Three Texas teams featured in USA Today’s Super 25 football teams for the 2018 season

By Brian Gosset

August 14, 2018 3:31 PM

Allen head coach Terry Gambill holds the UIL state championship trophy up after Eagles beat Austin Lake Travis, 35-33, for the Class 6A Division I title at AT&T Stadium, Dec. 23, 2017. Paul Moseley pmoseley@star-telegram.com

Three teams from the Lone Star State were featured in the USA Today’s 2018 Super 25 football teams, which was published on Tuesday.

Allen, the defending Class 6A Division I state champs, are the highest-rated Texas team checking in at No. 4.

The Eagles went 16-0 last season and beat Austin Lake Travis in the state final. They were ranked No. 5 by USA Today to end the year.

Allen is a favorite to win another state ring this season. The Eagles return 5-star WR and Oklahoma commit Theo Wease, 3-star QB and Ole Miss commit Grant Tisdale, 4-star OG and Oklahoma commit EJ Ndoma-Ogar and 3-star DT and Oklahoma State commit Jayden Jernigan.

Lake Travis also made the list at No. 10. The Cavaliers went 13-3, but were unranked during the final rankings.

Katy is No. 19. The Tigers went 12-1 last season.

Allen came in at No. 8, Lake Travis No. 15 during May’s way-too-early preseason poll.

All three teams are ranked in the Top 3 of the Associated Press Class 6A preseason poll.

TOP 25

1. IMG Academy (Fla.)

Last season: 8-0, Ranked No. 2

2. St. John Bosco (Calif.)

Last season: 11-3, Ranked No. 13

3. Mater Dei (Calif.)

Last season: 16-0, Ranked No. 1

4. ALLEN

Last season: 16-0, Ranked No. 5

5. Grayson (Ga.)

Last season: 10-2, Unranked

6. St. John’s College (D.C.)

Last season: 9-2, Ranked No. 13

7. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)

Last season: 12-3, Unranked

8. Chandler (Ariz.)

Last season: 13-2, Ranked No. 13

9. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)

Last season: 13-0, Ranked No. 4

10. LAKE TRAVIS

Last season: 13-3, Unranked

11. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

Last season: 13-2, Ranked No. 10

12. Hoover (Ala.)

Last season: 11-3, Unranked

13. Bergen Catholic (N.J.)

Last season: 10-2, Unranked

14. St. Louis (Honolulu)

Last season: 11-0, Unranked

15. Miami Central

Last season: 10-3, Unranked

16. Marietta (Ga.)

Last season: 8-5, Unranked

17. Pickerington Central (Ohio)

Last season: 14-1, Unranked

18. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)

Last season: 13-3, Ranked No. 3

19. KATY

Last season: 12-1, Unranked

20. Folsom (Calif.)

Last season: 16-0, Unranked

21. Warren Central (Indianapolis)

Last season: 7-4, Unranked

22. University Lab (Baton Rouge)

Last season: 13-0, Unranked

23. Good Counsel (Md.)

Last season: 8-3, Unranked

24. Owasso (Okla.)

Last season: 13-1, Ranked No. 22

25. Centennial (Calif.)