5A D1 District 3

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Denton winning 5A D1 District 3 at 6-0 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 Denton 6-0 district 10-0 overall 2 Denton Ryan 5-1 district 6-3 overall 3 Azle 4-2 district 4-6 overall 4 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 3-3 district 7-3 overall 5 Keller Fossil Ridge 1-5 district 1-9 overall 6 Saginaw 1-5 district 2-8 overall 7 Sherman 1-5 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 2 Keller Fossil Ridge at Saginaw Saginaw 50% Sep 25 Denton at Denton Ryan Denton 51% Nov 6 Denton Ryan at Fort Worth Chisholm Trail Denton Ryan 51% Nov 6 Saginaw at Sherman Sherman 51% Sep 25 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail at Azle Azle 53%

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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