5A D1 District 9

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Baytown Sterling winning 5A D1 District 9 at 7-1 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 Baytown Sterling 7-1 district 9-1 overall 2 Baytown Goose Creek Memorial 7-1 district 9-1 overall 3 Port Arthur Memorial 6-2 district 8-2 overall 4 Beaumont United 6-2 district 8-2 overall 5 Galveston Ball 3-5 district 4-6 overall 6 Lufkin 3-5 district 4-6 overall 7 Beaumont West Brook 2-6 district 2-8 overall 8 New Caney 2-6 district 2-8 overall 9 La Porte 0-8 district 0-10 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.

Nov 6 Galveston Ball at Beaumont West Brook Galveston Ball 51% Oct 16 Galveston Ball at Lufkin Lufkin 51% Oct 30 Port Arthur Memorial at Beaumont United Beaumont United 52% Nov 5 Lufkin at La Porte Lufkin 52% Oct 1 Lufkin at New Caney New Caney 52%

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