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With the sweltering summer heat stretching across West Texas and the start of a new school year on the horizon, it’s nearly time to kick off another season of Texas high school football.
Schools throughout the Big Country and Lone Star State are beginning their fall practices in early August in preparation for the Week 1 kickoff of the 2026 Texas high school football season from Thursday, Aug. 27, through Saturday, Aug. 28.
The 2026 season will be a test of the University Interscholastic League’s new district alignments for more than 1,000 Texas high school football programs after the latest round of UIL realignment remixed district assignments statewide.
That got us thinking: What will be the Big Country’s pound-for-pound strongest district during the 2026 Texas high school football season?
We want to hear from you! Check out all 17 of the Big Country-area’s 11-man football districts for the 2026-27 Texas high school football seasons below, and then cast your vote for the Big Country’s toughest district in 2026.
Here’s a complete look at all the new district assignments for Big Country high school football teams following the latest round of UIL realignment:
Schools – Abilene High; Amarillo Caprock; Amarillo High; Amarillo Tascosa; Lubbock High; Lubbock Monterey; Wolfforth Frenship; Wolfforth Frenship Memorial
Reigning district champions – Abilene High (9-3 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Abilene High; Amarillo High; Amarillo Tascosa; Lubbock Monterey
Combined 2025 regular season record – 33-43
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-4
Schools – Abilene Cooper; Abilene Wylie; Amarillo Palo Duro; Lubbock Cooper; Lubbock Coronado; Wichita Falls Legacy; Wichita Falls Memorial
Reigning district champions – Amarillo Palo Duro (10-2 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Abilene Cooper; Amarillo Palo Duro; Lubbock Cooper; Wichita Falls Memorial
Combined 2025 regular season record – 39-38
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-4
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Schools – Burnet; China Spring; Jarrell; Lampasas; Marble Falls; Stephenville
Reigning district champions – Stephenville (16-0 4A DI UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Burnet; China Spring (4A DII); Jarrell (4A DII); Lampasas; Stephenville
Combined 2025 regular season record – 10-4
Combined 2025 postseason record – 45-29
Schools – Big Spring; Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos; Seminole; Snyder
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Big Spring (4A DI); Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos (4A DI); Seminole
Combined 2025 regular season record – 24-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-5
Schools – Brownwood; Gatesville; Robinson; Salado; Waco Connally; Waco La Vega
Reigning district champions – Salado (8-4 area finalist in 2025); Waco La Vega (11-3 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Brownwood (4A DI); Gatesville; Robinson; Salado; Waco La Vega
Combined 2025 regular season record – 45-26
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-5
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Schools – Clyde; Kermit; Lamesa; Odessa Compass Academy; Sweetwater; Tuscola Jim Ned
Reigning district champions – Tuscola Jim Ned (11-2 regional semifinalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Clyde; Kermit; Lamesa; Odessa Compass Academy (3A DII); Sweetwater; Tuscola Jim Ned
Combined 2025 regular season record – 39-29
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-6
Schools – Early; Ingram Moore; Llano; San Angelo TLCA; Wall
Reigning district champions – Wall (16-0 3A DII UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Early (3A DII); Ingram Moore; Llano; Wall (3A DII)
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-24
Combined 2025 postseason record – 12-3
Schools – Alpine; Anthony; Coahoma; Crane; San Angelo Grape Creek; Stanton
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Alpine; Anthony; Coahoma; Crane; San Angelo Grape Creek
Combined 2025 regular season record – 27-39
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-5
Schools – Breckenridge; Henrietta; Holliday; Jacksboro; Merkel; Wichita Falls City View
Reigning district champions – Jacksboro (7-5 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Breckenridge; Henrietta; Holliday; Jacksboro; Merkel; Wichita Falls City View
Combined 2025 regular season record – 42-30
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-6
Schools – Clifton; Comanche; Dublin; Eastland; Hamilton; Millsap; Rio Vista; Tolar
Reigning district champions – Hamilton (14-2 2A DI UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Clifton; Hamilton; Tolar
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-46
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-2
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Schools – Ballinger; Christoval; Colorado City; Forsan; Ozona; Reagan County; Sonora
Reigning district champions – Ozona (10-1 bi-district finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Christoval; Forsan; Ozona; Sonora
Combined 2025 regular season record – 32-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 0-4
Schools – Abilene TLCA; Anson; Cisco; De Leon; Hawley; Hico
Reigning district champions – Cisco (12-2 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Anson; Cisco; De Leon; Hawley; Hico
Combined 2025 regular season record – 43-29
Combined 2025 postseason record – 7-5
Schools – Bangs; Brady; Coleman; Johnson City; Mason; San Saba
Reigning district champions – Mason (10-4 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Bangs; Brady (3A DII); Johnson City; Mason; San Saba
Combined 2025 regular season record – 36-32
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-5
Schools – Big Spring Pathway; Crosbyton; Lockney; Ralls; Roscoe; Tahoka
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Lockney; Roscoe; Tahoka
Combined 2025 regular season record – 18-36
Combined 2025 postseason record – 1-3
Schools – Archer City; Electra; Haskell; Munday; Petrolia; Seymour; Windthorst
Reigning district champions – Windthorst (9-3 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Electra; Haskell; Petrolia; Windthorst
Combined 2025 regular season record – 35-40
Combined 2025 postseason record – 1-4
Schools – Albany; Cross Plains; Goldthwaite; Hamlin; Miles; Stamford; Winters
Reigning district champions – Albany (10-3 regional semifinalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Albany; Cross Plains; Goldthwaite; Hamlin; Stamford (2A DI)
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-38
Combined 2025 postseason record – 4-5
Schools – Crawford; Frost; Hubbard; Mart; Meridian; Santo; Wortham
Reigning district champions – Crawford (10-2 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Crawford (2A DI); Mart; Santo
Combined 2025 regular season record – 34-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-3
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Schools throughout the Big Country and Lone Star State are beginning their fall practices in early August in preparation for the Week 1 kickoff of the 2026 Texas high school football season from Thursday, Aug. 27, through Saturday, Aug. 28.
The 2026 season will be a test of the University Interscholastic League’s new district alignments for more than 1,000 Texas high school football programs after the latest round of UIL realignment remixed district assignments statewide.
That got us thinking: What will be the Big Country’s pound-for-pound strongest district during the 2026 Texas high school football season?
We want to hear from you! Check out all 17 of the Big Country-area’s 11-man football districts for the 2026-27 Texas high school football seasons below, and then cast your vote for the Big Country’s toughest district in 2026.
Here’s a complete look at all the new district assignments for Big Country high school football teams following the latest round of UIL realignment:
Fan Vote: What will be the Big Country area’s strongest high school football district in 2026?
DISTRICT 2-5A DI
Schools – Abilene High; Amarillo Caprock; Amarillo High; Amarillo Tascosa; Lubbock High; Lubbock Monterey; Wolfforth Frenship; Wolfforth Frenship Memorial
Reigning district champions – Abilene High (9-3 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Abilene High; Amarillo High; Amarillo Tascosa; Lubbock Monterey
Combined 2025 regular season record – 33-43
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-4
DISTRICT 2-5A DII
Schools – Abilene Cooper; Abilene Wylie; Amarillo Palo Duro; Lubbock Cooper; Lubbock Coronado; Wichita Falls Legacy; Wichita Falls Memorial
Reigning district champions – Amarillo Palo Duro (10-2 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Abilene Cooper; Amarillo Palo Duro; Lubbock Cooper; Wichita Falls Memorial
Combined 2025 regular season record – 39-38
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-4
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DISTRICT 12-4A DI
Schools – Burnet; China Spring; Jarrell; Lampasas; Marble Falls; Stephenville
Reigning district champions – Stephenville (16-0 4A DI UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Burnet; China Spring (4A DII); Jarrell (4A DII); Lampasas; Stephenville
Combined 2025 regular season record – 10-4
Combined 2025 postseason record – 45-29
DISTRICT 2-4A DII
Schools – Big Spring; Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos; Seminole; Snyder
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Big Spring (4A DI); Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos (4A DI); Seminole
Combined 2025 regular season record – 24-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-5
DISTRICT 13-4A DI
Schools – Brownwood; Gatesville; Robinson; Salado; Waco Connally; Waco La Vega
Reigning district champions – Salado (8-4 area finalist in 2025); Waco La Vega (11-3 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Brownwood (4A DI); Gatesville; Robinson; Salado; Waco La Vega
Combined 2025 regular season record – 45-26
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-5
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DISTRICT 2-3A DI
Schools – Clyde; Kermit; Lamesa; Odessa Compass Academy; Sweetwater; Tuscola Jim Ned
Reigning district champions – Tuscola Jim Ned (11-2 regional semifinalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Clyde; Kermit; Lamesa; Odessa Compass Academy (3A DII); Sweetwater; Tuscola Jim Ned
Combined 2025 regular season record – 39-29
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-6
DISTRICT 3-3A DI
Schools – Early; Ingram Moore; Llano; San Angelo TLCA; Wall
Reigning district champions – Wall (16-0 3A DII UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Early (3A DII); Ingram Moore; Llano; Wall (3A DII)
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-24
Combined 2025 postseason record – 12-3
DISTRICT 3-3A DII
Schools – Alpine; Anthony; Coahoma; Crane; San Angelo Grape Creek; Stanton
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Alpine; Anthony; Coahoma; Crane; San Angelo Grape Creek
Combined 2025 regular season record – 27-39
Combined 2025 postseason record – 2-5
DISTRICT 4-3A DII
Schools – Breckenridge; Henrietta; Holliday; Jacksboro; Merkel; Wichita Falls City View
Reigning district champions – Jacksboro (7-5 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Breckenridge; Henrietta; Holliday; Jacksboro; Merkel; Wichita Falls City View
Combined 2025 regular season record – 42-30
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-6
DISTRICT 5-3A DII
Schools – Clifton; Comanche; Dublin; Eastland; Hamilton; Millsap; Rio Vista; Tolar
Reigning district champions – Hamilton (14-2 2A DI UIL state champion in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Clifton; Hamilton; Tolar
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-46
Combined 2025 postseason record – 6-2
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DISTRICT 4-2A DI
Schools – Ballinger; Christoval; Colorado City; Forsan; Ozona; Reagan County; Sonora
Reigning district champions – Ozona (10-1 bi-district finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Christoval; Forsan; Ozona; Sonora
Combined 2025 regular season record – 32-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 0-4
DISTRICT 5-2A DI
Schools – Abilene TLCA; Anson; Cisco; De Leon; Hawley; Hico
Reigning district champions – Cisco (12-2 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Anson; Cisco; De Leon; Hawley; Hico
Combined 2025 regular season record – 43-29
Combined 2025 postseason record – 7-5
DISTRICT 7-2A DI
Schools – Bangs; Brady; Coleman; Johnson City; Mason; San Saba
Reigning district champions – Mason (10-4 regional finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Bangs; Brady (3A DII); Johnson City; Mason; San Saba
Combined 2025 regular season record – 36-32
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-5
DISTRICT 3-2A DII
Schools – Big Spring Pathway; Crosbyton; Lockney; Ralls; Roscoe; Tahoka
Reigning district champions – None
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Lockney; Roscoe; Tahoka
Combined 2025 regular season record – 18-36
Combined 2025 postseason record – 1-3
DISTRICT 6-2A DII
Schools – Archer City; Electra; Haskell; Munday; Petrolia; Seymour; Windthorst
Reigning district champions – Windthorst (9-3 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Electra; Haskell; Petrolia; Windthorst
Combined 2025 regular season record – 35-40
Combined 2025 postseason record – 1-4
DISTRICT 7-2A DII
Schools – Albany; Cross Plains; Goldthwaite; Hamlin; Miles; Stamford; Winters
Reigning district champions – Albany (10-3 regional semifinalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Albany; Cross Plains; Goldthwaite; Hamlin; Stamford (2A DI)
Combined 2025 regular season record – 41-38
Combined 2025 postseason record – 4-5
DISTRICT 8-2A DII
Schools – Crawford; Frost; Hubbard; Mart; Meridian; Santo; Wortham
Reigning district champions – Crawford (10-2 area finalist in 2025)
Teams that reached 2025 UIL Playoffs – Crawford (2A DI); Mart; Santo
Combined 2025 regular season record – 34-42
Combined 2025 postseason record – 3-3
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