Top 15 most dominant Pennsylvania high school football programs since 2006

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When it comes to naming the most dominant Pennsylvania football program since MaxPreps became America's source for high school sports, it's as tight a race as can be.

St. Joseph's Prep edged Archbishop Wood by a single point to earn the title of most dominant. Reaching the Top 25 in the computer rankings every year except one since 2006 was the ticket to the top for the Hawks. It helped them overcome the fact that Archbishop Wood has one more title and three more total state 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 Pennsylvania 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. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) — 248 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (4), 2007 (9), 2008 (22), 2009 (7), 2011 (18), 2012 (3), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (6), 2016 (1)

2. Archbishop Wood (Warminster) — 247 points
State titles: 4
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (20), 2010 (12), 2011 (1), 2012 (13), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (8), 2016 (3)

3. Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) — 229 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (9), 2007 (1), 2010 (5), 2011 (11), 2013 (3), 2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2016 (2)

4. La Salle College (Wyndmoor) — 223 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (8), 2008 (12), 2009 (1), 2010 (3), 2011 (4), 2012 (4), 2013 (7), 2014 (4), 2015 (4), 2016 (20)

5. Clairton — 178 points
State titles: 4
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2009 (12), 2010 (8), 2011 (7), 2012 (5), 2014 (20)

6. Parkland (Allentown) — 157 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2007 (8), 2008 (15), 2009 (14), 2012 (8), 2013 (5), 2014 (9), 2015 (3), 2016 (9)

7. North Allegheny (Wexford) — 152 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (6), 2007 (10), 2010 (1), 2011 (3), 2012 (1), 2015 (23)

8. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) — 141 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (24), 2009 (6), 2010 (11), 2011 (9), 2012 (14), 2013 (8), 2014 (12), 2015 (13)

9. Cathedral Prep (Erie) — 139 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (17), 2009 (24), 2012 (2), 2013 (9), 2015 (9), 2016 (6)

10. North Penn (Lansdale) — 127 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (25), 2008 (3), 2009 (11), 2010 (6), 2011 (5), 2013 (19), 2015 (17), 2016 (5)

11. Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Hills) — 117 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (12), 2007 (2), 2008 (2), 2016 (11)

12. South Fayette (McDonald) — 110 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2010 (9), 2013 (4), 2014 (5)

13. Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) — 101 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2013 (11), 2014 (23), 2015 (1), 2016 (8)

14 (tie). Wilson (West Lawn) — 92 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (5), 2009 (21), 2010 (20), 2011 (20), 2012 (9), 2013 (20), 2014 (7), 2016 (14)

14 (tie). Easton — 92 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (14), 2009 (5), 2010 (13), 2011 (17), 2013 (13), 2014 (10), 2015 (18)