Most dominant high school football programs of the last 10 years in Alabama

By Jordan Divens Jul 15, 2019, 3:45pm

Recognizing the Yellowhammer State's most consistent winners since 2009.

Video: Alabama's most dominant high school football teams
Find out which 10 schools made the list.

Fans of Alabama high school football will have to wait until August to see their favorite team take the field.

To help fill the void, we're looking back at the state's top programs over the past 10 years.

Beginning with the 2009 season through 2018, we evaluated finishes in state and national rankings along with state championships and title game appearances to identify the winningest teams in Alabama.

See the video above or the list below for a look at the Top 10.



More on the methodology

Points awarded for:

• 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).



Graphic by Ryan Escobar
10. Daphne
State championship(s): 2010 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (No. 1), 2011 (10), 2012 (13), 2013 (22)
Nationally-ranked: 2010 (No. 11)

9. Leeds
State championship(s): 2010 (3A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2010 (No. 8), 2014 (6), 2015 (9)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

8. Auburn
State championship(s): N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (5A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 4), 2011 (16), 2012 (6), 2013 (3), 2015 (16), 2016 (14), 2017 (10), 2018 (9)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

7. Prattville
State championship(s): 2011 (6A)
State runner-up: 2009 (6A), 2014 (7A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 2), 2010 (15), 2011 (1), 2014 (5)
Nationally-ranked: 2011 (No. 21)

6. St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile)
State championship(s): 2014 (5A), 2015 (5A), 2017 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (No. 13), 2011 (19), 2012 (12), 2013 (19), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2017 (13)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

5. Central (Phenix City)
State championship(s): 2018 (7A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 15), 2011 (4), 2014 (8), 2015 (13), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (1)
Nationally-ranked: N/A



4. McGill-Toolen (Mobile)
State championship(s): 2015 (7A)
State runner-up: 2016 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (No. 25), 2011 (15), 2012 (8), 2013 (7), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (5)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

3. Clay-Chalkville (Pinson)
State championship(s): 2014 (6A)
State runner-up: 2015 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 25), 2010 (11), 2011 (3), 2012 (4), 2013 (18), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2017 (8), 2018 (5)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

2. Spanish Fort
State championship(s): 2010 (5A), 2012 (5A), 2013 (4A), 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 19), 2010 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (9), 2015 (1), 2016 (21), 2017 (14), 2018 (16)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

1. Hoover
State championship(s): 2009 (6A), 2012 (6A), 2013 (5A), 2014 (7A), 2016 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State runner-up: 2010 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 1), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (4)
Nationally-ranked: 2012 (No. 8)