Central Texas Playoff Rankings: Westlake, Weiss, and Wimberley Lead Their Classes Into Postseason

Three undefeated teams and a handful of tantalizing bi-district matchups define the Central Texas high school football playoff picture heading into mid-November.

The regular season is done, and the Central Texas high school football landscape has sorted itself with unusual clarity. Fifteen ranked teams across three classification tiers enter the UIL playoffs this week, three of them — Cedar Park (10-0), Wimberley (9-0), and Thorndale (10-0) — carrying unblemished records into the postseason bracket. In Class 6A, Westlake holds the top spot at 9-1 after a 68-33 demolition of Stony Point that capped a perfect 6-0 run through District 25-6A. Cedar Park sits second with the area's only 10-0 record, entering after a bye week. Cedar Ridge (9-1) rounds out the top three after surviving a 35-32 rivalry shootout against Round Rock — a game whose intensity previews what playoff football in this corridor looks like. The bi-district round delivers two matchups worth circling: Cedar Ridge travels to Dripping Springs, and Bowie hosts Round Rock. Both games pit teams from Austin-area 6A districts against each other, which means familiarity, film study, and grudges. These are the kind of first-round games that feel like quarterfinals. Class 5A is led by Weiss (8-2), which claimed the 12-5A Division I title with a shutout of Connally. Anderson (8-2) has won four straight and looks dangerous. Georgetown's inclusion at No. 5 — entering its 12th consecutive playoff berth after a 28-14 win over Killeen — is the quiet story here. Consistency at that level over a dozen years is program-building, not luck. The smaller-classification tier is where the dominance is most stark. Wimberley shut out Eastside 65-0. Thorndale beat Bruceville-Eddy 47-0. Lago Vista won 72-0 over Austin Achieve. Jarrell put up 69-21 against Burnet. These are not competitive games; they are teams clearing the regular-season runway before the real tests arrive. Regents (8-1), the lone TAPPS entry, opens its own playoff path against Houston Second Baptist. The rankings held steady from last week across all three tiers, with one exception: Georgetown cracked the 5A top five for the first time this season. Every other team held its position, a sign that the late-season hierarchy had already calcified before the final whistle blew. The playoff bracket will now test whether these rankings reflect genuine quality or merely the comfort of familiar opponents. Most of these teams play Friday, with a handful of Thursday contests. The road to AT&T Stadium and a mid-December state championship starts now.