5A D1 District 8

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Lancaster winning 5A D1 District 8 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 Lancaster 7-0 district 9-1 overall 2 Burleson Centennial 6-1 district 8-2 overall 3 DeSoto 5-2 district 6-3 overall 4 Mansfield Summit 4-3 district 5-5 overall 5 Midlothian 3-4 district 3-7 overall 6 Mansfield Legacy 2-5 district 2-8 overall 7 Cedar Hill 1-6 district 1-9 overall 8 Cleburne 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 15 Cedar Hill at Mansfield Legacy Mansfield Legacy 54% Sep 18 DeSoto at Burleson Centennial Burleson Centennial 55% Sep 18 Cedar Hill at Midlothian Midlothian 57% Oct 23 Burleson Centennial at Lancaster Lancaster 58% Oct 9 DeSoto at Lancaster Lancaster 58%

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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