Some of the area winners include teams in our preseason top-10 countdown, such as Westlake, LBJ, Dripping Spring and Lake Travis. But the competition should be tougher in the area playoffs next round.

The 2024 UIL Texas high school football playoffs are here, and plenty of Central Texas schools will be vying for a state title.

Texas high school football Class 5A playoff sites and times from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com, distributed by The Associated Press. El Paso Austin (9-1) vs Dumas (4-6), 6 p.m. Friday at Denver City’s Mustang Stadium