To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the High School Football America rankings algorithm, we’ve decided to go big this preseason. Today, we release the Top 1000 teams in America heading into the 2022 season.
To build a little suspense, we’re starting tonight with a state-by-state look at the Top 1000 teams in no particular order. Then, starting Friday, we’ll begin unveiling our numeric rankings that will lead-up to the release of the Preseason High School Football America 100, powered by NFL Play Football, over the weekend.
Related: HSFA algorithm turns 10
In all 38 states, plus the District of Columbia, are featured on the Top 1000.
Texas edged-out Florida for the most teams. The Lone Star State has 123 teams. Florida has 121, followed by California with 95 and Georgia with 79.
California’s Mater Dei enters 2022 as our reigning national champ. The Monarchs have claimed the national crown three times in the last five years.
Related: Preseason Small Schools Top 25
At this time of year, we always like to remind our readers that our preseason rankings are meant to start the conversation on the upcoming season. Our algorithm is designed to evaluate on-field performance, so once the games begin, the algorithm begins to do its work to determine the next national champ.
High School Football America Preseason 1000 powered by NFL Play Football
Alabama (32)
Auburn
Baker
Briarwood Christian
Central (Phenix City)
Clay-Chalkville
Enterprise
Fairhope
Fyffe
Gardendale
Hartselle
Hewitt-Trussville
Hillcrest
Hoover
Hueytown
James Clemens
McGill-Toolen
Montgomery Catholic
Mountain Brook
Muscle Shoals
Oak Mountain
Opelika
Pike Road
Pinson Valley
Prattville
Saraland
Spain Park
Spanish Fort
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Theodore
Thompson
UMS-Wright
Vigor
Arizona (19)
Basha
Brophy Prep
Cactus
Casteel
Centennial
Chandler
Chaparral
Desert Edge
Hamilton
Highland
Horizon
Liberty
Notre Dame Prep
Pinnacle
Queen Creek
Red Mountain
Saguaro
Salpointe Catholic
Williams Field
Arkansas (15)
Arkadelphia
Bentonville
Bryant
Cabot
Conway
El Dorado
Fayetteville
Greenbrier
Greenwood
Harding Academy
Lake Hamilton
North Little Rock
Pulaski Academy
Robinson
Shiloh Christian
California (95)
Alemany
Apple Valley
Aquinas
Bellarmine Prep
Birmingham
Bishop Amat
Bishop O’Dowd
Buchanan (Clovis)
Bullard
Cajon
Camarillo
Campolindo
Cardinal Newman
Carlsbad
Cathedral Catholic
Central (Fresno)
Chaminade
Clayton Valley Charter
Clovis
Corona Centennial
Corona del Mar
Damien
De La Salle
Del Oro
Edison (Huntington Beach)
Elk Grove
Etiwanda
Folsom
Granite Bay
Garces Memorial
Helix
Inglewood
Jesuit
JSerra
La Habra
La Mirada
La Serna
Liberty (Bakersfield)
Liberty (Brentwood)
Lincoln (San Diego)
Lincoln (Stockton)
Long Beach Poly
Los Alamitos
Los Gatos
Loyola (Los Angeles)
Madison (San Diego)
Manteca
Marin Catholic
Mater Dei
Mater Dei Catholic
McClymonds
Millikan
Mission Hills
Mission Oak
Mission Prep (San Luis Obispo)
Mission Viejo
Modesto Central Catholic
Monterey Trail
Murrieta Valley
Newport Harbor
Norco
Oakdale
Oak Hills
Oaks Christian
Orange Lutheran
Pittsburg
Poway
Rancho Cucamonga
Riordan
Rocklin
Roosevelt (Eastvale)
San Clemente
San Joaquin Memorial
San Juan Hills
San Ramon Valley
Santa Margarita
Saugus
Scripps Ranch
Serra (Gardena)
Serra (San Mateo)
Servite
Sierra Canyon
St. Bonaventure
St. Francis (La Canada)
St. Francis (Mountain View)
St. John Bosco
St. Mary’s (Stockton)
Summit
Torrey Pines
Upland
Valencia
Valley Christian (San Jose)
Vanden
Vista Murrieta
Warren
Yorba Linda
Colorado (8)
Chatfield
Cherry Creek
Grandview
Legend
Loveland
Ralston Valley
Regis Jesuit
Valor Christian
Delaware (1)
Middletown
Florida (121)
American Heritage (Delray Beach)
American Heritage (Plantation)
Apopka
Armwood
Auburndale
Bartram Trail
Belen Jesuit
Berkeley Prep
Bishop Verot
Bloomingdale
Boca Raton
Bolles School
Booker T. Washington (Miami)
Boone
Braden River
Buchholz
Cardinal Gibbons
Carol City
Carrollwood Day
Chaminade-Madonna
Chiles
Clearwater
Clearwater Academy International
Clearwater Central Catholic
Cocoa
Columbia (Lake City)
Columbus (Miami)
Deerfield Beach
DeLand
Dillard
Doral Academy
Dr. Phillips
East Bay
Edgewater
Edison (Miami)
Escambia
Flagler Palm Coast
Fleming Island
Florida State University HS
Gainesville
Gaither
Glades Central
Godby
Gulliver Prep
Hillsborough
Homestead
IMG Academy
Jesuit
Jones (Orlando)
Killian
Lake Brantley
Lake Gibson
Lake Minneola
Lakeland
Lakeland Christian
Lake Mary
Lake Nona
Lake Wales
Lakewood
Lehigh
Lincoln (Tallahassee)
Madison County
Mainland
Manatee
Mandarin
Melbourne
Merritt Island
Miami Central
Mitchell
Miramar
Mosley
Naples
Navarre
Nease
Newsome
Niceville
Norland
North Fort Myers
North Miami Beach
Northwestern
Osceola (Kissimmee)
Pahokee
Palm Beach Central
Palm Beach Gardens
Palmetto
Palmetto (Miami)
Plant
Plantation
Plant City
Pine Forest
Pinellas Park
Raines
Rickards
Riverside (Jacksonville)
Riverview (Sarasota)
Rockledge
Sebring
Seminole (Sanford)
South Dade
South Walton
Spruce Creek
Steinbrenner
St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas
Stoneman Douglas
Stranahan
Sumner
Tampa Bay Tech
The Villages
Treasure Coast
Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville)
Vanguard
Venice
Vero Beach
Viera
Wakulla
Wekiva
Western
West Orange
Wharton
Wiregrass Ranch
Zephyrhills
Georgia (79)
Allatoona
Archer
Bainbridge
Benedictine
Blessed Trinity
Brooks County
Brookwood
Brunswick
Buford
Calhoun
Callaway
Camden County
Carrollton
Cartersville
Carver (Atlanta)
Carver (Columbus)
Cedar Grove
Cedartown
Cherokee
Clarke Central
Coffee
Collins Hill
Colquitt County
Creekview
Creekside
Crisp County
Dacula
Denmark
Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy
East Coweta
Fitzgerald
Gainesville
Grayson
Hapeville Charter
Jefferson
Jones County
Harrison
Holy Innocents’
Irwin County
Kennesaw Mountain
Langston Hughes
Lee County
Lovejoy
Lowndes
Marist
Marietta
McEachern
Mill Creek
Milton
Newnan
Norcross
North Cobb
North Gwinnett
North Oconee
North Paulding
Northside (Warner Robins)
Oconee County
Parkview
Peach County
Pebblebrook
Pierce County
Rome
Roswell
Sandy Creek
South Forsyth
South Paulding
St. Pius X
Thomasville
Tift County
Trinity Christian (Sharpsburg)
Valdosta
Villa Rica
Ware County
Walton
Warner Robins
West Forsyth
Westlake
Whitewater
Woodward Academy
Hawaii (6)
‘Iolani
Kahuku
Kamehameha (Kapalama)
Mililani
Punahou
St. Louis
Illinois (27)
Batavia
Bolingbrook
Brother Rice
Cary-Grove
Crete Monee
East St. Louis
Glenbard North
Glenbard West
Immaculate Conception
Joliet Catholic
Lincoln-Way East
Lockport
Loyola Academy
Maine South
Marist
Mt. Carmel (Chicago)
Naperville North
Nazareth Academy
Neuqua Valley
O’Fallon
Phillips Academy
Prairie Ridge
Prospect
Rochester
St. Rita
Warren
Wheaton North
Indiana (27)
Avon
Ben Davis
Bishop Brebeuf Jesuit
Bishop Chatard
Bishop Dwenger
Brownsburg
Carmel
Cathedral
Center Grove
Decatur Central
Fishers
East Central
Gibson Southern
Hamilton Southeastern
Lawrence Central
Lawrence North
Merrillville
Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
New Palestine
Reitz Memorial
Roncalli
Snider (Fort Wayne)
Valparaiso
Warren Central
Westfield
West Lafayette
Zionsville
Kansas (2)
Derby
Mill Valley
Kentucky (14)
Ballard
Bowling Green
Boyle County
Covington Catholic
Douglass
Dupont Manual
Highlands (Fort Thomas)
Johnson Central
Lexington Catholic
Male
Owensburg
South Warren
St. Xavier
Trinity
Louisiana (34)
Acadiana
Alexandria
Archbishop Rummel
Brother Martin
Captain Shreve
Carencro
Catholic (Baton Rouge)
C.E. Byrd
De La Salle
Destrehan
Edna Karr
Isidore Newman
Lafayette Christian Academy
Landry-Walker
Lutcher
Jesuit
John Curtis
Madison Prep
Neville
Parkway
Ponchatoula
Ruston
Scotlandville
Southern Lab (Baton Rouge)
St. Amant
St. Charles Catholic
St. Thomas More
Terlington
University Lab (Baton Rouge)
Warren Easton
Westgate
West Monroe
Woodlawn (Baton Rouge)
Zachary
Maryland (14)
Archbishop Spalding
Bishop McNamara
Calvert Hall
DeMatha
Flowers
Good Counsel
Loyola Blakefield
McDonogh
Mount St. Joseph
Quince Orchard
Rock Creek Christian
St. Frances Academy
St. Mary’s Ryken
Wise
Massachusetts (5)
Catholic Memorial
Central Catholic
Everett
Springfield Central
St. John’s Prep
Michigan (26)
Adams
Belleville
Brother Rice
Caledonia
Cass Tech
Catholic Central (Grand Rapids)
Chippewa Valley
Clarkston
Dakota
Davison
Dearborn
De La Salle Collegiate
Detroit Catholic Central
Detroit Martin Luther King
DeWitt
Fordson
Grand Blanc
Holt
Mona Shores
Muskegon
River Rouge
Rockford
Romeo
Saline
Traverse City Central
West Bloomfield
Minnesota (4)
Eden Prairie
Lakeville South
Mankato West
St. Thomas Academy
Mississippi (21)
Bay Springs
Brandon
Clinton
D’Iberville
Greenville Christian
Jackson Prep
Lafayette
Laurel
Madison Central
Madison-Ridgeland Academy
Neshoba Central
Oak Grove
Ocean Springs
Oxford
Picayune
Southaven
South Panola
Starkville
Tupelo
West Jones
West Point
Missouri (11)
Carthage
Christian Brothers College
De Smet
Fort Osage
Jackson
Lee’s Summit North
Liberty North
Lutheran North
Rockhurst
St. Mary’s
Webb City
Nevada (10)
Arbor View
Bishop Gorman
Bishop Manogue
Desert Pines
Faith Lutheran
Foothill
Liberty
McQueen
Shadow Ridge
Silverado
New Jersey (36)
Bergen Catholic
Bridgewater-Raritan
Cedar Creek
Cherokee
Clifton
Delbarton
DePaul Catholic
Don Bosco Prep
Donovan Catholic
East Orange
Hillsborough
Holy Spirit
Irvington
Middletown South
Millville
Northern Highlands
Ocean City
Phillipsburg
Pope John XXIII
Ramapo
Red Bank Catholic
Rumson-Fair Haven
Union
Sayreville
Seton Hall Prep
Shawnee
St. Augustine
St. Joseph (Hammonton)
St. Joseph Regional (Montvale)
St. Peter’s Prep
Toms River North
Wall Township
Washington Twp.
Williamstown
Winslow Township
Woodrow Wilson (Camden)
New York (10)
Archbishop Stepinac
Aquinas Institute
Canisius
Cardinal Hayes
Erasmus Hall
Iona Prep
Monsignor Farrell
Somers
St. Anthony’s
St. Francis (Hamburg)
North Carolina (40)
Ardrey Kell
Butler
Cardinal Gibbons
Chambers
Charlotte Catholic
Charlotte Christian
Charlotte Latin
Cleveland
Crest
Dudley
Eastern Alamance
East Forsyth
East Surry
Glenn
Grimsley
Havelock
Heritage
Hough
JH Rose
Lee County
Leesville Road
King’s Mountain
Mallard Creek
Millbrook
New Bern
Northern Guilford
Northern Nash
Providence Day
Richmond
Rolesville
Seventy-First
Scotland
Shelby
Southern Durham
South Mecklenburg
South Point
Statesville
Tarboro
Wake Forest
Weddington
West Charlotte
Ohio (64)
Anderson
Archbishop Hoban
Archbishop Moeller
Avon
Avon Lake
Badin
Barbarton
Benedictine
Canton McKinley
Centerville
Chardon
Clinton-Massie
Coldwater
Colerain
Dublin Scioto
Elder
Elyria Catholic
Fairfield
Findlay
Glenville
Hilliard Darby
Hilliard Davidson
Hoover (Canton)
Hudson
Ironton
Kenston
Kings
Kirtwood
Lakota East
Lakota West
La Salle
Marion Local
Marysville
Massillon Jackson
Massillon Washington
Medina
Mentor
Miamisburg
New Albany
Olentangy Liberty
Olmsted Falls
Perrysburg
Pickerington Central
Pickerington North
Piqua
Princeton
Springfield
Steubenville
St. Edward
St. Francis DeSales
St. Ignatius
St. Xavier
Stowe-Munroe Falls
Sycamore
Toledo Central Catholic
Upper Arlington
Van Wert
Walsh Jesuit
Wayne (Huber Heights)
Westerville South
Whitmer
Winton Woods
Oklahoma (7)
Bixby
Booker T. Washington (Tulsa)
Broken Arrow
Carl Albert
Clinton
Jenks
Norman North
Owasso
Stillwater
Union
Oregon (7)
Central Catholic
Clackamas
Jesuit
Lake Oswego
Lakeridge
Tualatin
West Linn
Pennsylvania (34)
Aliquippa
Archbishop Wood
Belle Vernon
Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg)
Cathedral Prep
Coatesville
Central Dauphin
Central Valley
Downingtown East
Garnet Valley
Gateway
Harrisburg
Imhotep Charter
Jersey Shore
LaSalle College HS
Malvern Prep
Manheim Central
Manheim Township
McDowell
Mt. Lebanon
North Allegheny
North Penn
Parkland
Penn Hills
Penn-Trafford
Pine-Richland
Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Roman Catholic
Southern Columbia
State College
St. Joseph’s Prep
Strath Haven
Thomas Jefferson
Wilson (West Lawn)
Wyomissing
Rhode Island (2)
Bishop Hendricken
La Salle Academy
South Carolina (25)
Abbeville
AC Flora
Beaufort
Byrnes
Camden
Daniel
Dillon
Dorman
Dutch Fork
Fort Dorchester
Gaffney
Goose Creek
Gray Collegiate
Greenwood
Hammond
Hartsville
Lexington
Myrtle Beach
Northwestern
Rock Hill
South Pointe
Spartanburg
Spring Valley
T.L. Hanna
Wren
Tennessee (38)
Alcoa
Bartlett
Baylor
Beech
Blackman
Brentwood
Brentwood Academy
Briarcrest Christian
Cane Ridge
Christian Brothers
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Davidson Academy
Dobyns-Bennett
Ensworth
Farragut
Father Ryan
Germantown
Hendersonville
Houston
Knoxville Catholic
Lausanne Collegiate
Lebanon
Lipscomb Academy
Maryville
McCallie
Montgomery Bell Academy
Mount Juliet
Oakland
Pearl-Cohn
Pope John Paul II
Powell
Ravenwood
Riverdale
Sevier County
South Pittsburg
Summit
Tullahoma
West (Knoxville)
Whitehaven
Wimberly
Texas (123)
A&M Consolidated
Abilene
Abilene Cooper
Alamo Heights
Aledo
Allen
All Saints (Fort Worth)
Angleton
Argyle
Arlington Martin
Atascocita
Austin LBJ
Boerne
Bowie (Austin)
Brennan (San Antonio)
Byron Nelson
Calallen
Carthage
Cedar Hill
Cedar Park
C.E. King
Celina
Centennial (Burleson)
Chapel Hill
China Spring
Cibolo Steele
Clear Falls
College Station
Colleyville Heritage
Crosby
Cuero
Cypress Ranch
Dickinson
Denton Guyer
Denton Ryan
DeSoto
Dripping Springs
Dumas
Duncanville
El Campo
Ennis
Euless Trinity
Flower Bluff
Fort Bend Marshall
Franklin
Gilmer
Glen-Rose
Grapevine
Gregory-Portland
Highland Park
Hirschi
Jersey Village
Judson
Katy
Katy Cinco Ranch
Katy Paetow
Katy Tompkins
Kennedale
Klein Collins
Lake Travis
Lancaster
Lamar (Houston)
La Vega
Lewisville
Liberty Hill
Little Elm
Lone Star
Lorena
Longview
Lovejoy
Lubbock-Cooper
Magnolia West
Manor
Mansfield
Mansfield Summit
Mansfield Timberview
Manvel
Marcus (Flower Mound)
McKinney
McKinney Boyd
Midlothian Heritage
Midland Legacy
Nolan Catholic
North Shore
Parish Episcopal (Dallas)
Pleasant Grove
Permian
Port Neches-Groves
Prestonwood
Prosper
PSJA North
Reagan (San Antonio)
Refugio
Rider
Ridge Point
Riverside (El Paso)
Rockwall
Round Rock
Rockwall-Heath
Shadow Creek
Shiner
Smithson Valley
Southlake Carroll
South Oak Cliff
Spring
Stephenville
Stratford (Houston)
Summer Creek
Tascosa
Temple
Texas
Texas City
The Woodlands
Tomball
Tyler
Vandegrift
Vela
Veterans Memorial (Corpus Christi)
Wakeland (Frisco)
Westfield
Westlake
West Orange-Stark
Utah (17)
American Fork
Bingham
Corner Canyon
Desert Hills
East
Lehi
Lone Peak
Mountain Ridge
Orem
Ridgeline
Riverton
Skyridge
Springville
Syracuse
Timpview
Weber
West
Virginia (10)
Highland Springs
Life Christian Academy
Maury
Oscar Smith
Phoebus
Riverheads
Salem
South County
Stone Bridge
Varina
Washington (7)
Bellevue
Bothell
Eastside Catholic
Gonzaga Prep
Graham-Kapowsin
Lake Stevens
O’Dea
Washington, D.C. (4)
Archbishop Carroll
Friendship Collegiate
Gonzaga
St. John’s College High School
West Virginia (1)
Martinsburg
Wisconsin (3)
Franklin
Kimberly
Muskego
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
