Allen, Aledo lead top 2 classes in Texas high school poll
Three-time defending state champion Allen tops Class 6A in the 2015 Texas Associated Press high school football preseason poll, and two-time champ Aledo leads the 5A rankings.
Allen received 14 of 25 first-place votes and 231 points from a panel of writers, editors and broadcasters who cover the Texas schoolboy ranks. No. 2 DeSoto, which lost to Allen in the playoffs the past two years, had eight first-place votes and 214 points in the poll released Wednesday.
The state's highest classification was renamed Class 6A last year, and Allen took the Division I title after winning the 5A Division I crown in 2012 and 2013.
Aledo won the 5A Division I title last year after taking the 4A Division II championship in 2013. Aledo has five state titles in the past six years.
The top-ranked teams in lower classifications are defending champions: Navasota (4A), Cameron Yoe (3A) and Canadian (2A).
Others receiving votes: 11, Southlake Carroll 26. 12, Pearland 15. 13, Spring Westfield 13. 14, Lake Travis 12. 15, Dickinson 6. 16, Arlington Martin 4. 17, Austin Westlake 2. 18, Hewitt Midway 1. 18, SA Northside Brennan 1.
Others receiving votes: 11, Houston Stratford 28. 12, Longview 17. 13, Fort Bend Ridge Point 16. 14, Kerrville Tivy 15. 15, CC Flour Bluff 9. 16, Mansfield Lake Ridge 6. 17, Lancaster 3. 17, Everman 3. 17, Brenham 3. 17, Richmond Foster 3. 21, Mesquite Poteet 1. 21, Port Neches-Groves 1.
Others receiving votes: 11, Texarkana Liberty-Eylau 36. 12, Liberty Hill 29. 13, Gladewater 27. 14, Sinton 23. 15, Abilene Wylie 12. 16, Jasper 5. 17, La Marque 3. 17, Burnet 3. 17, China Spring 3. 17, Cuero 3. 21, El Campo 2. 21, Tyler Chapel Hill 2. 23, Van 1.
Others receiving votes: 11, Waskom 31. 12, Blanco 29. 13, Pottsboro 25. 14, Cisco 18. 15, Wall 10. 16, Hallettsville 5. 16, Elysian Fields 5. 18, Arp 4. 19, Eastland 2. 19, Rockdale 2. 19, Pilot Point 2. 22, Crockett 1. 22, Brownfield 1. 22, Brady 1. 22, Malakoff 1. 22, Odem 1.
Others receiving votes: 11, Bruni 37. 12, Centerville 15. 13, Crawford 11. 14, Iraan 9. 15, Iola 6. 15, Stratford 6. 17, Crosbyton 4. 18, Hico 2.