Texas High School Football Top 25 Rankings - Dec. 15

The Texas high school football’s UIL state championships at AT&T Stadium are finally here after the state semifinals finished up last week.

The Duncanville Panthers overtake the Southlake Carroll Dragons as the state’s No. 1 after defeating Allen, 31-9, and are back in a state championship game for the second time in three seasons. So which other Lone Star State high school football programs made a move up the most latest set of Top 25 rankings?

The Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule, and margin of victory.

Here is the latest Texas high school football Top 25 rankings, according to Massey as of Dec. 15.

1. Duncanville Panthers

Duncanville (10-1) takes over as the No. 1 team for the first time this season after dominating Allen last week, 31-9, in a Class 6A-I state semifinal.

The Panthers have shown zero signs of slowing down after last week’s Class 6A, Division I playoffs as they take on North Shore this week for the state’s highest classification championship. Can Duncanville finish the drill?

Duncanville continues to be considered a state title contender in the UIL’s Class 6A, Division I classification. Other key players this fall to watch for from the Panthers are four-star edge rushers Kevin Ford (Florida commit) and Landon Barnes (Ole Miss commit), wide receiver Trenton Yancey and cornerback Braylon Edwards (SMU commit).

Quarterback Jcoryon Rivers has seen the bulk of the snaps lately, throwing for over 1,200 yards and 11 touchdowns this season.

2. Southlake Carroll Dragons

Southlake Carroll (14-1) saw its magical undefeated season come to an end when they lost to a red-hot DeSoto Eagles ball club, 57-44, last week in a UIL Class 6A-II state semifinal.

The Dragons had been by far the most consistent team in Texas high school football season and fall just short of competing for a state championship this fall.

Southlake Carroll will have a slew of question marks as they enter the off-season, with the graduation of stars like quarterback Angelo Renda (Pittsburgh signee) and wide receiver Brock Boyd (Ohio State signee). This will be a much different looking team come next season.

3. DeSoto Eagles

Jumping into the Top 5 into the three slot are the red-hot DeSoto Eagles, which defeated Southlake Carroll (see above), 57-44, in a Class 6A-II state semifinal.

There’s no team in the Lone Star State playing better football than the Eagles right now and they’re doing it behind the play of junior running back SaRod Baker, who has rushed for over 1,500 yards and scored 19 touchdowns through five playoff games.

The numbers Baker has put up in the postseason would match those of running backs for an entire regular season’s worth of games.

4. Allen Eagles

The five-time UIL state champion Allen Eagles (14-1) saw their postseason run come to an end when they fell to top-ranked Duncanville, 31-9, in the Class 6A-I state semifinals.

Allen had opened up the Class 6A, Division I playoffs when they just edged out No. 25 ranked Lewisville, 22-15 in the opening round and had looked more like their dominant selves until this past weekend. Now the Eagles are left to wonder what could’ve been after coming on the doorstep of reaching a state championship game.

The Eagles dominated the first half stretch of regular season games as they opened with a 46-13 victory over Midland Legacy, breezed by Cedar Hill, 38-0 and then thumped Rock Hill in a 70-14 rout before cruising past Plano in a 55-0 romp. Allen then rolled to a 62-14 victory over Princeton before thrashing Plano West, 55-7, and McKinney Boyd.

5. North Shore Mustangs

Rounding out the Top 5 of this week’s Texas high school football rankings are the North Shore Mustangs, which will face No. 1 Duncanville for the Class 6A-I state championship on Saturday.

Since losing to Summer Creek to end the regular season, the Mustangs have been on a roll behind their prolific offense that has been averaging 45 points per game. Their offense will need to kick it into high gear against a Panthers’ defense that just held Allen to nine points on Saturday.

Skill players like quarterback Kaleb Maryland (3,266 yards, 34 touchdowns), running back Hezekiah Johnson (1,132 yards, 19 touchdowns) and wide receiver Jaylen Bocard (1,160 yards, 12 touchdowns) are expected to step up.

Texas High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. C.E. King (13-2)
7. Aledo (15-1)
8. Summer Creek (12-2)
9. North Crowley (13-2)
10. Waxahachie (12-2)

11. Lone Star (14-1)
12. South Oak Cliff (13-1)
13. Dickinson (13-1)
14. Stephenville (16-0)
15. Carthage (16-0)

16. Prosper (11-2)
17. Lake Travis (14-1)
18. Guyer (12-3)
19. Randle (15-0)
20. Celina (15-1)

21. Argyle (13-2)
22. Klein Collins (11-2)
23. Melissa (13-3)
24. North Forney (11-2)
25. Ryan (13-2)

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