High School Football Program Rankings
Enrollment-based rankings by state and classification
Texas
University Interscholastic League
858
eligible programs
11
classifications
California
California Interscholastic Federation
256
eligible programs
1
classifications
Florida
Florida High School Athletic Association
319
eligible programs
7
classifications
Ohio
Ohio High School Athletic Association
686
eligible programs
7
classifications
How These Rankings Work
Best Football ranks programs within each state classification by an enrollment-relative Competitive Index. The index is recalculated after removing obvious non-varsity records such as alternative, correctional, hospital, and severe enrollment outlier schools.
These pages are not win-loss polls or championship predictions. They show which listed football programs are largest relative to their classification peers, with travel burden shown separately where available.