THE POWER RANKINGS: Familiar faces climb to top of Austin-area football rankings
The Dripping Springs Tigers prepare for kick-off
Let’s face it. Just two weeks into the 2024 high school football season, nobody really knows anything yet.
Teams are still sorting themselves out while playing unfamiliar foes; upsets and near misses unfold that would never happen when the teams are in their grooves, and so forth.
As a result, the cream rises to the top until a rising power curdles that cream by inflicting a second or third loss.
That’s why Lake Travis stays at No 2 despite a near-miss vs. Rockwall and Vandegrift stays at No. 3 despite their upset 2-OT loss at Cedar Park.
It’s also why Cedar Park – a team trying to reconnect with its own elite status from the recent past – has cracked this week’s list.
That said, here’s our stab at the Top 20 teams heading into Week 3.
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VYPE Austin Top-20 Combined Class 4A-6A
*Last parentheses indicates most recent game result
1. Westlake Chaparrals (6A) -- 2-0 (63-7 W v. San Benito)
2. Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) -- 2-0 (45-42 W v. Rockwall)
3. Vandegrift Vipers (6A) -- 1-1 (49-46 L 2-OT v. Cedar Park)
4. Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) -- 1-1 (35-6 W v. SA Wagner)
5. Weiss Wolves (5A-1) -- 2-0 (54-0 W v. San Marcos)
6. Hutto Hippos (6A) -- 1-1 (31-29 L v. Judson)
7. Bowie Bulldogs (6A) – 2-0 (38-27 W v. Vista Ridge)
8. Liberty Hill Panthers (5A-2) – 1-1 (57-38 W v. Rouse)
9. Cedar Park Timberwolves (5A-1) – 1-1 (49-46 W 2-OT v. Vandegrift)
10. LBJ Austin Jaguars (4A-1) -- 1-0 (Bye)
11. Round Rock Dragons (6A) – 2-0 (42-21 W v. Temple)
12. Buda Johnson Jaguars (6A) – 2-0 (35-24 v. Stony Point)
13. Anderson Trojans (5A-1) – 2-0 (62-20 W vs. Elgin)
14. Pflugerville Panthers (5A-1) – 2-0 (46-7 W v. Hays)
15. Rouse Raiders (5A-1) 1-1 (57-38 L v. Liberty Hill)
16. Georgetown Eagles (5A-1) – 2-0 (39-10 W vs. Belton)
17. Glenn Grizzlies (5A-1) – 2-0 (41-40 W v. Copperas Cove)
18. Wimberley Texans (4A-2) – 2-0 (35-9 W v. Fredericksburg)
19. Vista Ridge Rangers (6A) – 1-1 (38-27 L v. Bowie)
20. Austin High Maroons (6A) – 2-0 (35-34 W v. Westwood)
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VYPE Austin Top-5 Private Schools
1. Regents Knights (TAPPS) – 1-1 (63-7 W v. San Benito)
2. St. Michael’s Crusaders (TAPPS) – 2-0 (34-9 W v. St. John XXIII)
3. Brentwood Christian Bears (TAPPS) – 1-1 (53-14 W v. Savio)
4. St. Andrew’s Highlanders (SPC) – 2-0 (55-13 W vs. St. Francis Episcopal)
5. Hyde Park Panthers (TAPPS) – 0-1 (41-22 L vs. Lutheran South Academy)
