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.

Another week of Texas high school football is officially in the books, and there were plenty of standout performers across the Lone Star State. Here are SBLive/SI’s Texas Defensive Football Player of the Week nominees for Nov.

A look at some of the highlights from the first week of high school football playoff action in the Houston area.