Rankings after one week don’t mean much. After all, at this point of the season, we’ve had a round of scrimmages, often played in the early morning hours to avoid the searing heat, and – at best – one game to get an early sense of the contenders and pretenders.

I mention “at best” because Mother Nature did her best to disrupt and delay the start of the 2026 Texas High School season and often succeeded. Several games were delayed, cancelled or suspended in progress while others endured lengthy weather delays and finished in the wee hours.