5A D2 District 8

Class 5A · Texas high school football · 2026

The model has Brenham winning 5A D2 District 8 at 5-0 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 Brenham 5-0 district 10-0 overall 2 Belton 4-1 district 9-1 overall 3 Waco University 3-2 district 6-4 overall 4 Bryan Rudder 2-3 district 6-4 overall 5 Killeen Ellison 1-4 district 2-8 overall 6 Waco 0-5 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 16 Waco University at Killeen Ellison Waco University 52% Oct 23 Bryan Rudder at Waco University Waco University 54% Nov 6 Belton at Brenham Brenham 56% Oct 30 Bryan Rudder at Waco Bryan Rudder 56% Oct 16 Brenham at Bryan Rudder Brenham 57%

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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