While California, Florida and Texas have been home to some of the greatest high school football teams over the years, Washington (Sioux Falls, S.D.) has them all beat when it comes to winning state championships. Since 1905, Washington has won a whopping 42 state titles — more than any high school team in the nation.
Washington also has the record for most consecutive state championships, winning 14 straight mythical championships between 1952 and 1965. The Warriors are also 10 state titles ahead of the No. 2 team on the list in Central (Little Rock, Ark.), which has 32.
Below is a list of all high school football teams with at least 10 state championships and includes a top 25 with all state championships listed. The state titles list includes mythical and playoff-determined state championships.
Mythical titles were often determined by newspaper polls or were sometimes even claimed by the school itself. Other state mythical champions, such as those in California, were chosen retroactively. Not all states have readily available lists of mythical champions.
Washington (Massillon) has won 24 Ohio state titles dating back to 1909.
File photo by Jeff Harwell
Years: 1905, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1976, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
2. 32 — Central (Little Rock, Ark.)
Years: 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 2003, 2004
3. 31 — New Britain (Conn.)
Years: 1892, 1893, 1896, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2004
4. 30 — Artesia (N.M.)
Years: 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017
5. 29 — Lawrence (Kan.)
Years: 1919, 1927, 1928, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
6. 28 — Everett (Mass.)
Years: 1896, 1897, 1903, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1927, 1940, 1945, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017
7. 27 — Sheridan (Wyo.)
Years: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
7. 27 — Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.)
Years: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2004
9. 26 — St. Joseph (Hammonton, N.J.)
Years: 1977,
1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2017
9. 26 — Montclair (N.J.)
9. Years: 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1983, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
9. 26 — Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
Years: 1968, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
9. 26 — John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.)
Years: 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018
9. 26 — Butte (Mont.)
Years: 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1967, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1991, 2012
9. 26 — Plymouth (N.H.)
Years: 1951, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
15. 25 — Phoenix Union (Ariz.)
Years: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1954, 1955
15. 24 — Miami (Fla.)
Years: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965
15. 24 — Valdosta (Ga.)
Years: 1940, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2016
15. 24 — Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
Years: 1909, 1916, 1922, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1972
15. 24 — Burrillville (Harrisville, R.I.)
Years: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017
20. 23 — Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.)
Years:
1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940.
1942, 1945, 1948, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1984, 2008, 2010, 2017
20. 23 — Highlands (Fort Thomas, Ky.)
Years: 1960, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
20. 23 — Pine Bluff (Ark.)
Years:
1916, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939,
1943, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2015
22. 22 — West Warwick (R.I.)
Years: 1936, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2002, 2013
22. 22 — New Canaan (Conn.)
Years: 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
22. 22 — Cokeville (Wyo.)
Years: 1969, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
22. 22 — Fargo South (Fargo, N.D.)
Years: 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1938, 1944, 1955, 1957, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013
21 state championships
Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.)Reidsville (N.C.)West (Salt Lake City, Utah)20 state championships
Ansonia (Conn.)Limon (Colo.)Marshwood (South Berwick, Maine)St. Louis (Honolulu)Stamford (Conn.)
19 state championships
Ada (Okla.)Reno (Nev.)Rutland (Vt.)Shanley (Fargo, N.D.)18 state championships
Alcoa (Tenn.)Brockton (Mass.)De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)East (Salt Lake City)Hillhouse (New Haven, Conn.)Lovington (N.M.)Maryville (Tenn.)Muskegon (Mich.)Natrona County (Casper, Wyo.)17 state championships
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.)Borah (Boise, Idaho)Hampton (Va.)Haynesville (La.)Mt. St. Joseph Academy (Rutland, Vt.)Parkersburg (W. Va.)Pope John XXIII (Sparta, N.J.)St. Mary's Springs (Fond du Lac, Wis.)Wheeling Central Catholic (Wheeling, W. Va.)16 state championships
Clinton (Okla.)Cranston East (Cranston, R.I.)Gaffney (S.C.)Jenks (Okla.)La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.)Laramie (Wyo.)Las Vegas (Nev.)Moapa Valley (Overton, Nev.)Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, Tenn.)15 state championships
Blue Ridge (Lakeside, Ariz.)Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.)East Providence (R.I.)Eunice (N.M.)Mt. Pleasant (Providence, R.I.)North Medford (Medford, Ore.)Robbinsville (N.J.)St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, R.I.)Valle Catholic (Ste. Genevieve, Mo.)Webb City (Mo.)14 state championshipsBeechwood (Fort Mitchell, Ky.)Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis)Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.)Central (Cheyenne, Wyo.)Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, La.)Exeter (N.H.)Hutchinson (Kan.)Joliet Catholic (Joliet, Ill.)Marquette University (Milwaukee)Orono (Maine)Skyline (Salt Lake City)Somersworth (N.H.)St. Joseph (Trumbull, Conn.)Westerly (R.I.)Worland (Wyo.)13 state championships
Bishop Manogue (Reno, Nev.)
Bismarck (N.D.)
Cathedral (Indianapolis)Clovis (N.M.)Dobyns-Bennett (Kingsport, Tenn.)Russell (Great Falls, Mont.)Hand (Madison, Conn.)Harrison (Farmington Hills, Mich.)Hoover (Ala.)Melrose (N.M.)Millard (Fillmore, Utah)Muskegon Catholic Central (Muskegon, Mich.)Pinkerton (Derry, N.H.)Rogers (Newport, R.I.)12 state championships
Beaver (Utah)Bellevue (Wash.)Buford (Ga.)Chicago Mt. Carmel (Chicago)St. Martin de Porres (Detroit)Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Mich.)Fort Collins (Colo.)Great Falls (Mont.)Harlan (Iowa)Hartford (White River Junction, Vt.)Jordan (Sandy, Utah)Leominster (Mass.)Longmeadow (Mass.)Mayfield (Ky.)Nashua South (Nashua, N.H.) (previously Nashua)
Neville (Monroe, La.)Ramapo (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)Seneca Valley (Germantown, Md.)Soldotna (Alaska)Star Valley (Afton, Wyo.)Summerville (S.C.)Truckee (Calif.)Vale (Ore.)West Central (Hartford, S.D.)Winslow (Maine)11 state championships
Abbeville (S.C.)Barrington (R.I.)Bellows Falls (Vt.)Biddeford (Maine)Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.)Bluefield (W. Va.)Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.)Boulder City (Nev.)Burlington (Colo.)Byrnes (Florence, S.C.)Caledonia (Minn.)Ceredo-Kenova (Kenova, W.Va.)
Danville (Ky.)Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.)
Eden Prairie (Minn.)Fort Sumner (N.M.)Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (Fort Wayne, Ind.)Glassboro (N.J.)Hazlewood (Town Creek, Ala.)Highland (Pocatello, Idaho)Capital (Helena, Mont.)Highwood (Mont.)Ishpeming (Mich.)Jal (N.M.)Judge Memorial (Salt Lake City)Laconia (N.H.)Lincoln County (Lincolnton, Ga.)Lumen Christi Catholic (Jackson, Mich.)Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio)Mendon (Mich.)Northbridge (Whitinsville, Mass.)Evansville Reitz (Ind.)St. Ignatius (Cleveland)Shelby (N.C.)Sheridan (Ind.)South Panola (Batesville, Miss.)Tattnall Square Academy (Macon, Ga.)Timpview (Provo, Utah)Totino-Grace (Fridley, Minn.)Virgin Valley (Mesquite, Nev.)West Point (Miss.)Woodstock (Vt.)Yerington (Nev.)10 state championships
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.)Bridgeport (W. Va.)Bristol (R.I.)
Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)McKinley (Canton, Ohio)Manchester Central (Manchester, N.H.)Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)Damascus (Md.)Central (Detroit)Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)Dunbar (Baltimore)Greenwich (Conn.)Jefferson City (Mo.)Lisbon (Lisbon Falls, Maine)
Marengo Academy (Linden, Ala.)Middlebury (Vt.)Middletown (R.I.)Monroe Academy (Monroeville, Ala.)Murphy (N.C.)Newark (Del.)Norfolk Catholic (Norfolk, Neb.)Pershing County (Lovelock, Nev.)Piscataway (N.J.)Pittsburg (Kan.)Providence Catholic (New Lenox, Ill.)Smith Center (Kan.)Snake River (Blackfoot, Idaho)Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.)Sweet Water (Ala.)Thomas-Fay-Custer (Thomas, Okla.)Trousdale County (Hartsville, Tenn.)Warren (R.I.)
Wayne Hills (Wayne, N.J.)Woodruff (S.C.)
