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2025 High School Football America national champ St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) is back on top of the HSFA 100 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Raiders move from No. 2 to No. 1 this week after an impressive 38-14 win over former No. 22 DeSoto (Texas) in the finale of the Broward County National High School Football Showcase Saturday night. That, coupled with No. 1 Bishop Gorman (Nevada) losing to Miami Columbus (Florida) 33-28, moves STA to the top of the HSFA rankings, which are created with its proprietary algorithm.

For the second week in a row, Columbus will take on the No. 1 team in America. The Explorers, who soar from No. 87 to No. 7 this week, will return to Brian Piccolo Memorial Stadium in Fort Lauderdale Friday night. Saturday, Columbus roared out to a 20-0 lead before holding off Gorman 33-28. The loss drops the Gaels to No. 8 this week.

Buford (Georgia) moves from No. 3 to No. 2 this week. The Wolves will take their 16-game win streak to Charlotte, North Carolina this week to square off with No. 145 Mallard Creek.

Last year's California Open Division champ Santa Margarita jumps three spots this week to No. 3. The Eagles beat former No. 8 Corona Centennial (California) 21-20 Friday night.

Carrollton is the second Georgia team in the Top 5. The Trojans are off to a 2-0 start while averaging 58 points a game and having allowed only 13 total points. This week, they'll hit the road for a good test against No. 109 Catholic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

IMG Academy (Florida) is the only team in the Top 5 to hold its spot after a 59-10 rout of Cornerstone Christian from San Antonio, Texas.

Tennessee's Baylor continues to climb. The Red Raiders, who will play No. 98 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia) on the road Friday, move from No. 9 to No. 6 after beating Loudoun Sports Academy (Virginia) 37-12 Friday.

After No. 7 Columbus and No. 8 Bishop Gorman is St. John Bosco (California) at No. 9, followed by Corona Centennial at No. 10.

Three teams break into the Top 25 this week, hoping to move themselves into the national championship conversation.

Southern California's Sierra Canyon moves from No. 26 to No. 20 after a solid 24-7 win over Florida power Chaminade-Madonna at the Broward County Showcase, which featured 12 HSFA 300 teams over two weekends of action. The Trailblazers enter their bye week 2-0. The loss drops C-M from No. 27 to No. 37 this week.

Three-time HSFA national champ Allen (Texas) is up seven spots to No. 21. The Eagles picked up an impressive 24-6 win over former No. 15 Duncanville (Texas).

Northern California's De La Salle is back in familiar Top 25 territory. The Spartans move from No. 31 to No. 23 after a 35-25 win over No. 291 Serra (San Mateo, California).

The wait is over! High School Football America has unveiled its highly anticipated Preseason HSFA 100 for the 2026 season, powered by NFL Play Football. The national rankings are based on HSFA's proprietary algorithm that has been used to crown national champs since 2013.

Two-time HSFA national champ St. John Bosco (California) begins the year as the No. 1 team in the nation. We'll find out in a hurry if the Braves, who won the national crown in 2019 and 2022, are worthy of the lofty ranking. Bosco will open against No. 2 Bishop Gorman (Nevada) on August 21 in Las Vegas. The Gaels, who finished No. 2 last season and won the HSFA national crown in 2016, have won 15 of the last 16 Nevada state championships in the state's largest classification.

Bosco's schedule won't get any easier after Gorman, the Braves will square-off with nine teams that begin the season in the full HSFA 300. The week after facing BG, the Braves will host Pennsylvania 5A champ Roman Catholic, ranked No. 31, on August 28. The third reigning state champ is California Open Division champ Santa Margarita (No. 7). That Trinity League game against the Eagles, coached by former NFL quarterback Carson Palmer, will be played October 16. The Braves annual Trinity League grudge match against five-time HSFA national champ Mater Dei (California) on October 30. The Monarchs open the season ranked No. 10 in the nation.

Bishop Gorman will also square-off with Mater Dei this season. That game will be played in Southern California on September 18 and will end the Gaels’ run of four straight games against Preseason 300 teams. Sandwiched between Bosco and Mater Dei are Miami Columbus (Florida), No. 113, and No. 16 Lone Peak from Utah.

2020 national champ IMG Academy will once again be in the national championship conversation. The Ascenders, who open at No. 3, will play five regular season opponents who begin in the Preseason HSFA 300. IMG also will also square-off against one of the Top 10 prep programs in America — The Hun School (New Jersey) — and NFL Academy from England, which almost upset 2025 HSFA national champ St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) last season.

Everyone has circled the November 13 game between IMG and fellow national power St. Frances Academy (Maryland), which opens at No. 6.

With Florida adding an Open Division championship this year, St. Thomas Aquinas will have a great shot at going back-to-back. The schedule is packed with ranked opponents, but the August 29 game against Texas power DeSoto has everyone licking their chops. That game will be played in the powerful Broward County National Football Showcase that will have 14 Preseason HSFA 300 teams.

Rounding out the Top 5 is Georgia 6A state champ Buford. The Wolves, who only played in-state opponents last year, have bolstered their schedule with two solid out-of-state games — No. 36 Miami Central (Florida) and No. 192 Mallard Creek (North Carolina).

The full Preseason HSFA 300 features teams from 31 states, plus the District of Columbia. Florida leads the way with 53 teams, followed by Texas (43 teams). California and Georgia have 29 teams each. Ohio has the fifth most teams with 21.

St. Thomas Aquinas, winners of seven straight Florida high school football state championships, is the 2025 High School Football America national champ, powered by NFL Play Football. The national rankings are created with HSFA's proprietary algorithm.

STA closed out '25 by shutting out Lakeland, No. 25 at game time, for the Florida 5A state championship. The win was the Raiders' eighth over a team that finished the season ranked in the HSFA 300 national rankings.

Included in St. Thomas Aquinas' 14 wins this year were victories over Florida 4A champ American Heritage (Plantation) and 1A runner-up Chaminade-Madonna. After opening with a hard-fought season-opening three-point loss to No. 8 Mater Dei (California), the Raiders never lost again.

In the HSFA preseason rankings, St. Thomas Aquinas was No. 10. The Raiders are HSFA's first Florida national champ since IMG Academy won the crown in 2020.

Bishop Gorman (Nevada), which started No. 3 in the Preseason 300, edged out California Open Division champ Santa Margarita for the No. 2 spot behind STA. The Gaels shut out Santa Margarita 14-0 during their regular season matchup on September 27.

Santa Margarita had an incredible first year under the direction of former NFL quarterback Carson Palmer, who also won two championships during his playing days with Santa Margarita.

Georgia's Buford finishes at No. 4 after beating No. 12 Carrollton earlier this week for the state's 6A state title.

IMG Academy (Florida) checks in at No. 5, followed by St. Frances Academy (Maryland) at No. 6, Corona Centennial (California) at No. 7, Mater Dei (California) at No. 8, DeMatha (Maryland) at No. 9 and Edna Karr (Louisiana) at No. 10.

207 of the teams that started the season in the HSFA 300 preseason rankings finish the season inside the final HSFA 300. That means the HSFA proprietary algorithm was 69 percent accurate in determining the best 300 high school football teams in America before the season started.

Florida, led by St. Thomas Aquinas, leads the way in the final rankings with 56 teams. Texas is second with 42 teams, followed by California with 28 and Georgia with 27 teams.

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

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.

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.

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

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