North Shore starts the ’22 season ranked atop the High School Football America Texas Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football. The Mustangs, who have won three Texas 6A Division I titles in the last four years, are also ranked No. 8 in our national rankings.
The team that North Shore beat for its three titles, Duncanville, is right behind the Mustangs at No. 2. The Panthers will get a test right off-the-bat when they play defending 5A Division II champ South Oak Cliff, ranked No. 9 in our preseason statewide rankings created with our proprietary algorithm that is celebrating its 10th year this year.
Westlake, which has finished No. 1 in the Texas Top 25 two years in a row, starts this season at No. 3. The Chaparrals enter the season on a 40-game win streak. This also makes the start of Tony Salazar‘s time as the Chaps’ head coach, replacing legendary Todd Dodge, who retired at the end of last season.
Dodge was named the High School Football America/National High School Coaches Association National Football Coach of the Year last season.
No. 4 Desoto opens on-the-road in Oregon in the first Nike Football Classic. The Eagles will take-on Louisiana’s St. Augustine.
Rounding-out the Top 5 is Denton Guyer. The Wildcats open against Rockwall-Heath, which opens the year just outside of our Texas Top 25 at No. 26.
One of the most anticipated game this weekend is the California/Texas showdown that with be played between No. 9 Allen and St. John Bosco, ranked No. 2 in the High School Football America 100.
Allen won three straight HSFA national titles between 2012 and 2014. SJB was our national champ in 2019.
Aside from the Duncanville/South Oak Cliff game, there are two other head-to-head games this week in the Top 25 — No. 11 Lake Travis vs. No. 19 Arlington Martin and No. 23 San Antonio Brennan plays No. 24 Cibolo Steele.
High School Football America Texas Top 25
| Ranking/Team | 2021 Record | 2022 National Ranking |
| No. 1 North Shore | (15-1) | 8 |
| No. 2 Duncanville | (13-2) | 10 |
| No. 3 Westlake | (16-0) | 12 |
| No. 4 DeSoto | (11-3) | 14 |
| No. 5 Denton Guyer | (14-2) | 24 |
| No. 6 Southlake Carroll | (14-1) | 31 |
| No. 7 Katy | (14-1) | 55 |
| No. 8 Allen | (11-3) | 57 |
| No. 9 South Oak Cliff | (15-1) | 61 |
| No. 10 Denton Ryan | (12-2) | 71 |
| No. 11 Lake Travis | (12-3) | 73 |
| No. 12 Longview | (9-4) | 88 |
| No. 13 Aledo | (12-1) | 94 |
| No. 14 Atascocita | (11-3) | 104 |
| No. 15 Katy Paetow | (15-1) | 106 |
| No. 16 Westfield | (12-1) | 108 |
| No. 17 Euless Trinity | (11-2) | 112 |
| No. 18 College Station | (15-1) | 123 |
| No. 19 Arlington Martin | (9-3) | 127 |
| No. 20 Highland Park | (10-2) | 146 |
| No. 21 Rockwall | (9-3) | 178 |
| No. 22 Shadow Creek | (9-3) | 187 |
| No. 23 Brennan (San Antonio) | (13-1) | 188 |
| No. 24 Cibolo Steele | (11-1) | 213 |
| No. 25 C.E. King | (10-3) | 224 |
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
