High school football national championships

A national championship in high school football is an honor awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best high school football team in the United States.

The title is a "mythical national championship", as travel demands and the number of high schools spread across the country prevent the championship from being settled competitively on the gridiron. Instead, the national championships are based on rankings from prep football media analysts, such as USA Today,^[1] or algorithmic rankings.

There have also been some efforts over the years at organizing a single-game playoff for the national championship.^{[citation needed]}

Background

The oldest of the rating systems, the National Sports News Service, was begun by Arthur H. "Art" Johlfs—who originally started naming champions informally in 1927 as a 21 year old high school coach and official,^[2] but did so more formally starting in 1959^[3] after enlarging his network of supporting hobbyists^[2] to receive reports from six separate areas of the country.^[4] One of those hobbyists was Barrett Conley "Barry" Sollenberger, representing the NSNS' Southwest Sports News Service regional office.^[5] Sollenberger was the facilitator of a similar poll for Joe Namath's National Prep Sports magazine in 1976 and 1977, before that publication was discontinued^[6] (its Hertz Trophy was awarded each year to Moeller of Cincinnati,^[7] which also happened to be both of the top picks of the NSNS). Despite Sollenberger publicly disagreeing with Johlfs' choice for champion in 1978 (siding with St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs, California over Annandale of Virginia),^[8] Johlfs apparently still respected the way that Sollenberger actively ran his southwest office—enough so that he turned the NSNS rankings over to him, starting in 1979. The NSNS poll then remained under Sollenberger's management through 1999 (along the way he also retroactively picked back as far as 1910,^[2] although at least one source has the NSNS even making a 1904 selection as well^[9]: xv). It was then merged away into R. Douglas "Doug" Huff's year-old, competing FAB 50 poll starting in 2000^[2]—which in turn continued on through 2014 with Mark J. Tennis apparently retaining the rights to it.^[10] An early compilation listing of NSNS champions^[11] does not necessarily match a more recent listing.^{[12]: 44–45} It is not immediately clear if these discrepancies are due to poor record-keeping, or if Sollenberger or Huff adjusted the list of champions over the years as new information came to light—or if they simply just disagreed with Johlfs' picks. Johlfs, for his part, described how he arrived at choosing a champion: he accepted input from Minnesota college and professional coaches, reviewed game statistics, films,^[13] and press clippings,^[14] and considered the school's enrollment size.^[15] Johlfs said that his picks initially tended to be midwestern schools but shifted southward, because southern schools tended to play more games and were also allowed to compete in postseason playoffs.^[3] He was also known to keep a champion as the top-ranked team indefinitely in subsequent seasons' rankings as long as another team had not beaten them yet;^[3] this ended up allowing multiple teams to repeat as champions, drawing some criticism to Johlfs.^[14] Sollenberger, on the other hand, primarily determined champions by attending prominent games in person, while also consulting college football coaching staffs. He further acknowledged factoring in teams' past histories and their success in the larger population centers of the day when considering teams for his poll—usually including three teams from California and two teams each from Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas in his rankings.^[8] Notably, Florida had a relatively sizable number of repeat champions in Johlfs' rating system but saw a significant drop in its number of champions under Sollenberger. As for Huff, he too had his own unique way of determining champions: "I try to put credibility in the listings by making them consistent with local and state rankings. I try to look for dominant teams in an area who have a good track record."^[16]

Informal intersectional games deemed as "national championship games" by the two participating schools were also, on occasion, sometimes played. Sometimes a dominant team in one state would defeat a dominant team in a neighboring state after the regular season and then would self-claim the national championship. However, sometimes such a game could not be scheduled, like in 1936 after Washington of Massillon, Ohio, refused to withhold its black players in a proposed game with segregated Central of Knoxville, Tennessee. Central subsequently proclaimed itself national champion that year.^[17] On December 31, 1938, duPont Manual of Louisville, Kentucky, and New Britain of Connecticut played in an actual national championship game at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a formal, third-party sponsor, the Louisiana Sports Association–and, by extension, the Sugar Bowl Committee, which held a series of sporting events leading up to the Sugar Bowl game itself. Manual won, 28–20.^[18] The following year, on December 30, the game featured Pine Bluff of Arkansas, which defeated Baton Rouge by a score of 26–0.^[18] This series of games proved difficult to organize, due to some states' prohibition of postseason play; Pine Bluff, for example, had to receive a special waiver from its state's high school sports association to participate in the game^[19] (even some schools that were eligible for postseason games like Massillon Washington were unable to play in the contest, since their association only allowed postseason games through the month of November^[20]). Also in 1939, the National Sports Council, chaired by columnist Grantland Rice, staged a national championship game Christmas night in the Miami Orange Bowl, won by Garfield of New Jersey, 16-13, over Miami of Florida; unlike the LSA Game, it featured two undefeated and untied teams from different sections of the country.^[21] After World War II the National Federation of State High School Associations also began discouraging intersectional postseason games.^[8]

Team and coaching superlatives

Concord, California De La Salle won 12 total national championships from 1994 to 2015, including 6 in a row from 1998 to 2003.

The first 10 of De La Salle's titles were coached by Bob Ladouceur, including all of those acquired during the 6-year streak. Todd Dodge (Southlake, Texas Carroll from 2004 to 2006 and Austin, Texas Westlake in 2020) is the only head coach to lead 2 different schools to national championships. Tony Sanchez (Las Vegas, Nevada Bishop Gorman in 2014) and Kenny Sanchez (Bishop Gorman in 2015 and 2016) are the only brothers^[22] to lead a school to a national championship.

At 63 years, McKinley (Canton, Ohio) holds the record for longest span between first title (1934) and most recent (1997). Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) holds the largest span for a coach with 27 years between first title (1994) and most recent (2021) with 4 additional outright or shared titles during that span (1996, 2017, 2018, 2020).

Selectors

Current selectors

Selector	Type	Since
USA Today	Expert	1982
MaxPreps/CBS Sports	Expert[23]	2006
CalPreps (MaxPreps Computer)	Algorithm[24]	2003
High School Football America/NFL Play Football	Algorithm/[25] Expert[26]	2012
Massey Ratings/On3	Algorithm[27]	2010
BlueStar Media	Expert[28]	2012
SBLive/Sports Illustrated	Expert	2020

Historical selectors

Selector	Year(s)
National championship game (NCG)*	1897, 1902–1904, 1906, 1908, 1910–1916, 1919–1920, 1922–1927, 1929, 1932–1933, 1937
Simon Lyons (SL)	1900, 1902–1903, 1906, 1908–1909, 1916, 1924, 1937, 1975–1976, 1978
Tim Hudak (TH)	1902–1904, 1906, 1908–1909, 1916, 1919, 1937
National Sports News Service (NSNS)**	1904, 1910–1916, 1918–1943, 1946–1999, 2014
Boston Evening Transcript (BET)	1912
High School Sports History (HSSH)	1917, 1944–1945, 1956–1958
National High School Football Coaches (NHSFC)	1932
Louisiana Sports Association National High School Championship (LSANHSC)	1938–1939
National Sports Council Health Bowl (NSCHB)	1939
Imperial Sports Syndicate (ISS)	1962
Art Judge's SWEET 33 (AJS33)	1976
National Prep Sports Network (NPSN) Southwest Sports News Service (SSNS)	1976–1977 1978
USA Today Super 25 (USATS25)	1982–present[29]
World Features Syndicate National Prep Poll (WFSNPP) PrepNation National Prep Poll (PNNPP)	1987–2014 2015–2019
USA High School Football (USAHSF) USA High School Football Private Schools (USAHSFPrS)† USA High School Football Public Schools (USAHSFPuS)†	1995–2012 2013 2013[30]
Dick Butkus Football Network (DBFN)	1998–2001[31]
Tony Bianco National High School Football Poll (TBNHSFP)	1998–2006[32]
American Football Monthly (AFM) American Football Monthly Private Schools (AFMPrS)‡ American Football Monthly Public Schools (AFMPuS)‡	1999–2004 2005 2005
Fox FAB 50 (FF50)** StudentSports FAB 50 (SSF50) ESPN HIGH Elite 25 (ESPNHE25) ESPN RISE FAB 50 (ESPNRF50) ESPN HS FAB 50 (ESPNHSF50) Powerade FAB 50 (PF50) FAB 50 (F50)	1999–2000 2001–2005 2007 2007–2010 2011 2012[33] 2013–2014[34]
CalPreps (CP) CalPreps Freeman Computer Rankings (CPFCR)	2003–present[35] 2004–2010
MaxPreps Xcellent 25 (MPX25) MaxPreps Small Schools (MPSS) MaxPreps Medium Schools (MPMS)	2006–present[36] 2010–2016, 2018–present 2012–2013
BlueStar Media Go-To 25 (BSMGT25) BlueStar Media Elite 25 (BSME25)	2012–2013 2014–present
Rivals FAB 50 (RF50) Rivals High 100 (RH100)	2006 2008–2012[37]
Massey Ratings (MR)	2010–present
Sports Illustrated (SI) SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 (SBLP25)	2011–2012[38] 2020–present
Prep Force (PF)	2012–2019
High School Football America Top 25 (HSFAT25) High School Football America National Top 50 (HSFANT50) High School Football America Medium Schools Top 25 (HSFAMST25) High School Football America Small Schools Top 25 (HSFASST25) High School Football America National Top 100 (HSFANT300) High School Football America National Top 300 (HSFANT300)	2012–2014 2015–2016 2015, 2018–2019 2015, 2018–2019 2017–2022 2023–present

Bold type indicates current selectors
Notes: *—it is not immediately clear if these games were only scheduled between the two competing teams and base their authority on general acclamation, or if any or all of these games had an independent third party formally sponsor it to increase legitimacy; **—National Sports News Service rankings were merged into the Fox FAB 50 rankings, beginning in 2000; †—USA High School Football rankings were split into public and private school divisions, beginning in 2013; ‡—American Football Monthly rankings were split into public and private school divisions, beginning in 2005

National champions by year

Composite

Year	Champion(s)	Record(s)	Coach(es)	Selector(s)	Note(s)
1897	Madison (WI)	8–0		NCG[9]
1898	(no champion)
1899	(no champion)
1900	Moline (IL)			SL[9]: 369
1901	(no champion)
1902	Chicago (IL) Hyde Park	5–0	Walter Eckersall	NCG,[39] SL, TH[9]: 369	Eckersall served as player-coach
1903	Chicago (IL) North Division	7–0–1	Charlie Daly	NCG,[39] SL, TH[9]: 369	Now called Lincoln Park High
			Al Johnson
1904	Detroit (MI) Central			NCG, NSNS, TH[9]: 369	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
1905	(no champion)
1906	Seattle (WA) Broadway			NCG, SL, TH[9]: 369
1907	(no champion)
1908	Longmont (CO) Longmont High School			Los Angeles Herald, Volume 36, Number 86, 26 December 1908, c
1909	Chicago (IL) Englewood			SL, TH[9]: 369
1910	Oak Park (IL)	10–2	Robert Zuppke	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1911	Oak Park (IL)	10–0	Robert Zuppke	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1912	Oak Park (IL)	10–0	Robert Zuppke	NCG, NSNS
	Fostoria (OH)	8–0	Lawrence Boles	BET, NCG
1913	Oak Park (IL)	10–1	Glenn Thistlewaite	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1914	Everett (MA)	13–0	Cleo O'Donnell	NCG, NSNS
1915	Detroit (MI) Central	11–0–1	Edbert C. Buss	NCG, NSNS
	Everett (MA)	11–0–1	Cleo O'Donnell	NCG, NSNS
1916	San Diego (CA)	12–0	Nibs Price	NSNS
	Toledo (OH) Scott			NCG, SL, TH[9]: 369
1917	Everett (WA)	12–0	Enoch Bagshaw	HSSH[40]
1918	Harrisburg Tech (PA)	9–0	Paul Smith	NSNS
1919	Harrisburg Tech (PA)	12–0	Paul Smith	NCG, NSNS
	Everett (WA)		Enoch Bagshaw	NCG, TH[9]: 369
	Toledo (OH) Scott		Pat Dwyer	NCG, TH[9]: 369
1920	Everett (WA)	9–0–1	Enoch Bagshaw	NCG, NSNS
	Oak Park (IL)	9–0–1	Glenn Thistlewaite	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1921	Jacksonville (FL) Duval	8–0	Wiley Wright[41]	NSNS
1922	Toledo (OH) Scott	9–0	William Neill	NCG, NSNS
1923	Toledo (OH) Scott	10–0	William Neill	NCG, NSNS
	East Cleveland (OH) Shaw	9–1	John Snavely	NCG, NSNS
1924	Toledo (OH) Waite	10–0	Joe Collins	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
	Cedar Rapids (IA) Washington			SL[9]: 369
1925	Pine Bluff (AR)	16–0	Foy Hammons	NCG, NSNS
	Louisville (KY) duPont Manual			NCG[42]
1926	Tuscaloosa (AL)	9–0	Paul Burnum	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1927	Waco (TX)	14–0	Paul Tyson	NCG, NSNS
1928	Medford (OR)	9–0	Prink Callison	NSNS
1929	Tuscaloosa (AL)	9–0	Paul Burnum	NCG,[9]: 369  NSNS
1930	Phoenix Union (AZ)	13–0	Robby Robinson	NSNS
1931	Ashland (KY)	10–0	Paul Jenkins	NSNS
1932	Toledo (OH) Waite	12–0	Don McCallister	NCG,[9]: 370  NSNS
	New Rochelle (NY)	9–0	Bill McKenna	NHSFC
1933	Oklahoma City (OK) Capitol Hill	12–0	Jim Lookabaugh	NCG,[9]: 370  NSNS
1934	Canton (OH) McKinley	11–0	Jim Aiken	NSNS
1935	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Paul Brown	NSNS
1936	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Paul Brown	NSNS
1937	Chicago (IL) Austin	10–0	William Heiland	NSNS
	Evansville (IN) Memorial			NCG, SL, TH[9]: 370
1938	Louisville (KY) duPont Manual	10–0	Ray Baer	LSANHSC,[18] NSNS
1939	Garfield (NJ)	10–0	Art Argauer	NSCHB[21]
	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Paul Brown	NSNS
	Pine Bluff (AR)	11–0–1	Allen Dunaway	LSANHSC[43][18]
1940	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Paul Brown	NSNS
1941	Chicago (IL) Leo	11–0	Whitey Cronin	NSNS
1942	Miami (FL)	9–0	Lyles Alley	NSNS
1943	Miami (FL)	9–0	Tom Moore	NSNS
1944	Chattanooga (TN) Baylor	10–0		HSSH[44]
1945	Donora (PA)	10–0		HSSH[45]
1946	Little Rock Central (AR)	14–0	Raymond Burnett	NSNS
1947	East Chicago (IN) Roosevelt	9–0	Pete Rucinski[46]	NSNS
	Lynn Classical (MA)	11–1	Bill Joyce[47]	NSNS
1948	Waco (TX)	14–0	Carl Price	NSNS
1949	Wichita Falls (TX)	14–0	Joe Golding	NSNS
1950	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Chuck Mather	NSNS
1951	Weymouth (MA)	9–0	Harry Arlanson	NSNS
1952	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Chuck Mather	NSNS
1953	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Chuck Mather	NSNS
1954	Vallejo (CA)	9–0	Bob Patterson	NSNS
1955	San Diego (CA)	12–0	Duane Maley	NSNS
1956	Abilene (TX)	14–0	Chuck Moser	HSSH,[48] NSNS
1957	Little Rock Central (AR)	12–0	Wilson Matthews	HSSH,[49] NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Portland (OR) Jefferson	11–0	Thomas DeSylvia	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Downey (CA)			NSNS[11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
1958	Portland (OR) Jefferson	12–0	Thomas DeSylvia	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Oak Ridge (TN)	10–0	Jack Armstrong[50]	HSSH,[51] NSNS[11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
	Wichita Falls (TX)			NSNS[11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
1959	Massillon (OH) Washington	10–0	Leo Strang	NSNS
1960	Lawrence (KS)	9–0	Al Woolard	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Miami (FL)	8–0–1	Ottis Mooney[52]	NSNS[53][11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
1961	Massillon (OH) Washington	11–0	Leo Strang	NSNS
1962	Valdosta (GA)	12–0	Wright Bazemore	NSNS
	Miami (FL)	9–0	Ottis Mooney	ISS[54]
	San Francisco (CA) St. Ignatius Prep			ISS[54]
1963	Chicago (IL) St. Rita	9–0	Edward Buckley	NSNS
1964	Coral Gables (FL)	12–0	Nick Kotys	NSNS
1965	Miami (FL)	12–0	Robert Carlton	NSNS
1966	Pico Rivera (CA) El Rancho	13–0	Ernest Johnson	NSNS
1967	Austin (TX) Reagan	14–0	Travis Raven	NSNS
	Coral Gables (FL)	13–0	Nick Kotys	NSNS
1968	Austin (TX) Reagan	15–0	Travis Raven	NSNS
	Coral Gables (FL)	12–1[3]	Nick Kotys	NSNS[11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
1969	Bogalusa (LA)	14–0	Lewis Murray[55]	NSNS[11]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
	Pasadena (CA) Blair	13–0	Pete Yoder	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Coral Gables (FL)	10–0	Nick Kotys	NSNS[56]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
	Valdosta (GA)	12–0–1	Wright Bazemore	NSNS[56]	not listed in recent sources as NSNS champion*
1970	Austin (TX) Reagan	14–1	Travis Raven	NSNS
1971	Valdosta (GA)	13–0	Wright Bazemore	NSNS
1972	Odessa (TX) Permian	14–0	Gil Bartosh	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Bristol Tennessee	13–0	John Cropp[57]	NSNS
1973	Tyler (TX) John Tyler	15–0	Corky Nelson	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Chattanooga (TN) Baylor	13–0	Red Etter[58]	NSNS
1974	Thomasville (GA)	12–1	Jim Hughes	NSNS
1975	Los Angeles (CA) Loyola	13–0	Marty Shaughnessy	NSNS, SL[9]: 371
	Rancho Cordova (CA) Cordova	12–0	Dewey Guerra	NSNS	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
1976	Warner Robins (GA)	13–0[59]	Robert Davis	NSNS, SL[9]: 371	not listed in older sources as NSNS champion*
	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	12–0	Gerry Faust	AJS33,[60] NPSN,[61] NSNS
1977	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	12–0	Gerry Faust	NPSN, NSNS
1978	Annandale (VA)	14–0	Bob Hardage	NSNS
1979	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	12–0	Gerry Faust	NSNS
1980	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	13–0	Gerry Faust	NSNS
1981	Warner Robins (GA)	15–0	Robert Davis	NSNS
1982	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	13–0	Steve Klonne[62]	NSNS, USATS25[63]
1983	Berwick Area (PA)	13–0	George Curry	NSNS, USATS25[63]
1984	Valdosta (GA)	15–0	Nick Hyder	NSNS, USATS25[63]
1985	East St. Louis (IL)	14–0	Bob Shannon	NSNS, USATS25[63]
1986	Valdosta (GA)	15–0	Nick Hyder	NSNS, USATS25[63]
1987	Plano (TX)	16–0	Gerald Brence	NSNS
	Fontana (CA)	14–0	Dick Bruich	WFSNPP[64]
	Pittsburgh (PA) North Hills	13–0	Jack McCurry	USATS25[63]
1988	Pensacola (FL) Pine Forest	14–0	Carl Madison	NSNS, USATS25[63]
	Prichard (AL) Vigor	13–0	Harold Clark	WFSNPP[64]
1989	Odessa (TX) Permian	16–0	Gary Gaines	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius	13–0	Chuck Kyle	USATS25[63]
1990	Houston (TX) Aldine	15–0	Bill Smith	WFSNPP[64]
	Lawton (OK) Eisenhower	14–0	Tim Reynolds	USATS25[63]
	Ruston (LA)	14–0	Jimmy Childress[65]	NSNS
1991	LaGrange (GA)	15–0[66]	Gary Guthrie	USATS25[63]
	Indianapolis (IN) Ben Davis	14–0	Dick Dullaghan	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
1992	Berwick Area (PA)	15–0[67]	George Curry	USATS25[63]
	Valdosta (GA)	14–0	Nick Hyder	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
1993	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius	14–0	Chuck Kyle	NSNS, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
1994	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	14–0	Bruce Rollinson	USATS25[63]
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	13–0	Bob Ladouceur	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
1995	Berwick Area (PA)	15–0	George Curry	USAHSF, USATS25[63]
	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius	14–0	Chuck Kyle	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
1996	Hampton (VA)	14–0	Mike Smith	NSNS, USAHSF, WFSNPP[64]
	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	14–0	Bruce Rollinson	USATS25[63]
1997	Doylestown (PA) Central Bucks West	15–0	Mike Pettine Sr.	USAHSF
	Canton (OH) McKinley	14–0	Thom McDaniels	USATS25[63]
	Hampton (VA)	13–0	Mike Smith	NSNS, WFSNPP[64]
1998	West Monroe (LA)	15–0		DBFN, TBNHSFP
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	12–0	Bob Ladouceur	NSNS, USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
1999	Midland (TX) Lee	15–0	John Parchman	DBFN, USATS25[63]
	Shreveport (LA) Evangel Christian	15–0	Dennis Dunn	AFM,[68] FF50, TBNHSFP, USAHSF, WFSNPP[64]
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	12–0	Bob Ladouceur	NSNS
2000	West Monroe (LA)	15–0		TBNHSFP
	Erie (PA) Cathedral Prep	14–0[30]		USAHSF
	Long Beach Poly (CA)	14–0		DBFN
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	13–0	Bob Ladouceur	AFM,[69] FF50, NSNS, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
2001	Jenks (OK) Jenks	13–0[30]		USAHSF
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	12–0	Bob Ladouceur	AFM,[70] DBFN, SSF50, TBNHSFP, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
2002	Lilburn (GA) Parkview	15–0[30]		USAHSF
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	13–0	Bob Ladouceur	AFM,[citation needed] SSF50, TBNHSFP, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
2003	Concord (CA) De La Salle	13–0	Bob Ladouceur	AFM,[71] SSF50, TBNHSFP, USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Thousand Oaks (CA) Westlake			CP[72]
2004	Southlake (TX) Carroll	16–0	Todd Dodge	AFM,[73] SSF50, TBNHSFP, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Charlotte (NC) Independence	15–0[30]	Bill Geiler	USAHSF
	Cincinnati (OH) Colerain	15–0	Kerry Coombs	CP,[74] CPFCR
2005	Southlake (TX) Carroll	16–0	Todd Dodge	AFMPuS,[75] CP,[76] CPFCR, TBNHSFP, WFSNPP[64]	Both overall and public school champion
	Cincinnati (OH) St. Xavier	15–0[30]		AFMPrS,[75] USAHSF	Both overall and private school champion
	Lakeland (FL)	15–0	Bill Castle	SSF50, USATS25[63]
2006	Southlake (TX) Carroll	16–0	Todd Dodge	CP,[77] CPFCR, MPX25, TBNHSFP, USAHSF, USATS25[63]
	Lakeland (FL)	15–0	Bill Castle	RF50, WFSNPP[64]
2007	Cincinnati (OH) St. Xavier	15–0	Steve Specht	CP,[78] CPFCR, ESPNRF50, WFSNPP[64]
	Miami Northwestern (FL)	15–0	Billy Rolle	ESPNHE25,[79] USATS25[63]
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	13–0	Bob Ladouceur	MPX25, USAHSF
2008	Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas	15–0	George Smith	CPFCR, ESPNRF50, MPX25, RH100, USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius			CP[80]
2009	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	12–0	Greg Toal	CPFCR, ESPNRF50, MPX25,[81] RH100, USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Abilene (TX)			CP[82]
2010	Batesville (MS) South Panola	15–0	Lance Pogue	MPX25,[83] RH100, USATS25[63]
	Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas	15–0	George Smith	ESPNRF50, WFSNPP[64]
	Lakewood (OH) St. Edward	15–0[30]		CP,[84] USAHSF
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	14–0	Bob Ladouceur	CPFCR
	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	12–0		MR[85]
2011	Calhoun (GA)	15–0		MPSS[86]	Small school champion only
	Louisville (KY) Trinity	14–0		RH100, SI
	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	11–0	Greg Toal	CP,[87] ESPNHSF50, MR,[88] MPX25,[89] USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
2012	Katy (TX)	16–0	Gary Joseph	F50
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	15–0	Bob Ladouceur	BSMGT25,[90] PF50
	Bellevue (WA)	14–0		MPMS,[91] SI	Both overall and medium school champion
	River Ridge (LA) John Curtis Christian	14–0	John T. Curtis Jr.	HSFAT25,[92] MPX25,[93] PF,[94] RH100, USAHSF, USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Allen (TX)	15–1		CP,[95] HSFAT25,[96] MR[97]
	Davie (FL) University		Roger Harriott	MPSS[98]	Small school champion only
2013	Allen (TX)	16–0	Tom Westerberg	BSMGT25,[99] HSFAT25[92]
	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	15–0	Jason Negro	CP,[100] MR,[101] USAHSFPrS	Both overall and private school champion
	Maria Stein (OH) Marion Local	15–0		MPSS[102]	Small school champion only
	Miami (FL) Booker T. Washington	14–0	Ice Harris	F50, MPMS,[103] MPX25,[104] PF,[105] USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]	Both overall and medium school champion
	Hoover (AL)		Josh Niblet[30]	USAHSFPuS	Public school champion only
2014	Allen (TX)	16–0	Tom Westerberg	BSME25,[99] HSFAT25,[92] MPX25,[106] NSNS
	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	15–0	Tony Sanchez	USATS25,[63] WFSNPP[64]
	Concord (CA) De La Salle	14–0	Justin Alumbaugh	CP,[107] MR[108]
	Jacksonville (FL) Trinity Christian			MPSS[109]	Small school champion only
2015	Katy (TX)	16–0	Gary Joseph	MR,[110] MPX25,[111] PNNPP
	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	15–0	Kenny Sanchez	BSME25,[99] USATS25[112]
	Moultrie (GA) Colquitt County	15–0	Rush Propst	HSFANT50,[92] PF[113]
	Jacksonville (FL) Trinity Christian	14–0		HSFASST25,[114] MPSS[109]	Small school champion only
	Sammamish (WA) Eastside Catholic	13–0		HSFAMST25[115]	Medium school champion only
	Concord (CA) De La Salle			CP[116]
2016	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	15–0	Kenny Sanchez	BSME25,[117] CP,[118] HSFANT50,[92] MR,[119] MPX25,[120] PF,[121] PNNPP, USATS25[122]
	Munhall (PA) Steel Valley	15–0		MPSS[109]	Small school champion only
2017	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	15–0	Bruce Rollinson	BSME25,[123] CP,[124] HSFANT100,[92] MR,[125] MPX25,[126] PNNPP, USATS25[127]
2018	Catawissa (PA) Southern Columbia Area	16–0		HSFASST25[128]	Small school champion only
	Houston (TX) North Shore	16–0	Jon Kay	MPX25,[129] MR,[130] PF,[131] PNNPP
	Alcoa (TN)	15–0	Gary Rankin	HSFAMST25[132]	Medium school champion only
	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	13–2	Bruce Rollinson	BSME25,[133] CP,[134] HSFANT100, PF,[135] USATS25[136]
	Hollywood (FL) Chaminade–Madonna Prep	12–2		MPSS[137]	Small school champion only
2019	Catawissa (PA) Southern Columbia Area	16–0		HSFASST25[138]	Small school champion only
	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	13–1	Jason Negro	BSME25,[139] CP,[140] HSFANT100,[96] MPX25,[141] MR,[142] PF,[143] PNNPP,[141] USATS25[141]
	Cedar Hill (TX) Trinity Christian	13–1		MPSS[144]	Small school champion only
	Miami Northwestern (FL)	13–2		HSFAMST25[145]	Medium school champion only
2020	Austin (TX) Westlake	14–0	Todd Dodge	BSME25[146]
	Catawissa (PA) Southern Columbia Area	12–0	Jim Roth	MPSS[147]	Small school champion only
	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy	8–0	Bobby Acosta	HSFANT100,[148] MPX25,[149] SBLP25,[150] USATS25[149]
	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	5–0	Bruce Rollinson	CP,[151] MR[152]
2021	China Spring (TX)	16–0	Brain Bell	MPSS[153]	Small school champion only
	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	12–0	Bruce Rollinson	BSME25,[154] CP,[155] HSFANT100,[156] MPX25,[157] MR,[158] SBLP25,[159] USATS25[160]
2022	Carthage (TX)	16–0	Scott Surratt	MPSS[161]	Small school champion only
	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	13–1	Jason Negro	BSME25,[162] CP,[163] HSFANT100,[164] MPX25,[165] MR,[166] SBLP25,[167] USATS25[168]
2023	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	13-1	Frank McManus	BSME25,[169] CP,[170] HSFANT300,[171] SBLP25[172]
	DeSoto (TX)	15-0	Claude Mathis	MR[173]
	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	15–0	Brent Browner	MPX25,[174] USATS25[175]
	Malakoff (TX)	16-0	Jamie Driskell	MPSS[176]	Small school champion only

Note: all information between 1904 and 2000 is derived from the National High School Football Record Book (2001),^[12] unless otherwise specified; *—listings from an earlier source^[11] do not necessarily match listings from a more recent source^[12]—it is not immediately clear if this was due to poor record-keeping or if past champions were later reevaluated by the National Sports News Service and revised accordingly.

Most selectors

No definitive ranking service exists to declare a universal national champion for high school football. Since 2000, five teams have received a consensus 100% of selectors: Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman (2016), Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei (2017, 2021) and Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco (2019, 2022).

Since 1982, four schools have received the most selectors in consecutive seasons: Concord (CA) De La Salle (2000–2003), Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei (2017–2018), Southlake (TX) Carroll (2004–2006) and Hampton (VA) (1996–1997).

Schools Receiving the Most Selectors
(excluding selectors from Small, Medium, Public/Private and other specialty polls)

Year	School	Selectors received	Selectors total	% of Selectors received
1982	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller	2	2	100%
1983	Berwick Area (PA)	2	2	100%
1984	Valdosta (GA)	2	2	100%
1985	East St. Louis (IL)	2	2	100%
1986	Valdosta (GA)	2	2	100%
1987	(no plurality received)
1988	Pensacola (FL) Pine Forest	2	3	67%
1989	Odessa (TX) Permian	2	3	67%
1990	(no plurality received)
1991	Indianapolis (IN) Ben Davis	2	3	67%
1992	Valdosta (GA)	2	3	67%
1993	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius	3	3	100%
1994	Concord (CA) De La Salle	2	3	67%
1995	(no plurality received)
1996	Hampton (VA)	3	4	75%
1997	Hampton (VA)	2	4	50%
1998	Concord (CA) De La Salle	4	6	67%
1999	Shreveport (LA) Evangel Christian	5	8	63%
2000	Concord (CA) De La Salle	5	8	63%
2001	Concord (CA) De La Salle	6	7	86%
2002	Concord (CA) De La Salle	5	6	83%
2003	Concord (CA) De La Salle	6	7	86%
2004	Southlake (TX) Carroll	5	8	63%
2005	Southlake (TX) Carroll	4	7	57%
2006	Southlake (TX) Carroll	6	8	75%
2007	Cincinnati (OH) St. Xavier	4	8	50%
2008	Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas	7	8	88%
2009	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	7	8	88%
2010	Batesville (MS) South Panola	3	9	33%
2011	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	7	9	78%
2012	River Ridge (LA) John Curtis Christian	7	14	50%
2013	Miami (FL) Booker T. Washington	5	9	56%
2014	Allen (TX)	4	8	50%
2015	Katy (TX)	3	8	38%
2016	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	8	8	100%
2017	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	7	7	100%
2018	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	5	9	56%
2019	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	8	8	100%
2020	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy	4	7	57%
2021	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	7	7	100%
2022	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	7	7	100%
2023	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	4	7	57%

By current selector

Year	USA Today	CalPreps	MaxPreps	Massey Ratings	High School Football America	BlueStar Media	SBLive
1982	Cincinnati (OH) Moeller
1983	Berwick (PA) Area
1984	Valdosta (GA)
1985	East St. Louis (IL)
1986	Valdosta (GA)
1987	Pittsburgh (PA) North Hills
1988	Pensacola (FL) Pine Forest
1989	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius
1990	Lawton (OK) Eisenhower
1991	LaGrange (GA)
1992	Berwick (PA) Area
1993	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius
1994	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
1995	Berwick (PA) Area
1996	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
1997	Canton (OH) McKinley
1998	Concord (CA) De La Salle
1999	Midland (TX) Lee
2000	Concord (CA) De La Salle
2001	Concord (CA) De La Salle
2002	Concord (CA) De La Salle
2003	Concord (CA) De La Salle	Thousand Oaks (CA) Westlake
2004	Southlake (TX) Carroll	Cincinnati (OH) Colerain
2005	Lakeland (FL)	Southlake (TX) Carroll
2006	Southlake (TX) Carroll	Southlake (TX) Carroll	Southlake (TX) Carroll
2007	Miami (FL) Northwestern	Cincinnati (OH) St. Xavier	Concord (CA) De La Salle
2008	Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas	Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius	Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas
2009	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	Abilene (TX)	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep
2010	Batesville (MS) South Panola	Lakewood (OH) St. Edward	Batesville (MS) South Panola	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep
2011	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep
2012	River Ridge (LA) John Curtis Christian	Allen (TX)	River Ridge (LA) John Curtis Christian	Allen (TX)	River Ridge (LA) John Curtis Christian	Concord (CA) De La Salle
2013	Miami (FL) Booker T. Washington	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Miami (FL) Booker T. Washington	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Allen (TX)	Allen (TX)
2014	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Concord (CA) De La Salle	Allen (TX)	Concord (CA) De La Salle	Allen (TX)	Allen (TX)
2015	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Concord (CA) De La Salle	Katy (TX)	Katy (TX)	Moultrie (GA) Colquitt County	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman
2016	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman
2017	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
2018	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Houston (TX) North Shore	Houston (TX) North Shore	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
2019	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco
2020	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy	Austin (TX) Westlake	Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy
2021	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
2022	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco	Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco
2023	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	DeSoto (TX)	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei	Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei

National championships by school

Composite

Years selected for overall national championships are denoted by boldfaced type below; years selected for specialty national championships that were reserved for specific kinds of schools (such as for private, public, medium or small-sized schools only) are in regular type. It is theoretically possible that some early national championship games held when segregation was legal may have restricted qualifying schools to all-white rosters, but in the absence of incriminating documentation, all championship games are currently assumed to have been open to all teams and are therefore listed below in boldface.

City	State	School	Championship(s)	Year(s)
Concord	CA	De La Salle	12	1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
Massillon	OH	Washington	9	1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961
Santa Ana	CA	Mater Dei	7	1994, 1996, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Valdosta	GA	Valdosta	6	1962, 1969, 1971, 1984, 1986, 1992
Miami	FL	Miami	5	1942, 1943, 1960, 1962, 1965
Cincinnati	OH	Moeller	5	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
Oak Park	IL	Oak Park	5	1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1920
Cleveland	OH	St. Ignatius	4	1989, 1993, 1995, 2008
Coral Gables	FL	Coral Gables	4	1964, 1967, 1968, 1969
Las Vegas	NV	Bishop Gorman	4	2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
Toledo	OH	Scott	4	1916, 1919, 1922, 1923
Allen	TX	Allen	3	2012, 2013, 2014
Austin	TX	Reagan	3	1967, 1968, 1970
Bellflower	CA	St. John Bosco	3	2013, 2019, 2022
Berwick	PA	Berwick Area	3	1983, 1992, 1995
Catawissa	PA	Southern Columbia Area	3	2018, 2019, 2020
Everett	WA	Everett	3	1917, 1919, 1920
Ramsey	NJ	Don Bosco Prep	3	2009, 2010, 2011
Southlake	TX	Carroll	3	2004, 2005, 2006
Abilene	TX	Abilene	2	1956, 2009
Canton	OH	McKinley	2	1934, 1997
Chattanooga	TN	Baylor	2	1944, 1973
Chicago	IL	Englewood	2	1908, 1909
Cincinnati	OH	St. Xavier	2	2005, 2007
Detroit	MI	Central	2	1904, 1915
Everett	MA	Everett	2	1914, 1915
Fort Lauderdale	FL	St. Thomas Aquinas	2	2008, 2010
Hampton	VA	Hampton	2	1996, 1997
Harrisburg	PA	Harrisburg Tech	2	1918, 1919
Jacksonville	FL	Trinity Christian	2	2014, 2015
Katy	TX	Katy	2	2012, 2015
Lakeland	FL	Lakeland	2	2005, 2006
Little Rock	AR	Little Rock Central	2	1946, 1957
Louisville	KY	duPont Manual	2	1925, 1938
Miami	FL	Miami Northwestern	2	2007, 2019
Odessa	TX	Permian	2	1972, 1989
Pine Bluff	AR	Pine Bluff	2	1925, 1939
Portland	OR	Jefferson	2	1957, 1958
San Diego	CA	San Diego	2	1916, 1955
Toledo	OH	Waite	2	1924, 1932
Tuscaloosa	AL	Tuscaloosa	2	1926, 1929
Waco	TX	Waco	2	1927, 1948
Warner Robins	GA	Warner Robins	2	1976, 1981
West Monroe	LA	West Monroe	2	1998, 2000
Wichita Falls	TX	Wichita Falls	2	1949, 1958
Alcoa	TN	Alcoa	1	2018
Annandale	VA	Annandale	1	1978
Ashland	KY	Ashland	1	1931
Austin	TX	Westlake	1	2020
Batesville	MS	South Panola	1	2010
Bellevue	WA	Bellevue	1	2012
Bogalusa	LA	Bogalusa	1	1969
Bradenton	FL	IMG Academy	1	2020
Bristol	TN	Tennessee	1	1972
Calhoun	GA	Calhoun	1	2011
Carthage	TX	Carthage	1	2022
Cedar Hill	TX	Trinity Christian	1	2019
Cedar Rapids	IA	Washington	1	1924
Charlotte	NC	Independence	1	2004
Chicago	IL	Austin	1	1937
Chicago	IL	Hyde Park	1	1902
Chicago	IL	Leo	1	1941
Chicago	IL	North Division (now called Lincoln Park High)	1	1903
Chicago	IL	St. Rita	1	1963
China Spring	TX	China Spring	1	2021
Cincinnati	OH	Colerain	1	2004
Davie	FL	University	1	2012
DeSoto	TX	DeSoto	1	2023
Donora	PA	Donora	1	1945
Downey	CA	Downey	1	1957
Doylestown	PA	Central Bucks West	1	1997
East Chicago	IN	Roosevelt	1	1947
East Cleveland	OH	Shaw	1	1923
East St. Louis	IL	East St. Louis	1	1985
Erie	PA	Cathedral Prep	1	2000
Evansville	IN	Memorial	1	1937
Fontana	CA	Fontana	1	1987
Fostoria	OH	Fostoria	1	1912
Hollywood	FL	Chaminade–Madonna Prep	1	2018
Hoover	AL	Hoover	1	2013
Houston	TX	Aldine	1	1990
Houston	TX	North Shore	1	2018
Houston	TX	Stratford	1	1978
Indianapolis	IN	Ben Davis	1	1991
Jacksonville	FL	Duval	1	1921
Jenks	OK	Jenks	1	2001
LaGrange	GA	LaGrange	1	1991
Lakewood	OH	St. Edward	1	2010
Lawrence	KS	Lawrence	1	1960
Lawton	OK	Eisenhower	1	1990
Lilburn	GA	Parkview	1	2002
Long Beach	CA	Long Beach Poly	1	2000
Los Angeles	CA	Loyola	1	1975
Louisville	KY	Trinity	1	2011
Lynn	MA	Lynn Classical	1	1947
Madison	WI	Madison	1	1897
Malakoff	TX	Malakoff	1	2023
Maria Stein	OH	Marion Local	1	2013
Medford	OR	Medford	1	1928
Miami	FL	Booker T. Washington	1	2013
Midland	TX	Lee	1	1999
Moline	IL	Moline	1	1900
Moultrie	GA	Colquitt County	1	2015
Munhall	PA	Steel Valley	1	2016
New Rochelle	NY	New Rochelle	1	1932
Oak Ridge	TN	Oak Ridge	1	1958
Oklahoma City	OK	Capitol Hill	1	1933
Pasadena	CA	Blair	1	1969
Pensacola	FL	Pine Forest	1	1988
Phoenix	AZ	Union	1	1930
Pico Rivera	CA	El Rancho	1	1966
Pittsburgh	PA	North Hills	1	1987
Plano	TX	Plano	1	1987
Prichard	AL	Vigor	1	1988
Rancho Cordova	CA	Cordova	1	1975
River Ridge	LA	John Curtis Christian	1	2012
Ruston	LA	Ruston	1	1990
Sammamish	WA	Eastside Catholic	1	2015
San Francisco	CA	St. Ignatius Prep	1	1962
Santa Fe Springs	CA	St. Paul	1	1978
Seattle	WA	Broadway	1	1906
Shreveport	LA	Evangel Christian	1	1999
Thomasville	GA	Thomasville	1	1974
Thousand Oaks	CA	Westlake	1	2003
Tyler	TX	John Tyler	1	1973
Vallejo	CA	Vallejo	1	1954
Weymouth	MA	Weymouth	1	1951

Most selectors

Schools receiving the most selectors, since 1982
(excluding selectors from small, medium, public/private and other specialty polls)

City	State	School	Championships	Year (% of selectors received)
Concord	CA	De La Salle	6	1994 (67%), 1998 (67%), 2000 (63%), 2001 (86%), 2002 (83%), 2003 (86%)
Santa Ana	CA	Mater Dei	4	2017 (100%), 2018 (56%), 2021 (100%), 2023 (67%)
Southlake	TX	Carroll	3	2004 (63%), 2005 (57%), 2006 (75%)
Valdosta	GA	Valdosta	3	1984 (100%), 1986 (100%), 1992 (67%)
Bellflower	CA	St. John Bosco	2	2019 (100%), 2022 (100%)
Hampton	VA	Hampton	2	1996 (75%), 1997 (50%)
Ramsey	NJ	Don Bosco Prep	2	2009 (88%), 2011 (78%)
Allen	TX	Allen	1	2014 (50%)
Batesville	MS	South Panola	1	2010 (33%)
Berwick	PA	Berwick Area	1	1983 (100%)
Bradenton	FL	IMG Academy	1	2020 (57%)
Cincinnati	OH	Moeller	1	1982 (100%)
Cincinnati	OH	St. Xavier	1	2007 (50%)
Cleveland	OH	St. Ignatius	1	1993 (100%)
East St. Louis	IL	East St. Louis	1	1985 (100%)
Fort Lauderdale	FL	St. Thomas Aquinas	1	2008 (88%)
Indianapolis	IN	Ben Davis	1	1991 (67%)
Katy	TX	Katy	1	2015 (38%)
Las Vegas	NV	Bishop Gorman	1	2016 (100%)
Miami	FL	Booker T. Washington	1	2013 (56%)
Odessa	TX	Permian	1	1989 (67%)
Pensacola	FL	Pine Forest	1	1988 (67%)
River Ridge	LA	John Curtis Christian	1	2012 (50%)
Shreveport	LA	Evangel Christian	1	1999 (63%)

See also

• USA Today All-USA high school football team (including Super 25 teams in U.S. and Top 10 teams in East, South, Midwest, and West regions)
• All-American Bowl (high school football)

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