Texas High School Football Top 25 Rankings - Oct. 12

The Texas high school football season has begun to give a much clearer overall picture as teams are currently at the midway point or second half of their respective campaign.

The Southlake Carroll Dragons kept up their winning ways as the state’s No. 1 spot as head coach Riley Dodge won his 100th career game in this week’s rankings. So which other Lone Star State programs made a move up the 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 Oct. 12.

1. Southlake Carroll Dragons

Southlake Carroll are destined to go 10-0 this season based on the way they’re playing. The Dragons have been by far the most consistent team in Texas high school football season and every week on the field, the validate that.

The Dragons (7-0) latest victory was a 66-7 thrashing over Eaton, with head coach Riley Dodge clinching career victory No. 100.

Pittsburgh commit Angelo Renda (2,110 yards, 23 touchdowns) and his favorite target, Ohio State pledge Brock Boyd, who hauled in 111 passes for 1,868 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2024, remain the state’s top quarterback-wide receiver tandem. Boyd through seven games has caught 41 passes for 590 yards and nine touchdowns.

This week the undefeated Dragons return home to face off against Northwest.

2. Allen Eagles

The five-time UIL state champion Allen Eagles (6-0) remain the state’s No. 2 team after a 62-14 beatdown of Princeton last week.

The Eagles have been dominant through their first six 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 is at home this week against Plano West and ahead of a Oct. 24 meeting with No. 6 ranked Prosper.

The Eagles have utilized both senior Jeremiah Daoud and freshman quarterback Ty Snell behind center this season. Daoud has completed 74 of 100 passes for 1,160 yards and 14 touchdowns and Snell has thrown for 707 and seven scores.

3. Duncanville Panthers

Duncanville (3-1) pulled off their biggest win of the 2025 season when they soundly defeated DeSoto, 48-28 last week behind a huge performance from junior quarterback Maximus The Great Denson.

The 6-foot-1, 173-pound passer was surgical in picking apart Eagles’ defensive backfield on Friday night as Denson completed 23 of 31 passes for 328 yards and the seven scores.

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).

Panthers return to action this week when they face Lancaster on Friday night.

4. Aledo Bearcats

The Aledo Bearcats (7-0) had a much easier go of it compared from the week before as they rolled to a 61-0 dismantling of Granbury.

Despite last year’s starter Gavin Beard transferring to All Saints Episcopal, which opened the door for Nash McElree (722 yards, 10 touchdowns) to emerge as the team’s QB1, and the Bearcats have looked just fine in the first few weeks of play. Senior Kaden Winkfield has been superb on the ground, rushing for nearly 500 yards and scored nine times.

Aledo has simply taken care of business week after week, starting against a solid Lancaster squad, coming away with the 18-0 win then dispatching Brewer, 54-7, easily rolling by Birdville in a 56-7 rout and then Fossil Ridge, Ryan before last week’s rout of Granbury.

The Bearcats has a bye week before returning to action next Friday against Richland on Oct. 24.

5. North Crowley Panthers

North Crowley (5-1) were fresh off of a bye week and looked like it in a 41-10 victory over Lake Ridge.

What head coach Ray Gates and his staff have to figure out is how they will get the team refocused after losing for the first time since 2023. North Crowley still keeps its sights set on winning the UIL Class 6A, Division I state championship this fall.

The Panthers still feature what has to still be considered one of the more talented defensive secondaries in the Lone Star State, which includes players like Texas Tech commit Aaron Bradshaw, three-star safety Elijajuan Houston, four-star cornerback Jerry Outhouse and Colorado State commit Thomas Cook. 

The Panthers takes to the road this week when they face Weatherford on Friday night.

Texas High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. Prosper (6-0)
7. Lewisville (6-0)
8. Westlake (5-1)
9. Lake Travis (6-0)
10. North Shore (5-1)

11. Celina (7-0)
12. Waxahachie (5-1)
13. Guyer (4-2)
14. DeSoto (3-3)
15. Stephenville (6-0)

16. Summer Creek (5-1)
17. Carthage (6-0)
18. Ridge Point (7-0)
19. C.E. King (5-1)
20. Melissa (4-1)

21. Lone Star (5-1)
22. Argyle (5-1)
23. South Oak Cliff (5-1)
24. Dripping Springs (7-0)
25. Randle (6-0)

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