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San Benito made the biggest jump in this week’s RGVSports.com Top 10 high school football poll heading into Week 8.
With their impressive 22-21 win at Harlingen High last week, the Greyhounds leapt from ninth to fourth in the poll. The Cardinals dropped from third to sixth.
San Benito and Harlingen High is each 4-2. Each plays fellow Top 10 teammates this week. San Benito plays Brownsville Veterans Memorial and Harlingen High plays Los Fresnos.
McAllen Memorial remains No. 1 with six of seven first-place votes. The Mustangs are 7-0 and have a bye this week. They beat La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 63-10 last week.
Edinburg Vela is still No. 2, claiming the other first-place vote. The SaberCats are coming off a string of impressive wins against three of District 31-5A’s top teams in Sharyland High, Roma and Sharyland Pioneer. Vela is undefeated going into this week’s game against Valley View.
Los Fresnos is now third and undefeated at 6-0. Weslaco High is fifth with a 4-2 record and plays Edinburg North this week after a bye last week.
Brownsville Veterans is seventh and 6-0 after taking care of Brownsville Hanna on Saturday. Sharyland High is eighth and coming off a bye.
Weslaco East is in ninth at 5-1. And Donna High regains its footing in the poll by coming back in at No. 10. The Redskins are 5-1 and coming off a big win over reigning District 32-5A champ Mercedes.
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The following are the teams in RGVSports.com’s Top 10 poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through 1 point for a 10th-place vote:
Team – Record – Points – Prev.
1. McAllen Memorial (6) 7-0 69 1
2. Edinburg Vela (1) 7-0 62 2
3. Los Fresnos 6-0 57 4
4. San Benito 4-2 43 9
5. Weslaco High 4-2 36 6
6. Harlingen High 4-2 32 3
7. Brownsville Veterans Memorial 6-0 31 5
8. Sharyland High 3-3 21 7
9. Weslaco East 5-1 13 8
10. Donna High 4-2 9 NR
Other teams receiving votes: Mission Veterans Memorial (7 points), Edcouch-Elsa (4), Rio Hondo (1)