5A D1 District 3

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Denton winning 5A D1 District 3 at 6-0 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 Denton 6-0 district 10-0 overall 2 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 5-1 district 9-1 overall 3 Denton Ryan 4-2 district 5-4 overall 4 Azle 3-3 district 3-7 overall 5 Keller Fossil Ridge 1-5 district 1-9 overall 6 Saginaw 1-5 district 2-8 overall 7 Sherman 1-5 district 1-9 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.

Nov 6 Saginaw at Sherman Sherman 50% Sep 25 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail at Azle Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 51% Sep 25 Denton at Denton Ryan Denton 52% Oct 9 Denton at Fort Worth Chisholm Trail Denton 52% Oct 2 Keller Fossil Ridge at Saginaw Saginaw 53%

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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