Top 15 most dominant Delaware high school football programs since 2006

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It's a tight two-team tussle when it comes to figuring out which team is the most dominant in Delaware since MaxPreps became America's source for high school sports in 2006. No. 1 Middletown and No. 2 Salesianum lead the rest of the state by a wide margin and the two are separated by just 16 points.

What made the difference for Middletown is more title game appearances.

Here is how the points break down:

1. 20 for a state title

2. 10 for a state championship game appearance

3. Other points are based on where a team finished in the final MaxPreps Delaware Football Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard. For example, if a team finished No. 1 overall, it would receive 25 points. If it finished 25th overall, the team would get one point. No points are awarded if the team did not finish in the Top 25.

1. Middletown — 338 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 4
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (8), 2007 (1), 2008 (7), 2009 (15), 2010 (4), 2011 (2), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (4), 2016 (2)

2. Salesianum (Wilmington) — 322 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (1), 2007 (5), 2008 (6), 2009 (1), 2010 (2), 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2016 (3)

3. St. Mark's (Wilmington) — 242 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (4), 2007 (10), 2008 (3), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (5), 2014 (4), 2015 (21), 2016 (14)

4. Hodgson Vo-Tech (Newark) — 228 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (15), 2007 (2), 2008 (10), 2009 (8), 2011 (13), 2012 (6), 2013 (4), 2014 (3), 2016 (25)

5. Sussex Central (Georgetown) — 227 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (2), 2007 (4), 2008 (2), 2009 (10), 2010 (8), 2011 (12), 2012 (7), 2013 (12), 2014 (15), 2015 (11), 2016 (6)

6. Caravel (Bear) — 226 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (5), 2007 (3), 2008 (11), 2009 (4), 2010 (25), 2011 (7), 2012 (3), 2013 (9), 2014 (12), 2015 (22), 2016 (9)

7. Concord (Wilmington) — 211 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (3), 2007 (7), 2008 (8), 2009 (12), 2010 (7), 2011 (14), 2012 (11), 2013 (11), 2014 (7), 2015 (8), 2016 (7)

8. William Penn (New Castle) — 202 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (7), 2007 (15), 2008 (5), 2009 (18), 2010 (18), 2011 (11), 2012 (21), 2013 (10), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (5)

9. Caesar Rodney (Camden) — 182 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (10), 2007 (8), 2008 (1), 2009 (3), 2010 (6), 2011 (17), 2012 (5), 2013 (6), 2014 (19), 2015 (23)

10. Delmar — 146 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (6), 2007 (9), 2008 (16), 2009 (5), 2010 (19), 2011 (10), 2012 (17), 2013 (14), 2014 (22), 2016 (16)

11. Dover — 128 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (22), 2007 (21), 2008 (14), 2009 (22), 2010 (9), 2011 (8), 2012 (9), 2013 (3), 2014 (14), 2015 (17), 2016 (19)

12. Sussex Tech (Georgetown) — 123 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (11), 2008 (19), 2009 (7), 2010 (13), 2011 (21), 2012 (24), 2013 (13), 2014 (5), 2015 (9), 2016 (15)

12. Cape Henlopen (Lewes) — 123 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (19), 2007 (20), 2008 (25), 2010 (17), 2011 (9), 2012 (8), 2013 (7), 2014 (8), 2015 (14), 2016 (10)

14. Smyrna — 118 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (21), 2010 (20), 2011 (20), 2012 (23), 2014 (18), 2015 (1), 2016 (1)

15. Indian River (Dagsboro) — 113 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (13), 2007 (14), 2008 (18), 2009 (20), 2010 (22), 2011 (3), 2012 (10), 2013 (15)