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2025 Preseason Rankings

Updated on July 23, 2025

Five-time High School Football America national champ Mater Dei (California) starts 2025 where it ended the last two seasons, No. 1 in the HSFA 100, powered. The Monarchs will be looking for their third straight national crown when they open the regular season August 23 in Florida in the Broward County National Football Showcase.

MD squares-off with No. 10 St. Thomas Aquinas, winners of six straight Florida high school football state championships.

Falling-in right behind Mater Dei in the HSFA preseason rankings is its arch-rival St. John Bosco (California). The Braves have won two HSFA national titles.

Related: Entire Preseason HSFA 300

Mater Dei and Bosco have won seven of the last eight HSFA national championships. They’re part of the ultra-tough Trinity League, which has been the toughest in the country, according to HSFA’s proprietary algorithm, for four years in a row.

The other four Trinity League teams are inside the preseason Top 52. Orange Lutheran is ranked No. 20, followed by Santa Margarita at No. 27, JSerra at No. 48 and Servite at No. 52.

Nevada’s Bishop Gorman starts at No. 3. The Gaels, winners of 14 state titles in the last 15 years, will play both Mater Dei and Santa Margarita on back-to-back weekends in September. BG was High School Football America’s national champ in 2016.

Reigning Georgia 6A champ Grayson begins at No. 4. Five of the Rams’ first six games will be against teams in the preseason Top 300, including a showdown with another state champ, Thompson (Alabama), which starts at No. 14. Last year, in Alabama, Grayson beat the 7A champs 15-14 in overtime.

Only Florida’s IMG Academy, which starts at No. 5, has been able to break the Trinity League‘s stranglehold on the national crown. IMG was crowned national champs in 2020.

Teams in HSFA 300 by State

  • Florida - 52
  • Texas - 38
  • Georgia - 28
  • California - 27
  • Ohio - 23
  • Tennessee - 13
  • Louisiana - 12
  • Alabama - 11
  • North Carolina - 9
  • Arizona - 8
  • Pennsylvania, Utah - 7
  • Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina - 6
  • Arkansas, Maryland, New Jersey - 5
  • Hawaii - 4
  • Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia - 3
  • Nevada - 2
  • Colorado, District of Columbia, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington - 1
Rank Team & State Record 2024 HSFA 300 Trend
1 Mater Dei (California) (13-0) 1 -
2 St. John Bosco (California) (11-2) 5 3
3 Bishop Gorman (Nevada) (12-1) 3 -
4 Grayson (Georgia) (14-1) 13 9
5 IMG Academy (Florida) (7-2) 10 5
6 Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) (11-1) 7 1
7 St. Joseph's Prep (Pennsylvania) (11-2) 26 19
8 East St. Louis (Illinois) (13-1) 15 7
9 St. Frances Academy (Maryland) (8-3) 9 -
10 St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) (12-3) 17 7
11 Duncanville (Texas) (13-1) 8 3
12 Buford (Georgia) (12-2) 20 8
13 North Crowley (Texas) (16-0) 6 7
14 Thompson (Alabama) (11-3) 30 16
15 Corona Centennial (California) (9-3) 21 6
16 Corner Canyon (Utah) (13-1) 14 2
17 Venice (Florida) (14-1) 4 13
18 Milton (Georgia) (15-0) 2 16
19 Chaminade-Madonna (Florida) (13-2) 11 8
20 Orange Lutheran (California) (8-4) 11 9
21 American Heritage (Plantation, Florida) (12-2) 16 5
22 Southlake Carroll (Texas) (15-1) 46 24
23 Northwestern (Miami, Florida) (12-2) 33 10
24 Mission Viejo (California) (10-1) 23 1
25 Liberty (Arizona) (12-1) 24 1
26 DeMatha (Maryland) (10-1) 23 3
27 Santa Margarita (California) (5-7) 62 35
28 Westlake (Texas) (14-2) 27 1
29 Lincoln (San Diego, California) (12-2) 43 14
30 Lakeland (Florida) 13-1) 30 -
31 Grimsley (North Carolina) (16-0) 34 3
32 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia) (11-2) 38 6
33 De La Salle (California) (12-1) 25 8
34 The First Academy (Florida) (0-10) 0 34
35 Archbishop Spalding (Maryland) (12-0) 18 17
36 Douglas County (Georgia) (11-3) 50 14
37 Cocoa (Florida) (10-3) 32 5
38 Edna Karr (Louisiana) (14-0) 40 2
39 Folsom (California) (12-2) 49 10
40 Gadsden County (Florida) (13-2) 87 47
41 Allen (Texas) (13-1) 58 17
42 Dutch Fork (South Carolina) (14-0) 71 29
43 North Shore (Texas) (14-1) 29 14
44 La Salle College HS (Pennsylvania) (10-1) 36 8
45 Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) (14-2) 75 30
46 Atascocita (Texas) (12-2) 31 15
47 Jones (Orlando, Florida) (14-1) 28 19
48 JSerra (California) (6-5) 53 5
49 Brownsburg (Indiana) (13-1) 79 30
50 Basha (Arizona) (11-2) 35 15
51 Vandegrift (Texas) (15-1) 44 7
52 Servite (California) (6-5) 66 14
53 North Gwinnett (Georgia) (12-1) 61 8
54 Miami Central (Florida) (0-9) 0 54
55 Sierra Canyon (California) (8-4) 53 2
56 Norland (Florida) (9-3) 37 19
57 St. Edward (Ohio) (9-6) 84 27
58 Good Counsel (Maryland) (7-5) 77 19
59 Massillon Washington (Ohio) (11-3) 82 23
60 McCallie (Tennessee) (11-2) 68 8
61 Providence Day (North Carolina) (9-3) 63 2
62 Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) (8-4) 106 44
63 Lone Peak (Utah) (11-3) 51 12
64 DePaul Catholic (New Jersey) (11-1) 42 22
65 Collins Hill (Georgia) (11-2) 55 10
66 Trinity (Kentucky) (13-2) 69 3
67 Avon (Ohio) (16-0) 47 20
68 Lee County (Georgia) (13-1) 41 27
69 Oakland (Tennessee) (14-1) 56 13
70 Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) (11-3) 81 11
71 Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (11-1) 67 4
72 Weddington (North Carolina) (13-1) 60 12
73 Baylor (Tennessee) (12-1) 70 3
74 Rolesville (North Carolina) (14-2) 73 1
75 Lake Travis (Texas) (12-2) 65 10
76 Langston Hughes (Georgia) (13-2) 52 24
77 Northwestern (South Carolina) (14-0) 59 18
78 Coppell (Texas) (12-1) 72 6
79 Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tennessee) (14-0) 95 16
80 Lake Mary (Florida) (12-3) 100 20
81 DeSoto (Texas) (11-3) 97 16
82 Cherry Creek (Colorado) (13-1) 96 14
83 Clearwater Central Catholic (Florida) (12-3) 45 38
84 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) (6-5) 124 40
85 Auburn (Alabama) (10-1) 93 8
86 Longview (Texas) (12-3) 88 2
87 Pittsburg (California) (12-3) 48 39
88 Hoover (Alabama) (10-3) 123 35
89 Aledo (Texas) (12-2) 115 26
90 Columbus (Miami, Florida) (9-4) 78 12
91 Summerville (South Carolina) (13-1) 89 2
92 Central (Phenix City, Alabama) (10-3) 103 11
93 Highland Park (Texas) (14-2) 105 12
94 Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina) (12-2) 108 14
95 Hough (North Carolina) (12-2) 76 19
96 Carrollton (Georgia) (14-1) 19 77
97 Olentangy Liberty (Ohio) (14-2) 57 40
98 Westfield (Indiana) (12-2) 83 15
99 Summer Creek (Texas) (12-3) 90 9
100 Iona Prep (New York) (11-2) 136 36

Past Rankings

Updated on January 2, 2025

For the fifth time since 2017, Mater Dei (California) is the High School Football America national champ With all thirteen of the Monarchs’ wins coming against teams that finish in the Top 300, this may be the program’s most impressive national title out of the five.

During the last eight years, the Monarchs have posted an overall record of 96-4 with all of the loses coming against St. John Bosco (California).

Milton finishes No. 2 after running the table and winning Georgia’s Class 5A state championship.

Nevada’s Bishop Gorman, whose only loss was to Mater Dei, checks in at No. 3, followed by Florida 7A champ Venice at No. 4.

St. John Bosco finishes No. 5. The Braves only losses came against Mater Dei.

Mater Dei and St. John Bosco have won seven of the last eight HSFA national titles. IMG Academy (Florida) won the 2020 national title, but there’s an asterisk with that title, since California only played a limited spring season in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the limited schedule, the Golden State didn’t hold playoffs.

Texas Class 6A Division I champ North Crowley finishes No. 6 in the HSFA national rankings created with its proprietary algorithm.

Four-time New Jersey Non-Public A Bergen Catholic is the No. 7 team in America, followed by Duncanville (Texas) at No. 8, St. Francis Academy (Maryland) at No. 9 and IMG Academy (Florida) at No. 10

Florida leads the way with the most teams in the HSFA national rankings. There are 52 teams from the Sunshine State in the HSFA 300, followed by Texas with 38. Georgia has the third most teams with 28. California has 27 teams in the Top 300, followed by Ohio with 23.

In all, 30 states, plus the District of Columbia are represented in the final HSFA 300.

Rank Team & State Record Last Week

1

Mater Dei (California)

(13-0)

1

2

Milton (Georgia)

(15-0)

9

3

Bishop Gorman (Nevada)

(12-1)

2

4

Venice (Florida)

(14-1)

29

5

St. John Bosco (California)

(11-2)

5

6

North Crowley (Texas)

(16-0)

45

7

Bergen Catholic (New Jersey)

(11-1)

10

8

Duncanville (Texas)

(13-1)

8

9

St. Frances Academy (Maryland)

(8-3)

18

10

IMG Academy (Florida)

(7-2)

4

11

Chaminade-Madonna (Florida)

(13-2)

3

12

Grayson (Georgia)

(14-1)

170

13

Orange Lutheran (California)

(8-4)

71

14

Corner Canyon (Utah)

(13-1)

35

15

East St. Louis (Illinois)

(13-1)

41

16

American Heritage (Plantation, Florida)

(12-2)

24

17

St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)

(12-3)

7

18

Archbishop Spalding (Maryland)

(12-0)

64

19

Carrollton (Georgia)

(14-1)

43

20

Buford (Georgia)

(12-2)

26

21

Corona Centennial (California)

(9-3)

12

22

Mission Viejo (California)

(10-1)

33

23

DeMatha (Maryland)

(10-1)

19

24

Liberty (Arizona)

(12-1)

20

25

De La Salle (California)

(12-1)

63

26

St. Joseph's Prep (Pennsylvania)

(11-2)

16

27

Westlake (Austin, Texas)

(14-2)

32

28

Jones (Orlando, Florida)

(14-1)

59

29

North Shore (Texas)

(14-1)

17

30

Lakeland (Florida)

(13-1)

47

31

Atascocita (Texas)

(12-2)

62

32

Cocoa (Florida)

(10-3)

14

33

Northwestern (Miami, Florida)

(12-2)

211

34

Grimsley (North Carolina)

(16-0)

129

35

Basha (Arizona)

(11-2)

68

36

La Salle College HS (Pennsylvania)

(10-1)

0

37

Norland (Florida)

(9-3)

34

38

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia)

(11-2)

81

39

Thompson (Alabama)

(11-3)

42

40

Edna Karr (Louisiana)

(14-0)

182

41

Lee County (Georgia)

(13-1)

159

42

DePaul Catholic (New Jersey)

(11-1)

288

43

Lincoln (San Diego, California)

(12-2)

40

44

Vandegrift (Texas)

(15-1)

109

45

Clearwater Central Catholic (Florida)

(12-3)

88

46

Southlake Carroll (Texas)

(15-1)

55

47

Avon (Ohio)

(16-0)

104

48

Pittsburg (California)

(12-3)

146

49

Folsom (California)

(12-2)

61

50

Douglas County (Georgia)

(11-3)

105

51

Lone Peak (Utah)

(11-3)

0

52

Langston Hughes (Georgia)

(13-2)

0

53

JSerra (California)

(6-5)

92

54

Sierra Canyon (California)

(8-4)

27

55

Collins Hill (Georgia)

(11-2)

0

56

Oakland (Tennessee)

(14-1)

111

57

Olentangy Liberty (Ohio)

(14-2)

0

58

Allen (Texas)

(13-1)

165

59

Northwestern (South Carolina)

(14-0)

137

60

Weddington (North Carolina)

(13-1)

73

61

North Gwinnett (Georgia)

(12-1)

195

62

Santa Margarita (California)

(5-7)

82

63

Providence Day (North Carolina)

(9-3)

65

64

Riverdale Baptist (Maryland)

(10-0)

0

65

Lake Travis (Texas)

(12-2)

100

66

Servite (California)

(6-5)

69

67

Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

(11-1)++

70

68

McCallie (Tennessee)

(11-2)

44

69

Trinity (Kentucky)

(13-2)

84

70

Baylor (Tennessee)

(12-1)

83

71

Dutch Fork (South Carolina)

(14-0)

142

72

Coppell (Texas)

(12-1)

120

73

Rolesville (North Carolina)

(14-2)

232

74

Central (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

(13-1)

0

75

Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)

(14-2)

91

76

Hough (North Carolina)

(12-2)

193

77

Good Counsel (Maryland)

(7-5)

15

78

Columbus (Miami, Florida)

(9-4)

39

79

Brownsburg (Indiana)

(13-1)

80

80

Parker (Birmingham, Alabama)

(14-1)

0

81

Archbishop Hoban (Ohio)

(11-3)

28

82

Massillon Washington (Ohio)

(11-3)

11

83

Westfield (Indiana)

(12-2)

217

84

St. Edward (Ohio)

(9-6)

13

85

Alexandria (Louisiana)

(13-1)

286

86

West Boca Raton (Florida)

(15-0)

0

87

Gadsden County (Florida)

(13-2)

0

88

Longview (Texas)

(12-3)

207

89

Summerville (South Carolina)

(13-1)

239

90

Summer Creek (Texas)

(12-3)

60

91

Hamilton (Arizona)

(10-2)

158

92

Thomas County Central (Georgia)

(11-2)

53

93

Auburn (Alabama)

(10-1)

233

94

Coffee (Georgia)

(11-3)

74

95

Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tennessee)

(14-0)

150

96

Cherry Creek (Colorado)

(13-1)

271

97

DeSoto (Texas)

(11-3)

6

98

Bryant (Arkansas)

(13-0)

144

99

South Oak Cliff (Texas)

(13-3)

72

100

Lake Mary (Florida)

(12-3)

234

 

Updated on December 19, 2023

Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) finishes 2023 where it started, at the top of the High School Football America 100 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. It's the Monarchs fourth HSFA national title since 2017. They also won our national crown in 2018 and 2021.

Twelve of the Monarchs' 13 wins came against teams that finished inside our Top 107 — No. 3 St. John Bosco (California), No. 15 Kahuku, No. 16 Corona Centennial (California), No. 29 Sierra Canyon (California) No. 51 St. Frances Academy (Maryland), No. 52 Serra (San Mateo, California), No. 78 Servite (California), No. 80 Orange Lutheran (California), No. 81 Santa Margarita (California), No. 92 Creekside (Georgia) and No. 107 JSerra (California) twice.

Falling in behind Mater Dei is Florida Class 1M state champ Chaminade-Madonna at No. 2. St. John Bosco finishes No. 3, followed by No. 4 IMG Academy (Florida) and Nevada 5A Division I champ Bishop Gorman at No. 5.

After winning a Florida state record fifth state championship, St. Thomas Aquinas finishes No. 6, followed by Pennsylvania 6A champ St. Joseph’s Prep at No. 7, Texas 6A Division II champ DeSoto at No. 8, Ohio Division II state champ Massillon Washington at No. 9 and Texas 6A Division I champ Duncanville at No. 10.

64 of the teams that began the season in the Preseason HSFA 100, finish in the Top 100 that is created with High School Football America’s proprietary algorithm.

Florida is the most powerful state in the nation with 19 teams in the HSFA 100. Eight of those teams are in the Top 25.

California finishes a strong second with 16 Top 100 teams. Georgia places 13 teams in the national rankings, followed by Texas with a dozen.

Rank

Team & State

Record

Preseason Ranking

1

Mater Dei (California)

(13-1)

1

2

Chaminade-Madonna (Florida)

(14-0)

14

3

St. John Bosco (California)

(11-2)

2

4

IMG Academy (Florida)

(10-0)

5

5

Bishop Gorman (Nevada)

(12-0)

4

6

St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)

(14-1)

6

7

St. Joseph's Prep (Pennsylvania)

(13-1)

10

8

DeSoto (Texas)

(14-0)

21

9

Massillon Washington (Ohio)

(16-0)

32

10

Duncanville (Texas)

(14-1)

8

11

St. Edward (Ohio)

(15-1)

13

12

Cocoa (Florida)

(14-1)

45

13

Ben Davis (Indiana)

(13-1)

300

14

Good Counsel (Maryland)

(10-1)

30

15

Kahuku (Hawaii)

(12-2)

51

16

Corona Centennial (California)

(9-3)

22

17

Liberty (Arizona)

(12-1)

75

18

Milton (Georgia)

(13-2)

59

19

Berkeley Prep (Florida)

(13-2)

300

20

Norland (Florida)

(14-1)

173

21

Miami Central (Florida)

(8-4)

9

22

Bergen Catholic (New Jersey)

(11-1)

20

23

Central (Phenix City Alabama)

(13-0)

62

24

Lakeland (Florida)

(12-3)

41

25

Archbishop Hoban (Ohio)

(13-2)

40

26

North Shore (Texas)

(15-1)

17

27

Walton (Georgia)

(14-1)

35

28

Westlake (Austin Texas)

(14-1)

26

29

Sierra Canyon (California)

(11-1)

69

30

Center Grove (Indiana)

(11-2)

33

31

Toledo Central Catholic (Ohio)

(16-0)

52

32

Loyola Academy (Illinois)

(14-0)

87

33

Columbus (Miami Florida)

(13-2)

12

34

Clay-Chalkville (Alabama)

(14-0)

189

35

Mount Carmel (Chicago Illinois)

(13-1)

95

36

Corner Canyon (Utah)

(13-1)

74

37

McCallie (Tennessee)

(12-1)

55

38

Aledo (Texas)

(15-0)

60

39

Venice (Florida)

(12-3)

39

40

Homestead (Florida)

(11-2)

125

41

Jones (Orlando Florida)

(10-4)

50

42

Saraland (Alabama)

(14-1)

83

43

St. Thomas More (Louisiana)

(14-0)

121

44

DeMatha (Maryland)

(9-2)

43

45

Summer Creek (Texas)

(14-2)

300

46

Centennial (Arizona)

(11-2)

300

47

Mill Creek (Georgia)

(12-1)

29

48

American Heritage (Plantation Florida)

(10-2)

16

49

Buford (Georgia)

(11-2)

7

50

Colquitt County (Georgia)

(12-1)

18

51

St. Frances Academy (Maryland)

(5-6)

3

52

Serra (San Mateo California)

(12-1)

71

53

Mililani (Hawaii)

(11-2)

300

54

Folsom (California)

(13-2)

91

55

Bixby (Oklahoma)

(13-0)

89

56

Mission Viejo (California)

(13-3)

27

57

South Oak Cliff (Texas)

(13-3)

90

58

Thompson (Alabama)

(11-2)

15

59

De La Salle (California)

(11-3)

96

60

Atascocita (Texas)

(11-3)

103

61

Edgewater (Florida)

(11-1)

48

62

Basha (Arizona)

(10-2)

28

63

Lincoln (San Diego California)

(11-1)

42

64

Catholic (Baton Rouge Louisiana)

(12-2)*

49

65

Carrollton (Georgia)

(11-2)

37

66

Highland (Arizona)

(9-3)

205

67

Chandler (Arizona)

(8-3)

115

68

St. John's College HS (Washington DC)

(5-5)

19

69

Providence Day (North Carolina)

(12-1)

128

70

Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania)

(15-0)

250

71

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia)

(13-1)

300

72

Baylor (Tennessee)

(10-3)

80

73

Brownsburg (Indiana)

(9-1)

108

74

Archbishop Spalding (Maryland)

(10-2)

122

75

Mainland (Florida)

(14-1)

144

76

Long Beach Poly (California)

(10-2)

85

77

St. Augustine (Florida)

(13-1)

300

78

Servite (California)

(8-6)

300

79

Grayson (Georgia)

(11-3)

138

80

Orange Lutheran (California)

(5-6)

57

81

Santa Margarita (California)

(5-6)

111

82

Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)

(10-5)

54

83

East St. Louis (Illinois)

(10-3)

47

84

Southlake Carroll (Texas)

(13-2)

45

85

Buchholz (Florida)

(13-1)

300

86

Thomas County Central (Georgia)

(15-0)

249

87

Ruston (Louisiana)

(14-0)*

142

88

Byron Nelson (Texas)

(13-1)

267

89

Coffee (Georgia)

(15-0)

300

90

Weddington (North Carolina)

(14-2)

164

91

Clearwater Central Catholic (Florida)

(13-1)

247

92

Creekside (Georgia)

(13-2)

134

93

Lake Travis (Texas)

(11-3)

106

94

Granite Hills (El Cajon California)

(12-1)

300

95

San Clemente (California)

(9-2)

300

96

Western (Davie Florida)

(9-4)

300

97

Rome (Georgia)

(11-2)

148

98

Cibolo Steele (Texas)

(13-2)

136

99

Gainesville (Georgia)

(12-1)

84

100

Carlsbad (California)

(10-1)

147

St. John Bosco Wins HSFA National Championship

Updated on December 19, 2022

In the closest finish ever, St. John Bosco (California) has won the 2022 High School Football America national championship, powered by NFL Play Football.

The Braves edged out Miami Central (Florida) for the crown, which is determined by HSFA's proprietary algorithm.

Over the last four weeks of the season, Bosco and Central were neck-and-neck. Central closed the gap slightly by beating No. 8 American Heritage (Plantation) for the Florida 2M title last week.

St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) finished at No. 3. St. Thomas Aquinas and Miami Central have each won four straight Florida high school football championships.

Mater Dei (California), the only team to beat Bosco this year, finished No. 4. Last year's national champs spent most of the 2022 season ranked No. 1. But they fell to Bosco in their rematch in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship Thanksgiving weekend. Since 2017, Bosco and Mater Dei have won five of the last six HSFA national titles.

Bishop Gorman finished at No. 5. The Gaels only defeat was a narrow three-point loss to Mater Dei. Gorman routed Florida state champ Chaminade-Madonna 49-14 in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series. The loss dropped Chaminade-Madonna from No. 4 to No. 9 in the final rankings.

Texas state champ Duncanville finished No. 6 after defeating defending state champ and former No. 7 North Shore in the 6A Division I title game Friday night.

St. Frances Academy (Maryland) ends the season at No. 7. Four of the Panthers victories came against state champs — No. 15 DeSoto (Texas), No. 17 Dutch Fork (South Carolina), No. 41 Kahuku (Hawaii) and No. 62 East St. Louis (Louisiana).

At the end of the 2022 season, Florida has 43 teams in the final Top 300. Texas is next with 36 teams, followed by California with 33 and Georgia with 32.

From Unranked to the Top 100

Seven teams that started the season outside of the HSFA's top 1,000 teams ended the year in the HSFA 100. 

  • No. 43 Lincoln (California) - 13-1
  • No. 54 Carrollton (Georgia) - 14-1
  • No. 57 Liberty (Arizona) - 11-1
  • No. 61 Baylor (Tennessee) - 11-2
  • No. 90 South Florence (South Carolina) - 15-0
  • No. 94 West Knoxville (Tennessee) - 15-0
  • No. 96 Gainesville (Georgia) - 14-1

Final 2022 HSFA 100 Rankings

Rank

Team & State

Record

Preseason Ranking

1

St. John Bosco (California)

(13-1)

2

2

Miami Central (Florida)

(14-0)

18

3

St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)

(14-0)

9

4

Mater Dei (California)

(12-1)

1

5

Bishop Gorman (Nevada)

(14-1)

13

6

Duncanville (Texas)

(15-0)

10

7

St. Frances Academy (Maryland)

(8-1)

4

8

IMG Academy (Florida)

(8-1)

7

9

Chaminade-Madonna (Florida)

(13-1)

21

10

North Shore (Texas)

(15-0)

8

11

American Heritage (Plantation Florida)

(12-2)

25

12

St. Edward (Ohio)

(15-1)

11

13

Lipscomb Academy (Tennessee)

(13-0)

29

14

Langston Hughes (Georgia)

(15-0)

30

15

DeSoto (Texas)

(14-2)

14

16

Mill Creek (Georgia)

(14-1)

37

17

Dutch Fork (South Carolina)

(14-1)

64

18

Lakeland (Florida)

(14-0)

53

19

St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania)

(12-1)

58

20

Columbus (Miami Florida)

(14-1)

79

21

Bergen Catholic (New Jersey)

(11-1)

5

22

Basha (Arizona)

(12-1)

130

23

Toledo Central Catholic (Ohio)

(15-1)

218

24

Denton Guyer (Texas)

(14-1)

24

25

Cardinal Gibbons (Florida)

(11-2)

33

26

Massillon Washington (Ohio)

(12-2)

111

27

Edgewater (Florida)

(12-1)

100

28

Colquitt County (Georgia)

(13-1)

75

29

Mission Viejo (California)

(10-2)

49

30

Corona Centennial (California)

(9-2)

19

31

Westlake (Texas)

(14-1)

12

32

Buford (Georgia)

(11-1)

3

33

Southlake Carroll (Texas)

(12-1)

31

34

Archbishop Hoban (Ohio)

(14-2)

69

35

Venice (Florida)

(9-4)

23

36

Thompson (Alabama)

(11-3)

17

37

Oakland (Tennessee)

(14-1)

39

38

John Curtis (Louisiana)

(12-2)

286

39

Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)

(13-2)

28

40

Cocoa (Florida)

(11-3)

47

41

Kahuku (Hawaii)

(12-2)

982

42

Cedar Grove (Georgia)

(11-3)

105

43

Lincoln (San Diego California)

(13-1)

NR

44

Saguaro (Arizona)

(9-4)

20

45

Northwestern (Miami Florida)

(6-5)

42

46

Lakota West (Ohio)

(13-1)

54

47

St. John’s College HS (Washington DC)

(8-4)

6

48

DeMatha (Maryland)

(10-2)

38

49

Serra (San Mateo California)

(13-1)

99

50

Bryant (Arkansas)

(12-0)

76

51

Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey)

(9-3)

60

52

Jones (Orlando Florida)

(11-3)

72

53

Central (Phenix City Alabama)

(10-3)

36

54

Carrollton (Georgia)

(14-1)

NR

55

Auburn (Alabama)

(12-2)

149

56

Belleville (Michigan)

(14-0)

67

57

Liberty (Arizona)

(11-1)

NR

58

Good Counsel (Maryland)

(8-3)

15

59

Catholic (Baton Rouge Louisiana)

(11-2)

40

60

Hoover (Alabama)

(11-2)

83

61

Baylor (Tennessee)

(11-2)

NR

62

East St. Louis (Illinois)

(12-2)

66

63

Montgomery Bell Academy (Tennessee)

(12-1)

265

64

Springfield (Ohio)

(13-2)

50

65

Edna Karr (Louisiana)

(7-4)**

134

66

Katy (Texas)

(14-1)

55

67

Los Alamitos (California)

(9-3)

59

68

Chandler (Arizona)

(9-3)

27

69

Skyridge (Utah)

(13-1)

167

70

Center Grove (Indiana)

(12-2)

43

71

Mount Carmel (Chicago Illinois)

(14-0)

211

72

Christian Brothers College (Missouri)

(13-1)

77

73

Loyola Academy (Illinois)

(13-1)

116

74

Highland Springs (Virginia)

(15-0)

205

75

South Oak Cliff (Texas)

(13-3)

61

76

Folsom (California)

(12-2)

63

77

Walton (Georgia)

(10-3)

78

78

Clearwater Academy International (Florida)

(9-1)

295

79

Bixby (Oklahoma)

(12-1)

44

80

Aledo (Texas)

(14-2)

94

81

Cherry Creek (Colorado)

(12-2)

85

82

Destrehan (Louisiana)

(14-0)

192

83

Prosper (Texas)

(13-2)

254

84

North Cobb (Georgia)

(9-3)

16

85

Corner Canyon (Utah)

(11-3)

93

86

Atascocita (Texas)

(11-3)

104

87

De La Salle (California)

(10-4)

70

88

Longview (Texas)

(14-1)

88

89

Westfield (Texas)

(12-2)

108

90

South Florence (South Carolina)

(15-0)

NR

91

Hamilton (Arizona)

(8-3)

51

92

Lehi (Utah)

(14-0)

193

93

Milton (Georgia)

(10-4)

65

94

West (Knoxville Tennessee)

(15-0)

NR

95

Alcoa (Tennessee)

(14-1)

124

96

Gainesville (Georgia)

(14-1)

NR

97

Bartram Trail (Florida)

(12-1)

132

98

Osceola (Kissimmee Florida)

(10-4)

263

99

Union (Oklahoma)

(11-1)

145

100

Vandegrift (Texas)

(14-2)

242

Updated December 20, 2021

For the third time in five years, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) is High School Football America's national champion.

The Monarchs, who are back on top after winning consecutive HSFA titles in 2017 and 2018, spent the entire 2021 season ranked No. 1 in the HSFA 100, powered by NFL Play Football.

Mater Dei's perfect 12-0 season was punctuated by 10 wins against teams ranked in the HSFA top 200 — No. 7 Servite (twice), No. 8 St. John Bosco, No. 9 Duncanville, No. 20 Corona Centennial, No. 81 Serra (San Mateo) No. 91 Orange Lutheran, No. 143 Norco, No. 144 Santa Margarita and No. 188 Liberty.

Right behind Mater Dei is three-time Texas high school football state champ Westlake. The Chaparrals wrapped-up a perfect 16-0 season Saturday night with a 40-21 win over No. 30 Denton Guyer for the Class 6A Division II title.

Like Mater Dei, Westlake never budged from their preseason No. 2 ranking. The Chaparrals' state title concluded the legendary coaching career of Todd Dodge, who retires with seven Texas high school football championships. Dodge leaves the game with a 40-game win streak.

Bergen Catholic finishes No. 3 in our national rankings after capturing New Jersey's Non-Public A championship.

Fourth-ranked North Shore beat No. 9 Duncanville on Saturday night to win the school’s third state title in the last four years in Texas' largest classification.

Florida 6A champ Jesuit finishes 2021 at No. 5. The Tigers, who started the year at the fringes of the HSFA 100, ended with a perfect 15-0 mark and won the school’s first state title since 1968.

St. Thomas Aquinas, whose lone loss on the season came at the hands of Jesuit on Sept. 3, won its third straight Florida 7A championship on Friday and finishes the season ranked No. 6 in the HSFA 100.

Servite (No. 7) and St. John Bosco (No. 8) fall in behind St. Thomas Aquinas, followed by No. 9 Duncanville. Two-time Tennessee state champ Oakland rounds out the Top 10.

Florida had seven teams in the top 25 and 17 teams in the top 100, leading both categories. Texas placed three teams in the top 25 and 15 in the top 100. Four California teams placed in the top 25, and 10 ranked in the top 100. In all, 23 different states, plus the District of Columbia, are represented in the HSFA 100.

Final HSFA 100 for 2021

Rank/School/State

Record

Presason Ranking

No. 1 Mater Dei (California)

(12-0)

1

No. 2 Westlake (Austin, Texas)

(16-0)

2

No. 3 Bergen Catholic (New Jersey)

(12-0)

14

No. 4 North Shore (Texas)

(15-1)

20

No. 5 Jesuit (Florida)

(14-0)

96

No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)

(14-1)

4

No. 7 Servite (California)

(10-3)

55

No. 8 St. John Bosco (California)

(10-2)

7

No. 9 Duncanville (Texas)

(13-2)

16

No. 10 Oakland (Tennessee)

(15-0)

25

No. 11 Center Grove (Indiana)

(14-0)

11

No. 12 St. Frances Academy (Maryland)

(8-1)

33

No. 13 IMG Academy (Florida)

(9-1)

5

No. 14 Thompson (Alabama)

(13-1)

3

No. 15 Bishop Gorman (Nevada)

(12-1)

89

No. 16 Miami Central (Florida)

(12-2)

22

No. 17 St. Edward (Ohio)

(15-1)

51

No. 18 Chaminade-Madonna (Florida)

(12-1)

46

No. 19 St. John's College HS (Washington, DC)

(11-0)

80

No. 20 Corona Centennial (California)

(11-1)

HM

No. 21 Buford (Georgia)

(14-1)

49

No. 22 Venice (Florida)

(14-1)

91

No. 23 Bixby (Oklahoma)

(13-0)

52

No. 24 Cardinal Gibbons (Florida)

(11-2)

28

No. 25 Saguaro (Arizona)

(12-1)

35

No. 26 Collins Hill (Georgia)

(15-1)

66

No. 27 Cocoa (Florida)

(11-2)

92

No. 28 Cathedral (Indiana)

(14-1)

37

No. 29 Warner Robins (Georgia)

(14-1)

68

No. 30 Denton Guyer (Texas)

(14-2)

76

No. 31 Hoover (Alabama)

(12-1)

36

No. 32 Southlake Carroll (Texas)

(14-1)

6

No. 33 Jenks (Oklahoma)

(12-1)

54

No. 34 Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina)

(14-2)

175

No. 35 Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

(12-1)

65

No. 36 McCallie (Tennessee)

(13-0)

152

No. 37 Hamilton (Arizona)

(11-1)

62

No. 38 Gaffney (South Carolina)

(15-0)

146

No. 39 Katy (Texas)

(14-1)

10

No. 40 Chambers (North Carolina)

(14-2)

26

No. 41 Milton (Georgia)

(13-2)

48

No. 42 Hough (North Carolina)

(14-1)

94

No. 43 Chandler (Arizona)

(11-2)

21

No. 44 Martin Luther King (Detroit, Michigan)

(13-1)

174

No. 45 St. Xavier (Kentucky)

(14-1)

NR

No. 46 South Oak Cliff (Texas)

(15-1)

NR

No. 47 Apopka (Florida)

(12-3)

161

No. 48 Westfield (Texas)

(14-1)

HM

No. 49 Northwestern (Miami, Florida)

(10-4)

32

No. 50 Graham-Kapowsin (Washington)

(15-0)

NR

No. 51 Lipscomb Academy (Tennessee)

(13-1)

NR

No. 52 Bryant (Arkansas)

(13-1)

39

No. 53 Lake Travis (Texas)

(12-3)

81

No. 54 Dutch Fork (South Carolina)

(12-1)

19

No. 55 Male (Kentucky)

(13-1)

79

No. 56 Atascocita (Texas)

(11-3)

HM

No. 57 Jones (Orlando, Florida)

(11-3)

73

No. 58 Springfield (Ohio)

(13-2)

HM

No. 59 Allen (Texas)

(11-3)

38

No. 60 Treasure Coast (Florida)

(10-2)

HM

No. 61 American Heritage (Plantation, Florida)

(6-4)

18

No. 62 Mount Lebanon (Pennsylvania)

(15-0)

NR

No. 63 Zachary (Louisiana)

(15-0)

HM

No. 64 North Cobb (Georgia)

(10-2)

110

No. 65 Greenville Christian (Mississippi)

(12-1)

NR

No. 66 Christian Brothers College HS (Missouri)

(13-1)

117

No. 67 St. Joseph's Prep (Pennsylvania)

(11-3)

9

No. 68 Maryville (Tennessee)

(13-1)

72

No. 69 Alcoa (Tennessee)

(14-1)

99

No. 70 Cherry Creek (Colorado)

(12-2)

97

No. 71 Katy Paetow (Texas)

(15-1)

NR

No. 72 Buchholz (Florida)

(12-2)

HM

No. 73 DeSoto (Texas)

(10-3)

53

No. 74 Seminole (Sanford, Florida)

(11-2)

71

No. 75 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida)

(10-4)

45

No. 76 College Station (Texas)

(15-1)

NR

No. 77 Tampa Bay Tech (Florida)

(14-1)

HM

No. 78 Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)

(11-4)

NR

No. 79 Good Counsel (Maryland)

(7-5)

44

No. 80 Lakota West (Ohio)

(12-2)

70

No. 81 Serra (San Mateo, California)

(11-2)

145

No. 82 Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania)

(10-2)

NR

No. 83 St. Francis (Mountain View, California)

(11-1)

NR

No. 84 DeMatha (Maryland)

(7-3)

30

No. 85 Lone Peak (Utah)

(10-2)

104

No. 86 De La Salle (California)

(10-3)

29

No. 87 Valor Christian (Colorado)

(13-1)

163

No. 88 South Pointe (South Carolina)

(12-1)

NR

No. 89 Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, California)

(12-2)

107

No. 90 Lee County (Georgia)

(11-2)

83

No. 91 Orange Lutheran (California)

(10-5)

HM

No. 92 Pulaski Academy (Arkansas)

(13-1)

122

No. 93 Oscar Smith (Virginia)

(13-1)

98

No. 94 Winton Woods (Ohio)

(13-3)

168

No. 95 Central (Phenix City, Alabama)

(13-1)

HM

No. 96 Pickerington Central (Ohio)

(12-2)

59

No. 97 Euless Trinity (Texas)

(11-2)

64

No. 98 Los Alamitos (California)

(9-2)

HM

No. 99 Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey)

(8-5)

123

No. 100 Hewitt-Trussville (Alabama)

(9-3)

41

About the Rankings

The High School Football America 100, powered by NFL Play Football, uses a proprietary algorithm to rank the top teams in the nation and crown an unofficial national champion at the end of the season.

This is the tenth year that HSFA has used the algorithm to create its rankings.

Past HSFA National Champions

  • 2012 – Allen (Texas) & John Curtis (Louisiana) co-champs (Opinion poll)
  • 2013 – Allen (Texas)
  • 2014 – Allen (Texas)
  • 2015 – Colquitt County (Georgia)
  • 2016 – Bishop Gorman (Nevada)
  • 2017 – Mater Dei (California)
  • 2018 – Mater Dei (California)
  • 2019 – St. John Bosco (California)
  • 2020 – IMG Academy (Florida)
  • 2021 – Mater Dei (California)
  • 2022 – St. John Bosco (California)

 

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