Powered by seven state championships since 2007,
De La Salle (Concord) is the most dominant high school football program in California since 2004.
Based on our methodology, the Spartans amassed 1,254 points from 2004 to 2023 to edge
Centennial (Corona), which finished second with 900 points.
Centennial won a state championship in 2008 and made five additional trips to the title game.
After dominating the past decade,
St. John Bosco (Bellflower) and
Mater Dei (Santa Ana) come in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
The methodology includes:
• 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).
1. De La Salle (Concord), 1,254
State championships: 2007 (Bowl I), 2009 (Open), 2010 (Open), 2011 (Open), 2012 (Open), 2014 (Open), 2015 (Open)
State runner-up: 2006 (Bowl I), 2008 (Bowl I), 2013 (Open), 2016 (Open), 2017 (Open), 2018 (Open), 2019 (Open), 2022 (I-AA), 2023 (I-AA)
State top 25: 2004 (6), 2005 (6), 2006 (3), 2007 (1), 2008 (4), 2009 (5), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (5), 2017 (5), 2018 (3), 2019 (3), 2020 (8), 2021 (14), 2022 (17), 2023 (15)
National top 25: 2006 (18), 2007 (2), 2008 (19), 2010 (1), 2011 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (8), 2014 (3), 2015 (3), 2016 (24), 2017 (25), 2018 (9), 2019 (12)
2. Centennial (Corona), 900
State championships: 2008 (Bowl I)
State runner-up: 2007 (Bowl I), 2010 (Bowl I), 2012 (Open), 2014 (Open), 2015 (Open)
State top 25: 2004 (13), 2006 (24), 2007 (3), 2008 (1), 2009 (16), 2010 (5), 2011 (11), 2012 (2), 2013 (6), 2014 (3), 2015 (2), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (5), 2019 (5), 2021 (3), 2022 (5), 2023 (3)
National top 25: 2007 (13), 2008 (6), 2010 (20), 2012 (13), 2014 (18), 2015 (5), 2016 (15), 2017 (12), 2018 (14), 2019 (20), 2021 (10), 2023 (14)
3. St. John Bosco (Bellflower), 872
State championships: 2013 (Open), 2016 (Open), 2019 (Open), 2022 (Open)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2011 (13), 2012 (5), 2013 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (3), 2016 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2021 (4), 2022 (1), 2023 (2)
National top 25: 2012 (23), 2013 (3), 2014 (19), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (8), 2018 (3), 2019 (1), 2021 (6), 2022 (1), 2023 (6)
4. Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 821
State championships: 2017 (Open), 2018 (Open), 2021 (Open), 2023 (Open)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2006 (17), 2007 (10), 2008 (16), 2010 (17), 2012 (8), 2013 (3), 2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (2), 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (2), 2023 (1)
National top 25: 2013 (10), 2015 (17), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2021 (1), 2022 (3). 2023 (3)
5. Mission Viejo, 607
State championships: 2015 (1-AA), 2023 (1-AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (1), 2005 (8), 2006 (19), 2008 (12), 2009 (3), 2010 (6), 2011 (7), 2012 (10), 2013 (7), 2014 (12), 2015 (4), 2016 (8), 2017 (6), 2018 (8), 2019 (6), 2020 (12), 2021 (6), 2022 (4), 2023 (5)
National top 25: 2004 (2), 2009 (14), 2010 (23), 2015 (10), 2017 (17), 2019 (23)
6. Folsom, 493
State championships: 2010 (II), 2014 (1), 2017 (1-AA), 2018 (1-AA), 2023 (1-A)
State runner-up: 2021 (I-AA)
State top 25: 2010 (2), 2012 (16), 2013 (8), 2014 (2), 2015 (8), 2016 (15), 2017 (3), 2018 (4), 2019 (23), 2020 (15), 2021 (18), 2022 (10), 2023 (10)
National top 25: 2010 (5), 2014 (4), 2017 (18), 2018 (17)
7. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach), 372
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2008 (Open), 2012
State top 25: 2004 (2), 2006 (5), 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2011 (20), 2012 (4), 2013 (10), 2014 (8), 2015 (19), 2017 (13), 2020 (17), 2021 (20), 2022 (15), 2023 (22)
National top 25: 2004 (10), 2007 (9), 2008 (15), 2012 (22)
8. Servite (Anaheim), 339
State championships: 2009 (II)
State runner-up: 2010 (Open)
State top 25: 2007 (13), 2008 (22), 2009 (1), 2010 (3), 2011 (10), 2013 (18), 2017 (24), 2019 (10), 2020 (3), 2021 (2), 2023 (9)
National top 25: 2009 (3), 2010 (7), 2021 (5)
9. Serra (Gardena), 228
State championships: 2009 (III), 2012 (II), 2021 (I-A)
State runner-up: 2010 (II)
State top 25: 2009 (9), 2010 (12), 2012 (6), 2013 (11), 2014 (11), 2015 (11), 2016 (25), 2021 (11), 2022 (21), 2023 (11)
National top 25: 2012 (25)
10. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), 209
State championships: 2008 (II), 2016 (I-AA), 2021 (I-AA)
State runner-up: 2018 (I-AA)
State top 25: 2008 (9), 2009 (22), 2013 (16), 2014 (20), 2016 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (20), 2020 (5), 2021 (5)
National top 25: 2016 (16)
11. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita), 207
State championships: 2011 (I)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2006 (12), 2010 (10), 2011 (2), 2012 (12), 2014 (24), 2016 (12), 2017 (10), 2020 (13), 2021 (9), 2022 (22), 2023 (14)
National top 25: 2011 (10)
12. Oaks Christian (Westlake Village), 202
State championships: 2006 (III)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (17), 2005 (14), 2006 (6), 2008 (10), 2009 (14), 2010 (7), 2011 (12), 2012 (20), 2013 (13), 2015 (22), 2017 (12), 2018 (6), 2023 (17)
National top 25: 2018 (16)
13. Orange Lutheran (Orange), 200
State championships: 2006 (II)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (10), 2006 (2), 2007 (8), 2008 (11), 2011 (17), 2013 (20), 2015 (14), 2017 (20), 2018 (18), 2020 (14), 2021 (7), 2022 (12), 2023 (8)
National top 25: 2006 (15)
14. St. Bonaventure (Ventura), 188
State championships: 2007 (III), 2008 (III)
State runner-up: 2023 (I-A)
State top 25: 2004 (18), 2005 (4), 2007 (9), 2008 (6), 2009 (18), 2010 (14), 2011 (16), 2012 (14)
National top 25: 2008 (22)
15. Junipero Serra (San Mateo), 160
State championships: 2017 (2-AA)
State runner-up: 2019 (I-A), 2021 (Open), 2022 (Open), 2023 (Open)
State top 25: 2007 (23), 2008 (21), 2017 (8), 2019 (11), 2020 (22), 2021 (10), 2022 (7), 2023 (6)
National top 25: N/A
16. Oceanside, 158
State championships: 2007 (II), 2009 (I)
State runner-up: 2014 (I)
State top 25: 2004 (22), 2006 (25), 2007 (4), 2008 (14), 2009 (7), 2010 (13), 2012 (13), 2013 (19), 2014 (9)
National top 25: N/A
17. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 155
State championships: 2011 (IV)
State runner-up: 2018 (I-A), 2019 (I-AA)
State top 25: 2016 (16), 2018 (13), 2019 (9), 2020 (4), 2021 (12), 2022 (9), 2023 (4)
National top 25: N/A
18. Grant (Sacramento), 149
State championships: 2008 (Open), 2022 (3-AA)
State runner-up: 2023 (2-AA)
State top 25: 2006 (10), 2008 (2), 2010 (16), 2014 (14)
National top 25: 2008 (14)
19. Narbonne (Harbor City), 146
State championships: 2015 (I-A), 2017 (I-A)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2011 (22), 2012 (3), 2015 (25), 2016 (23), 2017 (9), 2019 (8), 2020 (19)
National top 25: 2012 (18)
State championships: 2006 (I)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2005 (1), 2006 (1)
National top 25: 2005 (13), 2006 (14)
21. Vista Murrieta (Murrieta), 142
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2009 (12), 2010 (20), 2011 (3), 2012 (7), 2013 (9), 2014 (17), 2015 (12), 2016 (21)
National top 25: 2011 (16)
22. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), 140
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2013 (15), 2014 (10), 2015 (21), 2017 (18), 2018 (7), 2019 (13), 2022 (11), 2023 (7)
National top 25: 2018 (17)
23. Westlake (Westlake Village), 139
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2011 (Open)
State top 25: 2009 (4), 2010 (11), 2011 (4), 2014 (22)
National top 25: 2009 (19), 2011 (17)
T-24. San Clemente, 130
State championships: 2016 (I-A)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2011 (5), 2016 (9), 2019 (14), 2020 (7), 2023 (16)
National top 25: 2011 (20)
T-24. Helix (La Mesa), 130
State championships: 2011 (II)
State runner-up: 2016 (Open), 2017 (I-AA)
State top 25: 2011 (6), 2013 (25), 2014 (15), 2015 (7), 2016 (20), 2017 (7), 2019 (12)
National top 25: N/A
