Texas high school football’s biggest movers and shakers after Week 8 (Subscribers Only)

Every week, Jerry Forrest's computer rankings and projections give us a deeper insight to every part of the Texas high school football world. Among the revelations his data provides are movers and shakers, the teams whose results have bigger impacts than initially meets the eye. A bunch of head-to-head matchups dictated the majority of this week’s biggest movers and shakers. 6A: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Richardson Pearce  (3-3)                                                       101/173 (+72)                                           Dallas Jesuit (2-4) Shakers: Richardson Berkner  (2-4)                                                    217/174 (-43)                                            at Dallas Skyline (2-4) Pearce’s 52-6 win at Berkner stopped the Rams' two-game win streak and vaults the Mustangs up 72 spots nearing the Top 100 in the state. Berkner looks to rebound against a Dallas Skyline team that lost to Jesuit, 35-31, last week. 5A: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Amarillo Caprock  (3-3)                                                       145/178 (+33)                                              Dumas (5-1) Shakers: Amarillo Palo Duro  (1-5)                                                    208/172 (-36)                                               at Canyon (1-5) Another intra-city faceoff saw Caprock shutdown Palo Duro and move up 33 spots while sending their city rivals down 36 spots. Caprock now looks to build a win streak when it hosts one-loss Dumas this week. 4A Div I:School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Zapata  (4-2)                                                                       64/82    (+18)                                                RGC La Gulla (3-3) Shakers: La Feria  (3-3)                                                                     75/43    (-32)                                                 at Kingsville King (4-3) Zapata’s 35-7 district-opening win over La Feria sends the Lions down to 75th in Jerry’s rankings after winning two straight. Johnny Bayarena’s 157 yards and three scores on the ground led the Hawks to their fourth win. 4A Div II:School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Diboll  (5-1)                                                                     20/38    (+18)                                                     Huntington (1-5) Shakers: Tatum  (2-5)                                                                    57/45    (-12)                                                       at Rusk (5-2) Diboll continues its quality season after a 53-21 win over Tatum and gets into the Top 25 for the first time this season. The Lumberjacks will likely stretch its streak to five games this weekend against Huntington. Tatum hosts No. 15 Rusk this weekend hoping to snap a three-game losing streak. 3A Div I:School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: White Oak  (3-3)                                                          24/46    (+22)                                                   at Gladewater Sabine (2-4) Shakers: Hughes Springs  (5-1)                                                 48/24    (-24)                                                    Jefferson (6-0) Hughes Springs suffered its first loss of the season in blowout fashion, 56-20, to White Oak. The Mustangs host unbeaten Jefferson (No. 8) in hopes of a quick turnaround. The Roughnecks travel to Gladewater to face a Sabine squad coming off a 34-20 loss to Redwater. 3A Div II:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Waskom  (3-3)                                                             18/24    (+6)                                                      Beckville (5-2) Shakers: Elysian Fields  (5-2)                                                    16/10 (-6)                                                          Open Waskom’s narrow 30-27 win over rival Elysian Fields was enough to knock the Yellowjackets out of the Top 10 and set the Wildcats for a potential climb into the Top 15 with a game against two-loss Beckville next on the slate. 2A Div I:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: La Villa  (2-5)                                                                74/84    (+10)                                                    Open Shakers: Ben Bolt  (4-3)                                                              66/48    (-18)                                                      Freer (4-3) Zach Gomez’s four touchdowns against Ben Bolt lifted La Villa to its second win of the season and gave the Cardinals some momentum into the bye week. Ben Bolt’s defeat drops them out of the Top 50 of Jerry’s rankings. 2A Div II:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Claude  (2-4)                                                                70/85    (+15)                                                       Shamrock (1-5) Shakers: Wheeler  (2-4)                                                             71/44    (-27)                                                         at Booker (1-5) Despite rattling off 21 in the fourth quarter, Wheeler couldn’t overcome Claude’s hot start and the team drops 27 spots just behind their namesake partners. 1A Div I:        School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Hart  (2-5)                                                                 51/59    (+8)                                                              Open Shakers: Meadow  (4-3)                                                          27/22    (-5)                                                                Open Previously one-win Hart scored a win at Southland last week to push the team just outside the Top 50 while Meadow’s 58-26 loss to Motley County drops the team outside the Top 25. 1A Div II:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Wilson  (5-2)                                                         39/54    (+15)                                                                  Open Shakers: Southland  (2-5)                                                     51/33    (-18)                                                                  Open Wilson’s 38-24 win over Silverton sets up a game against Southland after the bye week who suffered its fifth loss this past weekend against Hart.Private:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Houston Kipp Generations (3-2)                      75/103  (+32)                                                    Houston KIPP Sunnyside (2-3) Shakers: Houston ProVision Academy (2-2)                   102/64  (-38)                                                   Galveston O’Connell (0-4)   Private 6-Man:School (Record)                                           Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Huntsville Alpha Omega (3-3)                             39/72 (+33)                                                    Alvin Living Stones Christian (1-2) Shakers: Baytown Christian (3-2)                                         45/14    (-31)                                                  Baytown Christian (3-2)