Texas Top 25 high school football rankings heading into the state quarterfinals

Only two more weeks, before 12 teams head to AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, for the 2021 Texas high school football championships. This weekend’s quarterfinals are loaded with big head-to-head matchups in the High School Football America Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football.

Before we look ahead, let’s look back at last weekend’s regional semifinals.

The biggest surprise of the weekend causes the biggest shake-up in the latest rankings. Three-time defending state champ Aledo was surprised by South Oak Cliff 33-28. The loss drops the Bearcats from No. 8 to No. 16. South Oak Cliff makes its first-ever appearance in the HSFA Texas Top 25 at No. 14.

Vandegrift is the other newcomer to this week’s rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm. The Vipers, who will play No. 1 Westlake this weekend in the 6A-II quarters, at No. 23 this week.

Here are this week’s Top 25 head-to-head quarterfinal matchups:

No. 1 Westlake vs. No. 23 Vandegrift – 6A-II
No. 2 Southlake Carroll vs. No. 9 Allen – 6A-I
No. 4 Duncanville vs. No. 11 DeSoto – 6A-I
No. 7 North Shore vs. No. 8 Atascocita – 6A-I
No. 14 South Oak Cliff vs. No. 22 Lovejoy – 5A-II

High School Football America Texas Top 25

Team	Record	Last Week
No. 1 Westlake	(13-0)	1
No. 2 Southlake Carroll	(13-0)	2
No. 3 Katy	(13-0)	3
No. 4 Duncanville	(11-1)	4
No. 5 Denton Guyer	(12-1)	5
No. 6 Denton Ryan	(12-1)	6
No. 7 North Shore	(12-1)	9
No. 8 Atascocita	(11-2)	11
No. 9 Allen	(11-2)	12
No. 10 Lake Travis	(11-2)	13
No. 11 DeSoto	(11-2)	15
No. 12 Westfield	(12-1)	7
No. 13 Euless Trinity	(11-2)	10
No. 14 South Oak Cliff	(12-1)	NR
No. 15 Longview	(9-4)	16
No. 16 Aledo	(12-1)	8
No. 17 Rockwall-Heath	(11-2)	14
No. 18 Spring	(11-2)	17
No.19 Highland Park	(10-2)	18
No. 20 Tompkins	(11-2)	19
No. 21 Arlington Martin	(9-3)	20
No. 22 Lovejoy	(12-1)	25
No. 23 Vandegrift	(12-1)	NR
No. 24 C.E. King	(10-3)	21
No. 25 Rockwall	(9-3)	24