Election 2016: Top 25 Presidential high school football teams

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John Tyler may have been the 10th president of the United States, but he is No. 1 when it comes to ranking high school football teams named after presidents.

With Americans choosing a president today in the national election, MaxPreps looks at the top 25 teams named after a U.S. President. All of the teams on the list are either named after a president, or the city is named after a president (and the school shares that name) or the school is named after something that is named after a president (e.g. Lincoln-Way East is named after a freeway that is named after president Abraham Lincoln).

Schools are not chosen simply because they have a name similar to a president. For instance, Washington (Miami) is not chosen because it is named after educator Booker T. Washington, not president George Washington.

President John Tyler was not from Texas (he was born and died in Virginia), but he was a believer in territorial expansion and the United States added Texas as a territory during his term in office from 1841 to 1845 (he took office following the death of our ninth president, William Henry Harrison). Fun fact about Tyler, although he was born in the 18th century (1790) and died in 1862, he still has two grandchildren alive today.



Tyler (Texas), the alma mater of NFL great Earl Campbell, is 9-1 on the season and ranked No. 18 in the state of Texas by the MaxPreps football computer rankings with a rating of 53.9.

James Madison, our shortest president, comes up big in the Top 25 rankings with six schools. Three of them are in the top five with Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood, Ohio) at No. 2, Madison Central (Miss.) at No. 3 and Madison County (Fla.) at No. 5.

Schools are listed with their current record and their MaxPreps computer rating.

1. Tyler (Texas), 9-1, 53.9

2. Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood, Ohio), 9-2, 53.7

3. Madison Central (Madison, Miss.), 8-3-1, 52.5



4. West Monroe (La.), 8-1-1, 51.1

5. Madison County (Madison, Fla.), 9-0, 50.9

6. Harding (Warren, Ohio), 10-1, 50.2

7. Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Hills, Pa.), 10-0, 49.2

8. Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 9-2, 48.3

9. Reagan (San Antonio), 9-1, 48.2



10. Madison (San Diego), 8-2, 47.6

11. Monroe (Wash.), 9-1, 45.1

12. Wilson (West Lawn, Pa.), 9-1, 44.0

13. Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.), 11-1, 43.5

14. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 8-3, 43.2

15. Madison (S.D.), 10-1, 41.9



16. Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 5-5, 39.9

17. Jefferson City (Mo.), 6-5, 40.6

18. Lincoln (Tallahassee, Fla.), 5-3, 40.3

19. McKinley (Canton, Ohio), 6-5, 40.0

20. Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown, Ohio), 10-1, 39.5

21. Jackson (Massillon, Ohio), 7-4, 39.1



22. Madison (Vienna, Va.), 9-1, 37.6

23. Jefferson (Ga.), 9-1, 36.9

24. Lincoln (Tacoma, Wash.), 8-2, 36.4

25. Washington (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 11-0, 35.7