2009 October 4: Halfway through the Season

Halfway through the 2009 Texas 5A football season, most of the ten teams in FBISD (District 23-5A) are doing pretty well, in comparison with the entire set of 303 teams currently listed in the mathematically-derived Texas 5A rankings: Eight of the ten are in (or almost in) the top 25%.

• Overall: Hightower is number 9 in the state, three others (Elkins, Kempner, and Clements) are in the top 50 in the state, and four others (Marshall, Dulles, Bush, and Travis) are in the top 80.
• Offensively: Two teams (Kempner and Elkins) are in the top 50 in the state, and five others (Hightower, Clements, Dulles, Travis, and Marshall) are in the top 80.
• Defensively: Four teams (Hightower, Willowridge, Elkins, and Clements) are in the top 50 in the state, and two others (Marshall and Bush) are in the top 80.