THE POWER RANKINGS: Top teams stay put; seismic shifts in the muddy middle

Nothing too dramatic in the top half of our poll this week as the top 9 teams won, most of them in a rout. The real action took place further down the standings where several key matchups shook things up considerably.

Austin High held off Bowie to make the playoffs for the first time since 2000; Bastrop bested Pflugerville and Vista Ridge surged late to defeat Hutto in matchups involving Top 20 teams. Good stuff!

And there’s more to come in this, the final week of the regular season. Vandegrift hosts nemesis Round Rock; Cedar Park faces their arch-rival Georgetown; Anderson hosts Weiss; and Hutto faces “#20A” McNeil in yet another game with huge playoff implications.

Meanwhile in the private schools, Regents travels to The Quarries at Hyde Park to take on the Panthers in a battle for the district title.

Happy November and here are this week’s rankings heading into Week 11.

VYPE Austin Top 20 Combined Class 4A-6A
*Last parentheses indicates most recent game result

1. (1) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) -- 8-1 (77-0 W v. Del Valle)

2. (2) Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) -- 8-1 (51-0 W v. Akins)

3. (3) Vandegrift Vipers (6A) -- 8-1 (49-0 W v. Westwood)

4. (4) Round Rock Dragons (6A) – 8-1 (W 22-17 v. Stony Point)

5. (5) Liberty Hill (5A-2) – 8-1 (56-0 W v. Crockett)

6. (7) Georgetown Eagles (5A-1) – 8-1 (65-21 W v. Lake Belton)

7. (6) Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) -- 7-2 (BYE)

8. (8) LBJ Austin Jaguars (4A-1) -- 9-0 (46-14 W v. Taylor)

9. (9) Buda Johnson Jaguars (6A) – 6-3 (38-36 W v. Judson)

10. (10) Weiss Wolves (5A-1) – 7-2 (44-38 L v. College Station)

11. (13) Anderson Trojans (5A-1) – 7-2 (57-14 W v. Lockhart)

12. (14) Bastrop Bears (5A-2) – 7-2 (38-28 W v. Pflugerville)

13. (15) Cedar Park (5A-1) – 6-3 (47-31 W v. Leander)

14. (11) Pflugerville Panthers (5A-1) – 6-3 (38-28 L v. Bastrop)

15. (20) Vista Ridge Rangers (6A) – 6-3 (38-31 W v. Hutto)

16. (17) Austin High Maroons (6A) – 5-4 (35-32 W v. Bowie)

17. (12) Bowie Bulldogs (6A) – 6-4 (35-32 L v. Austin High)

18. (18) Wimberley Texans (4A-2) – 7-2 (56-0 W v. Smithville)

19. (19) Lago Vista Vikings (4A-2) – 7-2 (23-7 W v. Navarro)

20. (16) Hutto Hippos (6A) -- 4-5 (38-31 L v. Vista Ridge)

VYPE Austin Top 5 Private Schools
*Last parentheses indicates most recent game result

1. (1) Regents Knights (TAPPS) – 8-1 (BYE)

2. (2) St. Michael’s Warriors (TAPPS) – 8-1 (21-14 W v. St. Thomas Catholic)

3. (4) Hyde Park Panthers (TAPPS) – 6-3 (43-20 W vs. Brentwood Christian)

4. (3) Brentwood Christian Bears (TAPPS) – 5-4 (43-20 L v. Hyde Park)

5. (5) St. Andrew’s Highlanders (SPC) – 3-7 (64-35 W v. Ft. Worth Country Day)