Top 25 most dominant Texas high school football programs of last 20 seasons

Based on our methodology, the Dragons amassed 737 points from play over 2004 to 2023 to edge Allen, which narrowly finished second with 659 points.

The Eagles have won five state championships in the past 20 years and finished in the national top 25 on seven occasions.

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. Southlake Carroll (Southlake), 737
State championships: 2004 (5A D2), 2005 (5A D2), 2006 (5A D1), 2011 (5A D1)
State runner-up: 2020 (6A D2)
State Top 25: 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2007 (12), 2008 (12), 2009 (6), 2010 (17), 2011 (2), 2012 (6), 2013 (9), 2014 (3), 2015 (16), 2016 (15), 2017 (22), 2018 (8), 2019 (3), 2020 (6), 2021 (4), 2022 (12), 2023 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2004 (5), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2011 (14), 2014 (21), 2019 (14), 2020 (15)

2. Allen, 659
State championships: 2008 (5A D1), 2012 (5A D1), 2013 (5A D1), 2014 (6A D1), 2017 (6A D1)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2006 (4), 2008 (1), 2009 (13), 2010 (12), 2011 (9), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2019 (18), 2020 (18), 2021 (13), 2022 (23), 2023 (24)
Nationally ranked: 2008 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (12), 2017 (3), 2018 (5)

3. Katy, 634
State championships: 2007 (5A II), 2008 (5A II), 2012 (5A II), 2015 (6A II), 2020 (6A II)
State runner-up: 2005 (5A II), 2009 (5A II), 2013 (5A II), 2014 (6A II)
State Top 25: 2005 (7), 2007 (2), 2008 (5), 2009 (8), 2010 (8), 2011 (20), 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (9), 2015 (1), 2016 (17), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (4), 2020 (2), 2021 (9), 2022 (9)
Nationally ranked: 2007 (8), 2012 (20), 2013 (25), 2014 (25), 2015 (1), 2017 (17), 2019 (15), 2020 (17)

4. Lake Travis (Austin), 558
State championships: 2007 (4A II), 2008 (4A D1), 2009 (4A D1), 2010 (4A D1), 2011 (4A D1), 2016 (6A D1)
State runner-up: 2015 (6A II), 2017 (6A D1)
State Top 25: 2007 (9), 2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (10), 2011 (1), 2013 (12), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (7), 2018 (13), 2019 (13), 2021 (22), 2023 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2008 (16), 2009 (20), 2011 (6), 2015 (9), 2016 (7), 2017 (16)

5. North Shore (Houston), 538
State championships: 2015 (6A D1), 2018 (6A D1), 2019 (6A D1), 2021 (6A D1)
State runner-up: 2022 (6A D1), 2023 (6A D1)
State Top 25: 2008 (16), 2010 (23), 2015 (7), 2016 (14), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (5), 2021 (2), 2022 (2), 2023 (4)
Nationally ranked: 2015 (10), 2018 (1), 2019 (4), 2020 (7), 2021 (13), 2022 (9), 2023 (12)

6. Aledo, 522
State championships: 2009 (4A II), 2010 (4A II), 2011 (4A II), 2013 (4A II), 2014 (5A D1), 2016 (5A II), 2018 (5A II), 2019 (5A D1), 2020 (5A II), 2022 (5A D1), 2023 (5A D1)
State runner-up: 2017 (5A II)
State Top 25: 2009 (10), 2010 (9), 2011 (5), 2013 (4), 2014 (8), 2016 (6), 2017 (15), 2018 (4), 2019 (18), 2020 (8), 2021 (16), 2022 (6), 2023 (5)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (25), 2013 (22), 2016 (25)

7. Westlake (Austin), 517
State championships: 2019 (6A II), 2020 (6A 1), 2021 (6A II)
State runner-up: 2006 (5A D1), 2009 (5A D1), 2015 (6A D1)
State Top 25: 2006 (11), 2009 (12), 2012 (18), 2015 (4), 2016 (11), 2017 (8), 2018 (18), 2019 (5), 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (5), 2023 (10)
Nationally ranked: 2015 (11), 2020 (3), 2021 (2), 2022 (16), 2023 (24)

8. Trinity (Euless), 501
State championships: 2005 (5A D1), 2007 (5A D1)
State runner-up: 2009 (5A D1), 2010 (5A D1)
State Top 25: 2005 (3), 2006 (3), 2007 (1), 2008 (3), 2009 (3), 2010 (2), 2011 (12), 2012 (17), 2013 (7), 2014 (7), 2015 (6), 2017 (21)
Nationally ranked: 2005 (8), 2006 (16), 2007 (3), 2008 (24), 2009 (24), 2010 (17)

9. DeSoto, 473
State championships: 2016 (6A II), 2022 (6A II), 2023 (6A II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2013 (2), 2014 (4), 2016 (2), 2020 (13), 2021 (12), 2022 (3), 2023 (1)
Nationally ranked: 2013 (7), 2014 (24), 2016 (2), 2022 (21), 2023 (5)

10. Duncanville, 447
State championships: 2022 (6A D1), 2023 (6A D1)
State runner-up: 2018 (6A D1), 2019 (6A D1), 2021 (6A II)
State Top 25: 2016 (24), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (7), 2021 (3), 2022 (1), 2023 (2)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (4), 2019 (6), 2020 (16), 2021 (21), 2022 (7), 2023 (8)

11. Cedar Hill, 387
State championships: 2013 (5A II), 2014 (6A II)
State runner-up: 2020 (6A D1)
State Top 25: 2006 (2), 2007 (24), 2008 (18), 2009 (7), 2012 (7), 2013 (3), 2014 (2), 2015 (24), 2016 (5), 2018 (22), 2020 (10), 2023 (13)
Nationally ranked: 2006 (2), 2013 (15), 2014 (9)

12. Carthage, 309
State championships: 2008 (3A II), 2009 (3A II), 2010 (3A II), 2013 (3A D1), 2015 (4A D1), 2017 (4A D1), 2019 (4A D1), 2020 (4A II), 2022 (4A II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2008 (13), 2009 (21), 2010 (5), 2013 (11), 2015 (25), 2017 (9), 2019 (15), 2020 (4), 2021 (20), 2022 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

13. Longview, 257
State championships: 2018 (6A II)
State runner-up: 2008 (4A D1), 2009 (4A D1)
State Top 25: 2004 (5), 2005 (10), 2007 (13), 2008 (4), 2009 (4), 2010 (16), 2011 (10), 2013 (22), 2017 (10), 2018 (3), 2019 (19), 2022 (15)
Nationally ranked: 2018 (24)

14. Highland Park (Dallas), 252
State championships: 2005 (4A D1), 2016 (5A D1), 2017 (5A D1), 2018 (5A D1)
State runner-up: 2007 (4A II)
State Top 25: 2005 (2), 2007 (5), 2016 (10), 2017 (5), 2018 (6), 2019 (25), 2020 (14)
Nationally ranked: 2005 (4)

15. Guyer (Denton), 221
State championships: 2012 (4A D1), 2013 (4A D1)
State runner-up: 2010 (5A II), 2019 (6A II), 2021 (6A II)
State Top 25: 2009 (16), 2010 (7), 2012 (8), 2013 (10), 2014 (6), 2019 (7), 2020 (20), 2021 (5), 2022 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

16. Ryan (Denton), 209
State championships: 2020 (5A D1)
State runner-up: 2010 (4A D1), 2019 (5A II)
State Top 25: 2004 (9), 2010 (19), 2013 (16), 2015 (12), 2016 (20), 2017 (18), 2018 (10), 2019 (8), 2020 (3), 2021 (19)
Nationally ranked: 2020 (8)

17. Gilmer, 181
State championships: 2004 (3A II), 2009 (3A D1), 2014 (4A II), 2023 (4A II)
State runner-up: 2007 (3A DI), 2012 (3A II), 2020 (4A II), 2021 (4A II)
State Top 25: 2004 (4), 2009 (9), 2011 (22), 2012 (24), 2014 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

18. Mart, 161
State championships: 2006 (2A II), 2010 (1A DI), 2017 (2A D1), 2018 (2A II), 2019 (2A II)
State runner-up: 2008 (1A DI), 2012 (1A DI), 2020 (2A II), 2022 (2A II), 2023 (2A II)
State Top 25: 2006 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. Abilene, 157
State championships: 2009 (5A II)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2004 (3), 2005 (12), 2007 (11), 2009 (1), 2010 (24), 2014 (24), 2016 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

20. Argyle, 133
State championships: 2013 (3A II), 2020 (4A D1)
State runner-up: 2005 (2A D1), 2011 (3A II), 2014 (4A D1), 2015 (4A D1)
State Top 25: 2010 (21), 2011 (19), 2013 (8), 2018 (20), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

21. Canadian, 131
State championships: 2007 (2A II), 2008 (1A D1), 2014 (2A D1), 2015 (2A D1), 2020 (3A II)
State runner-up: 2009 (1A D1), 2018 (3A II)
State Top 25: 2015 (17), 2020 (24)
Nationally ranked: N/A

T-22. Westfield (Houston), 123
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2004 (5A D1)
State Top 25: 2004 (16), 2005 (21), 2006 (6), 2007 (17), 2013 (13), 2014 (11), 2015 (13), 2018 (24), 2019 (21), 2021 (17), 2022 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

T-22. Steele (Cibolo), 123
State championships: 2010 (5A II)
State runner-up: 2011 (5A II), 2016 (6A II)
State Top 25: 2010 (11), 2011 (11), 2012 (14), 2014 (18), 2015 (10), 2016 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

24. Cedar Park, 115
State championships: 2012 (4A II), 2015 (5A II)
State runner-up: 2014 (5A II), 2020 (5A D1)
State Top 25: 2004 (18), 2010 (18), 2012 (15), 2015 (8), 2020 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

T25. Stony Point (Round Rock), 112
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2007 (16), 2008 (6), 2009 (5), 2010 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2010 (19)

T25. Skyline (Dallas), 112
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2007 (15), 2008 (22), 2009 (18), 2011 (4), 2012 (12), 2013 (21), 2014 (5)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (24)