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

Based on our methodology, the Big Reds amassed 627 points from 2004 to 2023 to edge Lowell, which finished second with 388 points.

Lowell won state championships in 2004 and 2009 and made three additional trips to the state championship game.

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. Muskegon, 627
State championships: 2004 (D2), 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2017 (D3), 2023 (D2)
State runner-up: 2012 (D2), 2013 (D2), 2014 (D3), 2016 (D3), 2018 (D3), 2019 (D3), 2022 (D3)
State top 25: 2004 (2), 2006 (1), 2007 (14), 2008 (1), 2009 (13), 2010 (15), 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (6), 2015 (8), 2016 (6), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (13), 2022 (16), 2023 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2004 (13), 2006 (12), 2008 (4)

2. Lowell, 388
State championships: 2004 (D3), 2009 (D2)
State runner-up: 2010 (D2), 2011 (D2), 2015 (D2)
State top 25: 2004 (1), 2005 (17), 2006 (3), 2007 (7), 2008 (3), 2009 (3), 2010 (4), 2011 (5), 2012 (8), 2013 (6), 2014 (22), 2015 (3), 2016 (12)
Nationally ranked: 2004 (3), 2006 (25)

3. De La Salle Collegiate (Warren), 358
State championships: 2014 (D2), 2017 (D2), 2018 (D2), 2021 (D2), 2022 (D2)
State runner-up: 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2020 (D2)
State top 25: 2006 (10), 2008 (7), 2010 (20), 2011 (9), 2012 (20), 2013 (19), 2014 (1), 2015 (16), 2017 (2), 2018 (3), 2021 (1), 2022 (2), 2023 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. St. Mary's Prep (Orchard Lake), 356
State championships: 2010 (D3), 2011 (D3), 2014 (D3), 2015 (D3), 2016 (D3)
State runner-up: 2004 (D2), 2007 (D3), 2009 (D3), 2012 (D3)
State top 25: 2004 (12), 2005 (3), 2007 (9), 2009 (7), 2010 (5), 2011 (1), 2012 (5), 2014 (4), 2015 (4), 2016 (7), 2019 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Rockford, 353
State championships: 2004 (D1), 2005 (D1), 2006 (D1), 2008 (D1)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (4), 2005 (4), 2006 (7), 2007 (15), 2008 (2), 2009 (4), 2010 (9), 2011 (8), 2012 (9), 2015 (19), 2016 (14), 2017 (23), 2020 (5), 2021 (10), 2022 (5), 2023 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Catholic Central (Novi), 345
State championships: 2009 (D1)
State runner-up: 2011 (D1), 2012 (D1), 2013 (D1), 2016 (D1)
State top 25: 2007 (8), 2009 (1), 2010 (10), 2011 (3), 2012 (3), 2013 (5), 2015 (10), 2016 (3), 2017 (12), 2018 (18), 2019 (17), 2020 (11), 2021 (20), 2022 (14)
Nationally ranked: 2009 (15)

7. East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids), 336
State championships: 2006 (D3), 2007 (D3), 2008 (D3), 2009 (D3), 2010 (D3)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (6), 2005 (5), 2006 (2), 2007 (1), 2008 (4), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (21), 2015 (14), 2019 (22)
Nationally ranked: 2006 (22), 2009 (25)

8. King (Detroit), 323
State championships: 2007 (D2), 2015 (D2), 2016 (D2), 2018 (D3), 2021 (D3), 2022 (D3)
State runner-up: 2019 (D2)
State top 25: 2007 (4), 2013 (16), 2015 (1), 2016 (4), 2017 (7), 2018 (5), 2019 (7), 2021 (3), 2022 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Catholic Central (Grand Rapids), 319
State championships: 2010 (D4), 2016 (D4), 2017 (D4), 2019 (D4), 2020 (D5), 2021 (D5), 2023 (D5)
State runner-up: 2005 (D4)
State top 25: 2005 (9), 2006 (18), 2010 (13), 2016 (10), 2017 (8), 2018 (17), 2019 (3), 2020 (6), 2021 (4), 2022 (25), 2023 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Cass Tech (Detroit), 281
State championships: 2011 (D1), 2012 (D1), 2016 (D1)
State runner-up: 2015 (D1)
State top 25: 2010 (12), 2011 (6), 2012 (6), 2013 (10), 2014 (18), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2017 (15), 2018 (25), 2020 (9), 2021 (24), 2022 (6)
Nationally ranked: 2016 (14)

11. West Catholic (Grand Rapids), 266
State championships: 2010 (D5), 2013 (D5), 2014 (D5), 2015 (D5), 2016 (D5), 2017 (D5), 2022 (D6)
State runner-up: 2012 (D5)
State top 25: 2007 (20), 2010 (14), 2011 (23), 2013 (15), 2014 (8), 2015 (17), 2016 (11), 2017 (9), 2022 (8), 2023 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

12. Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills), 264
State championships: 2005 (D2), 2011 (D2), 2012 (D2), 2013 (D2)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2004 (14), 2005 (2), 2006 (11), 2007 (13), 2008 (25), 2009 (19), 2010 (6), 2011 (4), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

13. Clarkston, 247
State championships: 2013 (D1), 2014 (D1), 2017 (D1)
State runner-up: 2018 (D1)
State top 25: 2006 (13), 2009 (9), 2012 (15), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2017 (3), 2018 (4), 2020 (10), 2022 (10), 2023 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

14. Lumen Christi Catholic (Jackson), 245
State championships: 2004 (D5), 2009 (D5), 2016 (D6), 2017 (D6), 2018 (D6), 2022 (D7), 2023 (D7)
State runner-up: 2005 (D5), 2007 (D5), 2019 (D7)
State top 25: 2004 (7), 2005 (16), 2007 (25), 2009 (6), 2017 (5), 2019 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A

15. Zeeland West (Zeeland), 215
State championships: 2006 (D4), 2011 (D4), 2013 (D3), 2015 (D4)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2006 (4), 2007 (22), 2011 (2), 2012 (16), 2013 (4), 2014 (10), 2015 (5), 2017 (20), 2023 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A

16. Belleville, 187
State championships: 2021 (D1), 2022 (D1)
State runner-up: 2023 (D1)
State top 25: 2018 (6), 2019 (5), 2020 (4), 2021 (2), 2022 (1), 2023 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

17. Mona Shores (Norton Shores), 182
State championships: 2019 (D2), 2020 (D2)
State runner-up: 2014 (D2), 2018 (D2)
State top 25: 2013 (17), 2014 (2), 2015 (9), 2017 (13), 2018 (10), 2019 (6), 2020 (7), 2023 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A

18. Ithaca, 176
State championships: 2010 (D6), 2011 (D6), 2012 (D6), 2013 (D6), 2015 (D6)
State runner-up: 2014 (D6), 2017 (D6)
State top 25: 2010 (22), 2011 (19), 2012 (11), 2013 (9), 2015 (18), 2017 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. Muskegon Catholic Central (Muskegon), 168
State championships: 2006 (D7), 2008 (D8), 2013 (D8), 2014 (D8), 2015 (D8), 2016 (D8)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2008 (11), 2013 (23), 2014 (7), 2016 (15)
Nationally ranked: N/A

20. DeWitt, 167
State championships: 2020 (D3)
State runner-up: 2004 (D4), 2013 (D3), 2021 (D3)
State top 25: 2004 (15), 2006 (19), 2009 (18), 2013 (25), 2016 (20), 2017 (14), 2018 (13), 2019 (11), 2020 (3), 2021 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

21. Dakota (Macomb), 161
State championships: 2006 (D1), 2007 (D1)
State runner-up: N/A
State top 25: 2006 (5), 2007 (2), 2008 (20), 2009 (22), 2010 (25), 2013 (11), 2015 (15), 2016 (22), 2018 (16), 2021 (18), 2022 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

22. South Christian (Grand Rapids), 153
State championships: 2012 (D4), 2014 (D4), 2022 (D4)
State runner-up: 2013 (D4), 2023 (D4)
State top 25: 2004 (21), 2005 (19), 2012 (7), 2013 (13), 2014 (16), 2022 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

23. Caledonia, 148
State championships: 2005 (D3)
State runner-up: 2022 (D1)
State top 25: 2005 (1), 2006 (17), 2007 (12), 2008 (16), 2012 (19), 2014 (11), 2021 (16), 2022 (3), 2023 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

24. West Bloomfield, 147
State championships: 2020 (D1)
State runner-up: 2017 (D1)
State top 25: 2014 (23), 2017 (4), 2018 (12), 2019 (12), 2020 (1), 2021 (14), 2022 (18), 2023 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

25. Davison, 136
State championships: 2019 (D1)
State runner-up: 2020 (D1)
State top 25: 2006 (9), 2008 (13), 2019 (4), 2020 (2), 2022 (13), 2023 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A