There are only two weeks left in the regular season for Texas high school football. There are still a lot of playoff spots up for grabs, but it’s not too early to look ahead to the playoffs that begin Nov. 12-14.
Here are predictions for what the first-round matchups will look like in Class 6A, broken down by Division I and Division II.
District 3-6A vs. 4-6A
Arlington Martin vs. Trophy Club Byron Nelson
Keller vs. Arlington High
Southlake Carroll vs. Arlington Bowie
Best first-round matchup: Aledo vs. Keller Central. Twelve-time state champion Aledo moved up from 5A to 6A in realignment and is 5-3. That’s the same number of losses Aledo had the past three years combined. Could a Keller Central team led by four-star recruits Isaiah Taylor and Jeremiah Taylor pull off an upset?
5-6A vs. 6-6A
Prosper Walnut Grove vs. Flower Mound
7-6A vs. 8-6A
Coppell vs. South Grand Prairie
Euless Trinity vs. Plano East
Lake Highlands vs. Haltom
Hurst L.D. Bell vs. Richardson Berkner
Best first-round matchup: Coppell vs. South Grand Prairie. Coppell four-star quarterback Carter Zingelmann would be going against an SGP defense that allows just 20.9 points per game — 15th best among area 6A schools.
9-6A vs. 10-6A
Sachse vs. Rockwall-Heath
Wylie East vs. North Forney
Best first-round matchup: Sachse vs. Rockwall-Heath. Both of these teams are in the 6A area rankings, with Sachse No. 9 and Rockwall-Heath No. 18. This matchup would feature the top two 6A receivers in D-FW for yardage — Rockwall-Heath’s Christian Contreras (1,082 yards and 12 touchdowns) and Sachse’s DJ Doyle (880 yards and 10 touchdowns).
11-6A vs. 12-6A
Waxahachie vs. Copperas Cove
Waco Midway vs. Duncanville
North Crowley vs. Lake Belton
Killeen Harker Heights vs. Red Oak
Best first-round matchup: Waco Midway vs. Duncanville. Midway is 8-1 and has won six in a row behind running back Lathan Whisenton (1,118 yards and 21 touchdowns). But three-time state champion Duncanville would be the favorite here, despite currently owning a 4-4 record — the first time it has lost four games in a season since going 2-8 in 2015.