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

Loyola Academy's six championship appearances help put it on top.

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Apr 28, 2020, 2:00pm
Video: Loyola Academy vs. Glenbard West
Highlights from 2019 meeting between perennial powerhouses.

Thanks in part to an unbeaten state title season in 2015, Loyola Academy is at the top of our look at the most dominant high school football teams in Illinois over the last decade.

The Ramblers' 286 points from 2010 to 2019 edged Rochester, which finished second with 274 points.

More on the methodology:

• 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).
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Loyola Academy (Wilmette) (286)
State championships: 2015 (8A), 2018 (8A)
State runner-up: 2011 (8A), 2013 (8A), 2016 (8A), 2017 (8A)
State Top 25: 2010 (9), 2011 (5), 2012 (7), 2013 (5), 2014 (6), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (5), 2018 (1), 2019 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Rochester (274)
State championships: 2010 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2019 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (3), 2011 (22), 2012 (12), 2013 (9), 2014 (22), 2016 (9), 2017 (9), 2019 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Montini Catholic (Lombard) (234)
State championships: 2010 (5A), 2011 (5), 2012 (5A), 2015 (6A)
State runner-up: 2013 (5A), 2014 (5A), 2018 (5A)
State Top 25: 2010 (6), 2011 (4), 2012 (6), 2013 (3), 2014 (18), 2015 (4), 2018 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Chicago Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (221)
State championships: 2012 (8A), 2013 (7A), 2019 (7A)
State runner-up: 2010 (8A)
State Top 25: 2010 (10), 2011 (18), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (12), 2015 (11), 2017 (17), 2018 (9), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park) (202)
State championships: 2014 (6A), 2015 (5A), 2018 (7A)
State runner-up: 2011 (6A), 2017 (6A), 2019 (7A)
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2014 (3), 2015 (3), 2017 (13), 2018 (3), 2019 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn) (182)
State championships: 2012 (7A), 2015 (7A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (11), 2011 (8), 2012 (1), 2013 (12), 2014 (4), 2015 (2), 2016 (8), 2019 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake) (176)
State championships: 2011 (6A), 2016 (6A), 2017 (6A)
State runner-up: 2019 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (17), 2011 (3), 2015 (13), 2016 (1), 2017 (3), 2019 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort) (167)
State championships: 2017 (8A), 2019 (8A)
State runner-up: 2012 (7A)
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (3), 2014 (25), 2015 (25), 2016 (18), 2017 (1), 2018 (4), 2019 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Maine South (Park Ridge) (144)
State championships: 2010 (8A), 2016 (8A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (2), 2014 (11), 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2018 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. East St. Louis (135)
State championships: 2016 (7A), 2019 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (8), 2013 (19), 2016 (3), 2017 (18), 2018 (11), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

11. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (125)
State championships: 2013 (5A), 2014 (5A)
State runner-up: 2016 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (24), 2011 (21), 2012 (18), 2013 (2), 2014 (5), 2016 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

12. (tie) Batavia (123)
State championships: 2013 (6A), 2017 (7A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (10), 2013 (6), 2017 (6), 2018 (8), 2019 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A

12. (tie) Cary-Grove (Cary) 123
State championships: 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: 2012 (6A), 2014 (7A)
State Top 25: 2012 (9), 2014 (7), 2015 (9), 2016 (16), 2018 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

14. (tie) Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor) (117)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (8A)
State Top 25: 2010 (23), 2013 (17), 2014 (8), 2015 (6), 2016 (17), 2017 (11), 2018 (10), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

14. (tie) Wheaton-Warrenville South (Wheaton) (117)
State championships: 2010 (7A)
State runner-up: 2011 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (1), 2011 (7), 2013 (20), 2018 (25)
Nationally ranked: N/A

16. Lake Zurich (116)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2010 (7A), 2013 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (5), 2011 (11), 2012 (11), 2013 (10), 2017 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

17. Lena-Winslow (Lena) (105)
State championships: 2010 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2017 (1A), 2019 (1A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (21), 2019 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

18. Joliet Catholic (Joliet) (103)
State championships: 2018 (5A)
State runner-up: 2011 (5A)
State Top 25: 2010 (19), 2011 (6), 2013 (7), 2014 (20), 2015 (8), 2018 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. Phillips (Chicago) (93)
State championships: 2015 (4A), 2017 (5A)
State runner-up: 2014 (4A)
State Top 25: 2015 (5), 2017 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

20. Naperville Central (Naperville) (89)
State championships: 2013 (8A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (9), 2013 (4), 2014 (14), 2015 (21), 2018 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

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