(August 24, 2008)—La Vega is No. 3 and China Spring is No. 5 in Class 3A and Mart is No. 6 in Class 1A in the Associated Press preseason poll released Sunday.

Defending Class 5A Division I champion Euless Trinity was voted the top team in the poll, not longer after rivals.com ranked Trinity the No. 1 team in the nation.

Euless Trinity replaces Southlake Carroll as the most-hyped high school football team in Texas.

Trinity returns 11 starters from a team that beat Converse Judson 13-10 in what amounted to a road game at San Antonio's Alamodome in the finals.

Lake Travis, the defending 4A Division II champion led by Texas-bound quarterback Garrett Gilbert, edged Wichita Falls Rider by a point (179-178) for the top spot in 4A.

The difference was first-place votes.

Lake Travis had 13, Rider the other seven.

Last year's 3A champs Liberty Hill and Celina hold the top two spots in 3A.

Liberty Hill, with a 24-game winning streak and consecutive state titles, earned 13 first-place votes and 192 points to five and 172 for Celina, a seven-time champion.

Cisco has never won a state title but was the most overwhelming No. 1 pick, with 17 first-place votes and 196 points in 2A.

Cisco returns 13 starters from a 14-1 Division II semifinalist, the team's third trip to the semifinals in the past six years.

The closest vote was in Class 1A.

No. 1 Alto, the defending 1A Division I champ, got eight first-place votes and 177 points to seven first-place nods and 176 points for No. 2 Canadian, which is dropping down after winning last year's 2A Division II title.

Class 5A

School Rec Pts Pvs
1. Euless Trinity (15) 15-1 184 7
2. Plano (1) 13-2 159 -
3. Katy (4) 16-0 127 1
4. Southlake Carroll 11-2 126 2
5. Galena Park North Shore 14-1 118 4
6. Odessa Permian 12-1 72 5
7. Abilene 13-2 62 8
8. Allen 10-1 60 3
9. Spring Westfield 10-3 50 -
10. Converse Judson 11-5 32 -
Others receiving votes: Lufkin 19, Beaumont West Brook 16, Pflugerville 11, Flower Mound Marcus 11, Houston Cypress Ridge 9, Round Rock Stony Point 8, Arlington Bowie 8, San Antonio Warren 7, Smithson Valley 5, Cypress Falls 4, SA Roosevelt 3, SA Southwest 3,
Pearland 2, Dallas Skyline 2, Aldine Eisenhower 1, Austin Westlake
1.

Class 4A

School Rec Pts Pvs
1. Lake Travis (13) 15-1 179 -
2. WF Rider (7) 12-2 178 6
3. Everman 14-1 121 4
4. Stephenville 10-2 96 7
5. Dayton 11-4 89 -
6. Dallas Highland Park 15-1 65 1
7. CC Calallen 12-1 62 2
8. Longview 12-2 58 -
9. Abilene Cooper 5-6 46 -
10. Port Lavaca Calhoun 9-3 36 -
Others receiving votes: Aledo 35, Texarkana 30, La Marque 30, Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated 30, Kerrville Tivy 12, Mansfield Timberview 10, SA Alamo Heights 8, Dallas Carter 8, Schertz Steele 3, Texas City 2, Gregory-Portland 1, EP Riverside 1.

Class 3A

School Rec Pts Pvs
1. Liberty Hill (13) 14-0 192 2
2. Celina (5) 16-0 172 3
3. Waco La Vega (1) 13-1 129 6
4. Navasota (1) 9-4 115 -
5. China Spring 14-2 94 -
6. Cuero 12-3 87 -
7. Brownwood 6-4 79 -
8. West Orange-Stark 11-2 76 7
9. Sealy 7-4 46 -
10. Gilmer 14-1 20 4
Others receiving votes: Snyder 19, Texarkana Pleasant Grove 18, Abilene Wylie 10, Vernon 9, CC West Oso 8, Giddings 7, Crockett 5, Monahans 4, Sweetwater 3, Rio Hondo 2, Wimberley 1, Devine 1, Carrollton Ranchview 1, Carthage 1, Diboll 1.

Class 2A

School Rec Pts Pvs
1. Cisco (17) 14-1 196 2
2. Crane (1) 10-2 123 -
3. Early 10-4 92 -
4. Pilot Point (1) 6-4 89 -
5. Hitchcock 10-2 77 -
6. Arp 10-4 74 -
7. Newton 9-3 72 -
8. Kirbyville (1) 11-2 66 -
9. Elysian Fields 14-2 55 6
10. Refugio 13-1 51 3
Others receiving votes: Altair Rice 44, DeKalb 32, Caddo 18, Winnsboro 18, Salado 16, Blanco 14, McGregor 13, Clyde 11, Daingerfield 10, Childress 9, Henrietta 5, Idalou 4, Coleman 3,
Rice 3, Bushland 3, Teague 1, Kermit 1.

Class 1A

School Rec Pts Pvs
1. Alto (8) 14-0 177 1
2. Canadian (7) 15-1 176 -
3. Maud (4) 11-3 143 -
4. Sundown 14-1 133 3
5. Roscoe (1) 12-1 117 2
6. Mart 10-1 80 -
7. Nazareth 12-2 44 -
Cayuga 8-4 44 -
9. Itasca 9-2 41 -
10. Stratford 9-3 33 -
Others receiving votes: Chilton 28, Quinlan Boles 19, Windthorst 13, Iraan 10, Munday 10, D'Hanis 10, Tenaha 7, White Deer 5, Sunray 2, Joaquin 2, Mount Enterprise 2, Bremond 2, Normangee 1, McCamey 1.

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