Top 20 most dominant South Dakota high school football programs of last decade

Powered by five state titles, Washington (Sioux Falls) is the most dominant high school football team from South Dakota over the last decade.

Based on MaxPreps methodology, the Warriors amassed 311 points from play over 2010 to 2019 to outdistance Dell Rapids, which finished second with 258 points.

Washington won championships in 2010 and 2012 before rattling off three straight starting in 2015. It also lost in the state finals in 2011 and 2018.

Dell Rapids won four state crowns in five years starting in 2010 and placed second in 2018.

• 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. Washington (Sioux Falls) (311)
State championships: 2010 (11AA), 2012 (11AA), 2015 (11AAA), 2016 (11AAA), 2017 (11AAA)
State runner-up: 2011 (11AA), 2018 (11AAA)
State Top 25: 2010 (2), 2011 (6), 2012 (1), 2013 (17), 2014 (14), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2019 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. Dell Rapids (258)
State championships: 2010 (11A), 2011 (11A), 2012 (11A), 2014 (11A)
State runner-up: 2018 (11A)
State Top 25: 2010 (1), 2011 (2), 2012 (5), 2013 (16), 2014 (5), 2015 (15), 2016 (7), 2017 (13), 2018 (16), 2019 (12)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Roosevelt (Sioux Falls) (252)
State championships: 2011 (11AA)
State runner-up: 2013 (11AAA), 2014 (11AAA), 2017 (11AAA)
State Top 25: 2010 (10), 2011 (3), 2012 (8), 2013 (3), 2014 (4), 2015 (7), 2016 (8), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2019 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Winner (243)
State championships: 2012 (11B), 2015 (11B), 2016 (11B)
State runner-up: 2019 (11B)
State Top 25: 2010 (13), 2011 (8), 2012 (2), 2013 (5), 2014 (16), 2015 (4), 2016 (3), 2017 (17), 2018 (12), 2019 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. O'Gorman (Sioux Falls) (230)
State championships: 2019 (11AAA)
State runner-up: 2010 (11AA), 2015 (11AAA)
State Top 25: 2010 (9), 2011 (5), 2012 (9), 2013 (12), 2014 (7), 2015 (5), 2016 (11), 2017 (5), 2018 (4), 2019 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Brandon Valley (226)
State championships: 2018 (11AAA)
State runner-up: 2012 (11AA), 2016 (11AAA), 2019 (11AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (3), 2013 (9), 2014 (6), 2015 (8), 2016 (6), 2017 (4), 2018 (2), 2019 (6)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Madison (212)
State championships: 2015 (11A), 2016 (11A), 2017 (11A)
State runner-up: 2013 (11A), 2014 (11A)
State Top 25: 2013 (8), 2014 (9), 2015 (1), 2016 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (11), 2019 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Riggs (Pierre) (200)
State championships: 2013 (11AA), 2017 (11AA), 2018 (11AA), 2019 (11AA)
State runner-up: 2015 (11AA)
State Top 25: 2010 (20), 2012 (15), 2013 (4), 2014 (20), 2015 (12), 2016 (23), 2017 (10), 2018 (8), 2019 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. West Central (Hartford) (179)
State championships: 2013 (11A)
State runner-up: 2011 (11A), 2015 (11A)
State Top 25: 2010 (4), 2011 (7), 2012 (17), 2013 (7), 2014 (10), 2015 (3), 2016 (12), 2017 (23), 2018 (17), 2019 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Lincoln (Sioux Falls) (167)
State championships: 2013 (11AAA), 2014 (11AAA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (14), 2011 (9), 2012 (12), 2013 (1), 20143 (1), 2015 (16), 2016 (22), 2017 (25), 2018 (23), 2019 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

11. Tea (154)
State championships: 2018 (11A)
State runner-up: 2016 (11A)
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2012 (10), 2013 (23), 2014 (25), 2015 (11), 2016 (4), 2017 (14), 2018 (3), 2019 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

12. Canton (150)
State championships: 2013 (11B), 2019 (11A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2010 (11), 2011 (22), 2012 (24), 2013 (2), 2014 (19), 2015 (17) 2016 (19), 2018 (6), 2019 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

13. Harrisburg (142)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2010 (11A), 2012 (11A), 2016 (11AA), 2017 (11AA)
State Top 25: 2010 (5), 2012 (11), 2013 (21), 2014 (13), 2015 (18), 2016 (14), 2017 (15), 2018 (21), 2019 (14)
Nationally ranked: N/A

14. Tri-Valley (Colton) (141)
State championships: 2011 (11B)
State runner-up: 2012 (11B), 2015 (11B)
State Top 25: 2010 (6), 2011 (1), 2012 (4), 2013 (20), 2014 (24), 2015 (13), 2016 (20), 2017 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

15. Yankton (123)
State championships: 2014 (11AA), 2015 (11AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2012 (13), 2013 (15), 2014 (3), 2015 (9), 2017 (24), 2018 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

16. Sioux Falls Christian (117)
State championships: 2017 (11B), 2018 (11B)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2015 (6), 2016 (13), 2017 (7), 2018 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

17.Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (Emery) (110)
State championships: 2019 (11B)
State runner-up: 2017 (11B), 2018 (11B)
State Top 25: 2016 (16), 2017 (8), 2018 (9), 2019 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

18. Parkston (98)
State championships: 2014 (11B)
State runner-up: 2013 (11B)
State Top 25: 2012 (16), 2013 (6), 2014 (2), 2015 (20), 2016 (18)
Nationally ranked: N/A

19. More (Rapid City) (97)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (11B)
State Top 25: 2010 (24), 2011 (13), 2012 (23), 2013 (11), 2014 (11), 2015 (14), 2016 (10), 2017 (21), 2019 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

20. Dakota Valley (North Sioux City) (93)
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2017 (11A)
State Top 25: 2010 (23), 2011 (12), 2012 (14), 2016 (9), 2017 (6). 2018 (13), 2019 (22)
Nationally ranked: N/A