UIL Shakes Up the Concho Valley with 2022 Football Realignment Numbers

SAN ANGELO, TX – A number of major changes will be coming to Concho Valley's Friday Night Lights after the UIL released the 2022 cutoff numbers.

The UIL, on Dec. 8, released the 2022-2024 Reclassification and Realignment Conference Cutoff Numbers. These numbers will be used to redistrict every school in then State of Texas for the upcoming football season.

This year a number of moves are happening in the Concho Valley. The biggest move will be for the Sterling City Eagles. The Eagles will be moving up from 1A-D1 to 2A-D2. This means the last season's 6-man state champions will be moving up to 11-man. Another six man team moving up to 11-man will be the Water Valley Wildcats. 

A disappointing move will be in 2A-D2. The huge annual rivalry between Christoval and Eldorado is over as the Cougars will be moving up to 2A-D1. The Cougars will still have to play a familiar face in district though because the Sonora Broncos are moving down from 3A-D2 to 2A-D1. 

Two teams that will be taking the spot of Sonora will be the Wall Hawks and the TLCA Eagles. Both of these school played in the 3A-D1 but will drop down to 3A-D2.

Another rivalry that will be broken up is the battle of Coke County. Bronte and Robert Lee will be splitting up due to Robert Lee being moved to 1A-D1.

The following is the cutoff numbers published by the UIL:

• 6A 2,225+
• 5A Division I 2,224 to 1,925
• 5A Division II 1,924 to 1,300 
• 4A Division I 1,299 to 880
• 4A Division II 879 to 545 
• 3A Division I 544 to 360
• 3A Division II 359 to 250 
• 2A Division I 249 to 164.5 
• 2A Division II 164.4 to 105 
• 1A Division I 104.9 to 59.5
• 1A Division II 59.4 and below

Enrollment Numbers from Across the Concho Valley:

• Central 3,158
• Lake View 1,089
• TLCA 347
• Wall 340
• Grape Creek 323
• Brady 296
• Ballinger 263
• Ozona 234 
• Mason 229
• Sonora 204
• Christoval 175 
• Junction 165
• Eldorado 154
• Miles 140
• Sterling City 107 
• Water Valley 104
• Irion County 89 
• Menard 86
• Eden 83
• Veribest 77 
• Robert Lee 76 
• Paint Rock 56 
• Bronte 54
• Blackwell 51 
• Olfen 40