209 teams that began 2023 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, end the year in our Top 300, powered by NFL Play Football. And, after falling from No. 1 twice during the season, Southern California’s Mater Dei finishes the year atop our rankings created with our proprietary algorithm.
The national championship is the fourth for Mater Dei since 2017. The Monarchs also won the national title in 2018 and 2021.
Mater Dei began the year as the No. 1 team in America, but dropped to No. 2 at the end of August when St. John Bosco (California) rose to the top spot on the strength of a 2-0 start that included beating No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida). The Monarchs returned to No. 1 in mid-September. However, after losing to Bosco in mid-October, MD fell to No. 3. That was the last and only loss of 2023 for the Monarchs.
Twelve of the Monarchs’ 13 wins came against teams that finished inside our Top 107 — No. 3 St. John Bosco (California), No. 15 Kahuku, No. 16 Corona Centennial (California), No. 29 Sierra Canyon (California) No. 51 St. Frances Academy (Maryland), No. 52 Serra (San Mateo, California), No. 78 Servite (California), No. 80 Orange Lutheran (California), No. 81 Santa Margarita (California), No. 92 Creekside (Georgia) and No. 107 JSerra (California) twice.
Falling in behind Mater Dei is Florida Class 1M state champ Chaminade-Madonna at No. 2. St. John Bosco finishes No. 3, followed by No. 4 IMG Academy (Florida) and Bishop Gorman (Nevada) at No. 5.
Below is the final HSFA 300.
High School Football America 300
| Ranking/Team/State | Record | Preseason Ranking |
| No. 1 Mater Dei (California) | (13-1) | 1 |
| No. 2 Chaminade-Madonna (Florida) | (14-0) | 14 |
| No. 3 St. John Bosco (California) | (11-2) | 2 |
| No. 4 IMG Academy (Florida) | (10-0) | 5 |
| No. 5 Bishop Gorman (Nevada) | (12-0) | 4 |
| No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) | (14-1) | 6 |
| No. 7 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) | (13-1) | 10 |
| No. 8 DeSoto (Texas) | (14-0) | 21 |
| No. 9 Massillon Washington (Ohio) | (16-0) | 32 |
| No. 10 Duncanville (Texas) | (14-1) | 8 |
| No. 11 St. Edward (Ohio) | (15-1) | 13 |
| No. 12 Cocoa (Florida) | (14-1) | 45 |
| No. 13 Ben Davis (Indiana) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 14 Good Counsel (Maryland) | (10-1) | 30 |
| No. 15 Kahuku (Hawaii) | (12-2) | 51 |
| No. 16 Corona Centennial (California) | (9-3) | 22 |
| No. 17 Liberty (Arizona) | (12-1) | 75 |
| No. 18 Milton (Georgia) | (13-2) | 59 |
| No. 19 Berkeley Prep (Florida) | (13-2) | NR |
| No. 20 Norland (Florida) | (14-1) | 173 |
| No. 21 Miami Central (Florida) | (8-4) | 9 |
| No. 22 Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) | (11-1) | 20 |
| No. 23 Central (Phenix City, Alabama) | (13-0) | 62 |
| No. 24 Lakeland (Florida) | (12-3) | 41 |
| No. 25 Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) | (13-2) | 40 |
| No. 26 North Shore (Texas) | (15-1) | 17 |
| No. 27 Walton (Georgia) | (14-1) | 35 |
| No. 28 Westlake (Austin, Texas) | (14-1) | 26 |
| No. 29 Sierra Canyon (California) | (11-1) | 69 |
| No. 30 Center Grove (Indiana) | (11-2) | 33 |
| No. 31 Toledo Central Catholic (Ohio) | (16-0) | 52 |
| No. 32 Loyola Academy (Illinois) | (14-0) | 87 |
| No. 33 Columbus (Miami, Florida) | (13-2) | 12 |
| No. 34 Clay-Chalkville (Alabama) | (14-0) | 189 |
| No. 35 Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) | (13-1) | 95 |
| No. 36 Corner Canyon (Utah) | (13-1) | 74 |
| No. 37 McCallie (Tennessee) | (12-1) | 55 |
| No. 38 Aledo (Texas) | (15-0) | 60 |
| No. 39 Venice (Florida) | (12-3) | 39 |
| No. 40 Homestead (Florida) | (11-2) | 125 |
| No. 41 Jones (Orlando, Florida) | (10-4) | 50 |
| No. 42 Saraland (Alabama) | (14-1) | 83 |
| No. 43 St. Thomas More (Louisiana) | (14-0) | 121 |
| No. 44 DeMatha (Maryland) | (9-2) | 43 |
| No. 45 Summer Creek (Texas) | (14-2) | NR |
| No. 46 Centennial (Arizona) | (11-2) | NR |
| No. 47 Mill Creek (Georgia) | (12-1) | 29 |
| No. 48 American Heritage (Plantation, Florida) | (10-2) | 16 |
| No. 49 Buford (Georgia) | (11-2) | 7 |
| No. 50 Colquitt County (Georgia) | (12-1) | 18 |
| No. 51 St. Frances Academy (Maryland) | (5-6) | 3 |
| No. 52 Serra (San Mateo, California) | (12-1) | 71 |
| No. 53 Mililani (Hawaii) | (11-2) | NR |
| No. 54 Folsom (California) | (13-2) | 91 |
| No. 55 Bixby (Oklahoma) | (13-0) | 89 |
| No. 56 Mission Viejo (California) | (13-3) | 27 |
| No. 57 South Oak Cliff (Texas) | (13-3) | 90 |
| No. 58 Thompson (Alabama) | (11-2) | 15 |
| No. 59 De La Salle (California) | (11-3) | 96 |
| No. 60 Atascocita (Texas) | (11-3) | 103 |
| No. 61 Edgewater (Florida) | (11-1) | 48 |
| No. 62 Basha (Arizona) | (10-2) | 28 |
| No. 63 Lincoln (San Diego, California) | (11-1) | 42 |
| No. 64 Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | (12-2)* | 49 |
| No. 65 Carrollton (Georgia) | (11-2) | 37 |
| No. 66 Highland (Arizona) | (9-3) | 205 |
| No. 67 Chandler (Arizona) | (8-3) | 115 |
| No. 68 St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) | (5-5) | 19 |
| No. 69 Providence Day (North Carolina) | (12-1) | 128 |
| No. 70 Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania) | (15-0) | 250 |
| No. 71 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 72 Baylor (Tennessee) | (10-3) | 80 |
| No. 73 Brownsburg (Indiana) | (9-1) | 108 |
| No. 74 Archbishop Spalding (Maryland) | (10-2) | 122 |
| No. 75 Mainland (Florida) | (14-1) | 144 |
| No. 76 Long Beach Poly (California) | (10-2) | 85 |
| No. 77 St. Augustine (Florida) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 78 Servite (California) | (8-6) | Nr |
| No. 79 Grayson (Georgia) | (11-3) | 138 |
| No. 80 Orange Lutheran (California) | (5-6) | 57 |
| No. 81 Santa Margarita (California) | (5-6) | 111 |
| No. 82 Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) | (10-5) | 54 |
| No. 83 East St. Louis (Illinois) | (10-3) | 47 |
| No. 84 Southlake Carroll (Texas) | (13-2) | 45 |
| No. 85 Buchholz (Florida) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 86 Thomas County Central (Georgia) | (15-0) | 249 |
| No. 87 Ruston (Louisiana) | (14-0)* | 142 |
| No. 88 Byron Nelson (Texas) | (13-1) | 267 |
| No. 89 Coffee (Georgia) | (15-0) | NR |
| No. 90 Weddington (North Carolina) | (14-2) | 164 |
| No. 91 Clearwater Central Catholic (Florida) | (13-1) | 247 |
| No. 92 Creekside (Georgia) | (13-2) | 134 |
| No. 93 Lake Travis (Texas) | (11-3) | 106 |
| No. 94 Granite Hills (El Cajon, California) | (12-1) | NR |
| No. 95 San Clemente (California) | (9-2) | NR |
| No. 96 Western (Davie, Florida) | (9-4) | NR |
| No. 97 Rome (Georgia) | (11-2) | 148 |
| No. 98 Cibolo Steele (Texas) | (13-2) | 136 |
| No. 99 Gainesville (Georgia) | (12-1) | 84 |
| No. 100 Carlsbad (California) | (10-1) | 147 |
| No. 101 Coconut Creek (Florida) | (10-3) | NR |
| No. 102 Zachary (Louisiana) | (12-2) | 162 |
| No. 103 Mandarin (Florida) | (11-4) | NR |
| No. 104 North Crowley (Texas) | (14-1) | 210 |
| No. 105 Trinity (Kentucky) | (12-3) | 129 |
| No. 106 Dripping Springs (Texas) | (11-3) | 163 |
| No. 107 JSerra (California) | (5-6) | 98 |
| No. 108 Vandegrift (Texas) | (10-1) | 65 |
| No. 109 Cardinal Hayes (New York) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 110 Destrehan (Louisiana) | (11-1) | 76 |
| No. 111 Serra (Gardena, California) | (9-4) | 155 |
| No. 112 Skyridge (Utah) | (11-3) | 119 |
| No. 113 Glenville (Ohio) | (13-3) | 170 |
| No. 114 Booker T. Washington (Miami, Florida) | (9-3) | 152 |
| No. 115 John Curtis (Louisiana) | (8-3) | 44 |
| No. 116 Seminole (Sanford, Florida) | (10-3) | 123 |
| No. 117 Alcoa (Tennessee) | (13-1) | 100 |
| No. 118 Cardinal Gibbons (Florida) | (9-4) | 24 |
| No. 119 West (Knoxville, Tennessee) | (14-1) | 102 |
| No. 120 Delbarton (New Jersey) | (10-2) | NR |
| No. 121 Port Neches-Grove (Texas) | (15-1) | NR |
| No. 122 Woodward Academy (Georgia) | (12-3) | 274 |
| No. 123 Avon (Ohio) | (14-1) | NR |
| No. 124 Lafayette Christian Academy (Louisiana) | (11-3) | 171 |
| No. 125 Monarch (Florida) | (11-3) | NR |
| No. 126 Iona Prep (New York) | (8-4) | 97 |
| No. 127 Houston (Tennessee) | (13-2) | NR |
| No. 128 Grimsley (North Carolina) | (13-1) | 137 |
| No. 129 South Florence (South Carolina) | (14-1) | 149 |
| No. 130 Coppell (Texas) | (12-1) | NR |
| No. 131 Butler (North Carolina) | (12-2) | 185 |
| No. 132 Archbishop Stepinac (New York) | (8-3) | 172 |
| No. 133 Rancho Cucamonga (California) | (10-2) | 183 |
| No. 134 American Fork (Utah) | (11-2) | 233 |
| No. 135 Vero Beach (Florida) | (9-3) | 179 |
| No. 136 Lehi (Utah) | (10-3) | 126 |
| No. 137 Douglas County (Georgia) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 138 Oakland (Tennessee) | (12-3) | 31 |
| No. 139 Armwood (Florida) | (10-2) | NR |
| No. 140 Pittsburg (California) | (13-1) | 197 |
| No. 141 Parkview (Arkansas) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 142 Tampa Bay Tech (Florida) | (10-3) | 158 |
| No. 143 Northwestern (South Carolina) | (11-2) | 133 |
| No. 144 Langston Hughes (Georgia) | (9-3) | 25 |
| No. 145 Clovis North (California) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 146 Palmetto (Miami, Florida) | (9-2) | NR |
| No. 147 Marist (Georgia) | (12-2) | 289 |
| No. 148 Katy (Texas) | (10-2) | 34 |
| No. 149 Red Bank Catholic (New Jersey) | (10-1) | 203 |
| No. 150 Liberty North (Missouri) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 151 Oaks Christian (California) | (9-3) | 245 |
| No. 152 Lee County (Georgia) | (10-3) | 241 |
| No. 153 Male (Kentucky) | (11-2) | 109 |
| No. 154 Helix (California) | (9-2) | NR |
| No. 155 Freedom (Woodbridge, Virginia) | (14-0) | 293 |
| No. 156 Timpview (Utah) | (11-2) | 192 |
| No. 157 DeLand (Florida) | (11-3) | NR |
| No. 158 Pearl-Cohn (Tennessee) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 159 Vanguard (Florida) | (11-3) | NR |
| No. 160 Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tennessee) | (13-1) | 232 |
| No. 161 Southfield A&T (Michigan) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 162 Treasure Coast (Florida) | (9-3) | 280 |
| No. 163 Belleville (Michigan) | (13-1) | 64 |
| No. 164 Westfield (Texas) | (11-3) | 77 |
| No. 165 St. Anthony’s (Melville, New York) | (6-4) | 101 |
| No. 166 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) | (6-4) | 135 |
| No. 167 Liberty (Nevada) | (10-3) | 177 |
| No. 168 Pleasant Grove (Utah) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 169 East Central (Indiana) | (15-0) | NR |
| No. 170 Westlake (Atlanta, Georgia) | (9-3) | 124 |
| No. 171 Maury (Virginia) | (15-0) | NR |
| No. 172 Fayetteville (Arkansas) | (13-0) | NR |
| No. 173 Highland Springs (Virginia) | (13-2) | 73 |
| No. 174 Acadiana (Louisiana) | (11-3) | NR |
| No. 175 Hewitt-Trussville (Alabama) | (9-4) | 112 |
| No. 176 Edna Karr (Louisiana) | (10-2) | 61 |
| No. 177 Christian Brothers College (Missouri) | (11-3) | 78 |
| No. 178 Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City, Texas) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 179 De Smet (Missouri) | (10-2) | NR |
| No. 180 Bishop Chatard (Indiana) | (15-0) | NR |
| No. 181 North Cobb (Georgia) | (7-4) | 86 |
| No. 182 Dutch Fork (South Carolina) | (10-5) | 11 |
| No. 183 Lake Wales (Florida) | (12-1) | 198 |
| No. 184 St. Mary’s (Stockton, California) | (11-2) | 286 |
| No. 185 Lincoln-Way East (Illinois) | (13-1) | 263 |
| No. 186 Rockwall (Texas) | (11-2) | 225 |
| No. 187 Bryant (Arkansas) | (10-2) | 139 |
| No. 188 Prosper (Texas) | (11-2) | 88 |
| No. 189 Westfield (Indiana) | (11-2) | 276 |
| No. 190 Parkview (Georgia) | (8-3) | 217 |
| No. 191 Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana) | (10-2) | 141 |
| No. 192 Denton Guyer (Texas) | (7-4) | 36 |
| No. 193 Los Alamitos (California) | (9-3) | 120 |
| No. 194 Benedictine (Georgia) | (13-1) | 169 |
| No. 195 Lake Mary (Florida) | (10-2) | NR |
| No. 196 Valdosta (Georgia) | (8-4) | 176 |
| No. 197 Apopka (Florida) | (8-4) | 127 |
| No. 198 Hough (North Carolina) | (11-2) | 130 |
| No. 199 Hamilton (Arizona) | (7-4) | 104 |
| No. 200 Allen (Texas) | (9-5) | 239 |
| No. 201 Jesuit (Florida) | (10-3) | 220 |
| No. 222 Cedar Grove (Georgia) | (10-5) | 68 |
| No. 203 Conway (Arkansas) | (10-2) | 240 |
| No. 204 Highland Park (Texas) | (11-2) | NR |
| No. 205 Roswell (Georgia) | (11-2) | 93 |
| No. 206 Oak Grove (Mississippi) | (12-1) | 222 |
| No. 207 Camden County (Georgia) | (10-4) | NR |
| No. 208 Louisville (Mississippi) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 209 Davison (Michigan) | (12-1) | NR |
| No. 210 Holy Cross (Louisiana) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 211 White Knoll (South Carolina) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 212 Auburn (Alabama) | (9-3) | 66 |
| No. 213 McKinney (Texas) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 214 Longview (Texas) | (11-2) | 81 |
| No. 215 Princeton (Ohio) | (12-1) | 257 |
| No. 216 Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio) | (12-1) | 154 |
| No. 217 Pickerington North (Ohio) | (11-2) | NR |
| No. 218 Cathedral (Indiana) | (8-4) | 70 |
| No. 219 C.E. King (Texas) | (9-4) | NR |
| No. 220 Elder (Ohio) | (7-5) | 94 |
| No. 221 Bartram Trail (Florida) | (8-5) | 48 |
| No. 222 Bolles School (Florida) | (8-6) | 167 |
| No. 223 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) | (9-4) | 82 |
| No. 224 Norcross (Georgia) | (9-3) | 193 |
| No. 225 Hoggard (North Carolina) | (14-2) | NR |
| No. 226 Vestavia Hills (Alabama) | (9-3) | 287 |
| No. 227 Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina) | (12-3) | NR |
| No. 228 Rolesville (North Carolina) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 229 St. Xavier (Ohio) | (7-5) | 131 |
| No. 230 Miramar (Florida) | (8-5) | 182 |
| No. 231 Houston County (Georgia) | (9-3) | 196 |
| No. 232 Brandon (Mississippi) | (10-3) | 214 |
| No. 233 Clearwater Academy International (Florida) | (5-4) | 72 |
| No. 234 Phoebus (Virginia) | (15-0) | 299 |
| No. 235 Saguaro (Arizona) | (9-5) | 38 |
| No. 236 Cartersville (Georgia) | (13-1) | 251 |
| No. 237 Lewisville (Texas) | (8-3) | 140 |
| No. 238 Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) | (5-6) | 63 |
| No. 239 Cardinal Newman (Florida) | (9-2) | NR |
| No. 240 Summerville (South Caroilna) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 241 Lakota West (Ohio) | (11-3) | 67 |
| No. 242 Independence (North Carolina) | (11-4) | NR |
| No. 243 Cardinal Ritter (Missouri) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 244 Northwestern (Miami, Florida) | (4-6) | 53 |
| No. 245 Rocklin (California) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 246 Ware County (Georgia) | (8-4) | 151 |
| No. 247 Oak Ridge (California) | (10-3) | NR |
| No. 248 Lamar (Houston, Texas) | (12-1) | NR |
| No. 249 Warner Robins (Georgia) | (9-4) | 178 |
| No. 250 Ridge Point (Texas) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 251 Teurlings Catholic (Louisiana) | (9-4) | 186 |
| No. 252 Springfield (Ohio) | (10-6) | 56 |
| No. 253 Jenks (Oklahoma) | (9-5) | 118 |
| No. 254 Monsignor Farrell (New York) | (8-3) | NR |
| No. 255 Union (Oklahoma) | (10-2) | 99 |
| No. 256 Rockhurst (Missouri) | (10-2) | NR |
| No. 257 Punahou (Hawaii) | (7-3) | NR |
| No. 258 Columbine (Colorado) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 259 Westside (Anderson, South Carolina) | (14-1) | NR |
| No. 260 Cherry Creek (Colorado) | (13-1) | 105 |
| No. 261 Hilliard Bradley (Ohio) | (13-2) | NR |
| No. 262 Douglass (Kentucky) | (8-5) | 200 |
| No. 263 Lovejoy (Texas) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 264 Argyle (Texas) | (10-3) | 264 |
| No. 265 Brentwood (Tennessee) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 266 Crest (North Carolina) | (13-1) | NR |
| No. 267 Palm Beach Central (Florida) | (10-3) | NR |
| No. 268 Boyle County (Kentucky) | (15-0) | NR |
| No. 269 Melissa (Texas) | (10-2) | 221 |
| No. 270 Benjamin (Florida) | (8-3) | NR |
| No. 271 Muskegon (Michigan) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 272 Gaffney (South Carolina) | (9-4) | 215 |
| No. 273 De La Salle Collegiate (Michigan) | (11-3) | 242 |
| No. 274 Archbishop Shaw (Louisiana) | (10-3) | NR |
| No. 275 Germantown (Tennessee) | (12-1) | NR |
| No. 276 American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek, Arizona) | (8-3) | 284 |
| No. 277 Carencro (Louisiana) | (9-3) | 270 |
| No. 278 Alexandria (Louisiana) | (8-5) | NR |
| No. 279 San Ramon Valley (California) | (10-3) | NR |
| No. 280 Riverview Sarasota (Florida) | (8-5) | 292 |
| No. 281 Manatee (Florida) | (9-3) | 288 |
| No. 282 St. Xavier (Kentucky) | (8-4) | 92 |
| No. 283 Raines (Florida) | (10-2) | 224 |
| No. 284 Malvern Prep (Pennsylvania) | (9-1) | NR |
| No. 285 Gonzaga (Washington, DC) | (6-5) | 285 |
| No. 286 Friendship Collegiate (Washington, DC) | (11-2) | NR |
| No. 287 Perry (Georgia) | (13-2) | NR |
| No. 288 Stockbridge (Georgia) | (12-3) | NR |
| No. 289 Brother Martin (Louisiana) | (7-4) | 79 |
| No. 290 Blanche Ely (Florida) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 291 Mallard Creek (North Carolina) | (7-5) | 143 |
| No. 292 Pearland (Texas) | (9-3) | NR |
| No. 293 Dickinson (Texas) | (9-2) | NR |
| No. 294 Murrieta Valley (California) | (9-4) | NR |
| No. 295 The Woodlands (Texas) | (9-3) | 168 |
| No. 296 Carey-Grove (Illinois) | (12-2) | NR |
| No. 297 Calvary Baptist Academy (Louisiana) | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 298 Edison (Miami, Florida) | (6-5) | NR |
| No. 299 St. Charles Catholic (Louisiana) | (13-1) | 255 |
| No. 300 St. Bonaventure (California) | (12-4) | 243 |
*awarded forfeit victories against Warren Easton (Louisiana)
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
