5A D1 District 16

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has McAllen winning 5A D1 District 16 at 7-0 in league play. The top four advance to the playoffs. Fans decide the rest, so tap a team and tell us who is really taking it.

Projected finish

1 McAllen 7-0 district 10-0 overall 2 McAllen Rowe 6-1 district 6-4 overall 3 PSJA Memorial 5-2 district 5-5 overall 4 McAllen Memorial 4-3 district 5-5 overall 5 La Joya Palmview 3-4 district 5-5 overall 6 Mission 2-5 district 2-8 overall 7 Rio Grande City 1-6 district 1-9 overall 8 Donna North 0-7 district 0-10 overall

Top four in green advance. Projection only, from the Friday Night Picks model. No games have been played yet.

The games that decide it

The five league games our model is least sure about.

Oct 8 McAllen Memorial at PSJA Memorial PSJA Memorial 50% Sep 18 La Joya Palmview at PSJA Memorial PSJA Memorial 52% Oct 16 PSJA Memorial at Rio Grande City PSJA Memorial 52% Oct 23 Rio Grande City at Mission Mission 53% Oct 30 La Joya Palmview at McAllen Memorial McAllen Memorial 56%

Beat the model on every 5A game.

Pick every district game, report scores from the stands, and settle it with your own fans.

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