The 2025 Texas high school football season is over, and the champions have been crowned.
A SportsDayHS panel of writers and editors — Jamie Hancock, Ishmael Johnson, Emma Moon, Greg Riddle, Myah Taylor and Demetrio Teniente — voted to decide the top 10 Dallas-area teams in Class 6A and Class 5A and the top five in Class 4A after the final week of the season.
Below are the rankings for 4A teams. Find the rankings for 6A teams here and 5A teams here.
1. Celina
2025 record, playoff finish: 14-1, state semifinals
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Preseason ranking: No. 1
Celina appeared poised to repeat its dominant 2024 season and win a second consecutive 4A Division I state title before it ran into Stephenville in the state semifinals. Next year, the nine-time football state champion will play in 5A Division II for football after its enrollment jumped from 1,177 to 1,520.
Quarterback Bowe Bentley, an Oklahoma signee, threw for 2,911 yards and 32 touchdowns and rushed for 474 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Junior running back Evan Koehne led all rushers with 1,044 yards and 15 scores. The team’s leading receiver was LJ Taylor with 1,333 yards and 15 touchdowns.
2. Frisco Panther Creek
2025 record, playoff finish: 9-3, area round
Preseason ranking: No. 2
Panther Creek stumbled twice in district play, losing to Celina and Sulphur Springs to finish third in District 7-4AI. Next year could present an even greater challenge for Clint Surratt’s team, which is moving up to 5A Division II with an enrollment of 1,352.
In the area round against Springtown this season, Panther Creek had to play without injured running back/safety and Texas Tech signee Donovan Webb, who led the team in rushing for the season with 788 yards and 14 touchdowns. Jalen Lott, a cornerback and wide receiver who signed with Oregon, finished with 1,280 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns. Quarterback Graylyn Fry passed for 2,827 yards and 34 touchdowns.
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3. Sunnyvale
2025 record, playoff finish: 11-2, regional semifinals
Preseason ranking: No. 5
Junior quarterback Cayson Maupin was one of the best players in Class 4A this season, throwing for 2,819 yards and 30 touchdowns and rushing for 1,208 yards and 16 scores. He had a heroic performance in the regional semifinal round against Athens, where his uncle is the defensive coordinator. Maupin rushed for 232 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries in a 37-36 loss to Athens.
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4. Lincoln
2025 record, playoff finish: 8-2, bi-district round
Preseason ranking: Unranked
Lincoln won District 8-4AI with only one loss, to our No. 5 team, Kimball, before falling to Paris in the bi-district round. Senior quarterback Emmanuel Holmes finished with 1,656 passing yards and 23 touchdowns to go with 287 rushing yards and seven scores. Junior Ta’lan Beachum was the team’s leading rusher with 1,095 yards and 13 touchdowns.
5. Kimball
2025 record, playoff finish: 7-4, bi-district round
Preseason ranking: No. 3
Kimball had an up-and-down season and was in contention for the District 8-4AI title after a come-from-behind win over eventual champion Lincoln. Charles McCuin led the team in rushing with 1,054 yards and 23 touchdowns, and receiver Javion Broussard broke the 1,000-yard mark for the season with 11 receptions and 133 yards in a bi-district loss to Sulphur Springs. He also scored 13 touchdowns. Quarterback Deonte Washington finished the season with 1,428 passing yards and 14 touchdowns.
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