Top 15 most dominant New Mexico high school football programs since 2006

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Look south if you want to find high school dominance in the Land of Enchantment.

Albuquerque and Las Cruces have their debates about who plays better football, and since MaxPreps became America's source for high school sports, it appears that Las Cruces has the bragging rights with the top two teams.

And let us not forget the areas of southeastern New Mexico as well. Teams from Arteisa and Roswell take up the next two spots before a northern-area team even appears on the list.



Many geographic areas of the state are featured on our list, with the northwest and southeast corners getting attention in addition to the major cities - and one city that sits in between ABQ and Las Cruces.

While larger schools dominate the top of the list, smaller schools find success thanks for state title game appearances. Lovington grabbed the final spot thanks to a stellar run in 3A and Aztec's success in 4A was enough to get it onto the list of great programs since 2006.

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 New Mexico 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.



1. Mayfield (Las Cruces) — 344 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (5), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (3), 2012 (8), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2015 (6), 2016 (10)

2. Las Cruces — 299 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (9), 2007 (3), 2008 (1), 2009 (12), 2010 (6), 2011 (10), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (8), 2015 (4), 2016 (2)

3. Artesia — 293 points
State titles: 5
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (2), 2007 (5), 2008 (13), 2009 (13), 2010 (5), 2011 (13), 2012 (13), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (8)

4. Goddard (Roswell) — 286 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 4
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (6), 2007 (12), 2008 (4), 2009 (4), 2010 (4), 2011 (4), 2012 (2), 2013 (7), 2014 (6), 2015 (25)

5. Rio Rancho — 239 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (16), 2007 (10), 2008 (9), 2009 (11), 2010 (19), 2011 (6), 2012 (5), 2013 (8), 2014 (1), 2015 (11), 2016 (1)

6. Eldorado (Albuquerque) — 209 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (24), 2007 (7), 2008 (2), 2009 (7), 2010 (7), 2011 (11), 2012 (7), 2013 (12), 2014 (4), 2015 (2), 2016 (14)



7. Clovis — 206 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (5), 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2009 (5), 2010 (12), 2011 (8), 2012 (14), 2013 (10), 2014 (12), 2015 (10), 2016 (9)

8. Cleveland (Rio Rancho) — 193 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2010 (8), 2011 (1), 2012 (18), 2013 (3), 2014 (5), 2015 (1), 2016 (3)

9 . Manzano (Albuquerque) — 191 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (8), 2008 (6), 2009 (3), 2010 (3), 2011 (5), 2012 (10), 2013 (14), 2014 (18), 2015 (8), 2016 (4)

10. La Cueva (Albuquerque) — 187 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (17), 2007 (6), 2008 (8), 2009 (1), 2010 (2), 2011 (7), 2012 (6), 2013 (23), 2014 (7), 2016 (16)

11. Santa Rosa — 167 points
State titles: 4
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (22), 2007 (9), 2008 (18), 2009 (25), 2010 (20), 2011 (15), 2012 (15), 2013 (17)

12. Aztec — 136 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (19), 2007 (14), 2008 (7), 2009 (17), 2010 (9), 2011 (2), 2012 (16), 2014 (20), 2016 (24)



13. Sandia (Albuquerque) — 131 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (4), 2007 (22), 2008 (10), 2009 (16), 2010 (22), 2011 (19), 2012 (4), 2013 (5), 2014 (15), 2015 (22)

14. Belen — 127 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (16), 2009 (6), 2010 (13), 2012 (9), 2013 (13), 2014 (9), 2016 (19)

15 (tie). Cibola (Albuquerque) — 119 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (7), 2007 (4), 2008 (14), 2009 (15), 2010 (15), 2011 (20), 2013 (9), 2014 (14), 2015 (23), 2016 (20)

15 (tie). Lovington — 119 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (22), 2009 (9), 2010 (10), 2011 (14)