The Texas high school football landscape is set for the next two seasons. The University Interscholastic League released its bi-annual reclassification and realignment Monday morning.
A big surprise is that national-power DeSoto is dropping from 6A to 5A for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. After playing up and winning three straight state titles over the last year years in 6A, the Eagles, who were No. 30 in last year’s High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football, are in District 8-5A.
Joining the Eagles in District 8 will be Burleson Centennial, Cedar Hill, Cleburne, Lancaster, Mansfield Legacy, Mansfield Summit and Midlothian.
After getting its district assignment, DeSoto head coach Claude Mathis joined Dave Campbell ‘s Texas Football YouTube Channel LIVE to talk about dropping down. During the chat, Coach Mathis announced that the Eagles will still be playing Duncanville, their former District 11-6A foe, and Allen during the non-district part of their schedule.
Speaking of District 11-6A, in addition to DeSoto dropping out, it also loses Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Mesquite and Mesquite Horn. In comes 2024 6A Division I state champ North Crowley along with Crowley, Mansfield, Mansfield Lake Ridge and Red Oak. Waxahachie, which finished No. 91 in our national rankings, remains in the district.
Aledo is moving up to 6A with its 12 Texas high school football championships. The Bearcats, who finished No. 92 in the HSFA 300 last year, are going into District 3-6A with Arlington, Arlington Bowie, Arlington Houston, Arlington Lamar, Arlington Martin, Granbury and Weatherford.
Wakefield becomes the first Frisco school to be bumped up to Class 6A. The Wolverines will play in District 5-6A with Denton Braswell, Denton Guyer, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Hebron, Flower Mound Marcus and Little Elm.
In all 19 schools are moving up from 5A to 6A because of enrollment increases. They are:
UIL Realignment from 5A to 6A
Aledo
Buda Hays
Cedar Park
Comal Pieper
Crosby
Frisco Wakeland
Georgetown East View
Granbury
Killeen Chaparral
Lake Belton
Leander
Leander Rouse
Mt Belvieu Barbers Hill
PSJA North
Prosper Walnut Grove
Red Oak
San Antonio Southwest
San Antonio Wagner
Southwest Legacy
In addition to DeSoto, Class 5A welcomes ten-time Texas high school football champ Celina. The Bobcats were placed in District 4-5A Division II with Anna, Denison, Frisco High, Frisco Emerson, Frisco Independence, Frisco Memorial, Frisco Panther Creek and Prosper Richland.Â
Below is every class/region/district.
We will be updating this story throughout the day.
Class 6A
Region 1
District 1
El Paso Coronado
El Paso Eastlake
El Paso Eastwood
El Paso Franklin
El Paso Montwood
El Paso Pebble Hills
El Paso Socorro
District 2
Midland
Midland Lee
Odessa
Odessa Permian
San Angelo Central
District 3
Aledo
Arlington
Arlington Bowie
Arlington Houston
Arlington Lamar
Arlington Martin
Granbury
Weatherford
District 4
Fort Worth Bowell
Keller
Keller Central
Keller Timber Creek
Northwest
Northwest Eaton
Northwest Nelson
Southlake Carroll
District 5
Denton Braswell
Denton Guyer
Frisco Wakefield
Lewisville
Lewisville Flower Mound
Lewisville Hebron
Lewisville Marcus
Little Elm
District 6
Allen
Dallas Jesuit
McKinney
McKinney Boy
Princeton
Prosper
Prosper Rock Hill
Prosper Walnut Grove
District 7
Coppell
Plano
Plano East
Plano West
Richardson
Richardson Berkner
Richardson Lake Highlands
Richardson Pearce
District 8
Euless Trinity
Grand Prairie
Haltom City Haltom
Hurst Bell
Irving
Irving MacArthur
Irving Nimitz
South Grand Prairie
Region 2
District 9
Garland
Garland Lakeview Centennial
Garland Rowlett
Garland Sachse
North Garland
South Garland
Wylie
Wylie East
District 10
Forney
Longview
Mesquite Horn
North Forney
Rockwall
Rockwall Heath
Royse City
Tyler Legacy
District 11
Crowley
Dallas Skyline
Duncanville
Mansfield
Mansfield Lake Ridge
North Crowley
Red Oak
Waxahachie
District 12
Bryan
Copperas Cove
Killeen Chaparral
Killen Harker Heights
Lake Belton
Temple
Waco Midway
District 13
Cleveland
Conroe
Conroe Caney Creek
Conroe Grand Oaks
Conroe The Woodlands
Conroe Woodlands College Park
Willis
District 14
Houston Aldine
Houston Benjamin Davis Sr.
Houston Eisenhower
Houston MacArthur
Houston Nimitz
Spring
Spring Dekaney
Spring Westfield
District 15
Klein
Klein Cain
Klein Collins
Klein Forest
Klein Oak
Magnolia
Magnolia West
Tomball
Tomball Memorial
District 16
Cy-Fair
Cypress Creek
Cypress Falls
Cypress Lakes
Cypress Woods
Jersey Village
Langham Creek
Region 3
District 17
Channelview
Crosby
Galena North Shore
Humble
Humble Atascocita
Humble Kingwood
Humble Summer Creek
Sheldon King
District 18
Deer Park
Dickinson
Friendswood Clear Brook
Houston Clear Lake
League City Clear Creek
League City Clear Falls
League City Clear Springs
Mt. Belvieu Barbers Hill
District 19
Alvin
Alvin Shadow Creek
Clute Brazoswood
Manvel
Pasadena Memorial
Pasadena Rayburn
Pearland
Pearland Dawson
District 20
Alief Elsik
Alief Hastings
Alief Taylor
Houston Bellaire
Houston Heights
Houston Lamar
Houston Westside
Houston Memorial
Houston Stratford
District 21
Fort Bend Austin
Fort Bend Bush
Fort Bend Clements
Fort Bend Elkins
Fort Bend Hightower
Fort Bend Ridge Point
Fort Bend Travis
Houston Strake Jesuit
District 22
Katy
Katy Cinco Ranch
Katy Jordan
Katy Mayde Creek
Katy Morton Ranch
Katy Paetow
Katy Seven Lakes
Katy Taylor
Katy Tompkins
District 23
Bridgeland
Cypress Park
Cypress Ranch
Cypress Springs
Lamar Fulshear
Richmond Foster
Richmond George Ranch
Waller
District 24
Austin Vandegrift
Cedar Park
Cedar Park Vista Ridge
Georgetown East View
Hutto
Leander
Leander Rouse
Region 4
District 25
Austin Lake Travis
Austin Westlake
Round Rock
Round Rock McNeil
Round Rock Stony Point
Round Rock Westwood
Round Rock Cedar Ridge
District 26
Austin
Austin Akins
Austin Bowie
Buda Hays
Buda Johnson
Del Valle
Dripping Springs
District 27
Cibolo Steele
Comal Canyon
Comal Pieper
Converse Judson
San Antonio East Central
San Antonio Wagner
San Marcos
Schertz Clemens
District 28
Northside Brandeis
Northside Clark
San Antonio Churchill
San Antonio Johnson
San Antonio Lee
San Antonio Madison
San Antonio Reagan
San Antonio Roosevelt
District 29
Northside Brennan
Northside Harlan
Northside Holmes
Northside Marshall
Northside O’Connor
Northside Sotomayor
Northside Stevens
Northside Taft
Northside Warren
District 30
El Rio
Eagle Pass
Laredo Alexander
Laredo Johnson
Laredo United
Laredo United South
San Antonio Southwest
Southwest Legacy
District 31
Edinburg
Edinburg Economedes
Edinburg North
Edinburg Vela
La Joya
Wesclaco
District 32
Brownsville Veterans Memorial
Harlingen
Los Fresnos
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
PSJA North
San Benito
Class 5A
5A Division 1
Region 1
District 1
Clint Horizon
El Paso Americas
El Paso Bel Air
El Paso El Dorado
El Paso Hanks
El Paso Parkland
District 2
Abilene
Amarillo
Amarillo Caprock
Amarillo Tascoca
Frenship Memorial
Lubbock
Lubbock Monterey
Wolfforth Frenship
District 3
Azle
Denton
Denton Ryan
Forth Worth Chisholm Trail
Keller Fossil Ridge
Saginaw
Sherman
District 4
Fort Worth Arlington Heights
Fort Worth North Side
Fort Worth Paschal
Fort Worth Polytechnic
Fort Worth South Hills
Fort Worth Trimble Tech
Fort Worth Wyatt
White Settlement Brewer
Region 2
District 5
Frisco Centennial
Frisco Heritage
Frisco Lebanon Trail
Frisco Liberty
Frisco Lone Star
Frisco Reedy
McKinney North
Melissa
District 6
Carrollton Creekview
Carrollton Smith
Carrollton Turner
Dallas Highland Park
Garland Naaman Forest
North Richland Hills Birdville
North Richland Hills Richland
District 7
Crandall
Dallas Adams
Dallas Sunset
Dallas White
Mesquite
North Mesquite
Tyler
West Mesquite
District 8
Burleson Centennial
Cedar Hill
Cleburne
DeSoto
Lancaster
Mansfield Legacy
Mansfield Summit
Midlothian
Region 3
District 9
Baytown Goose Creek Memorial
Baytown Sterling
Beaumont United
Beaumont West Brook
Galveston Ball
La Porte
Lufkin
New Caney
Port Arthur Memorial
District 10
Houston Chavez
Houston Madison
Houston Math Science & Technology
Houston Milby
Houston Sharpstown
Houston Waltrip
Houston Westbury
Houston Wisdom
Houston Northbrook
District 11
Alvin Iowa Colony
Angleton
Fort Bend Dulles
Friendswood
Katy Freeman
Pasadena
Pasadena South Houston
Richmond Randle
Victoria East
District 12
College Station
College Station A&M Consolidated
Georgetown
Killeen
Killeen Shoemaker
Leander Glenn
Pflugerville Connally
Pflugerville Hendrickson
Pflugerville Weiss
Region 4
District 13
Austin Anderson
Austin McCallum
Bastrop Cedar Creek
Boerne Champion
Comal Smithson Valley
Kyle Lehman
Lockhart
Manor
Seguin
District 14
Castroville Medina Valley
Eagle Pass Winn
Laredo Martin
Laredo Nixon
Northside Jay
San Antonio MacArthur
San Antonio Southside
South San Antonio
District 15
Brownsville Hanna
Brownsville Rivera
Corpus Christi Carroll
Corpus Christi Flour Bluff
Corpus Christi Veerans Memorial
Harlingen South
Weslaco East
District 16
Donna North
La Joya Palmview
McAllen
McAllen Memorial
McAllen Rowe
Mission
PSJA Memorial
Rio Grande City
5A Division 2
Region 1
District 1
Canutillo
El Paso
El Paso Burges
El Paso Chapin
El Paso Del Valle
El Pason Jefferson
District 2
Abilene Cooper
Abilene Wylie
Amarillo Palo Duro
Lubbock Cooper
Lubbock Coronado
Wichita Falls Legacy
Wichita Falls Memorial
District 3
Argyle
Colleyville Heritage
Eagle Mountain
Grapevine
Lewisville The Colony
Lucas Lovejoy
Nevada Community
District 4
Anna
Celina
Denison
Frisco
Frisco Emerson
Frisco Independence
Frisco Memorial
Frisco Panther Creek
Prosper Richland
Region 2
District 5
Dallas Adamson
Dallas Hillcrest
Dallas Jefferson
Dallas Molina
Dallas Samuell
Dallas Seagonville
Dallas South Oak Cliff
Dallas Wilson
Mesquite Poteet
District 6
Greenville
Hallsville
Marshall
Mount Pleasant
Nacogdoches
Terrell
Texarkana Texas
Whitehouse
District 7
Arlington Seguin
Burleson
Corsicana
Ennis
Everman
Joshua
Mansfield Timberview
Midlothian Heritage
District 8
Belton
Brenham
Bryan Rudder
Killeen Ellison
Waco
Waco University
Region 3
District 9
Houston Spring woods
Humble Kingwood Park
Huntsville
Montgomery
Montgomery Lake Creek
New Caney Porter
New Caney West Fork
Splendora
District 10
Baytown Lee
Dayton
Galena Park
Nederland
Port Neches-Grove
Santa Fe
Texas City
District 11
Fort Bend Crawford
Fort Bend Kempner
Fort Bend Marshall
Richmond Tomas
Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated
Rosenberg Terry
Victoria West
District 12
Austin Crockett
Austin LASA
Austin Navarro
Bastrop
Elgin
Pflugerville
Region 4
District 13
Boerne
Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch
Liberty Hill
New Braunfels
New Braunfels Long Creek
San Antonio Alamo Heights
San Antonio Veterans Memorial
District 14
San Antonio Brackenridge
San Antonio Burban
San Antonio Edison
San Antonio Harlandale
San Antonio Highlands
San Antonio Houston
San Antonio Jefferson
San Antonio Lanier
San Antonio McCollum
District 15
Brownsville Lopez
Brownsville Pace
Brownsville Porter
Corpus Christi Ray
Donna
Gregory-Portland
Mercedes
District 16
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln
Laredo Cigarroa
Mission Sharyland
Mission Veterans Memorial
PSJA Southwest
Roma
Sharyland Pioneer
Class 4A
Class 4A Division 1
Region 1
District 1
El Paso Andress
El Paso Austin
El Paso Riverside
El Paso Ysleta
San Elizario
District 2
Canyon
Canyon Randall
Canyon West Plains
Dumas
Hereford
Pampa
District 3
Andrews
Midland Greenwood
Planview
San Angelo Lake View
District 4
Alvarado
Aubrey
Carrollton Ranchview
Decatur
Godley
Lake Dallas
River Oaks Castleberry
Springtown
Region 2
District 5
Fort Worth Benbrook
Fort Worth Carter-Riverside
Fort Worth Dunbar
Fort Worth Eastern Hills
Forth Worth Southwest
Fort Worth Western Hills
Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis
Kennedale
District 6
Dallas Carter
Dallas Conrad
Dallas Hutchins
Dallas Kimball
Dallas Lincoln
Dallas Pinkston
Dallas Roosevelt
Dallas Spruce
North Dallas
District 7
Caddo Mills
Ferris
Kaufman
Mabank
Paris
Sulphur Springs
Waxahachie Life
District 8
Bullard
Henderson
Jacksonville
Kilgore
Lindale
Longview Pine Tree
Palestine
Tyler Chapel Hill
Region 3
District 9
Bridge City
Huffman Hargrave
Liberty
Livingston
Lumberton
Orange Little Cypress-Mauriceville
Vidor
District 10
Fort Bend Willowridge
Houston Austin
Houston Northside
Houston Sterlin
Harmony School of Innovation
Stafford
District 11
Bay City
El Campo
Navasota
Needville
Royal
Sealy
West Columbia Columbia
District 12
Burnet
China Spring
Jarrell
Lampasas
Marble Falls
Stephenville
Region 4
District 13
Austin Johnson
Austin Northwest
Austin Travis
Comal Canyon Lake
Comal Davenport
Fredericksburg
Kerrville Tivy
Taylor
District 14
Floresville
La Vernia
Medina Valley Creek View
Pleasanton
San Antonio Kennedy
Somerset
Uvalde
District 15
Beeville Jones
Corpus Christi Calallen
Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway
Corpus Christi King
Corpus Christi Miller
Corpus Christi Moody
Port Lavaca Calhoun
District 16
Alice
Edcouch-Elsa
Hidalgo Early College
Pharr Valley View
Zapata
Class 4A Division 2
Region 1
District 1
Clint
Clint Mountainn View
El Paso Bowie
El Paso Irvin
Fabens
District 2
Big Spring
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Pecos
Seminole
Snyder
District 3
Borger
Levelland
Lubbock Cooper Liberty
Lubbock Estacado
Perryton
District 4
Bridgeport
Brock
Burkburnett
Graham
Iowa Park
Mineral Wells
Region 2
District 5
Glen Rose
Hillsboro
Kemp
Uplight Hampton Prep
Venus
District 6
Gainesville
Krum
Lake Worth
Ponder
Sanger
Van Alstyne
District 7
Bonham
Farmersville
Paris North Lamar
Quilan Ford
Sunnyvale
Willis Point
District 8
Carthage
Center
Gilmer
Lonview Spring Hill
Pittsburg
Texarkana Pleasant Grove
Region 3
District 9
Athens
Brownsboro
Canton
Madisonville
Rusk
Van
District 10
Hamshire-Fannett
Hardin-Jefferson
Jasper
Shepherd
Silsbee
West Orange-Stark
District 11
Houston Furr
Houston Kashmere
Houston North Forest
Houston Scarborough
Houston Washington
Houston Wheatley
Houston Worthing
Houston Yates
District 12
Bellville
Freeport Brazosport
Hitchcock
Katy Harmony
La Grange
La Marque
Region 4
District 13
Brownwood
Gatesville
Robinson
Salado
Waco Connally
Waco La Vega
District 14
Austin Achieve
Austin Eastside
Giddings
Lago Vista
Manor New Tech
Wimberley
District 15
Bandera
Cuero
Geronimo Navarro
Gonzalez
Pearsall
San Antonio Memorial
District 16
Corpus Christi London
Ingleside
Kingsville King
La Feria
Port Isabel
Rio Grande City Grulla
Robstown
Rockport-Fulton
Class 3A
Class 3A Division 1
Region 1
District 1
Brownfield
Bushland
Dalhart
Denver City
Shallowater
District 2
Clyde
Kermit
Lamesa
Odessa Compass Academy
Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned
District 3
Early
Ingram Moore
Llano
San Angelo Texas Leadership
Wall
District 4
Bowie
Boyd
Paradise
Peaster
Vernon
Region 2
District 5
Dallas A+
Dallas Life Oak Cliff
Gunter
Pilot Point
Pottsboro
Whitesboro
District 6
Grandview
Groesbeck
Keene
Mexia
Palmer
West
Whitney
District 7
Commerce
Eustace
Malakoff
Mineola
Mount Vernon
Rains
Winnsboro
District 8
Atlanta
Gladewater
Gladewater Sabine
Tatum
Texarkana Liberty-Eylau
Region 3
District 9
Crockett
Diboll
Fairfield
Huntington
Palestine Westwood
Trinity
District 10
Anahuac
Buna
Cleveland Tarkington
Coldspring-Oakhurst
East Chambers
Kirbyville
Orangefield
District 11
Columbus
Edna
Hempstead
Palacios
Sweeny
Wharton
District 12
Caldwell
Cameron Yoe
Franklin
Little River Academy
Lorena
McGregor
Rocksdale
Troy
Region 4
District 13
Hallettsville
Luling
Marion
San Antonio Cole
Smithville
Universal City Randolph
Yoakum
District 14
Carrizo Springs
Crystal City
Devine
Hondo
Joudanton
Lytle
Natalia
Poteet
District 15
Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi West Oso
Goliad
Mathis
Orange Grove
Sinton
District 16
Bishop
Lyford
Progreso
Raymondville
Rio Hondo
San Diego
Santa Gertrudis Academy
Class 3A Division 2
District 1
Amarillo River Road
Canadian
Childress
Dimmitt
Friona
District 2
Idalou
Littlefield
Lubbock Roosevelt
Muleshoe
Slaton
District 3
Alpine
Anthony
Coahoma
Crane
San Angelo Grape Creek
District 4
Breckenridge
Henrietta
Holliday
Jacksboro
Merkel
Wichita Falls City View
Region 2
District 5
Clifton
Comanche
Dublin
Eastland
Hamilton
Millsap
Rio Vista
Tolar
District 6
Dallas Gateway Charter Academy
Dallas Madison
Inspired vision Academy (Dallas)
Maypearl
Mesquite PTAA
Scurry-Rosser
Trinity Leadership (Cedar Hill)
District 7
Bells
Blue Ridge
Callisburg
Howe
Leonard
Sadler S&S Consolidated
Valley View
District 8
Big Sandy Harmony
Edgewood
Grand Saline
Lone Oak
Paris Chisum
Pattonville Prairiland
Quitman
Region 3
District 9
Daingerfield
De Kalb
Hooks
Hughes Springs
New Boston
Queen City
Redwater
District 10
Arp
Diana New Diana
Jefferson
New London West Rusk
Troup
Winona
District 11
Blooming Grove
Buffalo
Elkhart
Mildred
Rice
Teague
District 12
Hardin
Kountze
New Waverly
Newton
Warren
Woodville
Region 4
District 13
Anderson-Shiro
Florence
Lexington
Rogers
Schulenburg
Thrall
District 14
Altair Rice
Boling
East Bernard
El Maton Tidehaven
Van Vleck
Vanderbilt Industrial
Wallis Brazo
District 15
Blanco
Comfort
Karnes City
Nixon Smiley
Poth
San Antonio Young Men’s Leadership
Stockdale
District 16
Cotulla
Falfurrias
George West
Hebbronville
Odem
Santa Rosa
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