Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, the official rankings provider for the Associated Press, released this week’s new Texas High School Football rankings after week five of the 6A-1A and private school seasons.

In honor of the beginning of the season for the state’s 5A and 6A schools, here are six notables from last weekend’s action, including the return of Galena Park North Shore, Denton Ryan, big nights from Rockwall ISD, and a huge win for Stephenville.

A quick top-down view of some of the Friday night happenings around the state.

Dave Campbell's Texas Football Managing Editor Greg Tepper recaps a wild night of Texas high school football, including Galena Park North Shore over Alvin Shadow Creek, Denton Ryan over Arlington Martin, Temple over Longview, Austin Westlake over Schertz Clemens, Shiner over Flatonia, College Station over Hutto, Carthage over Gilmer, Ennis over Red Oak and more.

Dave Campbell's Texas Football Managing Editor Greg Tepper gives his picks for the best Texas high school football games.

With the landscape of Texas high school football changing for the 2020 season, the UIL is loosening its restriction on live streamed broadcasts to help alleviate the burden on fans having less opportunity to watch games in person due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions.

Tep & Stepp — DCTF's subscribers-only high school football podcast — nerds out on a huge Week 5 of Texas high school football.

Dave Campbell's Texas Football high school insider Matt Stepp previews the biggest games around the state for Week 5, including Denton Ryan vs Arlington Martin, Longview vs Temple, North Shore vs Shadow Creek, Austin Westlake vs Schertz Clemens and Carthage vs Gilmer! 

DCTF's TXHSFB Insider Matt Stepp has broken down each region all UIL 11-man classifications and now its time for his state title predictions! Let us know if you agree or disagree with his picks in our brand new forums!