IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) is the only high school football program in the country that has finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 every season over the last decade. The Ascenders' lone national championship came in 2020 and they have finished ranked in the top 10 eight times since 2015.
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) is the only other school that has finished ranked every season they have participated in. The Braves were not included in 2020 because California did not play football in the fall due to the COVID pandemic. Head coach Jason Negro's program has finished ranked in the top 10 nine times since 2015 and earned national championship recognition in 2019 and 2022.
The Monarchs went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country last season and became the first school to win three national championships during the MaxPreps era. Mater Dei has finished ranked in the top three seven consecutive seasons.
The Raiders won their sixth-straight Florida state title in 2024 and finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 for the sixth consecutive year.
Shown here taking the field for the 2021 Class 6A Division 1 state championship in Texas, North Shore is tied with Centennial of California and fellow Lone Star State powerhouse Duncanville for the most MaxPreps Top 25 finishes among public schools. (PHOTO: Robbie Rakestraw)
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Centennial (Corona, Calif.),
Duncanville (Texas) and
North Shore (Houston) are tied with the fifth-most MaxPreps Top 25 finishes with seven apiece.
In total, 23 states along with the District of Columbia have had at least one school finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 over the last decade.
Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming are the states who have not had a team finish ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 since 2015.
* California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington did not play football during the fall of 2020 because of COVID and were not included in the final MaxPreps Top 25 rankings that season.
MaxPreps Top 25 finishes over last 10 years
2015 (No. 7), 2016 (3), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2019 (8), 2020 (1), 2021 (17), 2022 (5), 2023 (4), 2024 (17)
2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (8), 2018 (3), 2019 (1), 2021 (6), 2022 (1), 2023 (6), 2024 (5)
2016 (9), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2021 (1), 2022 (3), 2023 (3), 2024 (1)
2015 (15), 2016 (6), 2019 (3), 2020 (14), 2021 (9), 2022 (6), 2023 (9), 2024 (24)
2015 (4), 2016 (1), 2017 (13), 2021 (15), 2022 (4), 2023 (1), 2024 (4)
2015 (5), 2016 (15), 2017 (12), 2018 (14), 2021 (10), 2023 (14), 2024 (14)
2018 (4), 2019 (6), 2020 (16), 2021 (21), 2022 (7), 2023 (8), 2024 (6)
2015 (10), 2018 (1), 2019 (4), 2020 (7), 2021 (13), 2022 (9), 2023 (12)
2017 (5), 2018 (6), 2019 (5), 2021 (4), 2022 (8), 2024 (8)
2016 (10), 2017 (4), 2020 (21), 2022 (12), 2024 (20)
2017 (21), 2021 (3), 2022 (20), 2023 (21), 2024 (19)
2016 (17), 2017 (11), 2018 (15), 2019 (10), 2020 (5)
2015 (3), 2017 (25), 2018 (9), 2019 (12), 2024 (22)
2015 (25), 2018 (20), 2020 (18), 2021 (20), 2022 (2)
2015 (8), 2018 (24), 2021 (25), 2022 (17), 2023 (16)
2018 (11), 2019 (16), 2020 (4), 2022 (19), 2023 (7)
2015 (11), 2020 (3), 2021 (2), 2022 (16), 2023 (24)
2021 (24), 2022 (10), 2023 (2), 2024 (11)
2019 (17), 2020 (9), 2023 (13), 2024 (15)
2015 (1), 2017 (17), 2019 (15), 2020 (17)
2015 (12), 2017 (3), 2018 (8)
2015 (19), 2020 (12), 2021 (7)
2015 (16), 2016 (8)
2016 (2), 2022 (21), 2023 (5)
2016 (4), 2020 (2), 2024 (7)
2015 (9), 2016 (7), 2017 (16)
2018 (19), 2023 (11), 2024 (2)
2017 (14), 2018 (13), 2021 (19)
2017 (15), 2018 (7), 2019 (14)
2019 (24), 2020 (6), 2021 (16)
2016 (16), 2017 (9), 2020 (10)
2018 (16), 2020 (11)
2017 (6), 2023 (19)
2016 (19), 2017 (19)
2019 (25), 2021 (18)
2018 (22), 2020 (22)
2022 (22), 2024 (9)
2016 (21), 2023 (17)
2015 (2), 2018 (25)
2019 (9), 2020 (13)
2017 (18), 2018 (17)
2019 (18), 2023 (20)
2018 (19), 2022 (14)
2022 (24), 2023 (15)
2015 (20), 2024 (16)
2020 (23), 2021 (22)
2017 (20), 2019 (11)
2015 (22), 2016 (11)
2016 (13), 2021 (14)
2019 (20), 2020 (15)
2016 (20), 2017 (7)
2016 (12), 2019 (23)
2016 (24), 2020 (20)
2017 (23), 2024 (18)
Teams with one MaxPreps Top 25 finish since 2015
Alabama
Arizona
California
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
MaxPreps National Champions since 2015
