THE POWER RANKINGS: Familiar faces climb to top of Austin-area football rankings

Let’s face it. Just two weeks into the 2024 high school football season, nobody really knows anything yet.

Teams are still sorting themselves out while playing unfamiliar foes; upsets and near misses unfold that would never happen when the teams are in their grooves, and so forth.

As a result, the cream rises to the top until a rising power curdles that cream by inflicting a second or third loss.

That’s why Lake Travis stays at No 2 despite a near-miss vs. Rockwall and Vandegrift stays at No. 3 despite their upset 2-OT loss at Cedar Park.

It’s also why Cedar Park – a team trying to reconnect with its own elite status from the recent past – has cracked this week’s list.

That said, here’s our stab at the Top 20 teams heading into Week 3.

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VYPE Austin Top-20 Combined Class 4A-6A

*Last parentheses indicates most recent game result

1. Westlake Chaparrals (6A) -- 2-0 (63-7 W v. San Benito)

2. Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) -- 2-0 (45-42 W v. Rockwall)

3. Vandegrift Vipers (6A) -- 1-1 (49-46 L 2-OT v. Cedar Park)

4. Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) -- 1-1 (35-6 W v. SA Wagner)

5. Weiss Wolves (5A-1) -- 2-0 (54-0 W v. San Marcos)

6. Hutto Hippos (6A) -- 1-1 (31-29 L v. Judson)

7. Bowie Bulldogs (6A) – 2-0 (38-27 W v. Vista Ridge)

8. Liberty Hill Panthers (5A-2) – 1-1 (57-38 W v. Rouse)

9. Cedar Park Timberwolves (5A-1) – 1-1 (49-46 W 2-OT v. Vandegrift)

10. LBJ Austin Jaguars (4A-1) -- 1-0 (Bye)

11. Round Rock Dragons (6A) – 2-0 (42-21 W v. Temple)

12. Buda Johnson Jaguars (6A) – 2-0 (35-24 v. Stony Point)

13. Anderson Trojans (5A-1) – 2-0 (62-20 W vs. Elgin)

14. Pflugerville Panthers (5A-1) – 2-0 (46-7 W v. Hays)

15. Rouse Raiders (5A-1) 1-1 (57-38 L v. Liberty Hill)

16. Georgetown Eagles (5A-1) – 2-0 (39-10 W vs. Belton)

17. Glenn Grizzlies (5A-1) – 2-0 (41-40 W v. Copperas Cove)

18. Wimberley Texans (4A-2) – 2-0 (35-9 W v. Fredericksburg)

19. Vista Ridge Rangers (6A) – 1-1 (38-27 L v. Bowie)

20. Austin High Maroons (6A) – 2-0 (35-34 W v. Westwood)

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VYPE Austin Top-5 Private Schools

1. Regents Knights (TAPPS) – 1-1 (63-7 W v. San Benito)

2. St. Michael’s Crusaders (TAPPS) – 2-0 (34-9 W v. St. John XXIII)

3. Brentwood Christian Bears (TAPPS) – 1-1 (53-14 W v. Savio)

4. St. Andrew’s Highlanders (SPC) – 2-0 (55-13 W vs. St. Francis Episcopal)

5. Hyde Park Panthers (TAPPS) – 0-1 (41-22 L vs. Lutheran South Academy)