It's a question debated on message boards and in diners across the state of Texas since toe first met leather: what are the best high school football programs in Texas?
With data help from Jerry Forrest at PigskinPrep.com, Dave Campbell's Texas Football is proud to unveil the 2023 edition of its Texas High School Football 6-Year Program Rankings, a look at the relative strength of each UIL Texas high school football program. The goal of the project is to rank the relative strength of every program in Texas over the course of the last six seasons.
For more information on how the rankings are put together, please read our explainer on the Texas High School Footballl 6-Year Program Rankings.
2023 Texas High School Football 6-Year Program Rankings
Release Schedule
Revealed: Nos. 1,204 through 501
Revealed: Nos. 401-500
Revealed: Nos. 301-400
Revealed: Nos. 201-300
Revealed: Nos. 101-200
Today: Top 100
Today: The Top 100
2023 Rank | School | Class | Record | State Titles | Title Games | 10-Win Seasons | Last Year | 1-Year ? |
1 | Aledo | 5A | (85-6) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — |
2 | Carthage | 4A | (87-2) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — |
3 | Mart | 2A | (86-8) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — |
4 | Austin Westlake | 6A | (86-5) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ↑ 1 |
5 | Gunter | 3A | (87-6) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ↓ 1 |
6 | Galena Park North Shore | 6A | (84-8) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ↑ 1 |
7 | Duncanville | 6A | (78-7) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ↑ 7 |
8 | Refugio | 2A | (78-9) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ↑ 1 |
9 | Highland Park | 6A | (74-7) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ↓ 3 |
10 | Strawn | 1A | (67-16) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ↓ 2 |
11 | Franklin | 3A | (71-12) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | ↑ 23 |
12 | Shiner | 2A | (72-9) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ↑ 6 |
13 | Newton | 3A | (70-9) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ↓ 1 |
14 | Grandview | 3A | (72-12) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 | ↑ 7 |
15 | Pleasant Grove | 4A | (72-17) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 26 | ↑ 11 |
16 | Brock | 3A | (76-15) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | ↑ 3 |
17 | Argyle | 5A | (79-6) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | ↓ 2 |
18 | Katy | 6A | (77-7) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | ↑ 2 |
19 | Denton Ryan | 5A | (76-9) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ↓ 8 |
20 | Canadian | 3A | (78-12) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | ↓ 4 |
21 | Hawley | 2A | (72-11) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 53 | ↑ 32 |
22 | Richland Springs | 1A | (65-9) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ↓ 12 |
23 | Fort Bend Marshall | 5A | (73-10) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 | ↑ 2 |
24 | Balmorhea | 1A | (65-11) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | ↓ 11 |
25 | College Station | 5A | (69-15) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | ↑ 3 |
26 | Southlake Carroll | 6A | (75-10) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 31 | ↑ 5 |
27 | Allen | 6A | (69-10) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | ↓ 10 |
28 | South Oak Cliff | 5A | (66-14) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 65 | ↑ 37 |
29 | Cypress-Fairbanks | 6A | (64-12) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40 | ↑ 11 |
30 | Muenster | 2A | (67-16) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | ↓ 6 |
31 | Liberty Hill | 5A | (68-17) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 43 | ↑ 12 |
32 | Longview | 5A | (72-11) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 46 | ↑ 14 |
33 | China Spring | 4A | (60-22) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 67 | ↑ 34 |
34 | Gilmer | 4A | (65-19) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 35 | ↑ 1 |
35 | Wimberley | 4A | (66-21) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 52 | ↑ 17 |
36 | May | 1A | (65-12) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 29 | ↓ 7 |
37 | CC Calallen | 4A | (71-11) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | ↓ 5 |
38 | Falls City | 2A | (71-16) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 38 | — |
39 | Albany | 2A | (67-16) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 73 | ↑ 34 |
40 | Holliday | 3A | (70-12) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | ↑ 16 |
41 | CC Veterans Memorial | 5A | (70-13) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62 | ↑ 21 |
42 | Waco La Vega | 4A | (65-18) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | ↓ 15 |
43 | Stratford | 2A | (67-18) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 41 | ↓ 2 |
44 | Jonesboro | 1A | (63-14) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 33 | ↓ 11 |
45 | Austin Vandegrift | 6A | (66-14) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 83 | ↑ 38 |
46 | DeSoto | 6A | (63-15) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37 | ↓ 9 |
47 | Denton Guyer | 6A | (66-18) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 60 | ↑ 13 |
48 | Cuero | 4A | (61-19) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 42 | ↓ 6 |
49 | Westbrook | 1A | (48-25) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 132 | ↑ 83 |
50 | Wellington | 2A | (71-12) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45 | ↓ 5 |
51 | Spring Westfield | 6A | (68-10) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | ↓ 2 |
52 | Mason | 2A | (65-14) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 36 | ↓ 16 |
53 | McLean | 1A | (54-19) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 48 | ↓ 5 |
54 | Poth | 3A | (64-11) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 93 | ↑ 39 |
55 | Borden County | 1A | (59-17) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ↓ 33 |
56 | Gilmer Union Hill | 1A | (60-12) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | ↓ 2 |
57 | Malakoff | 3A | (64-16) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 51 | ↓ 6 |
58 | Lake Travis | 6A | (63-16) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ↓ 35 |
59 | Humble Atascocita | 6A | (62-15) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | ↓ 2 |
60 | New Deal | 2A | (59-15) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 44 | ↓ 16 |
61 | Geronimo Navarro | 4A | (63-17) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | ↓ 22 |
62 | Motley County | 1A | (57-20) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50 | ↓ 12 |
63 | Windthorst | 2A | (58-22) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 47 | ↑ 1 |
64 | Manvel | 5A | (63-14) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 70 | ↑ 6 |
65 | Lubbock-Cooper | 5A | (66-15) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | ↑ 21 |
66 | Edinburg Vela | 5A | (61-10) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | ↑ 14 |
67 | Tuscola Jim Ned | 3A | (59-16) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55 | ↓ 12 |
68 | Crawford | 2A | (65-17) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | ↑ 7 |
69 | Sterling City | 2A | (56-17) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 94 | ↑ 25 |
70 | Cisco | 2A | (61-16) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 133 | ↑ 63 |
71 | Shallowater | 3A | (59-14) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103 | ↑ 32 |
72 | Melissa | 5A | (62-18) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 140 | ↑ 68 |
73 | Rankin | 1A | (57-16) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | ↓ 10 |
74 | Follett | 1A | (55-17) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 99 | ↑ 25 |
75 | Stephenville | 4A | (56-21) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | ↓ 45 |
76 | West Orange-Stark | 4A | (56-17) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 114 | ↑ 38 |
77 | CC Flour Bluff | 5A | (60-19) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 138 | ↑ 62 |
77 | Timpson | 2A | (60-19) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | ↓ 1 |
79 | Happy | 1A | (57-19) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | ↑ 8 |
80 | Blum | 1A | (53-22) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 84 | ↑ 4 |
81 | Holland | 2A | (58-18) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | ↓ 20 |
82 | Hamlin | 2A | (50-24) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 126 | ↑ 44 |
83 | Arlington Martin | 6A | (56-17) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79 | ↓ 4 |
84 | Euless Trinity | 6A | (55-18) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | ↑ 16 |
85 | Mount Vernon | 3A | (62-15) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | ↑ 7 |
86 | Dripping Springs | 6A | (59-13) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | ↑ 49 |
87 | Amarillo Tascosa | 5A | (55-20) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | ↓ 28 |
88 | Cedar Park | 5A | (54-22) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 58 | ↓ 29 |
88 | Tenaha | 2A | (54-22) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 71 | ↓ 18 |
90 | Jayton | 1A | (59-17) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 210 | ↑ 120 |
91 | Abbott | 1A | (50-20) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 74 | ↓ 17 |
92 | Frisco Lone Star | 5A | (61-16) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | ↓ 3 |
93 | Lorena | 3A | (51-23) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 72 | ↓ 21 |
94 | Abernathy | 3A | (60-15) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | ↓ 6 |
95 | Klein Collins | 6A | (52-17) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | ↑ 2 |
96 | Midlothian Heritage | 5A | (60-17) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | ↓ 20 |
97 | Kennedale | 4A | (57-16-1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 146 | ↑ 49 |
98 | Bushland | 3A | (59-16) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 146 | ↑ 49 |
98 | Glen Rose | 4A | (59-16) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 189 | ↑ 90 |
100 | Columbus | 3A | (54-23) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105 | ↑ 5 |
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