Powered by five state championships, Muskegon has been the most dominant high school football team in Michigan over the last 20 years.
Based on our methodology, the Big Reds amassed 627 points from 2004 to 2023, edging out Lowell, which finished second with 388 points.
Lowell secured state championships in 2004 and 2009 and reached the state championship game three more times.
Here’s how we evaluate:
- Points are awarded based on Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state rankings, with 25 points for the top-ranked team, 24 for second place, and so forth.
- Points are also given for Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national rankings, with 50 points for the number one spot, 49 for second place, and so on.
- Muskegon, 627 points
- State championships: 2004 (D2), 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2017 (D3), 2023 (D2)
- State runner-up: 2012 (D2), 2013 (D2), 2014 (D3), 2016 (D3), 2018 (D3), 2019 (D3), 2022 (D3)
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (2), 2006 (1), 2007 (14), 2008 (1), 2009 (13), 2010 (15), 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (6), 2015 (8), 2016 (6), 2017 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (13), 2022 (16), 2023 (3)
- National rankings: 2004 (13), 2006 (12), 2008 (4)
- Lowell, 388 points
- State championships: 2004 (D3), 2009 (D2)
- State runner-up: 2010 (D2), 2011 (D2), 2015 (D2)
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (1), 2005 (17), 2006 (3), 2007 (7), 2008 (3), 2009 (3), 2010 (4), 2011 (5), 2012 (8), 2013 (6), 2014 (22), 2015 (3), 2016 (12)
- National rankings: 2004 (3), 2006 (25)
- De La Salle Collegiate (Warren), 358 points
- State championships: 2014 (D2), 2017 (D2), 2018 (D2), 2021 (D2), 2022 (D2)
- State runner-up: 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2020 (D2)
- State top 25 finishes: 2006 (10), 2008 (7), 2010 (20), 2011 (9), 2012 (20), 2013 (19), 2014 (1), 2015 (16), 2017 (2), 2018 (3), 2021 (1), 2022 (2), 2023 (10)
- National rankings: None
- St. Mary’s Prep (Orchard Lake), 356 points
- State championships: 2010 (D3), 2011 (D3), 2014 (D3), 2015 (D3), 2016 (D3)
- State runner-up: 2004 (D2), 2007 (D3), 2009 (D3), 2012 (D3)
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (12), 2005 (3), 2007 (9), 2009 (7), 2010 (5), 2011 (1), 2012 (5), 2014 (4), 2015 (4), 2016 (7), 2019 (13)
- National rankings: None
- Rockford, 353 points
- State championships: 2004 (D1), 2005 (D1), 2006 (D1), 2008 (D1)
- State runner-up: None
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (4), 2005 (4), 2006 (7), 2007 (15), 2008 (2), 2009 (4), 2010 (9), 2011 (8), 2012 (9), 2015 (19), 2016 (14), 2017 (23), 2020 (5), 2021 (10), 2022 (5), 2023 (5)
- National rankings: None
- Catholic Central (Novi), 345 points
- State championships: 2009 (D1)
- State runner-up: 2011 (D1), 2012 (D1), 2013 (D1), 2016 (D1)
- State top 25 finishes: 2007 (8), 2009 (1), 2010 (10), 2011 (3), 2012 (3), 2013 (5), 2015 (10), 2016 (3), 2017 (12), 2018 (18), 2019 (17), 2020 (11), 2021 (20), 2022 (14)
- National rankings: 2009 (15)
- East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids), 336 points
- State championships: 2006 (D3), 2007 (D3), 2008 (D3), 2009 (D3), 2010 (D3)
- State runner-up: None
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (6), 2005 (5), 2006 (2), 2007 (1), 2008 (4), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (21), 2015 (14), 2019 (22)
- National rankings: 2006 (22), 2009 (25)
- King (Detroit), 323 points
- State championships: 2007 (D2), 2015 (D2), 2016 (D2), 2018 (D3), 2021 (D3), 2022 (D3)
- State runner-up: 2019 (D2)
- State top 25 finishes: 2007 (4), 2013 (16), 2015 (1), 2016 (4), 2017 (7), 2018 (5), 2019 (7), 2021 (3), 2022 (4)
- National rankings: None
- Catholic Central (Grand Rapids), 319 points
- State championships: 2010 (D4), 2016 (D4), 2017 (D4), 2019 (D4), 2020 (D5), 2021 (D5), 2023 (D5)
- State runner-up: 2005 (D4)
- State top 25 finishes: 2005 (9), 2006 (18), 2010 (13), 2016 (10), 2017 (8), 2018 (17), 2019 (3), 2020 (6), 2021 (4), 2022 (25), 2023 (4)
- National rankings: None
- Cass Tech (Detroit), 281 points
- State championships: 2011 (D1), 2012 (D1), 2016 (D1)
- State runner-up: 2015 (D1)
- State top 25 finishes: 2010 (12), 2011 (6), 2012 (6), 2013 (10), 2014 (18), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2017 (15), 2018 (25), 2020 (9), 2021 (24), 2022 (6)
- National rankings: 2016 (14)
- West Catholic (Grand Rapids), 266 points
- State championships: 2010 (D5), 2013 (D5), 2014 (D5), 2015 (D5), 2016 (D5), 2017 (D5), 2022 (D6)
- State runner-up: 2012 (D5)
- State top 25 finishes: 2007 (20), 2010 (14), 2011 (23), 2013 (15), 2014 (8), 2015 (17), 2016 (11), 2017 (9), 2022 (8), 2023 (19)
- National rankings: None
- Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills), 264 points
- State championships: 2005 (D2), 2011 (D2), 2012 (D2), 2013 (D2)
- State runner-up: None
- State top 25 finishes: 2004 (14),