Christoval debuts at No. 9 in state football rankings

Amy McDaniel
San Angelo Standard-Times
Christoval defenders Josh Fava (7) and Jake Boness (1) bring down an opponent during a game against Goldthwaite on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.

Christoval High School jumped into the Texas Football rankings heading into Week 6 of the 2020 season.

The Cougars (4-1) debuted at No. 9 in the Class 2A Division II rankings as provided by Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com.

They are coming off a 49-19 win over Goldthwaite, a 2A Division I school, on Friday.

Wall’s second loss finally caught up with the Hawks in the rankings, as they moved down to the No. 9 spot in 3A DI.

Wall fell to Midland Christian 41-6 on the road on Friday. The 3-2 Hawks also had a loss to San Antonio Cornerstone earlier in the season but were ranked No. 3 in the state last week.

Llano debuted at the No. 10 spot in the same poll after beating Ballinger 34-0 Friday.

San Saba, which was idle on Friday after a cancellation by Dublin, remained at No. 6 in the 2A DI poll.

Sterling City remained at No. 2 in the 1A DI list, behind district mate Westbrook. The Eagles (5-0) beat Happy 50-42 last week. Happy actually moved up to No. 10 following its impressive showing against Sterling City.

Rankin remained at No. 4 after its 60-14 win over Calvert.

Richland Springs remained at No. 2 in 1A DII following a 61-16 win over Fort Worth Covenant Classical.

Texas Football high school state rankings

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com’s high school rankings after Week 5, distributed by The Associated Press.

CLASS 6A

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Galena Park North Shore (1-0) W: Alvin Shadow Creek, 38-21 1

2 Duncanville (0-0) Idle 2

3 Katy (1-0) W: League City Clear Springs, 28-13 3

4 Austin Westlake (1-0) W: Schertz Clemens, 53-7 4

5 Denton Guyer (1-0) W: Lewisville Hebron, 49-26 5

6 Allen (1-0) W: Plano East, 49-26 6

7 Southlake Carroll (0-0) Idle 7

8 Lake Travis (0-0) Idle 9

9 Humble Atascocita (0-0) Idle 10

10 DeSoto (0-0) Idle 12

11 Spring Westfield (0-0) Idle 13

12 Converse Judson (0-0) Idle 14

13 Alvin Shadow Creek (0-1) L: Galena Park North Shore, 38-21 8

14 Cypress Fairbanks (1-0) W: Cypress Ranch, 13-10 15

15 Cedar Hill (0-0) Idle 16

16 Rockwall (1-0) W: Denton Braswell, 59-40 17

17 Katy Tompkins (1-0) W: Magnolia, 24-21 19

18 Midland Lee (1-0) W: Amarillo, 54-40 20

19 SA Northside Brandeis (0-0) Idle 21

20 Prosper (1-0) W: Plano Prestonwood, 27-17 22

21 Euless Trinity (1-0) W: Arlington Lamar, 35-28 23

22 Arlington (1-0) W: Mansfield, 37-7 24

23 Cypress Bridgeland (1-0) W: Klein Cain, 49-42 25

24 Cibolo Steele (0-1) L: Chester Life School (VA), 26-14 18

25 Pearland (1-0) W: The Woodlands, 21-3 NR

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CLASS 5A DIVISION I

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Denton Ryan (1-0) W: Arlington Martin, 47-24 1

2 Dallas Highland Park (0-0) Idle 4

3 Lancaster (0-0) Idle 5

4 Richmond Foster (1-0) W: Lamar Consolidated, 79-7 7

5 Manvel (0-0) Idle 6

6 Cedar Park (1-0) W: Austin Vandegrift, 21-7 8

7 Frisco Lone Star (0-1) L: North Forney, 34-31 2

8 Longview (0-1) L: Temple, 40-13 3

9 Amarillo Tascosa (2-0) W: Abilene, 26-20 10

10 College Station (1-0) W: Hutto, 55-14 NR

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CLASS 5A DIVISION II

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Ennis (1-0) W: Red Oak, 52-21 1

2 Aledo (1-0) W: Weatherford, 70-7 2

3 Lubbock Cooper (1-0) W: Amarillo Caprock, 18-0 3

4 Fort Bend Marshall (0-0) Idle 4

5 College Station A&M Consolidated (1-0) W: Waco University, 62-13 5

6 WF Rider (1-0) W: Midland, 42-13 6

7 Mansfield Timberview (1-0) W: Mansfield Lake Ridge, 28-14 7

8 Frisco (1-0) W: Frisco Independence, 17-14 8

9 Boerne Champion (1-0) W: SA Veterans Memorial, 35-0 NR

10 Marshall (1-0) W: New Caney, 34-26 NR

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CLASS 4A DIVISION I

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Argyle (4-0) Idle 1

2 Lampasas (3-0) Idle 2

3 Waco La Vega (3-1) Idle 4

4 Port Lavaca Calhoun (4-1) W: Houston Second Baptist, 63-30 5

5 CC Calallen (2-2) W: Gregory-Portland, 35-7 6

6 Canyon (4-0) W: Midland Greenwood, 48-0 7

7 Melissa (5-0) W: Paris, forfeit 8

8 Springtown (4-1) W: Midlothian Heritage, 24-17 (OT) 9

9 El Campo (3-1) W: Houston St. Thomas, 48-37 NR

10 Fredericksburg (4-1) W: Boerne, 25-24 NR

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CLASS 4A DIVISION II

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Carthage (2-0) W: Gilmer, 42-14 1

2 Texarkana Pleasant Grove (3-1) Idle 2

3 West Orange-Stark (2-0) W: Hamshire-Fannett, 37-7 3

4 Jasper (3-0) W: Vidor, 30-19 5

5 Bellville (4-0) Idle 6

6 China Spring (4-0) W: Mexia, 41-9 7

7 Gilmer (4-1) L: Carthage, 14-42 4

8 Iowa Park (4-1) W: Wichita Falls, 57-33 8

9 Wimberley (4-1) W: Somerset, 43-0 9

10 Center (4-1) W: Van, 31-28 10

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CLASS 3A DIVISION I

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Brock (4-0) W: Bowie, 79-0 1

2 Grandview (4-0) W: Maypearl, 56-13 2

3 Pottsboro (3-1) W: Howe, 52-0 4

4 Malakoff (2-2) Idle 5

5 Hallettsville (3-1) Idle 6

6 Shallowater (3-0) Idle 7

7 Yoakum (4-0) Idle 8

8 Mount Vernon (4-0) W: Emory Rains, 53-35 9

9 Wall (3-2) L: Midland Christian, 41-6 3

10 Llano (5-0) W: Ballinger, 34-0 NR

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CLASS 3A DIVISION II

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Canadian (2-1) Idle 1

2 Gunter (4-1) W: Whitewright, 31-14 2

3 Daingerfield (4-1) W: DeKalb, 36-29 4

4 East Bernard (4-1) W: Wallis Brazos, 62-6 5

5 Poth (5-0) W: Stockdale, 54-0 6

6 Spearman (5-0) W: Childress, 43-36 (OT) 7

7 Franklin (2-2) W: Lexington, 49-14 10

8 Lexington (3-1) L: Franklin, 49-14 3

9 Idalou (3-0) Idle 9

10 Childress (3-1) L: Spearman, 43-36 (OT) 8

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CLASS 2A DIVISION I

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Shiner (5-0) W: Flatonia, 49-0 1

2 Refugio (5-0) W: Taft, 41-0 2

3 Post (5-0) W: Slaton, 46-7 3

4 Lindsay (5-0) W: Collinsville, 68-26 4

5 Joaquin (4-0) W: Clarksville, 40-10 5

6 San Saba (3-1) Idle 6

7 Crawford (4-0) Idle 7

8 Timpson (5-0) W: Simms Bowie, 55-6 9

9 Panhandle (3-1) W: Stratford, 62-22 10

10 San Augustine (2-1) W: Alto, 48-20 NR

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CLASS 2A DIVISION II

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Mart (4-0) Idle 1

2 Hamlin (4-0) Idle 2

3 Wellington (4-0) W: Jacksboro, 8-6 3

4 Windthorst (5-0) W: WF City View, 39-34 4

5 Wink (5-0) W: Smyer, 52-22 5

6 Clarendon (5-0) W: Quanah, 30-19 6

7 Wheeler (4-1) W: Sunray, 19-9 9

8 Albany (3-1) Idle 8

9 Christoval (4-1) W: Goldthwaite, 49-19 NR

10 Falls City (3-2) W: Pettus, 55-0 NR

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CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION I

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Westbrook (5-0) W: Strawn, 72-22 1

2 Sterling City (5-0) W: Happy, 50-42 2

3 Gail Borden County (3-2) W: Water Valley, 46-0 3

4 Rankin (4-1) W: Calvert, 60-14 4

5 Gilmer Union Hill (4-0) W: Medina, 60-0 5

6 May (4-1) W: Blum, 74-28 6

7 Leakey (4-1) W: Fredericksburg Heritage, 58-51 8

8 Jonesboro (5-0) W: Milford, 59-14 7

9 Knox City (2-2) Idle 9

10 Happy (4-1) L: Sterling City, 50-42 NR

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CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION II

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Balmorhea (4-1) W: Nazareth, 70-50 1

2 Richland Springs (3-0) W: FW Covenant Classical, 61-16 3

3 Matador Motley County (3-1) Idle 2

4 Calvert (2-2) L: Rankin, 60-14 5

5 Jayton (4-1) W: Petersburg, 78-47 4

6 Klondike (5-0) W: Imperial Buena Vista, 50-0 6

7 Groom (4-1) W: McLean, 58-6 7

8 Strawn (3-2) L: Westbrook, 72-22 8

9 Follett (5-0) W: Barksdale Nueces Canyon, 52-8 NR

10 Whitharral (4-1) W: Hart, 58-8 NR

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PRIVATE SCHOOLS — 11-MAN

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Dallas Parish Episcopal (1-0) W: Dallas Bishop Lynch, 43-7 1

2 FW Nolan (0-0) Idle 3

3 Trinity Christian Cedar Hill (2-2) Idle 4

4 Plano John Paul II (0-1) L: Lucas Lovejoy, 52-22 2

5 SA Cornerstone (3-1) Idle 5

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PRIVATE SCHOOLS — 6-MAN

Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prev rank

1 Austin Veritas (1-0) W: Austin Texas School for the Deaf, 56-25 3

2 Fredericksburg Heritage (0-1) L: Leakey, 58-51 1

3 New Braunfels Christian (0-1) L: Bulverde Bracken Christian, 44-24 2

4 Dallas Lakehill (1-0) W: Plano Coram Deo, 86-66 4

5 Bastrop Tribe Consolidated (3-1) W: Williamson County Homeschool, 82-34 5

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