Earlier this month, MaxPreps listed the Top 100 all-time winningest high school football programs in the nation. Now, we break it down to the state level.
The highlights include a new California leader as Long Beach Poly has passed Bakersfield, while Kentucky is home to three schools that all went over 900 all-time wins last year.
Male
(Louisville) took over the all-time lead in the state with 906 wins
after a 14-1 season. Meanwhile, Highlands (Fort Thomas) held on to No. 2
in the state at 901. Mayfield also joined the two at 900 wins after a
13-2 season last year.
Finally, the overall winningest program, Valdosta (Ga.), leads the way with 932 wins nationally, but the three Kentucky schools and Washington Massillion (Ohio) — which owns the most state championships — could be contenders to wrestle away that crown.
Many of the records listed come from the website Football Friday Night, which has continued the research of Texas historian Robert Fawcett. Other sources are listed by state. Not every state has a verified all-time leader, but the suspected all-time wins leader is listed.
Alabama
Fayette County (Fayette) — 696
All-time record: 696-350-35
Notes: The Tigers overtook T.R. Miller (Brewton) as the state's all-time winningest football team during the 2017 season when it went 12-3 and T.R. Miller went 5-5.
Source: Alabama High School Football History
Alaska
West (Anchorage) — about 300
All-time record: Unknown
Notes: Alaska has only had football for about 60 years. West is the oldest school in Anchorage and was playing football during the 1960s. Teams in the Fairbanks area did not start playing football until the mid-1970s.
Source: No official source available.
Arizona
Mesa — 672
All-time record: 672-360-37
Notes: The total listed is given by Football Friday Night. Arizona Football Archives lists Mesa's all-time total at 670 wins. Mesa is comfortably ahead of the second winningest school, Winslow, which has just under 600 wins.
Source: Football Friday Night.
Arkansas
Pine Bluff — 810
Central (Little Rock) — 810
Pine Bluff all-time record: 810-353-55
Central all-time record: 810-375-48
Notes: Pine Bluff and Central are two of the more storied programs in the nation with 54 state titles and four national championships between them. Nashville is coming up fast, however, and will climb over 800 wins during the next football season.
Source: Football Friday Night
California
Long Beach Poly — 801
All-time record: 801-332-52
Notes: There are several different totals attributed to Long Beach Poly and it's nearest competitor Bakersfield (799 wins). We're going with Football Friday Night's total at this point, however there could be adjustments in the future.
Source: Football Friday Night
ColoradoLimon — 634
All-time record: 634-232-12
Notes: Limon was the winningest program in the nation during the 1960s when it went 103-8-4.
Source: Football Friday Night
Connecticut
Ansonia — 830
All-time record: 830-240-57
Notes: New Britain is next on the list with 782 wins. No other school has more than 650 wins.
Source: State high school record book compiled by Gerry DeSimas Jr.
Delaware
Salesianum (Wilmington) — 601
All-time record: 601-287-41
Notes: Salesianum became the first school in Delaware to go over 600 wins.
Source: Football Friday Night
District of Columbia
Dunbar — Unknown
All-time record: unknown.
Notes: Woodson has been the most successful program in the DCIAA with 15 conference championships, however Woodson has only had football since the early 1970s. Dunbar, however, has 10 titles and has played football since at least the 1930s and thus is the likely all-time winningest program in the District of Columbia.
Source: DCIAA Wikipedia page.
Florida
Manatee (Bradenton) — 695
All-time record: 695-353-30
Notes: Manatee is the all-time leader, but Columbia is very close with 690 wins. Manatee claimed its first state title back in 1915 and its next championship in 1983.
Source: Football Friday Night
Georgia
Valdosta — 932
All-time record: 932-241-34
Notes: Valdosta's overall record gained four wins and one loss from last year after it was determined that games against college JV teams were previously listed as exhibition games.
Source: Georgia Football Historians
Hawaii
St. Louis (Honolulu) — 726
All-time record: 726-262-38
Notes: Saint Louis is more than 70 wins ahead of No. 2 Kamehameha.
Source: Football Friday Night
Idaho
Boise — over 500
All-time record: unknown
Notes: Boise is one of the oldest schools in the state and had great success from the early 1900s to about 1999 when it began to struggle. Boise has won only 28 games in the past 17 seasons, but most of the current top teams in Idaho have only been playing since about the 1960s. Other possible all-time wins leaders include Nampa, Pocatello and Twin Falls, all of which have fielded teams since the 1920s.
Source: Idaho does not have an official source for all-time wins.
Illinois
East St. Louis — 794
All-time record: 794-204-36
Notes: East St. Louis is one of six Illinois schools over 700 wins.
Source: Illinois High School Association record book
Indiana
Cathedral (Indianapolis) — 741
All-time record: 741-292-18
Notes: Cathedral is one of just two teams over 700 wins in Indiana.
Source: AlmanacSports.com
Iowa
Harlan — 780
All-time record: 780-296-43
Notes: Recently retired coach Curt Bladt accounts for 53 percent of Harlan's all-time wins.
Source: Football Friday Night
Kansas
Lawrence — 752
All-time record: 752-304-38
Notes: Lawrence leads the nation in most all-time undefeated seasons at 31.
Source: Football Friday Night
Lawrence leads Kansas with 752 wins.
File photo by A.J. Hildreth
Male (Louisville) — 906
All-time record: 906-330-49
Notes: Male recently became the state's all-time wins lead, surpassing Highlands (Fort Thomas) last year with a 14-1 season.
Source: KHSAA record book
Louisiana
Haynesville — 828
All-time record: 828-299-34
Notes: Haynesville is over 60 wins ahead of second place Neville (764).
Source: Hunter Bower, Haynesville historian
Maine
Portland — 681
All-time record: 681-474-72
Notes: One of the oldest schools in the United States, Portland was established in 1821.
Source: Football Friday Night
Maryland
Fort Hill (Cumberland) — 700
All-time record: 700-181-17
Notes: One of the youngest programs on the list, Fort Hill has only been playing since 1936. However, it's only had seven losing seasons in 84 years.
Source: Fort Hill football website.
Massachusetts
Everett — 817
All-time record: 817-377-79
Notes: Everett and Brockton (812 wins) have been battling for the all-time lead in Massachusetts since the 19th century.
Source: Everett historians Fred Merchant, John Boy Boardman and Arnie Boardman.
Michigan
Muskegon — 859
All-time record: 859-280-43
Notes: Big Red has nearly 130 more wins than the next closest team on the Michigan list.
Source: Michigan High School Athletic Association record book
Minnesota
Mahnomen — 666
All-time record: 666-208-9
Notes: Mahnomen has two of the state's longest win streaks at 44 and 39 games in a row. It has also made more state championship game appearances than any other school in Minnesota.
Source: Football Friday Night
Mississippi
Starkville — 719
All-time record: 719-262-26
Notes: Football Friday Night lists Meridian with 722 wins and Starkville with 680. However Alabama High School Football History, which also tracks teams from Mississippi, has Starkville as the all-time leader at 719 and Meridian No. 2 at 703.
Source: Alabama High School Football History
Missouri
Rockhurst (Kansas City) — 745
All-time record: 745-248-34
Notes: Rockhurst has made more state championship game and playoff appearances than any school in Missouri.
Source: Football Friday Night
MontanaButte — 667
All-time record: 667-395-38
Notes: Butte was the first school to win a state championship in Montana, all the way back in 1900.
Source: Football Friday Night
NebraskaCreighton Prep (Omaha) — 721
All-time record: 721-227-23
Notes: Creighton Prep is nearly 100 wins ahead of second place Lincoln.
Source: Football Friday Night
Nevada
Reno — 582
All-time record: 582-340-43
Notes: The Huskies have the edge of Las Vegas, thanks to 19 state championship seasons.
Source: Reno High School alumni newsletter
New Hampshire
Pinkerton (Derry) — 597
All-time record: 597-354-36
Notes: Pinkerton is one of the oldest schools on the list, having been established in 1814.
Source: Football Friday Night
New Jersey
Montclair — 754
All-time record: 754-342-55
Notes: Montclair is more than 50 wins ahead of second place Phillipsburg.
Source: Roger Saylor's Penn State Archives
New Mexico
Artesia — 689
All-time record: 689-345-33
Notes: No school has won more state playoff championships since 1950 than Artesia's 30.
Source: Football Friday Night
New York
Rome Free Academy (Rome) — 646
All-time record: 646-330-52
Notes: Since 1919, Rome Free Academy has had 21 undefeated seasons.
Source: Football Friday Night
North Carolina
Shelby — 809
All-time record: 809-301-41
Notes: Won/loss records for at least 10 years from the early 1900s are unknown for Shelby.
Source: Shelby High School website
North Dakota
Bismarck — 631
All-time record: 631-282-22
Notes: Results for other North Dakota schools are unknown.
Source: Football Friday Night
Ohio
Washington (Massillon) — 899
All-time record: 899-292-36
Notes: At one time, Washington was the nation's all-time winningest program as it won its 400th game in 1958. Valdosta, the No. 1 all-time winningest program, had only 337 wins at the same time.
Source: MassillonTigers.com
Oklahoma
Clinton — 816
All-time record: 816-294-37
Notes: Three schools are within 30 wins of Clinton, although none of them have reached 800 wins yet.
Source: David Porch, Oklahoma historian
Oregon
North Medford (Medford) — 715
All-time record: 715-293-34
Notes: Previously known as Medford, North Medford was established in the 1960s when South Medford was built. However, North Medford housed the juniors and seniors in the town and South Medford housed the freshmen and sophomores. This structure was in place until the mid-1980s.
Source: Mal Van Meer — Oregon School Activities Association
Pennsylvania
Mount Carmel — 866
All-time record: 866-331-59
Notes: Mount Carmel is one of three Pennsylvania teams with over 800 all-time wins.
Source: EasternPaFootball.com
Rhode Island
La Salle Academy (Providence) — over 500
All-time record: unknown
Notes: La Salle Academy is one of three schools, Burrillville and West Warwick being the others, who could be in contention for the all-time wins leader. La Salle Academy has the most league wins over the past 90 seasons and is the leading contender.
Source: Rhode Island High School Sports (rihssports.com)
South Carolina
Summerville — 826
All-time record: 826-230-25
Notes: The late John McKissick, the nation's all-time wins leader, accounts for 75 percent of Summerville's all-time total.
Source: Football Friday Night
South Dakota
Washington (Sioux Falls) — 799
All-time record: 799-334-38
Notes: Washington's entry in the NFHS record book is 799 while Football Friday Night has it listed at 724 wins.
Source: NFHS record book
Tennessee
Maryville — 813
All-time record: 813-222-34
Notes: Maryville has won nearly 100 more games than Dobyns Bennett, the No. 2 team in all-time wins in the state, over the past 17 seasons to take over the top spot.
Source: Football Friday Night
Texas
Highland Park (Dallas) — 843
All-time record: 843-259-27
Notes: Fourteen teams in Texas have 700 wins or more, but Highland Park is the only one with more than 800 wins.
Source: Joe Lee Smith, Texas High School Football History
Utah
Davis (Kaysville) — 594
East (Salt Lake City) — 594
Davis all-time record: 594-378-29
East all-time record: 594-361-31
Notes: Davis and East have both played for over 100 years. East made up six games this past year, finishing 10-4 while Davis was 4-6.
Source: George Felt, Utah state historian
Vermont
Rutland — over 500
All-time record: unknown
Notes: Rutland's overall record is unknown, but it has had the most continued success in the state over the past 100 years and is the most likely candidate for most winningest program.
Source: Vermont does not have an official source for all-time wins.
Virginia
Hampton — 843
All-time record: 843-276-47
Notes: Hampton's overall win total is up for debate. Rick Baker's website Fourseasonsfootball.com lists the Crabbers with 820 wins, but 276 losses. The difference may be in wins over alumni and service teams during the early part of the 20th century.
Source: Football Friday Night
Washington
Gonzaga Prep (Spokane) — 646
All-time record: 646-224-27
Notes: Gonzaga Prep overtook Everett, a powerhouse in the early part of the 20th century, in the past five seasons. Everett is second in the state for 624 wins.
Source: Football Friday Night
West Virginia
Parkersburg — 832
All-time record: 832-349-40
Notes: Fourseasonsfootball.com, by Rick Baker, has Parkersburg with 822 all-time wins, 345 losses and 39 ties.
Source: School website
Wisconsin
Marquette University (Milwaukee) — 733
All-time record: 733-277-34
Notes: According to information sent by state historian Kevin Patrowsky, Marquette is over 140 wins ahead of No. 2 Darlington.
Source: Kevin Patrowsky, Wisconsin historian
Wyoming
Natrona County (Casper) — 611
All-time record: 611-292-28
Notes: Football Friday Night lists Natrona County with close to 700 all-time wins, however Wyoming Football.com only lists Natrona County with 611 wins.
Source: Football Friday Night
