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.

Lake Travis turned away Round Rock 41-14 in Class 6A Division I and the Vandegrift Vipers ended the Austin Maroons' season in 6A Division II 56-14. Dripping Springs topped McNeil 49-14 in 6A Division II.