Top 25 most dominant Ohio high school football programs of last 20 years

Based on our methodology, the Eagles amassed 833 points from 2004 to 2023 to edge St. Xavier (Cincinnati), which finished second with 633 points.

St. Xavier won seven state championships and finished in the state top 25 in 18 of the 20 seasons surveyed.

Our 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. St. Edward (Lakewood), 833
State championships: 2010 (DI), 2014 (DI), 2015 (DI), 2018 (DI), 2021 (DI), 2022 (DI), 2023 (DI)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (8), 2005 (5), 2006 (16), 2008 (24), 2010 (1), 2011 (6), 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (9), 2017 (10), 2018 (1), 2019 (4), 2020 (14), 2021 (1), 2022 (1), 2023 (2)
Nationally ranked: 2010 (2), 2013 (14), 2014 (3), 2015 (6), 2018 (10), 2021 (25), 2022 (17), 2023 (16)

2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 633
State championships: 2005 (DI), 2007 (DI), 2016 (DI), 2020 (D1)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (4), 2005 (1), 2006 (3), 2007 (1), 2008 (7), 2009 (5), 2010 (3), 2011 (3), 2012 (11), 2013 (10), 2014 (6), 2015 (10), 2016 (1), 2017 (6), 2019 (7), 2020 (2), 2021 (4), 2023 (25)
Nationally ranked: 2005 (2), 2006 (23), 2007 (1), 2016 (15), 2020 (20)

3. Colerain (Cincinnati), 614
State championships: 2004 (DI)
State runner-up: 2018 (DI)
State top 25: 2004 (1), 2005 (6), 2006 (2), 2007 (3), 2008 (4), 2009 (14), 2010 (4), 2011 (10), 2012 (3), 2013 (7), 2014 (17), 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2017 (5), 2018 (3), 2019 (13)
Nationally ranked: 2004 (1), 2006 (13), 2007 (16), 2012 (19), 2015 (12), 2016 (15), 2017 (15)

4. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 445
State championships: 2012 (DI), 2013 (DI)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (2), 2006 (14), 2007 (16), 2008 (18), 2009 (9), 2010 (13), 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (7), 2016 (20), 2021 (10), 2022 (3), 2023 (6)
Nationally ranked: 2004 (20), 2012 (6), 2013 (3)

5. Archbishop Hoban (Akron), 430
State championships: 2015 (DIII), 2016 (DIII), 2017 (DII), 2018 (DII), 2020 (DII)
State runner-up: 2021 (DII), 2022 (DII), 2023 (DII)
State top 25: 2004 (25), 2015 (5), 2016 (6), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (14), 2020 (1), 2021 (8), 2022 (5), 2023 (3)

7. St. Ignatius (Cleveland), 413
State championships: 2008 (DI), 2011 (DI)
State runner-up: 2016 (DI)
State top 25: 2004 (9), 2007 (12), 2008 (1), 2009 (7), 2011 (1), 2012 (5), 2013 (13), 2014 (10), 2016 (3), 2017 (7), 2018 (5), 2019 (11), 2021 (12), 2022 (22)
Nationally ranked: 2008 (2), 2011 (15), 2016 (19)

8. La Salle (Cincinnati), 327
State championships: 2014 (DII), 2015 (DII), 2016 (DII), 2019 (DII)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (20), 2005 (19), 2007 (19), 2010 (16), 2011 (16), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (4), 2017 (12), 2019 (6), 2020 (12), 2021 (21)
Nationally ranked: 2014 (6), 2015 (11)

9. Coldwater, 306
State championships: 2005 (DIV), 2007 (DIV), 2012 (DV), 2013 (DV), 2014 (DV), 2015 (DV), 2020 (DVI)
State runner-up: 2009 (DV), 2010 (DV), 2011 (DV), 2016 (DV), 2021 (DVI)
State top 25: 2013 (19), 2014 (9), 2015 (12), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown), 292
State championships: 2004 (DIV), 2006 (DIV), 2009 (DIII), 2011 (DIII)
State runner-up: 2005 (DIV), 2007 (DIV), 2013 (DIV)
State top 25: 2004 (10), 2005 (24), 2006 (4), 2007 (4), 2009 (1), 2011 (8)
Nationally ranked: 2007 (20), 2009 (5)

11. Pickerington Central (Pickerington), 288
State championships: 2017 (DI), 2019 (DI)
State runner-up: 2006 (DII), 2011 (DI), 2020 (DI)
State top 25: 2006 (10), 2007 (24), 2008 (9), 2009 (19), 2010 (17), 2011 (4), 2016 (7), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (1), 2020 (5), 2021 (16)
Nationally ranked: 2017 (23)

12. Washington (Massillon), 287
State championships: 2023 (DII)
State runner-up: 2005 (DI), 2018 (DII), 2019 (DII), 2020 (DII)
State top 25: 2005 (2), 2009 (22), 2012 (13), 2018 (6), 2019 (5), 2020 (4), 2021 (18), 2022 (11), 2023 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2005 (17), 2023 (10)

13. Mentor, 282
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2006 (DI), 2007 (DI), 2013 (DI), 2017 (DI)
State top 25: 2006 (5), 2007 (7), 2008 (19), 2010 (21), 2011 (9), 2012 (7), 2013 (4), 2014 (14), 2015 (23), 2017 (8), 2018 (4), 2019 (2), 2020 (6), 2022 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (25)

14. Hilliard Davidson (Hilliard), 267
State championships: 2006 (DI), 2009 (DI)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (22), 2005 (11), 2006 (1), 2008 (23), 2009 (2), 2010 (14), 2011 (19), 2013 (6), 2015 (11), 2018 (10)
Nationally ranked: 2006 (6), 2009 (10)

15. Central Catholic (Toledo), 261
State championships: 2005 (DII), 2012 (DII), 2014 (DII), 2022 (DII), 2023 (DIII)
State runner-up: 2015 (DIII)
State top 25: 2005 (8), 2012 (6), 2013 (23), 2014 (13), 2015 (15), 2017 (23), 2018 (12), 2019 (12), 2021 (15), 2022 (4), 2023 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

16. Elder (Cincinnati), 260
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2008 (DI), 2019 (DI)
State top 25: 2004 (7), 2006 (22), 2007 (22), 2008 (2), 2009 (4), 2010 (18), 2012 (10), 2013 (14), 2014 (20), 2015 (6), 2017 (21), 2018 (8), 2019 (3), 2020 (24), 2022 (9)
Nationally ranked: 2008 (11)

17. Wayne (Huber Heights), 259
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2010 (DI), 2014 (DI), 2015 (DI)
State top 25: 2005 (10), 2010 (2), 2013 (17), 2014 (3), 2015 (2), 2016 (5), 2017 (18)
Nationally ranked: 2010 (24), 2014 (17), 2015 (8)

18. Kirtland, 251
State championships: 2011 (DV), 2013 (DVI), 2015 (DVI), 2018 (DVI), 2019 (DV), 2020 (DV), 2023 (DVI)
State runner-up: 2012 (DV), 2014 (DVI), 2017 (DVI), 2021 (DV), 2020 (DVI)
State top 25: 2011 (11), 2013 (20), 2018 (17), 2019 (20), 2020 (9), 2021 (23), 2022 (24), 2023 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood), 224
State championships: 2011 (DII), 2017 (DIII), 2019 (DIII)
State runner-up: 2012 (DII), 2013 (DIII), 2016 (DIII)
State top 25: 2010 (20), 2011 (7), 2012 (15), 2013 (12), 2016 (14), 2017 (2), 2019 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2017 (20)

20. Glenville (Cleveland), 223
State championships: 2022 (DIV), 2023 (DIV)
State runner-up: 2009 (DI), 2012 (DII)
State top 25: 2004 (12), 2005 (12), 2006 (20), 2007 (9), 2008 (12), 2009 (3), 2010 (8), 2013 (9), 2022 (7), 2023 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

21. Steubenville, 216
State championships: 2005 (DIII), 2006 (DIII), 2017 (DIV)
State runner-up: 2008 (DIV), 2015 (DIV), 2016 (DIV)
State top 25: 2005 (3), 2006 (7), 2008 (8), 2009 (20), 2011 (18), 2015 (8), 2017 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2005 (24)

22. Archbishop Alter (Kettering),158
State championships: 2008 (DIV), 2009 (DIV)
State runner-up: 2006 (DIII), 2014 (DIV), 2018 (DIII), 2023 (DIV)
State top 25: 2006 (9), 2007 (20), 2008 (3), 2009 (10), 2010 (25), 2014 (16), 2016 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

23. Ursuline (Youngstown), 142
State championships: 2008 (DV), 2009 (DV), 2010 (DV)
State runner-up: 2007 (DV), 2021 (DIV)
State top 25: 2008 (5), 2009 (12), 2010 (5), 2021 (25), 2023 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

24. Springfield, 140
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2019 (DI), 2021 (DI), 2022 (DI), 2023 (DI)
State top 25: 2010 (23), 2018 (24), 2019 (9), 2020 (10), 2021 (3), 2022 (2), 2023 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

25. Dublin Coffman (Dublin), 134
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2006 (12), 2007 (2), 2009 (8), 2014 (12), 2016 (19), 2018 (22), 2019 (16), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2007 (15)