When it comes to high school football rankings, one school has bragging rights and it's a very familiar name —
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.). The powerhouse program has finished ranked in the final MaxPreps Top 25 nine times since 2010.
The only year the Spartans finished outside the MaxPreps Top 25 was 2016, when when they went 11-2 and lost 56-33 to
St. John Bosco (Bellflower) in the CIF Open Division state championship.
Texas has had the most teams finish in the MaxPreps Top 25 with 47, followed by Florida with 43, California with 36, Georgia with 16 and Ohio with 15.
Read on for a complete breakdown of teams with the most MaxPreps Top 25 finishes since 2010.
De La Salle in action during the 2019 CIF Open Division state championship game against St. John Bosco.
Photo by Louis Lopez
MaxPreps Top 25 finishes since 2010
2010 (No. 3), 2011 (10), 2012 (4), 2013 (8), 2014 (3), 2015 (3), 2017 (25), 2018 (9), 2019 (12)
2010 (25), 2011 (12), 2012 (15), 2013 (17), 2014 (2), 2015 (4), 2016 (1), 2017 (13)
2010 (9), 2011 (17), 2012 (23), 2013 (4), 2014 (11), 2015 (25), 2018 (20), 2020 (18)
2010 (24), 2012 (17), 2014 (18), 2015 (5), 2016 (15), 2017 (12), 2018 (14)
2012 (2), 2013 (25), 2014 (25), 2015 (1), 2017 (17), 2019 (15), 2020 (17)
2013 (3), 2014 (19), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (8), 2018 (3), 2019 (1)
7 – St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)2010 (2), 2012 (20), 2014 (12), 2015 (15), 2016 (6), 2019 (3), 2020 (14)
2012 (5), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (12), 2017 (3), 2018 (8)
6 – Chandler (Ariz.)2014 (16), 2016 (17), 2017 (11), 2018 (15), 2019 (10), 2020 (5)
6 – IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)2015 (7), 2016 (3), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2019 (8), 2020 (1)
5 – Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)2010 (13), 2013 (20), 2014 (14), 2016 (19), 2017 (19)
5 – Trinity (Louisville)2011 (2), 2012 (18), 2016 (16), 2017 (9), 2020 (10)
2013 (21), 2016 (10), 2017 (4), 2020 (21)
2012 (8), 2013 (7), 2014 (24), 2016 (2)
4 – Folsom (Calif.)2010 (7), 2014 (4), 2017 (18), 2018 (17)
4 – Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)2011 (7), 2015 (9), 2016 (7), 2017 (16)
2016 (9), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2)
4 – North Shore (Houston)2015 (10), 2018 (1), 2019 (4), 2020 (7)
4 – St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)2010 (4), 2014 (17), 2015 (8), 2018 (24)
2010 (25), 2013 (22), 2016 (25)
3 – Bellevue (Wash.)2011 (14), 2012 (6), 2013 (9)
2012 (13), 2013 (1), 2014 (5)
2014 (6), 2015 (2), 2018 (25)
2018 (4), 2019 (6), 2020 (16)
2011 (5), 2012 (19), 2019 (18)
2011 (4), 2016 (4), 2020 (2)
2012 (12), 2013 (11), 2016 (23)
2011 (6), 2019 (20), 2020 (15)
2017 (5), 2018 (6), 2019 (5)
2018 (11), 2019 (16), 2020 (4)
3 – St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)2014 (10), 2016 (12), 2019 (23)
2017 (15), 2018 (7), 2019 (14)
2018 (16), 2020 (11)
2012 (25), 2013 (10)
2010 (17), 2012 (9)
2018 (22), 2020 (22)
2013 (15), 2014 (9)
2 – Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)2015 (19), 2020 (12)
2019 (17), 2020 (9)
2015 (16), 2016 (8)
2010 (6), 2011 (1)
2019 (9), 2020 (13)
2014 (20), 2015 (21)
2013 (14), 2015 (24)
2011 (8), 2014 (22)
2012 (3), 2013 (24)
2 – Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.)2010 (8), 2013 (5)
2017 (20), 2019 (11)
2015 (22), 2016 (11)
2 – Skyline (Dallas)2011 (25), 2014 (15)
2 – South Panola (Batesville, Miss.)2010 (1), 2014 (7)
2016 (20), 2017 (7)
2017 (14), 2018 (13)
2 – St. Xavier (Cincinnati)2016 (24), 2020 (20)
2 – Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)2019 (24), 2020 (6)
2015 (11), 2020 (3)
Teams with one MaxPreps Top 25 finish:
Acadiana (Lafayette, La.),
Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.),
Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.),
Armwood (Seffner, Fla.),
Ben Davis (Indianapolis),
Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.),
Bixby (Okla.),
Blue Springs (Mo.),
Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.),
Buford (Ga.),
Carmel (Ind.),
Carol City (Miami),
Cass Tech (Detroit),
Cathedral (Indianapolis),
Cathedral Catholic (San Diego),
Clay-Chalkville (Pinson, Ala.),
Cocoa (Fla.),
Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Ky.),
Daphne (Ala.),
Dekaney (Houston),
Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.),
East (Salt Lake City, Utah),
East Jefferson (Metairie, La.),
Ensworth (Nashville),
Gilman (Baltimore),
Gonzaga (Washington, D.C),
Goose Creek (S.C.),
Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.),
Jefferson (Tampa, Fla.),
John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.),
Jordan (Sandy, Utah),
La Salle (Cincinnati),
Lake Oswego (Ore.),
Lakeland (Fla.),
Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.),
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.),
Male (Louisville),
Mallard Creek (Charlotte, N.C.),
Manatee (Bradenton, Fla.),
Marietta (Ga.),
Mentor (Ohio),
Milton (Ga.),
Mission Viejo (Calif.),
Mountain Pointe (Phoenix),
Mullen (Denver),
Narbonne (Harbor City, Calif.),
Norland (Miami),
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.),
North Gwinnett (Suwanee, Ga.),
Northwestern (Miami),
Oakland (Murfreesboro, Tenn.),
Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.),
Olive Branch (Miss.),
Page (Greensboro, N.C.),
Palo Alto (Calif.),
Pearland (Texas),
Phoebus (Hampton, Va.),
Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.),
Plant (Tampa, Fla.),
Prattville (Ala.),
Rome (Ga.),
Ryan (Denton, Texas),
Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.),
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.),
Spanish Fort (Ala.),
St. Ignatius (Cleveland),
St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.),
St. Thomas More (Lafayette, La.),
Steele (Cibolo, Texas),
Stony Point (Round Rock, Texas),
Trinity (Euless, Texas),
Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.),
Union (Tulsa, Okla.),
University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.),
University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.),
Venice (Fla.),
Warren Central (Indianapolis),
Wheaton-Warrenville South (Wheaton, Ill.),
Whitehaven (Memphis, Tenn.)
MaxPreps National Champions