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 Azle 5-1 district 6-4 overall 3 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 4-2 district 7-3 overall 4 Denton Ryan 3-3 district 3-6 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 29 Azle at Denton Ryan Azle 53% Oct 15 Denton Ryan at Keller Fossil Ridge Denton Ryan 54% Nov 6 Saginaw at Sherman Sherman 54% Sep 25 Fort Worth Chisholm Trail at Azle Azle 55% Oct 2 Denton Ryan at Sherman Denton Ryan 55%

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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