Texas High School football playoffs 2023-2024 schedule covers games from 9 November to 16 December. Rockwall will play Wylie on 10 November.
Teams from all classes ranging from 1A to 6A will take part in the matchups this Friday. Some schools have already completed their first match on 9 November at 7:00 PM ET.
Different regions range from one to five under which different teams compete against each other. Among them, Lewisville already played against Allen while Arlington Martin hustled up with Richardson Berkner.
Some starting fixtures for Friday 10 November are:
- El Paso Pebble Hills vs. Odessa Permian
- North Crowley vs. Keller
- Prosper vs. Plano East
- Sachse vs. Rockwall-Heath
- Duncanville vs. Huto
- Klein Collins vs. Cypress Ranch
- Rockwall vs. Wylie
- Spring West Field vs. Conroe
- Waco Midway vs. Waxahachie
Most of the games are scheduled to kick off exactly at 7:00 PM ET while some of them have set their time at 7:30 PM ET. There are a total of four regions in 6A Division I from which different teams will face each other.
Texas High School Football Playoffs Dates
Texas High School Football Playoff started on 9 November, Thursday. 50 teams from 6A DI will still play their starter through 10 November.
7 fixtures have already occurred for this season’s playoffs while 25 games are set to take place in different high school and NFL stadiums across Texas this Friday.
Below is the list of teams playing their matches on 10 November:
6A Division I
- Cypress Brdigeland vs. Klein Cain
- Cy-fair vs. Houston Bellaire
- Katy vs. Fort Bend Travis
- Alvin Shadow Creek vs. Clear Springs
- Houston Lamar vs. Jersey Village
- Front Bend Ridge point vs, Katy Tompkins
- Pasadena Dobie vs. Humble Atascoctica
- Dickinson vs. Pearland
- Austin Vandergrift vs. Lake Travis
- New Braunfels vs. San Antonio Johnson
- San Antonio Brennan vs. Laredo United South
- PSJA vs. Los Fresnos
- Austin Westlake vs. Round Rock
- San Antonio Regan vs. San Antonio East Central
- Laredo United vs. San Antonio Traft
Statewide High School Playoff Start Dates
- Alabama: 3 November in AISA, 10 November in AHSAA
- Arizona: 3 November for 3A and 2A, 10 November for 6A, 5A, 4A, 17 November for Open Divison
- Arkansas: 10 November
- California: 3 November (Central Section), November 10-11 (Central Coast Section), November 10-11 (North Coast Section LA)
- Colorado: 9 November for 3A, 28 November for Connecticut, 17 November for Dalware, and 10 November for Florida and Georgia, Louisiana, and Hawaii.
- West Virginia: 10 November
- Washington DC: 10 November
- Virginia: 11 November
- New York, Long Island: 11 November
Texas High School Football Playoff Bracket 2023
Texas High School Football playoff bracket comprises 16 teams from each region. Only the top four teams of the district advance to playoffs.
Texas 6A football playoffs bracket will see a total of 64 teams hustling up against each other to make their way to the state championship. The teams will start from November 9 through 10.
From 16-18 November 32 teams from the previous game will play against each other to reach the top 16. and only eight will compete in the next round making way for the fours to battle up to make their way to the state championship taking place on 15 December.
A similar format applies to the 5A Divison I team. THS Football playoffs matches for 5A DI on Friday are:
Region I
- El Paso Del Valle vs. Amarillo Tascosa
- Midlothian vs. Justin Northwest
- Denton Ryan vs. Lake Belton
- Aledo vs. Kileen Shoemaker
- Red Oak vs. Burleson Centennial
- El Paso Bel Air vs. Amarillo
Region II
- Richland vs. Frisco
- Barbers Hill vs. McKinney North
- Forney vs. Port Arthur Memorial
- Longview vs. New Caney Porter
- Frisco Reedy vs. Carrollton Smith
- La Porte vs. Lancaster
- Mansfield vs. Frisco Wakeland
Region III
- Galveston Ball vs. Angleton
- New Braunfels Canyon vs. Cedar Park
- College Station A&M Consolidated vs. San Antonio Wagner
- College Station vs. Boerne Champion
- Magnolia vs. Houston Sterling
- Smithson Valley vs. Georgetown
- Magnolia West vs. Houston Madison
Region IV
- San Antonio Southside vs. Victoria West
- Harlingen South vs. McAllen Memorial
- Edinburg Vela vs. Weslaco East
- Victoria East vs. Medina Valley
- Brownsville Veterans Memorial vs. McAllen
- San Antonio Southwest vs. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial
Where Is The Texas High School Football State Championship?
Texas High School Football State Championship will occur at AT&T Stadium. The matches are scheduled to take place from 13-16 December.
It is the home ground of the Dallas Cowboys football team and was formerly known as the Cowboys Stadium. The field has the capacity to accommodate 80,000 audiences and 105,000 people with standing rooms.
It is located in Arlington, Texas. All matches starting from 13 December until the 16th of the same month will be hosted at the Field.
While 11 states are still indulged in playing regular season football, all other states have already begun their quest for state championship games.
The playoff matches have already started around the country, some states even played it in October. With the quest already taking its pace, the HS football rankings are also out.
Below are the top 25 rank holders of THS football along with their records.
Texas High School Football Rankings 2023 – Top 25
- DeSoto Eagles: 9-0, 7-0
- Galena Park North Shore Mustangs: 10-0, 7-0
- Duncanville Panthers: 8-1, 6-1
- Austin Westlake Chaparrals: 10-0, 8-0
- Aledo Bearcats: 10-0, 8-0
- Vandegrift Vipers: 10-0, 7-0
- Katy Tigers: 9-1, 8-0
- Prosper Eagles: 9-1, 7-0
- Carthage Bulldogs: 10-0, 6-0
- Southlake Carroll Dragons: 9-1, 6-1
- Cibolo-Steele Knights: 9-1, 5-0
- South Oak Cliff Bears: 8-2, 6-0
- Reagan Rattlers: 10-0, 8-0
- Lucas-Lovejoy Leopards: 9-1, 7-0
- Melissa Cardinals: 9-1, 6-1
- North Crowley Panthers: 10-0, 7-0
- Willis Wildkats: 10-0, 8-0
- Corpus Christi Miller Buccaneers: 10-0, 7-0
- Longview Lobos: 9-1, 7-0
- Pharr San Juan Alamo North Raiders: 10-0, 7-0
- Summer Creek Bulldogs: 9-1, 6-1
- Atascocita Eagles: 8-2, 5-2
- Byron Nelson Bobcats: 10-0, 7-0
- Timpson Bears: 10-0, 6-0
- Smithson Valley Rangers: 9-1, 7-0
How Does High School Football Playoffs Work?
High School football playoff format lets two teams from each district advance to playoffs for Conference 1A. The number is 4 for 2A-6A.
University Interscholastic League has set up different rules for different conferences regarding how a team can make their way to state championship games.
The classification of conferences is made according to the number of enrollments in the school. The number of conferences is determined according to the number of participating teams.
For instance, the schools that fall under 1A have the least number of enrollments, and those under 7A have a larger number of student volumes.
Usually, each state will have six to seven conferences depending upon the number of teams battling up in the High School football.
Each high school in those conferences will play 10-11 games per regular season and only the teams with top records will qualify to take part in the playoffs.
UIL has come up with a format for how things work for each conference during the HS playoffs. Let’s look at them in brief below:
1A (Division I and II)
In this conference, two teams from each district will make their way to the playoffs. Both divisions, Conference 1A Division I and 1A Division II will be awarded one state championship crown each.
2A, 3A, 4A, 5A (I and II)
- The top four teams from each district advance to playoffs
- One State Championship Crown for 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A Division I
- One State Championship Crown for 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A Division II
6A
- The top four teams from each district advance to playoffs
- Two schools with the largest student enrollment volume will automatically reach to Division I bracket
- The remaining two schools from the above four will automatically advance to Division II bracket
- Two State Championship will be awarded Per Conference in 6A