{"id":464106,"date":"2026-10-12T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464106\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:00:42","slug":"texas-high-school-football-rankings-for-week-8-from-dave-campbells-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464106\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas high school football rankings for Week 8 from Dave Campbell\u2019s \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL<\/p>\n<p>Regular Season<br \/>Week 0, Preseason Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-preseason-high-school-rankings\/4076690\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local Rankings<\/a><br \/>Week 1, Aug. 27-29: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-aug-27-29\/4069496\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scores<\/a><br \/>Week 2, Sept. 3-5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-sept-3-5\/4072716\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scores<\/a> | Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-week-1-high-school-rankings\/4076694\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/big-game-friday-night\/waxahachie-north-crowley-and-allen-ranked-in-the-6a-top-5-see-week-2-state-rankings-here\/4070734\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<\/a><br \/>Week 3, Sept. 10-12: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-sept-10-12\/4075523\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scores<\/a> | Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-week-3-high-school-rankings\/4076699\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-crowley-moves-up-after-beating-southlake-see-week-3-state-rankings-here\/4073667\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<\/a><br \/>Week 4, Sept. 17-19: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-sept-17-19\/4078611\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scores<\/a> | Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-high-school-rankings-after-week-4-from-inside-high-school-sports\/4080373\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/week-4-texas-high-school-football-rankings\/4076815\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<\/a><br \/>Week 5, Sept. 23-26: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-sept-24-26\/4082032\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scores<\/a> | Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-high-school-rankings-after-week-5-from-inside-high-school-sports\/4085658\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/dave-campbells-texas-football-high-school-rankings-for-week-5\/4080380\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<\/a><br \/>Week 6, Oct. 1-3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-oct-1-3-2\/4085775\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Scores<\/a> | Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-high-school-rankings-after-week-6-from-inside-high-school-sports\/4086939\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/dave-campbells-texas-football-high-school-rankings-for-week-6\/4083794\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<\/a><br \/>Week 7, Oct. 8-10: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/big-game-friday-texas-high-school-football-scores-for-oct-8-10\/4089176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Scores <\/a>| Rankings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/sports\/hs-sports\/north-texas-area-high-school-rankings-after-week-7-from-inside-high-school-sports\/4089893\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHSS Local<\/a> | Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<br \/>Week 8, Oct. 15-17: Scores | Rankings: IHSS Local | Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<br \/>Week 9, Oct. 22-24: Scores | Rankings: IHSS Local | Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<br \/>Week 10, Oct. 29-31: Scores | Rankings: IHSS Local | Campbell&#8217;s Statewide<br \/>Week 11, Nov. 5-7: Scores<br \/>Week 12, Nov. 9: Final regular-season rankings<\/p>\n<p>The Week 8 high school rankings from Dave Campbell\u2019s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com.<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 6A<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prv rank<br \/>1 North Crowley (6-0) W: Waxahachie, 42-17 3<br \/>2 Galena Park North Shore (7-0) W: Humble Summer Creek, 28-27 2<br \/>3 Allen (6-0) W: McKinney, 70-3 4<br \/>4 Katy (7-0) W: Katy Morton Ranch 69-6 5<br \/>5 Fort Bend Ridge Point (7-0) W: Fort Bend Elkins, 61-7 6<br \/>6 SA Johnson (5-0) W: SA Roosevelt, 65-18 7 7 Sheldon King (6-1) W: Humble, 70-6 8<br \/>8 Lewisville (3-3) W: Denton Guyer, 42-7 12<br \/>9 Alvin Shadow Creek (5-1) W: Pasadena Memorial, 58-13 11<br \/>10 Longview (5-1) W: Rockwall, 56-49 13<br \/>11 Waxahachie (5-1) L: North Crowley, 42-17 1<br \/>12 Pearland (7-0) W: Alvin, 59-7 14<br \/>13 Coppell (5-1) W: Plano, 26-10 9<br \/>14 Denton Guyer (4-2) L: Lewisville, 42-7 10<br \/>15 Prosper (5-1) W: Prosper Rock Hill, 63-12 16<br \/>16 Austin Westlake (5-1) W: Round Rock Westwood, 57-0 17<br \/>17 Cibolo Steele (4-1) W: San Marcos, 56-7 18<br \/>18 Humble Summer Creek (4-3) L: Galena Park North Shore, 28-27 19<br \/>19 Deer Park (6-0) Idle 20<br \/>20 Southlake Carroll (4-2) W: Justin Northwest, 44-7 21<br \/>21 SA Northside Brennan (5-1) Idle 22<br \/>22 Bridgeland (5-1) W: Richmond George Ranch, 49-8 23<br \/>23 The Woodlands (5-1) W: Willis, 54-7 24<br \/>24 Klein (7-0) W: Klein Cain, 37-14 25<br \/>25 Duncanville (3-3) W: Mansfield, 45-7 NR Dropped out: No. 15 Cy Falls<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 5A DIVISION I<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Comal Smithson Valley (6-0) W: Austin Anderson, 42-7 1<br \/>2 Frisco Lone Star (6-0) W: Frisco Heritage, 69-7 2<br \/>3 Richmond Randle (6-0) W: Alvin Iowa Colony, 49-7 3<br \/>4 Angleton (7-0) W: Katy Freeman, 52-7 5<br \/>5 Boerne Champion (6-0) Idle 6<br \/>6 DeSoto (4-2) W: Lancaster, 28-7 7<br \/>7 College Station (6-1) W: Killeen, 57-38 9<br \/>8 Denton Ryan (5-1) W: Saginaw, 52-7 10<br \/>9 Castroville Medina Valley (6-0) W: Eagle Pass Winn, 59-0 NR<br \/>10 Friendswood (7-0) W: Pasadena, 55-13 NR<br \/>Dropped out: No. 4 Port Arthur Memorial, No. 8 Pflugerville Weiss<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 5A DIVISION II<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Dallas South Oak Cliff (4-2) W: Seagoville, 61-14 1<br \/>2 Boerne (6-0) W: New Braunfels Long Creek, 63-35 3<br \/>3 Argyle (6-1) W: Lucas Lovejoy, 45-28 4<br \/>4 Brenham (6-0) W: Waco University, 59-0 5<br \/>5 Mansfield Timberview (6-0) W: Arlington Seguin, 56-14 6<br \/>6 Anna (7-0) W: Frisco Memorial, 49-7 2<br \/>7 SA Alamo Heights (6-1) W: Liberty Hill, 63-31 7<br \/>8 Gregory-Portland (7-0) W: Mercedes, 73-0 9<br \/>9 Montgomery (7-0) W: Houston Spring Woods, 77-0 10<br \/>10 Celina (6-0) W: Frisco Independence, 70-0 NR<br \/>Dropped out: No. 8 Lucas Lovejoy<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 4A DIVISION I<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Stephenville (6-0) W: Lampasas, 35-14 1<br \/>2 Lindale (6-0) Idle 2<br \/>3 Bay City (6-1) W: Sealy, 34-7 4<br \/>4 Kerrville Tivy (6-0) W: Taylor, 79-56 5<br \/>5 CC Calallen (6-1) W: Port Lavaca Calhoun, 29-14 7<br \/>6 El Campo (6-0) W: West Columbia, 41-14 8<br \/>7 EP Andress (7-0) W: EP Irvin, 61-0 9<br \/>8 Comal Davenport (4-2) W: Austin LBJ, 35-7 NR<br \/>9 Somerset (3-2) W: La Vernia, 54-48 NR<br \/>10 Longview Pine Tree (4-2) Idle10<br \/>Dropped out: No. 3 Decatur, No. 6 La Vernia<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 4A DIVISION II<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Carthage (5-0) W: Pittsburg, 62-35 1<br \/>2 Waco La Vega (6-0) W: Brownwood, 49-14 2<br \/>3 Lubbock-Cooper Liberty (7-0) W: Borger, 64-6 4<br \/>4 Cuero (6-0) W: SA Memorial, 58-12 5 5 Brock (5-1) W: Glen Rose, 56-17 6<br \/>6 Gilmer (5-1) W: Texarkana Pleasant Grove, 33-27 10<br \/>7 Wimberley (5-0) W: Giddings, 42-7 7<br \/>8 West Orange-Stark (4-2) W: Hamshire-Fannett, 42-28 8<br \/>9 Graham (6-0) W: Bridgeport, 68-7 9<br \/>10 Texarkana Pleasant Grove (5-1) L: Gilmer, 33-27 3<br \/>Dropped out: None<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 3A DIVISION I<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Columbus (6-0) W: Edna, 35-2 1<br \/>2 Malakoff (7-0) W: Commerce, 35-22 2<br \/>3 Gunter (5-1) W: Plainview, 80-15 3<br \/>4 Wall (6-1) W: Llano, 50-14 4<br \/>5 Winnsboro (6-0) W: Eustace, 73-0 5<br \/>6 Cameron Yoe (6-0) W: Rockdale, 65-28 6<br \/>7 Yoakum (4-2) W: Smithville, 48-14 7<br \/>8 Sinton (4-2) W: Mathis, 60-22 8<br \/>9 Clyde (6-0) W: Odessa Compass, 64-7 9<br \/>10 Shallowater (4-1) Idle 10<br \/>Dropped out: None<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 3A DIVISION II<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank <br \/>1 Idalou (7-0) W: Lubbock Roosevelt, 57-22 1<br \/>2 Jefferson (5-1) W: New Diana, 55-21 3<br \/>3 Troup (5-1) W: Winona, 63-7 5<br \/>4 Poth (5-1) Idle 4<br \/>5 East Bernard (5-1) W: El Maton Tidehaven, 21-0 6<br \/>6 George West (6-0) W: Falfurrias, 69-0 7<br \/>7 Hardin (4-2) W: Newton, 25-24 NR<br \/>8 Newton (3-2) L: Hardin, 25-24 2<br \/>9 Grand Saline (7-0) W: Paris Chisum, 49-14 9<br \/>10 Jacksboro (5-1) W: Merkel, 61-34 10<br \/>Dropped out: No. 8 Arp<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 2A DIVISION I<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Shiner (7-0) W: Bloomington, 43-3 1<br \/>2 Mason (6-0) W: Bangs, 51-0 2<br \/>3 Axtell (6-0) W: Riesel, 70-8 3<br \/>4 Ganado (4-2) W: Kenedy, 63-20 4<br \/>5 Rosebud-Lott (7-0) W: Moody, 67-6 6<br \/>6 Price Carlisle (6-0) W: Como-Pickton, 49-14 9<br \/>7 Muenster (5-1) W: Tioga, 53-48 8<br \/>8 Thorndale (7-0) W: Hearne, 50-12 10<br \/>9 Post (5-1) Idle NR<br \/>10 De Leon (5-1) W: Hawley, 35-13 NR<br \/>Dropped out: No. 5 Joaquin, No. 7 Kenedy<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 2A DIVISION II<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Bremond (6-0) W: Bartlett, 55-6 1<br \/>2 Gruver (7-0) W: Stratford, 28-26 2<br \/>3 Collinsville (6-0) W: Lindsay, 38-7 3<br \/>4 Ropesville (6-0) W: Plains, 64-14 4<br \/>5 Wink (7-0) W: Iraan, 59-22 6<br \/>6 Goldthwaite (7-0) W: Hamlin, 53-0 7<br \/>7 Windthorst (5-1) W: Archer City, 73-14 8<br \/>8 Stratford (4-2) L: Gruver, 28-26 5<br \/>9 Wellington (5-1) W: Shamrock, 56-6 9<br \/>10 Stamford (5-2) W: Albany, 55-27 NR<br \/>Dropped out: No. 10 Albany<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION I<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Gilmer Union Hill (6-0) W: Lantana Harvest Christian, 67-22 1<br \/>2 Gordon (6-0) W: May, 58-0 2 3 Aquilla (7-0) W: Penelope, 50-0 3<br \/>4 Gail Borden County (6-0) W: O\u2019Donnell, 72-16 4<br \/>5 Menard (6-0) W: Water Valley, 65-37 9<br \/>6 Jayton (5-1) W: Roby, 70-8 6<br \/>7 Whiteface (6-1) W: Newcastle, 76-22 7<br \/>8 Medina (5-0) W: Leakey, 55-0 8<br \/>9 Hermleigh (6-0) W: Rotan, 80-30 10<br \/>10 Water Valley (5-1) L: Menard, 65-37 5<br \/>Dropped out: None<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION II<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Matador Motley County (6-0) W: Guthrie, 64-8 2<br \/>2 Richland Springs (6-1) W: Cherokee, 76-52 5<br \/>3 Balmorhea (6-0) Idle 3<br \/>4 Strawn (5-1) W: Jonesboro, 69-24 4 <br \/>5 Paducah (5-1) W: Crowell, 72-36 6 <br \/>6 Cherokee (6-1) L: Richland Springs, 76-52 1<br \/>7 Knox City (6-1) W: Lueders-Avoca, 52-0 7<br \/>8 Gustine (6-1) W: Leverett\u2019s Chapel, 55-0 8<br \/>9 Hart (6-0) W: Lorenzo, 58-0 9<br \/>10 Fannindel (5-0) Idle NR<br \/>Dropped out: No. 10 Rocksprings<\/p>\n<p>PRIVATE SCHOOLS 11-MAN<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 Dallas First Baptist (7-0) W: Tyler All Saints, 48-13 1<br \/>2 Austin Regents (6-1) W: Spring Legacy, 27-20 2<br \/>3 FW All Saints (6-2) W: FW Southwest Christian, 56-13 3<br \/>4 SA Cornerstone (5-2) W: Masillon Washington (Ohio), 35-21 4<br \/>5 Argyle Liberty Christian (5-2) W: Dallas Parish Episcopal, 55-7 6<br \/>6 Episcopal School of Dallas (7-0) W: Austin St. Andrew\u2019s, 52-21 7<br \/>7 Houston St. Thomas (5-2) W: Houston St. Pius X, 47-0 8<br \/>8 Houston Lutheran South (6-1) Idle 9<br \/>9 Arlington Oakridge (6-0) W: FW Country Day, 51-12 10<br \/>10 Dallas Parish Episcopal (5-3) L: Argyle Liberty Christian, 55-7 5<br \/>Dropped out: None<\/p>\n<p>PRIVATE SCHOOLS SIX-MAN<br \/>Rank School (Record) Week 7 Prv rank<br \/>1 FW Covenant Classical (6-0) W: McKinney Cornerstone, 73-0 1<br \/>2 Houston Emery-Weiner (6-0) W: Brazosport Christian, 62-0 2<br \/>3 FW Nazarene Christian (6-1) W: Keller Harvest Christian, 48-0 3<br \/>4 San Marcos Hill Country (4-1) Idle 4<br \/>5 Waco Texas Wind (5-1) Idle 5<br \/>6 Pasadena First Baptist (4-2) Idle 6<br \/>7 Plano Coram Deo (6-1) W: Rockwall Heritage Christian, 90-45 7<br \/>8 Azle Christian (5-1) W: Bryan Allen, 82-46 8<br \/>9 Lucas Christian (5-2) Idle 9<br \/>10 Irving Faustina (6-0) W: Mesquite Ignite Community, 62-13 10 Dropped out: None<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL 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