The real season is upon us. The high school state football playoffs. In our final Top 5 rankings for Central Texas, no big surprises to mention.

We’re talking, of course, about the Texas high school football playoffs, which will culminate with 12 UIL state championship games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington the week before Christmas. Before we get into the Houston-area teams and impact players to watch,

Texas high school football Class 5A playoff sites and times from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com, distributed by The Associated Press. El Paso El Dorado (10-0) vs Amarillo (5-4), 7 p.m. Friday at El Paso’s SAC II Stadium