UIL releases conference cutoff numbers for football alignments through 2026-2028

Let the speculation now end.

With the enrollment numbers official (for now) and cutoffs having been provided by the UIL Tuesday afternoon, we now have a good idea of where Texas Panhandle and South Plains schools will be competing district-wise during the 2026-2028 realignment cycle.

The only guesses at this point are what the impact will be once district assignments are officially doled out by the UIL next February.

Because of Frenship Memorial, both Memorial and Frenship High School will now be in Class 5A.

Teams that were keeping a very close eye on the cutoff numbers were, Palo Duro, West Plains, Perryton and Canadian. All four will stay in its respective classes and divisions for at least two more years. Palo Duro (1,812.5) will stay in Class 5A Division II by 18 students, West Plains (1,270) stays in Class 4A Division I by 27 students, Perryton (555) is stuck in Class 4A Division II by five students and Canadian (249) will remain in Class 3A Division II by three students.

Here are a look at the cutoff numbers with the enrollment numbers turned in from Texas Panhandle and South Plains schools during October’s snapshot.

UIL district realignment is set for Thursday, Feb. 6.

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CLASS 6A			2026-2028 UIL Cutoff numbers
Odessa Permian	4,563		2,215 and above
Odessa High	4,273
Midland Legacy	3,681
Midland High	3,548.5
Frenship	1,980
CLASS 5A
Frenship Memorial	2,194		1,305-2,214
Amarillo High	2,161		D1- 1,830-2,214
Tascosa	2,105		D2-1,305-1,829
Lubbock-Monterey	2,039
Caprock	2,015.5
Abilene High	1,933
Lubbock High	1,902
Wichita Falls Legacy	1,847
Palo Duro	1,812.5
Lubbock-Coronado	1,745
Abilene Cooper	1,721
Lubbock-Cooper	1,663
Wichita Falls Memorial	1,602
Abilene Wylie	1,580
Plainview	1,247
CLASS 4A
West Plains	1,278		550-1,304
Dumas	1,163		D1- 896-1,304
Hereford	1,138		D2- 550-895
Randall	1,116
Canyon	1,085
Pampa	950
Lub-Cooper Liberty	837
Levelland	726
Lubbock Estacado	711
Borger	643
Perryton	555
CLASS 3A
Bushland	469		246-549
Dalhart	467		D1- 367-549
Slaton	360		D2- 246-366.9
Littlefield	358
River Road	351
Muleshoe	351
Dimmitt	331
Lubbock Roosevelt	321
Childress	295
Idalou	291
Friona	280
Canadian	249
Tulia	236
CLASS 2A
Sanford-Fritch	222		105-245
Abernathy	220		D1- 175.6-245.9
Post	214		D2- 105-175.5
New Deal	209
Highland Park	205
Floydada	200
Sunray	199
Farwell	187
Olton	186
Panhandle	181
Spearman	181
Hale Center	180
New Home	177
Wellington	168
West Texas High	146
Sudan	142
Stratford	140
Gruver	139
Lockney	124
Bovina	116
Quanah	116
Clarendon	114
Vega	112
Wheeler	110
Memphis	110
Morton	109
Shamrock	101
Ralls	94	Opting to stay in Class 2A
Crosbyton	84	Opting to stay in Class 2A
CLASS 1A
Boys Ranch	115	Will play in 2A in all sports but formula allows them to stay in 1A for football
Booker	94
Claude	90		104.9 and below
White Deer	89		D1- 57.6-104.9
Kress	84		D2-57.5 and below
Petersburg	80
Happy	74
Nazareth	69
Spur	66
Silverton	60
Wildorado	59
McLean	57
Hart	57
Lorenzo	56
Valley	56
Anton	55
Follett	52
Miami	50
Lefors	48
Groom	40
Hedley	25
Darrouzett	24