Top 20 most dominant Hawaii high school football teams in the MaxPreps era

By Staff Report Jul 18, 2014, 3:00pm

After compiling data since 2004, we have come up with the 20 best high school football programs in Hawaii.

'Iolani is the most dominant football team in Hawaii during the MaxPreps era.
'Iolani is the most dominant football team in Hawaii during the MaxPreps era.
Photo by Darryl Oumi
It has been 10 years now that MaxPreps has put out football computer rankings, presented by the Army National Guard.

That's plenty of time to come up with a solid list of which programs have been the most dominant during the MaxPreps era.

For the purpose of the rankings, each team will be awarded points based off where it finished in the computer rankings after each season. For example, if a team finished No. 1 overall it receives 25 points. If the team finished No. 25 overall, it would get one point. A team also receives 30 points for winning a state title and 15 for being the runner-up.

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Most Dominant Hawaii Football Programs in the MaxPreps Era

1. 'Iolani (Honolulu) - 398 points
Overall record: 86-39-1
'Iolani has been Hawaii's most dominant team since 2004, racking up seven D2 state championships to go along with eight Top 10 finishes.

2. Kahuku - 359
Overall record: 96-21
Over the past 10 years the Red Raiders have finished as Hawaii's top-ranked team five times in the process of collecting four D1 state championship victories.

3. Punahou (Honolulu) - 331
Overall record: 83-28
Since 2004 Punahou hasn't missed the Top 10, claiming the No. 1 ranking twice — both times after winning D1 state titles.

4. St. Louis (Honolulu) - 283
Overall record: 81-27
The Crusaders have been in two state championship games in the past 10 years, winning one and finishing as runner-up in another. They have finished in the Top 5 seven times since 2004.

5. Kamehameha (Honolulu) - 278
Overall record: 80-32-2
The Warriors have compiled two D1 state championships along with ten Top 10 finishes since 2004.



6. Leilehua (Wahiawa) - 257
Overall record: 84-38-1
Leilehua has been ranked No. 3 twice in the past 10 years, once in 2007 with the help of a D1 state title.

7. Mililani - 201
Overall record: 77-32
Mililani has yet to miss the Top 25 since 2004, and has one runner-up finish that came in 2013.

8. Wai'anae - 179
Overall record: 60-51-1
The Seariders ranked No. 5 in back-to-back year, representing their highest rank since 2004. They also have one runner-up finish in the past 10 seasons.

9. Farrington (Honolulu) - 174
Overall record: 75-39-2
Over the past 10 years, Farrington hasn't missed the Top 25 and has seven Top 10 finishes.

10. Campbell (Ewa Beach) - 164
Overall record: 63-37-1
Campbell's best year over the past 10 season came in 2004 when they were crowned the D2 state champions.

11. Lahainaluna (Lahaina) - 137
Overall record: 80-26-2
The Lunas have two runner-up finishes to go along with three Top 10 finishes since 2004.



12. Baldwin (Wailuku) - 136
Overall record: 80-24-3
Baldwin has cracked the Top 25 in nine of the last 10 seasons. It reached its highest rank of No. 4 in 2006.

13. Kauai (Lihue) - 134
Overall record: 75-21-1
The Red Raiders have finished as the runner-up three times in the past 10 years.

14. Kapolei - 120
Overall record: 47-49
Despite not missing the Top 25 since 2004, Kapolei is still searching for its first state title in 10 years.

15. Radford (Honolulu) - 109
Overall record: 56-45-1
Radford has two runner-up finishes since 2004.

16. 'Aiea - 107
Overall record: 49-46
The Na Alii had their best season in 2005 when they reached the No. 5 rank.

17. Castle (Kaneohe) - 89
Overall record: 40-54
Castle has seven Top 20 finishes in the past 10 seasons.



18. Moanalua (Honolulu) - 73
Overall record: 51-43-1
Moanalua claimed the No. 13 ranking twice, once in 2009 and another time in 2011.

19. Kailua - 64
Overall record: 33-59-1
The Surfriders have nine Top 25 finishes since 2004.

20. King Kekaulike (Pukalani) - 60
Overall record: 37-57-1
Despite only cracking the rankings twice, 2006's No. 10 ranking was accompanied by a D2 state championship.