2023 Season High School Football: The Best Team from All 50 States, High School Sports is taking a look at some of the best teams to watch throughout the nation as the 2023 high school football season gets on. Several of these teams will likely be represented in the first Super 51.
I’ve given each state’s top team as much thought as possible, taking into account the QB position’s strength and outlooks from other areas of the HS coverage sphere, and have chosen a “best of the best” based on the year-over-year team, realizing that there is no way—analytical or opinion-based—to present an absolute, without a doubt, concrete ranking among the thousands of teams.
Below is a list of the top 51 football teams heading into the 2023 season.
1. Alabama — Thompson (Alabaster)
2. Alaska — Colony (Palmer)
3. Arizona — Basha (Chandler)
4. Arkansas — Bryant
5. California — Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
6. Colorado — Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village)
7. Connecticut — Cheshire Academy (Cheshire)
8. Delaware — Smyrna
9. District of Columbia — St. John’s
10. Florida — IMG Academy (Bradenton)
11. Georgia — Buford
12. Hawaii — Kahuku
13. Idaho — Rigby
14. Illinois — East St. Louis
15. Indiana — Center Grove (Greenwood)
16. Iowa — Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill)
17. Kansas — Mill Valley (Shawnee)
18. Kentucky — Frederick Douglass (Lexington)
19. Louisiana — John Curtis Christian (River Ridge)
20. Maine — Leavitt (Turner)
21. Maryland — St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
22. Massachusetts — Catholic Memorial (West Roxbury)
23. Michigan — Belleville
24. Minnesota — Mankato West (Mankato)
25. Mississippi — Starkville
26. Missouri — Christian Brothers (St. Louis)
27. Montana — Florence-Carlton (Florence)
28. Nebraska — Omaha Westside (Omaha)
29. Nevada — Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
30. New Hampshire — Pelham
31. New Jersey — Bergen Catholic (Oradell)
32. New Mexico — Cleveland (Rio Rancho)
33. New York — St. Anthony’s (Melville)
34. North Carolina — Providence Day (Charlotte)
35. North Dakota — Shanley (Fargo)
36. Ohio — St. Edward (Lakewood)
37. Oklahoma — Bixby
38. Oregon — West Linn
39. Pennsylvania — St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
40. Rhode Island — La Salle Academy (Providence)
41. South Carolina — Dutch Fork (Irmo)
42. South Dakota — Jefferson (Sioux Falls)
43. Tennessee — Lipscomb Academy (Nashville)
44. Texas — Duncanville
45. Utah — Corner Canyon (Draper)
46. Vermont — Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg)
47. Virginia — Highland Springs
48. Washington — Yelm
49. West Virginia — Huntington
50. Wisconsin — Kimberly
51. Wyoming — Star Valley (Afton)
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