesa Klondike (2-0) | Beat Buena Vista, 46-0 | 2 | Happy |
| 3. Richland Springs (1-1) | Beat May, 42-14 | 4 | Nueces Canyon |
| 4. Oglesby (2-0) | Beat Bluff Dale, 50-45 | 3 | Gholson |
| 5. Cherokee (2-0) | Beat Leakey, 80-30 | 5 | Round Rock Christian |
| 6. Strawn (2-0) | Beat Knox City, 65-20 | 6 | Gordon |
| 7. Benjamin (2-0) | Beat Follett, 64-12 | 7 | Borden County |
| 8. Motley County (2-0) | Beat Roby, 52-6 | 8 | Rockwall Heritage |
| 9. Iredell (1-1) | Beat Covington, 58-54 | 9 | Walnut Springs |
| 10. Oakwood (1-1) | Beat King’s Academy, 46-0 | 10 | Aquilla |
