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: Lufkin  (5-2)                                                            15/55                                                                  vs Conroe Oak Ridge  (6-1) Shakers: Beaumont West Brook  (4-2)                               80/34                                                                                      Open After a blowout loss to The Woodlands, Lufkin leaps into the Top 15 after a big win over West Brook. The Panthers have another team trying to make waves in Jerry’s rankings in Conroe Oak Ridge (No. 77) up next this weekend. West Brook’s second loss of the season knocks the team all the way down to 80. 5A: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Elgin  (2-5)                                                              150/180 (+30)                                                          vs Georgetown East View (3-5) Shakers: Bastrop  (2-6)                                                          217/192  (-25)                                                                       Open The Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak and picked up their second win of the season against Bastrop, 42-14, while the Bears head into their open week with their sixth loss. 4A Div I: School (Record)                                          Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Cleveland  (3-3)                                                     33/54 (+21)                                                                vs Navasota (3-4) Shakers: Huffman Hargrave  (2-3)                                    74/52  (-22)                                                                at Little Cypress-Mauriceville  (3-2) Cleveland’s 40-6 win over Hargrave pushes the team just outside the Top 30 while the Falcons fall to 0-2 in District 10-4A with Little Cypress-Mauriceville up next coming off a 47-41 win over Bridge City. 4A Div II: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Salado  (6-1)                                                        14/38 (+24)                                                                     vs Mexia  (3-4) Shakers: Lorena  (1-6)                                                        54/40  (-14)                                                                    at Robinson  (2-5) Salado makes its debut in the Top 15 after a decisive 44-3 win over Lorena and Mexia on the schedule next. Lorena looks to bounce back against Robinson this week with the Rockets on a three-game losing streak. 3A Div I: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMount Vernon  (8-0)                                        18/32  (+14)                                                                           at Quitman  (0-7) Shakers: Mineola (3-4)                                                      46/22  (-24)                                                                         vs Grand Saline  (0-7) Mount Vernon got some revenge on Mineola’s for last season’s blowout loss with a 60-21win last week that put the Tigers in the Top 20. Winless Quitman is on the schedule next while Mineola drops outside the Top 25 for the first time this year. 3A Div II: School (Record)                      Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Florence  (3-4)                                            67/79                                                                               at Comfort  (2-5) Shakers: Blanco  (2-5)                                              39/30                                                                                vs Johnson City  (6-1) Florence opened district play with a 21-12 win over Blanco to send the Panthers down to No. 39 in Jerry’s rankings. Blanco has No. 37 Johnson City up next. 2A Div I: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Moody  (3-4)                                         62/73 (+11)                                                                                   at Normangee  (2-5) Shakers: Thorndale  (2-5)                                    58/42 (-16)                                                                                 vs Holland  (5-2) Moody’s first district win over Thorndale was enough to bring the Bearcats close to surpassing the Bulldogs in Jerry’s rankings. That could happen this week with Moody dancing Normangee while Thorndale takes on 5-2 Holland. 2A Div II: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)                                Next OpponentMovers: Maud  (2-6)                                              35/41  (+6)                                                                                 vs *Clarksville  (1-6) Shakers: Benavides  (0-8)                                     89/87  (-2)                                                                                  vs *Woodsboro  (4-2) Maud’s second win of the season over Detroit was good enough to move the Cardinals to No. 35 while Benavides is still searching for its first win against Woodsboro. 1A Div I: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Robert Lee  (4-3)                                   27/41 (+14)                                                                                  vs *Sterling City  (4-3) Shakers: Eden  (4-3)                                            49/40  (-9)                                                                                  at *Nueces Canyon  (1-6) Robert Lee jumps just outside the Top 25 after a 64-28 win over Eden with Sterling City on the horizon. 1A Div II: School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)                                Next OpponentMovers: Lenorah Grady  (1-7)                             41/54  (+13)                                                                                Open Shakers: Welch Dawson  (2-4)                             52/34   (-18)                                                                               vs *Loop  (1-7) Lenorah Grady’s first win of the season over Welch Dawson sends the Wildcats into the Top 25 with its bye up next. Private:School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)Next OpponentMovers: Sherman Texoma Christian (5-1)                        85/107  (+22)                                                        at *McKinney Christian (4-2) Shakers: Dallas Shelton School  (5-1)                                 76/45    (-31)                                                         at *Dallas First Baptist Academy  (3-4) Private 6-Man:School (Record)Ranking/Previous Ranking (+/-)                                Next OpponentMovers: Giddings State School  (2-5)                               55/77  (+22)                                                          at *Katy Faith West Academy (2-3) Shakers: San Antonio Castle Hills (3-4)                            39/21  (-18)                                                         at *San Antonio Lutheran (5-2)