In 2008-09, MaxPreps expanded its girls basketball computer rankings to include a human element. We accompanied the formulated numbers with a pulse while creating the MaxPreps Top 25 national rankings, which have been featured for the last 13 seasons.
In the first year it was an all-Indiana showdown for the top spot as Ben Davis (Indianapolis) edged the
Skylar Diggins-led South Bend Washington Panthers 71-69 to win the state 4A final before 14,000 fans at Lucas Oil Stadium. Davis finished No. 1 that season and Washington No. 2.
The team that finished fourth that year, California power Mater Dei (Santa Ana), has appeared in the MaxPreps Top 25 seven more times to lead all programs nationally with eight, followed by Duncanville (Texas) and Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) with seven appearances each.
In all, 185 schools have appeared in the rankings since 2008-09, representing 40 states (including the District of Columbia).
The state with most teams represented is California with 19 followed by Texas at 17. The only other state with double-digit numbers is Ohio with 10, while Florida, Indiana and Maryland each have nine.
FINAL MAXPREPS TOP 25: 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 2020-21 MaxPreps National Player of the Year Raven Johnson (right) led Westlake (Atlanta, Ga.) to a national No. 1 ranking.
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MaxPreps Top 25 finishes 2009-21 AlabamaHazel Green — 2021 (21)
Hoover — 2010 (8), 2012 (12), 2013 (14), 2019 (23)
LeFlore (Mobile) — 2016 (22)
Alaska
ArkansasFayetteville — 2009 (22), 2011 (16), 2017 (10)
North Little Rock — 2010 (16)
CaliforniaArchbishop Mitty (San Jose) — 2017 (9), 2018 (3)
Berkeley — 2011 (8)
Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) — 2013 (7)
Brea Olinda (Brea) — 2009 (3), 2010 (5), 2011 (9)
Cajon (San Bernardino) — 2009 (14)
Chaminade (West Hills) — 2016 (9)
Clovis West (Fresno) — 2017 (5)
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) — 2010 (25)
La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla) — 2012 (9), 2020 (1)
Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) — 2009 (15), 2010 (10), 2011 (10), 2014 (4), 2017 (18)
Mater Dei (Santa Ana)— 2009 (4), 2010 (2), 2011 (1), 2012 (6), 2013 (17), 2014 (14), 2015 (11), 2020 (25)
Miramonte (Orinda) — 2016 (12)
Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) — 2010 (24)
Pinewood (Los Altos Hills) — 2018 (18)
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco) — 2009 (7)
Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond) — 2014 (22)
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) — 2014 (24), 2019 (12),
St. Mary's (Stockton) — 2009 (6), 2010 (1), 2011 (14), 2015 (3), 2016 (2)
Windward (Los Angeles) — 2013 (8), 2014 (13), 2018 (14), 2020 (18)
Colorado Grandview (Aurora) — 2017 (7)
Highlands Ranch) — 2016 (23)
Regis Jesuit (Aurora) — 2009 (19), 2013 (25), 2014 (3)
ThunderRidge (Highlands Ranch) — 2016 (15)
Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch) — 2021 (14)
ConnecticutCapital Prep (Hartford) — 2015 (18)
DelawareUrsuline Academy (Wilmington) — 2017 (15)
District of ColumbiaSt. John's — 2011 (13), 2013 (3), 2017 (2), 2018 (4), 2019 (2)
FloridaAmerican Heritage (Plantation) — 2021 (20)
Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) — 2015 (12)
Dr. Phillips (Orlando) — 2012 (16), 2013 (22)
Lake Highland Prep (Orlando) — 2020 (16), 2021 (10)
Montverde Academy (Montverde) — 2021 (18)
Miami Country Day (Miami) — 2015 (7), 2017 (6), 2019 (4)
Potter's House Christian (Jacksonville) — 2011 (4), 2015 (24)
Ribault (Jacksonville) — 2016 (5)
Winter Haven — 2018 (12)
GeorgiaMcEachern (Powder Springs) — 2012 (3), 2014 (15)
Norcross — 2010 (19), 2013 (15), 2017 (22)
North Gwinnett (Suwanee) — 2013 (19)
Redan (Stone Mountain)— 2010 (20)
St. Francis (Alpharetta) — 2016 (13)
Westlake (Atlanta) — 2018 (15), 2019 (22), 2020 (14), 2021 (1)
HawaiiKonawaena (Kealakekua) — 2011 (22), 2015 (17), 2016 (21)
IllinoisBenet Academy (Lisle) — 2016 (25)
Bolingbrook — 2009 (8), 2010 (6), 2011 (3), 2012 (7)
Maine West (Des Plaines) — 2019 (9)
Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) — 2013 (16)
Montini Catholic (Lombard) — 2014 (20)
Quincy Notre Dame (Quincy) — 2013 (20)
Whitney Young (Chicago) — 2009 (10), 2010 (11), 2012 (2), 2014 (8), 2015 (14)
IndianaBedford North Lawrence (Bedford) — 2013 (10), 2014 (9)
Ben Davis (Indianapolis) — 2009 (1), 2019 (3)
Columbus North (Columbus) — 2015 (5)
Crown Point — 2021 (23)
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers) — 2019 (24)
IowaDes Moines East (Des Moines) — 2011 (21)
Harlan — 2015 (25)
KansasAquinas (Overland Park) — 2011 (24)
Heights (Wichita) — 2011 (7), 2012 (18)
Shawnee Mission Northwest (Shawnee Mission) — 2021 (25)
South (Wichita) — 2014 (23), 2016 (19)
KentuckyDuPont Manual (Louisville) — 2012 (11)
Elizabethtown — 2015 (21)
Marion County (Lebanon) — 2013 (5)
Mercer County (Harrodsburg) — 2018 (10)
LouisianaDestrehan — 2017 (20)
Easton (New Orleans) — 2015 (20)
Salmen (Slidell) — 2014 (17)
MarylandArchbishop Spalding (Severn) — 2013 (24)
Bishop McNamara (Forestville) — 2019 (6), 2020 (7)
Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt) — 2014 (21)
Forestville — 2016 (8)
New Hope Academy (Landover Hills) — 2019 (1), 2021 (17)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) — 2011 (19), 2012 (24)
Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro) — 2009 (24), 2011 (12), 2012 (5), 2014 (7), 2016 (6), 2020 (20)
Roland Park Country (Baltimore) — 2019 (16)
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) — 2017 (13), 2018 (16), 2019 (17), 2020 (15)
MassachusettsBraintree — 2015 (19)
MichiganDetroit Country Day (Beverly Hills) — 2009 (21), 2017 (21)
Edison Academy (Detroit) — 2018 (22), 2019 (7), 2020 (8), 2021 (5)
Goodrich — 2012 (19)
Marian (Bloomfield Hills) — 2015 (16)
MinnesotaChaska — 2021 (6)
Eastview (Apple Valley) — 2018 (23)
Elk River — 2017 (19)
Hopkins (Minnetonka) — 2011 (25), 2012 (25), 2015 (10), 2019 (13), 2020 (4), 2021 (9)
Lakeville North (Lakeville) — 2010 (18)
MississippiOlive Branch — 2017 (25)
MissouriIncarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) — 2010 (15), 2011 (23), 2013 (9), 2014 (2), 2021 (4)
Rock Bridge (Columbia) — 2014 (5)
NebraskaPius X (Lincoln) — 2021 (22)
NevadaCentennial (Las Vegas) — 2016 (7), 2017 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (5)
New JerseyFranklin (Somerset) — 2019 (14)
Manasquan — 2015 (8), 2018 (13)
Neptune — 2010 (14)
Rutgers Prep (Somerset) — 2021 (19)
Shabazz (Newark) — 2013 (21), 2014 (10)
St. John-Vianney (Holmdel) — 2016 (10), 2020 (19), 2021 (8)
Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton) — 2020 (10)
New York Baldwin — 2018 (5)
Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero) — 2012 (10)
Christ the King (Middle Village) — 2018 (6), 2019 (11)
Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) — 2015 (23), 2020 (6)
Nazareth (Brooklyn) — 2011 (15)
St. Michael Academy (New York) — 2009 (25)
North Carolina Millbrook (Raleigh) — 2013 (11)
Myers Park (Charlotte) — 2014 (6), 2015 (6)
New Hope Christian Academy (Thomasville) — 2014 (16)
Northwest Guilford (Greensboro) — 2017 (24), 2018 (25)
Southeast Raleigh (Raleigh) — 2020 (17)
Vance (Charlotte) — 2021 (24)
OhioAfricentric Early College (Columbus) — 2019 (3)
Centerville — 2013 (18)
Newark — 2021 (13)
Pickerington Central (Pickerington) — 2019 (20)
Princeton (Cincinnati) — 2014 (18)
Reynoldsburg — 2012 (23)
Twinsburg — 2011 (5), 2012 (13)
OklahomaEdmond Santa Fe (Edmond) — 2012 (20)
Midwest City (Midwest City,) — 2010 (12)
Norman — 2020 (24), 2021 (7)
Oregon Central Catholic (Portland) — 2013 (12)
Jesuit (Portland) — 2011 (20)
Southridge (Beaverton) — 2010 (22), 2018 (20)
South Medford (Medford) — 2012 (15)
PennsylvaniaArchbishop Carroll (Radnor) — 2009 (13)
Chartiers Valley (Bridgeville) — 2020 (21)
Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg) — 2015 (22), 2016 (18)
Germantown Academy (Fort Washington) — 2009 (18), 2019 (18)
Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) — 2009 (23), 2010 (7)
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) — 2015 (1), 2016 (11)
Seton LaSalle (Pittsburgh) — 2012 (22)
South CarolinaSpring Valley (Columbia) — 2011 (2)
TennesseeBlackman (Murfreesboro) — 2014 (1), 2015 (2)
Bradley Central (Cleveland) — 2019 (25)
Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) — 2018 (21)
Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga) — 2017 (12), 2018 (8), 2020 (2)
Riverdale (Murfreesboro) — 2012 (8), 2013 (1), 2016 (24), 2017 (1), 2018 (2)
Science Hill (Johnson City) — 2012 (17), 2013 (23)
TexasAmarillo — 2018 (17)
Argyle — 2016 (16)
Canyon — 2011 (18), 2017 (16)
Cy-Fair (Cypress) — 2010 (4)
Cypress Creek (Houston) — 2020 (12), 2021 (16)
Cypress Woods (Cypress) — 2015 (4)
Dekaney (Houston) — 2016 (14)
DeSoto — 2020 (23), 2021 (11)
Fort Bend Dulles (Sugar Land) — 2009 (20)
Duncanville — 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (12), 2016 (1), 2017 (11), 2018 (19), 2020 (5)
Judson (Converse) — 2019 (19)
MacArthur (Irving) — 2010 (13), 2011 (17), 2012 (14)
Mansfield Timberview (Arlington) — 2010 (9), 2019 (15)
Manvel — 2014 (11)
Nimitz (Houston) — 2009 (17)
Mansfield Summit (Arlington) — 2009 (16)
Westbury Christian (Houston) — 2009 (11), 2011 (11)
UtahFremont (Plain City) — 2021 (12)
VirginiaCosby (Midlothian) — 2014 (19)
Lake Taylor (Norfolk) — 2010 (21)
Monacan (Richmond) — 2017 (8)
Oakton (Vienna) — 2012 (21)
Paul VI (Chantilly) — 2014 (25), 2015 (9), 2016 (3), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2020 (11), 2021 (3)
Princess Anne (Virginia Beach) — 2010 (23), 2011 (6), 2016 (17), 2018 (11), 2019 (21), 2021 (15)
WashingtonAuburn Riverside (Auburn) — 2010 (17)
Bellevue — 2016 (4)
Central Valley (Spokane Valley) — 2018 (1)
Kentwood (Covington) — 2009 (12)
West VirginiaSt. Joseph Central (Huntington) — 2020 (13)
Wisconsin Appleton North (Appleton) — 2017 (23)
Past MaxPreps National Champions2013 — Riverdale