Video: Hoover vs. Thompson 2019 See the Buccaneers in action from last season.
Propelled by back-to-back 15-0 championship seasons in 2012 and 2013, Hoover is the most dominant high school football team from Alabama in the last decade.
Based on the MaxPreps methodology, Hoover amassed 390 points from play over 2010 to 2019, while Spanish Fort was second with 238 points.
Hoover finished either first or second in the state rankings seven times, with top rankings four times — 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. Spanish Fort had 15-0 seasons in 2013 and 2015.
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).
Top 20 most dominant high school football programs of the past decade in Alabama
State championship: 2012 (6A), 2013 (5A), 2014 (7A), 2016 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State runner-up: 2010 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (4), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2012 (8)
2. Spanish Fort (238)State championships: 2010 (5A), 2012 (5A), 2013 (4A), 2015 (6A),
State runner-up: 2019 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (9), 2015 (1), 2016 (21), 2017 (14), 2018 (16), 2019 (16)
Nationally ranked: N/A
3. Clay-Chalkville (Pinson) (202)State championships: 2014 (6A)
State runner-up: 2015 (6A)
State Top 25: 2010 (11), 2011 (3), 2012 (4), 2013(18), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2017 (8), 2018 (5), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A
4. McGill-Toolen (Mobile) (183)State championships: 2015 (7A)
State runner-up: 2016 (7A), 2017 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (25), 2011 (15), 2012 (8), 2013 (7), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (5), 2018 (10), 2019 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A
5. Central (Phenix City) (177)State championships: 2018 (7A)
State runner-up: 2019 (7A)
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2014 (8), 2015 (13), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (1), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A
6. St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile) (153)State championships: 2014 (5A), 2015 (5A), 2017 (5A), 2012 (12), 2013 (19), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2017 (13)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (13), 2011 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A
7. Auburn (136)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (6), 2013 (3), 2015 (16), 2016 (14), 2017 (10), 2018 (9), 2019 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A
8. Opelika (135)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2012 (6A), 2016 (6A)
State Top 25: 2012 (5), 2013 (25), 2014 (10), 2015 (4), 2016 (5), 2017 (18), 2018 (19), 2019 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A
9. Prattville (132)State championships: 2011 (6A)
State runner-up: 2014 (7A)
State Top 25: 2010 (15), 2011 (1), 2014 (5), 2019 (11)
Nationally ranked: 2011 (21)
10. Leeds (125)State championships: 2010 (3A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2010 (8), 2014 (6), 2015 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A
11. Daphne (118)State championships: 2010 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (1), 2011 (10), 2012 (13), 2013 (22)
Nationally ranked: 2010 (11)
12. UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile) (111)State championships: 2012 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (16), 2015 (22), 2017 (25), 2018 (13), 2019 (23)
Nationally ranked: N/A
13. Muscle Shoals (110)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (4A)
State Top 25: 2011 (23), 2012 (7), 2013 (6), 2014 (14), 2015 (8), 2018 (12), 2019 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A
14. Pinson Valley (Pinson) (109)State championships: 2017 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2016 (25), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A
15. Madison Academy (Madison) (107)State championships: 2012 (3A), 2014 (3A)
State runner-up: 2011 (3A), 2016 (4A)
State Top 25: 2012 (15), 2013 (5), 2014 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A
16. (tie) Oxford (101)State championships: 2019 (6A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2013 (15), 2017 (11), 2018 (14), 2019 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A
16. (tie) Thompson (Alabaster) (101)State championships: 2019 (7A)
State runner-up: 2018 (7A)
State Top 25: 2017 (3), 2018 (3), 2019 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A
18. Vestavia Hills (100)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (7), 2011 (21), 2012 (9), 2013 (4), 2015 (15), 2017 (24), 2018 (18), 2019 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A
19. Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (98)State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (4), 2011 (9), 2012 (19), 2016 (19), 2017 (12), 2018 (8), 2019 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A
20. Piedmont (82)State championships: 2015 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2019 (3A)
State runner-up: 2018 (3A)
State Top 25: 2015 (23), 2016 (17)
Nationally ranked: N/A
