Top 20 most dominant Arkansas high school football programs of last decade

Aided by 14-0 state championship seasons in 2011, 2015 and 2017, Pulaski Academy has made a strong case to be considered the most dominant high school football team from Arkansas in the last decade.

A points system based on Top 25 finishes and championships awarded the Bruins 355 points from 2010 to 2019 to barely edge Fayetteville, which finished second with 338 points.  

Pulaski Academy won state titles in nine of the 10 seasons, including seven at the 5A level. Fayetteville won six 7A crowns during the decade.

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state computer rankings (25 points awarded to the No. 1 team, 24 for No. 2 and so on).
• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national computer rankings (50 points for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and so on).
• State championships (20 points).
• State championship game appearances (10 points). 1. Pulaski Academy (355)
State championships: 2011 (4A), 2013 (5A), 2014 (5A), 2015 (5A), 2016 (5A), 2017 (5A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: 2010 (4A), 2018 (5A)
Nationally ranked: N/A



2 Fayetteville (337)
State championships: 2012 (7A), 2015 (7A), 2016 (7A)
State runner-up:  2010 (7A), 2011 (7A), 2014 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (4), 2011 (2), 2012 (2), 2013 (9), 2014 (2), 2015 (1) , 2016 (1), 2017 (9), 2018 (4), 2019 (10)
Nationally ranked:  2016 (20)

State championships: 2010 (7A), 2011 (7A), 2013 (5A), 2014 (7A)
State runner-up: 2012 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State Top 25:  2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (4), 2016 (5), 2017 (3), 2019 (4)
Nationally ranked: 2010 (21)

State championships: 2010 (5A), 2011 (5A), 2012 (6A), 2017 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: 2015 (6A), 2016 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (9) , 2011(4), 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (13), 2015 (6),2016 (7) , 2017 (2), 2018 (3),  2019 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5.  North Little Rock (304)
State championships: 2017 (7A)
State runner-up: 2016 (7A), 2018 (7A), 2019 (7A)
State Top 25:  2010 (14), 2011 (7), 2012 (4), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (3)

7. Pine Bluff (183)
State championships: 2013 (6A), 2014 (6A), 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: 2012 (6A), 2017 (6A)
State Top 25:  2010 (16), 2011 (16), 2012 (7), 2013 (21), 2014 (5), 2015 (2), 2016 (12), 2017 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Conway (171)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25:  2010 (5), 2011(10), 2012 (10), 2013 (5), 2014 (4), 2015 (13), 2016 (19), 2017(6), 2018 (6), 2019 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Har-Ber (155)
State championships:  N/A
State runner-up: 2015 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (3), 2011 (9), 2012 (9), 2012 (14). 2013 (17), 2014 (21), 2017 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A



10. El Dorado  (126)
State championships: 2010 (6A), 2011 (6A)
State runner-up: 2013 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (7), 2011 (5), 2012 (14), 2013 (17), 2014 (21), 2017 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

11. Southside (121)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (6), 2011 (6), 2012 (6), 2013 (11), 2014 (9), 2015 (12), 2018 (11)
Nationally ranked:  N/A

State runner-up: 2017 (2A), 2019 (2A)
State Top 25: 2012 (17), 2013 (24), 2014 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

13. Cabot (112)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (11), 2012 (20), 2013 (2), 2015 (9), 2016 (15), 2017 (14), 2018 (17), 2019 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

14. Warren (108)
State championships: 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A)
State runner-up: 2017 (4A)
State Top 25: 2013 (14), 2014 (11), 2015 (18), 2016 (11), 2017 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

15. Benton (103)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (6A), 2018 (6A), 2019 (6A)
State Top 25: 2014 (10), 1015 (14), 2016 (14), 2017 (22), 2018 (9), 2019 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A



16. Charleston (100)
State championships: 2011 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A)
State runner-up:  2016 (3A)
State Top 25: 2011 (19), 2013 (12), 2014 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

17. Little Rock Christian Academy (93)
State championships: 2018 (5A)
State runner-up: 2019 (5A)
State Top 25: 2015 (11), 2017 (20), 2018 (5), 2019 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

18. Harding Academy (90)
State championships: 2012 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2019 (3A)
State runner-up: 2010 (3A)
State Top 25: 2010 (23), 2012 (19), 2019 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. Camden Fairview  (87)
State championships: 2012 (5A)
State runner-up: 2010 (5A)
State Top 25: 2010 (12), 2011 (12), 2012 (5), 2013 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

20. Arkadelphia (82)
State championships: 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (20), 2017 (8), 2018 (15), 2019 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A