5A D2 District 8

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Brenham winning 5A D2 District 8 at 5-0 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 Brenham 5-0 district 10-0 overall 2 Bryan Rudder 4-1 district 9-1 overall 3 Belton 3-2 district 6-4 overall 4 Killeen Ellison 2-3 district 4-6 overall 5 Waco University 1-4 district 2-8 overall 6 Waco 0-5 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.

Oct 9 Bryan Rudder at Belton Bryan Rudder 53% Oct 16 Brenham at Bryan Rudder Brenham 55% Oct 16 Waco University at Killeen Ellison Killeen Ellison 57% Oct 23 Killeen Ellison at Belton Belton 59% Oct 23 Bryan Rudder at Waco University Bryan Rudder 60%

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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