Video: Early Contenders - No. 17 ChandlerWatch our preview of Chandler (Ariz.), the No. 17 team in the country heading into 2015.Allen begins the 2015 season where it left off in 2014 -- at the top of the MaxPreps Southwest Region Football Computer Rankings.
A newcomer starts the season at No. 2, however, as Manvel climbs all the way to that perch after not being ranked at the end of last year. Chandler (Ariz.) is the top team from Arizona at No. 3 while two more Texas teams, DeSoto and Katy, come in at Nos. 4 and 5.
The regional rankings are based on the
MaxPreps Computer Rankings. The Southwest region includes teams from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.
MaxPreps 2015 Preseason Southwest Region Football Computer Rankings

DeSoto is the No. 4 team in the Southwest Region heading into 2015.
Photo by Keith Owens
1. (last year 1)
Allen (Texas), 16-0, 80.6
2. (NR)
Manvel (Texas), 13-1, 77.3
3. (3)
Chandler (Ariz.), 14-0, 76.4
4. (5)
DeSoto (Texas), 10-2, 71.9
5. (13)
Katy (Texas), 14-2, 69.0
6. (15)
Westfield (Houston), 13-2, 68.9
7. (4)
Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 13-1, 65.8
8. (6)
Jenks (Okla.), 11-2, 64.8
9. (2)
Cedar Hill (Texas), 14-2, 64.5
10. (11)
Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 14-0, 63.9
11. (8)
Guyer (Denton, Texas), 10-2, 62.5
12. (21)
Bixby (Okla.), 12-1, 61.9
13. (18)
Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.), 12-2, 61.4
14. (16)
Martin (Arlington, Texas), 10-3, 60.8
15. (19)
Klein Collins (Spring, Texas), 11-2, 60.5
16. (9)
Trinity (Euless, Texas), 12-2, 60.5
17. (12)
Aledo (Texas), 15-1, 60.5
18. (7)
Skyline (Dallas), 14-1, 60.0
19. (23)
Navasota (Texas), 16-0, 59.8
20. (NR)
Brophy College Prep (Phoenix), 10-4, 58.6
21. (NR)
Episcopal (Bellaire, Texas), 9-2, 56.8
22. (NR)
Lamar (Arlington, Texas), 8-3, 56.4
23. (NR)
Boyd (McKinney, Texas), 8-4, 56.0
24. (22)
Bishop Dunne (Dallas), 12-1, 55.2
25. (14)
Gilmer (Texas), 16-0, 55.0