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
Today: Nos. 401-500
Thursday: Nos. 301-400
Friday: Nos. 201-300
Monday: Nos. 101-200
Tuesday: Top 100
Today: Nos. 500 through 401
| 2023 Rank | School | Class | Record | State Titles | Title Games | 10-Win Seasons | Last Year | 1-Year ? |
| 401 | Paradise | 3A | (36-28) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 613 | ↑ 212 |
| 402 | Round Rock | 6A | (41-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 | ↓ 92 |
| 403 | Lumberton | 4A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 681 | ↑ 278 |
| 404 | Mission Sharyland | 5A | (40-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 | ↓ 7 |
| 405 | Gorman | 1A | (40-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 | ↑ 27 |
| 406 | Lake Worth | 4A | (37-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 671 | ↑ 265 |
| 407 | Cherokee | 1A | (35-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 658 | ↑ 251 |
| 408 | Clear Falls | 6A | (40-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 549 | ↑ 141 |
| 408 | Lyford | 3A | (40-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | ↓ 8 |
| 410 | Natalia | 3A | (41-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 | ↑ 22 |
| 411 | Pflugerville Hendrickson | 5A | (35-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 417 | ↑ 6 |
| 411 | North Forney | 6A | (35-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 393 | ↓ 18 |
| 413 | Raymondville | 4A | (37-20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 451 | ↑ 38 |
| 414 | Ballinger | 3A | (36-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 375 | ↓ 39 |
| 415 | Valley View | 3A | (31-36) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 367 | ↓ 48 |
| 416 | Pasadena Dobie | 6A | (39-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | ↑ 22 |
| 416 | Weslaco East | 5A | (39-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | ↓ 25 |
| 418 | EP Eastwood | 6A | (40-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 480 | ↑ 62 |
| 418 | Cross Plains | 2A | (40-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 | ↓ 9 |
| 420 | Coleman | 2A | (35-30) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 435 | ↑ 15 |
| 421 | Denison | 5A | (39-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 442 | ↑ 21 |
| 422 | Devine | 4A | (40-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 | ↑ 10 |
| 422 | Ropesville Ropes | 2A | (40-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 | ↓ 13 |
| 424 | EP Riverside | 4A | (33-27) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 532 | ↑ 108 |
| 425 | Dawson | 2A | (35-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 550 | ↑ 125 |
| 425 | Beeville Jones | 4A | (35-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 358 | ↓ 67 |
| 427 | Quinlan Ford | 4A | (34-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 449 | ↑ 22 |
| 427 | Schertz Clemens | 6A | (34-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 411 | ↓ 16 |
| 427 | Water Valley | 2A | (34-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 402 | ↓ 25 |
| 430 | Archer City | 2A | (39-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 556 | ↑ 126 |
| 430 | Deer Park | 6A | (39-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 468 | ↑ 38 |
| 430 | Royse City | 6A | (39-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | ↑ 62 |
| 430 | DeKalb | 3A | (39-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 505 | ↑ 75 |
| 434 | Riesel | 2A | (36-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 446 | ↑ 12 |
| 434 | Giddings | 4A | (36-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 252 | ↓ 182 |
| 436 | North Crowley | 6A | (34-30) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 860 | ↑ 424 |
| 437 | Aspermont | 1A | (38-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 511 | ↑ 74 |
| 438 | Henderson | 4A | (35-33) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 232 | ↓ 206 |
| 439 | Frisco Wakeland | 5A | (40-28) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 440 | ↑ 1 |
| 440 | Burleson | 5A | (38-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 450 | ↑ 10 |
| 440 | Lewisville Hebron | 6A | (38-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | ↓ 40 |
| 442 | Whitehouse | 5A | (39-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 482 | ↑ 40 |
| 443 | Byron Nelson | 6A | (35-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 738 | ↑ 295 |
| 444 | Van Alstyne | 4A | (40-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | ↑ 4 |
| 445 | Sweeny | 4A | (34-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 344 | ↓ 101 |
| 445 | Clifton | 3A | (34-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 375 | ↓ 70 |
| 447 | Orangefield | 3A | (37-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 526 | ↑ 79 |
| 447 | The Colony | 5A | (37-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 382 | ↓ 65 |
| 449 | Cypress Woods | 6A | (38-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 556 | ↑ 107 |
| 449 | Gregory-Portland | 5A | (38-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | ↑ 43 |
| 451 | Coolidge | 1A | (37-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399 | ↓ 52 |
| 452 | Paris | 4A | (40-30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 343 | ↓ 109 |
| 453 | Mansfield | 6A | (33-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 317 | ↓ 136 |
| 454 | EP Austin | 4A | (37-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 539 | ↑ 85 |
| 454 | Hebbronville | 3A | (37-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | ↓ 16 |
| 456 | New Home | 2A | (34-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 699 | ↑ 243 |
| 456 | Hondo | 3A | (34-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 524 | ↑ 68 |
| 458 | Universal City Randolph | 3A | (39-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 584 | ↑ 126 |
| 459 | Mansfield Lake Ridge | 6A | (33-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 405 | ↓ 54 |
| 459 | Montgomery | 5A | (33-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 404 | ↓ 55 |
| 461 | D'Hanis | 2A | (37-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | ↑ 11 |
| 461 | New Braunfels | 6A | (37-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | ↑ 31 |
| 461 | EP Franklin | 6A | (37-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 505 | ↑ 44 |
| 461 | Dallas Wilson | 5A | (37-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 283 | ↓ 178 |
| 465 | Troy | 3A | (33-33) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 420 | ↓ 45 |
| 466 | Langham Creek | 6A | (32-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 425 | ↓ 41 |
| 467 | EP Burges | 5A | (36-25-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 431 | ↓ 36 |
| 468 | Pampa | 4A | (38-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 465 | ↓ 3 |
| 469 | Madisonville | 4A | (33-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 581 | ↑ 112 |
| 469 | Taft | 3A | (33-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 745 | ↑ 276 |
| 471 | Little Cypress-Mauriceville | 4A | (32-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 489 | ↑ 18 |
| 472 | Rio Hondo | 3A | (33-21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 | ↓ 31 |
| 473 | Spring DeKaney | 6A | (37-28) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 556 | ↑ 83 |
| 473 | Friendswood | 5A | (37-28) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 396 | ↓ 77 |
| 475 | Navasota | 4A | (38-30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 583 | ↑ 108 |
| 476 | Houston Wheatley | 4A | (34-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 476 | — |
| 477 | Godley | 4A | (38-31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 459 | ↓ 18 |
| 478 | Little River Academy | 3A | (32-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 499 | ↑ 21 |
| 478 | Sweetwater | 4A | (32-34) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 177 | ↓ 301 |
| 480 | Alice | 4A | (36-28) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 505 | ↑ 25 |
| 481 | Alpine | 3A | (38-32) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 509 | ↑ 28 |
| 481 | Bosqueville | 2A | (38-32) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 392 | ↓ 89 |
| 483 | SA Madison | 6A | (37-30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 475 | ↓ 8 |
| 484 | Waxahachie | 6A | (32-35) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 706 | ↑ 222 |
| 485 | Roscoe Highland | 1A | (34-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 | ↓ 87 |
| 486 | Zephyr | 1A | (30-33) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 384 | ↓ 102 |
| 487 | Forsan | 2A | (31-33) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 499 | ↑ 12 |
| 488 | EP Montwood | 6A | (30-31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 402 | ↓ 86 |
| 489 | Hemphill | 3A | (35-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 753 | ↑ 264 |
| 489 | McAllen Rowe | 5A | (35-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | ↓ 17 |
| 489 | Clint | 4A | (35-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 408 | ↓ 81 |
| 492 | Brownsville Hanna | 6A | (29-29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 471 | ↓ 21 |
| 493 | Teague | 3A | (32-36) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 337 | ↓ 156 |
| 494 | Anahuac | 3A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 608 | ↑ 114 |
| 494 | Houston Memorial | 6A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 630 | ↑ 136 |
| 494 | Dallas Kimball | 5A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 520 | ↑ 26 |
| 494 | Coahoma | 3A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 593 | ↑ 99 |
| 494 | Rocksprings | 2A | (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 482 | ↓ 12 |
| 499 | Victoria West | 5A | (37-31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 528 | ↑ 29 |
| 499 | Everman | 5A | (37-31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 | ↑ 56 |
| 499 | Yorktown | 2A | (37-31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453 | ↓ 46 |
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