High School Football America expands national rankings to Top 100

The 2017 high school football season will mark the fifth season that High School Football America produces its national rankings with our proprietary algorithm.  And, to celebrate the evolution of our algorithm ranking system, we’re proud to announce that we’ll be expanding our national rankings from a Top 50 to a Top 100.  This will also result in our seven regional rankings being expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 20.  We will also continue to do our state-by-state rankings as well.

In addition, we’ll be moving-up the release date of our national rankings from August 1st to mid-July.  The exact date will be announced later this month.

Bishop Gorman, which needs to replace Tate Martell and his undefeated record at quarterback, enters 2017 as our defending national champ.  The Gaels are riding a 54 game win streak, which is the second longest active streak in 11-man football.

Related: 2016 High School Football America Public School Top 25

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So, to get ready for the release of our preseason Top 100, we thought it would be good to look back at 2016 to see which teams finished No. 1 in all 50 state rankings.

2016 No. 1 High School Football Teams by State

Alabama – Hoover

Alaska – Soldotna

Arizona – Saguaro

Arkansas – Fayetteville

California – St. John Bosco

Colorado – Valor Christian

Connecticut – Darien

Delaware – Smyrna

Florida – IMG Academy

Georgia – Grayson

Hawaii – St. Louis

Idaho – Mountain View

Illinois – Maine South

Indiana – Carmel

Iowa – Dowling Catholic

Kansas – Derby

Kentucky – Trinity

Louisiana – Edna Karr

Maine – Bonny Eagle

Maryland – DeMatha                                              

Massachusetts – Everett                                   

Michigan – Cass Tech                                              

Minnesota – Grace-Totino                                          

Mississippi – Clinton                                

Missouri – Kirkwood

Montana – Billings

Nebraska – Bellevue West

Nevada – Bishop Gorman

New Hampshire – Beford

New Jersey – St. Joseph Regional (Montvale)

New Mexico – Rio Rancho

New York – Troy

North Carolina – Wake Forest

North Dakota – Century

Ohio – La Salle

Oklahoma – Union

Oregon – West Linn

Pennsylvania – St. Joseph’s Prep

Rhode Island – Bishop Hendricken

South Carolina – South Pointe

South Dakota – Washington

Tennessee – Brentwood Academy

Texas – Lake Travis

Utah – East

Vermont – Hartford

Virginia – Westfield

Washington – Camas

Washington D.C. – St. John’s College High School

West Virginia – Martinsburg

Wisconsin – Kimberly

Wyoming – Sheridan

High School Football America National Champs

2016 – Bishop Gorman (Nevada)

2015 – Colquitt County (Georgia)

2014 – Allen (Texas)

2013 – Allen (Texas)

*2012 – Allen (Texas) and John Curtis (Louisiana) co-champs

*Opinion poll, High School Football America began using its proprietary algorithm in 2013.