Top 15 most dominant West Virginia high school football programs since 2006

By Staff Report Jun 20, 2017, 1:00pm

Nobody is catching Martinsburg when it comes to the most dominant squads in West Virginia.

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There is no question when it comes to which team has displayed the most dominance in West Virginia since MaxPreps became America's source for high school sports.

Martinsburg has etched a stellar resume since 2006 with appearances in six title games and wins in five of those appearances. Add in computer rankings finishes no worse than 12th in any season and it all equals a massive lead over the No. 2 program, Bridgeport.

Reaching title games is the best way to earn extra points in our tabulation, but consistency in the computer rankings is still important. And that's what earned Morgantown the No. 9 spot despite zero appearances in the big game.



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 West Virginia 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 15 most dominant West Virginia football programs since 2006
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Martinsburg — 355 points
State titles: 5
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (2), 2007 (12), 2008 (7), 2009 (5), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (3), 2015 (7), 2016 (1)

2. Bridgeport — 252 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (23), 2007 (7), 2008 (12), 2009 (2), 2010 (11), 2011 (6), 2012 (16), 2013 (5), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (8)



3. South Charleston 228 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (9), 2007 (17), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (2), 2012 (19), 2013 (14), 2014 (4), 2015 (8), 2016 (7)

4. George Washington (Charleston) 215 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (12), 2007 (6), 2008 (3), 2009 (11), 2010 (6), 2011 (2), 2012 (4), 2013 (7), 2014 (18), 2015 (16), 2016 (6)

5. Wayne 212 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (10), 2007 (15), 2008 (16), 2009 (7), 2010 (23), 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (10), 2014 (14)

6. Capital (Charleston) 210 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (16), 2007 (9), 2008 (8), 2010 (7), 2011 (18), 2012 (11), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (4), 2016 (4)

7. Wheeling Central Catholic 176 points
State titles: 4
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (3), 2007 (3), 2008 (17), 2009 (16), 2010 (12), 2011 (9)

8. Cabell Midland (Ona) 161 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (14), 2007 (21), 2008 (11), 2011 (10), 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (6), 2015 (3), 2016 (9)



9. Morgantown 157 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (4), 2008 (4), 2009 (18), 2010 (4), 2011 (4), 2012 (5), 2013 (11), 2014 (25), 2015 (17), 2016 (11)

10. Parkersburg 148 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (21), 2009 (14), 2010 (13), 2011 (14), 2014 (10)

11. Wheeling Park (Wheeling) 147 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (3),  2008 (4), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (88)

12. Bluefield 145 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (2), 2008 (19), 2009 (4), 2010 (10), 2012 (20), 2013 (13), 2014 (20), 2015 (15)

13. Magnolia (New Martinsville) 139 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (14), 2008 (24), 2009 (8), 2010 (3), 2012 (14), 2013 (24), 2015 (6)

14. Williamstown 126 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (17), 2007 (22), 2008 (9), 2009 (22), 2011 (19), 2013 (21), 2014 (22), 2016 (20)



15. Huntington 125 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (21), 2011 (7), 2012 (10), 2013 (3), 2014 (5), 2015 (9), 2016 (12)