Top 10 most dominant Ohio high school football teams since 2006

By Lynden Ostrander Aug 21, 2016, 12:00am

With eight state title game appearances, Coldwater leads our measure of the state's best.

Video: Coldwater (OH) 2015 football state champs

Since 2006, Coldwater has claimed five state championships in eight title game appearances, gone undefeated twice and finished in the top 10 of the final state rankings three times.

Our data reveals that the Cavaliers' rate of success and consistency during that span is unmatched by any team in the state of Ohio.

We've developed a points system to determine which teams stand out among them all and Coldwater is the biggest with 227 points.



Here is how the points break down:

1. 20 for a state title

2. 10 for a state championship game appearance

3. Other points are based on where a team finished in the final MaxPreps Ohio Football Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard. For example, if a team finished No. 1 overall, it would receive 25 points. If it finished 25th overall, the team would get one point. No points are awarded if the team did not finish in the Top 25.

Top 10 Most Dominant Ohio Teams Since 2006
St. Xavier is the No. 2 most dominant team in the state.
St. Xavier is the No. 2 most dominant team in the state.
File photo by Wayne Litmer
1. Coldwater - 227 points
State titles: 5
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (6), 2008 (6), 2009 (21), 2012 (12), 2013 (19), 2014 (9), 2015 (12)

2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati) - 221
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (3), 2007 (1), 2008 (7), 2009 (5), 2010 (3), 2011 (3), 2012 (11), 2013 (10), 2014 (6), 2015 (10)



3. St. Edward (Lakewood) - 213
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (16), 2008 (24), 2010 (1), 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1)

4. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) - 212
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (14), 2007 (16), 2008 (18), 2009 (9), 2010 (13), 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (7)

5. Marion Local (Maria Stein) - 194
State titles: 6
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (25), 2007 (5), 2011 (17), 2013 (11), 2014 (8)

6. Colerain (Cincinnati) - 192
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (2), 2007 (3), 2008 (4), 2009 (14), 2010 (4), 2011 (10), 2012 (3), 2013 (7), 2014 (17), 2015 (4)

7. St. Ignatius (Cleveland) - 173
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (12), 2008 (1), 2009 (7), 2011 (1), 2012 (5), 2013 (13), 2014 (10)

8. Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown) - 169
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (4), 2007 (4), 2009 (1), 2011 (8)



9. Mentor - 155
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (5), 2007 (7), 2008 (19), 2010 (21), 2011 (9), 2012 (7), 2013 (4), 2014 (14), 2015 (23)

10. Hilliard Davidson - 146
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (1), 2008 (23), 2009 (2), 2010 (14), 2011 (19), 2013 (6), 2015 (11)

Other 5
Archbishop Alter (Kettering) - 133
Elder (Cincinnati) - 132
Ursuline (Youngstown) - 126
Glenville (Cleveland) - 115
La Salle (Cincinnati) - 114