Which high school football program has most state titles in each state?
Over the last few days, we've taken a look at the national high school football landscape and the programs that have defined winning all over the country.
Whether it be the 10 programs closest to 1,000 overall wins or the winningest program in every state, we've found programs all over the country that have become the definition of winning throughout the decades.
However, what truly defines a winning program is being that team at the end of the season that is the final one standing in their state's respective classes. For many programs, they've become the standard in their state when it comes to winning state titles.
After conducting weeks of research and reaching out to multiple schools, here's a look at the high school football program in every state with the most state championship wins.
Alabama: Hoover
Numbers of state titles: 13
Years won: 1977, 1982, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Alaska: Soldotna
Numbers of state titles: 15
Years won: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
Arizona: Phoenix Union (Closed in 1982)
Numbers of state titles: 25
Years won: 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
Arkansas: Little Rock Central
Number of state titles: 32
Years won: 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
California: Bakersfield
Numbers of state titles: 8
Years won: 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 2013
Colorado: Limon High
Number of state titles: 23
Years won: 1933, 1938, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1979, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025
Connecticut: New Britain
Number of state titles: 31
Years won: 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
Delaware: Newark
Numbers of state titles: 10
Years won: 1976, 1984, 1985, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
Florida: St. Thomas Aquinas
Numbers of state titles: 15
Years won: 1992, 1997 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012. 2014. 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Georgia: Valdosta
Number of state titles: 24
Years won: 1940, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2016
Hawaii: St. Louis
Number of state titles: 22
Years won: 1983, 1986,1987,1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
Idaho: Borah
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981
Illinois: Mount Carmel
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Indiana: Bishop Chatard
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Iowa: Harlan
Number of state titles: 14
Years won: 1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2021, 2022
Kansas: Lawrence
Number of state titles: 28
Years won: 1914, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966,1968, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,1995
Kentucky: Trinity
Numbers of state titles: 27
Years won: 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, 2020
Louisiana: John Curtis Christian
Numbers of state titles: 27
Years won: 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, 2022
Maine: Marshwood
Numbers of state titles: 23
Years won: 1966, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Maryland: Dunbar
Numbers of state titles: 14
Years won: 1994, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
Massachusetts: Everett
Number of state titles: 28
Years won: 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
Michigan: Muskegon
Number of state titles: 19
Years won: 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1951,1971, 1986, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2023
Minnesota: Caledonia, Eden Prairie, Minneota
Numbers of state titles: 11
Years won: Caledonia (1976, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Eden Prairie (1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017); Minneota (1986, 1987, 1988, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Mississippi: Jackson Prep
Numbers of state titles: 22
Years won: 1972, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
Missouri: Webb City
Numbers of state titles: 16
Years won: 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021
Montana: Butte
Numbers of state titles: 32
Years won: 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1991, 2012
Nebraska: Creighton Prep
Numbers of state titles: 27
Years won: 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
Nevada: Bishop Gorman
Numbers of state titles: 24
Years won: 1970, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
New Hampshire: Plymouth
Numbers of state titles: 26
Years won: 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
New Jersey: St. Joseph Academy (Hammonton)
Number of state titles: 28
Years won: 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, 2018
New Mexico: Artesia
Number of state titles: 33
Years won: 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025
New York: Dobbs Ferry
Numbers of state titles: 8
Years won: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011
North Carolina: Reidsville
Numbers of state titles: 24
Years won: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2025
North Dakota: Fargo
Numbers of state titles: 22
Years won: 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1938, 1944, 1955, 1957, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013
Ohio: Massillon Washington
Number of state titles: 25
Years won: 1909, 1916, 1922, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965,1970, 2023)
Oklahoma: Carl Albert
Numbers of state titles: 20
Years won: 1980, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Oregon: Vale
Numbers of state titles: 12
Years won: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Pennsylvania: Southern Columbia Area
Numbers of state titles: 15
Years won: 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 20152017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
Rhode Island: Burrillville
Numbers of state titles: 24
Years won: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017
South Carolina: Gaffney
Numbers of state titles: 18
Years won: 1927 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2021
South Dakota: Sioux Falls Washington
Number of state titles: 43
Years won: 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
Tennessee: Alcoa
Numbers of state titles: 24
Years won: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1989, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Texas: Aledo
Numbers of state titles: 12
Years won: 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Utah: West
Numbers of state titles: 21
Years won: 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1925, 1927, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1992
Vermont: Bellows Falls
Numbers of state titles: 13
Years won: 1971, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2021, 2025
Virginia: Hampton
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1936, 1942, 1948, 1950, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Washington: Royal
Numbers of state titles: 14
Years won: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
West Virginia: Parkersburg
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1911, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1927, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1950, 1958, 1976, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007
Wisconsin: St. Mary's Springs
Numbers of state titles: 17
Years won: 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Wyoming: Sheridan
Numbers of state titles: 32
Years won: 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, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
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