El Paso Eastwood, Mason jump up in the last edition of the 2023 West Texas Power Rankings
Week 11 of Texas high school football is in the books, so it's time for the last edition of the West Texas Power Rankings before the playoffs begin.
The West Texas Power Rankings are a weekly series from multiple high school football reporters in West Texas coming together to vote on who the best teams are in Classes 6A through 2A. The top 6A team received 10 points, the second received nine points and so on. The top 5A/4A and 3A/2A teams received 15 points. The totals were tallied, and we ranked each team by composite score.
Voters: Paul Witwer (San Angelo Standard-Times), Stephen Garcia (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal), Joey Richards (Abilene Reporter-News), Felix Chavez (El Paso Times), Harte Pisani (Amarillo Globe-News) and Jonathan Hull (Wichita Falls Times-Record-News).
Class 6A
Ranking | Team | Score | Record | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Midland Legacy | 60 | 8-2 | 1 |
2 | El Paso Eastwood | 47 | 9-1 | 3 |
3 | Midland | 45 | 8-2 | 2 |
4 | Wolfforth Frenship | 43 | 8-2 | 4 |
5 | El Paso Pebble Hills | 35 | 8-2 | 5 |
5 | Odessa Permian | 35 | 6-4 | 6 |
7 | Odessa | 22 | 5-5 | 7 |
8 | El Paso Americas | 19 | 6-4 | 9 |
9 | El Paso Montwood | 17 | 5-5 | 8 |
10 | El Paso Franklin | 6 | 6-4 | 10 |
Just missed the cut: El Paso Eastlake, 1 point
Dropped out: N/A
Biggest Riser: The third-ranked Troopers moved up a spot after beating Eastlake 56-22 to secure an undefeated district record and the outright District 1-6A championship.
Biggest Faller: The No. 3 Bulldogs dropped back-to-back district games to No. 1 Midland Legacy and No. 5 Odessa Permian after starting 8-0.
South Plains football: Tahoka football leaves no doubt in securing first playoff berth since 2019
Class 5A/4A
Ranking | Team | Score | Record | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abilene | 90 | 8-2 | 1 |
2 | Lubbock Cooper | 78 | 7-3 | 2 |
3 | Stephenville | 69 | 8-2 | 3 |
4 | Monahans | 68 | 10-0 | 4 |
5 | Brownwood | 63 | 9-1 | 5 |
6 | Wichita Falls Rider | 59 | 8-2 | 6 |
7 | West Plains | 55 | 9-1 | 7 |
8 | El Paso Del Valle | 52 | 9-1 | 8 |
9 | Canutillo | 46 | 8-2 | 9 |
10 | Abilene Wylie | 28 | 7-3 | 10 |
10 | Graham | 28 | 9-2 | 11 |
12 | Lubbock Estacado | 21 | 8-2 | 12 |
13 | Seminole | 19 | 9-1 | 13 |
14 | Amarillo High | 14 | 5-5 | 14 |
15 | Canyon | 11 | 8-2 | 15 |
Just missed the cut: Wichita Falls Hirschi, 10 points
Dropped out: N/A
Biggest Riser and Faller: The rankings stayed the same from Week 11 to the playoffs.
Far West Texas football: Del Valle, quarterback Jake Fette pull away from Bel Air for district title
Wichita Falls area football: Greenwood goes for 2, upsets Hirschi in overtime
Class 3A/2A
Ranking | Team | Score | Record | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canadian | 90 | 10-0 | 1 |
2 | Albany | 81 | 10-0 | 2 |
3 | Bushland | 76 | 9-1 | 3 |
4 | Stratford | 72 | 10-0 | 4 |
5 | New Home | 62 | 10-0 | 5 |
6 | Wall | 54 | 8-2 | 6 |
7 | Holliday | 47 | 9-1 | 7 |
8 | Jacksboro | 43 | 10-0 | 7 |
9 | Tuscola Jim Ned | 35 | 8-2 | 10 |
10 | Panhandle | 31 | 9-1 | 11 |
10 | Mason | 23 | 10-0 | 12 |
12 | Sonora | 21 | 9-1 | 8 |
13 | Hawley | 17 | 8-2 | 14 |
14 | Wellington | 15 | 7-3 | 13 |
15 | Clyde | 15 | 9-1 | 15 |
Just missed the cut: Sunray, 11 points
Dropped out: N/A
Biggest Riser: The 10th-ranked Punchers moved up two spots after securing their 13th-straight district championship in a 61-6 win over Harper.
Biggest Faller: The No. 8 Broncos dropped four spots with a 24-22 loss to Forsan that kept them from an undefeated season and an outright district championship.
Big Country football: High School Football: No. 1 Albany rolls past TLCA-Abilene, into playoffs unbeaten
Concho Valley football: Forsan outlasts No. 8 Sonora football, spoiling an undefeated season for the Broncos
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: High school football: West Texas Power Rankings playoffs edition
