Dynasty Rankings State Analysis

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States with at least five teams in the Dynasty Rankings are listed below with statistical information as it relates to the poll.

ALABAMA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 13

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#14 Hoover)

Highest ranked team since 2008 - Prattville #10 (2008)

School trending up – Alabaster Thompson

School trending down – Prattville

Notes:  State has added a new team in every season but three since 2008.    Hoover has been the state’s highest ranked team since 2010. 

 

ARIZONA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 16

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Chandler Hamilton #3 (2012)

Teams in the Top 100 – 4 (#27 Chandler Hamilton, #40 Scottsdale Saguaro, #47 Chandler, #77 Peoria Centennial)

School trending up – Chandler Basha

School trending down – Phoenix Mountain Pointe

Notes: Chandler Hamilton has led the state in the poll since its inception in 2008.  State has added a new team to the poll in all but two years since 2008. 

 

ARKANSAS –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 8

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Springdale Shiloh Christian #48 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 - 0

School trending up – Bryant.   Entered the poll in 2019, took the number one spot in the state in 2022.

School trending down – Springdale Shiloh Christian.

Notes:  Bryant moves into the top spot in the state replacing Fayetteville, who has led the state since 2016.  

 

CALIFORNIA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 48

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Concord De La Salle #1 since 2012.

Teams in the Top 100 – 9 (#1 Concord De La Salle, #4 Corona Centennial, #7 Bellflower St. John Bosco, #10Santa Ana Mater Dei, #16 Mission Viejo, #24 Folsom, #68Anaheim Servite, #73 Gardena Serra, #75 Long Beach Poly)

School(s) trending up – Both Bellflower St. John Bosco and Santa Ana Mater Dei

School trending down – Sacramento Grant.  

Notes: The state added four teams to the poll in 2021.   

 

COLORADO –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 5

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Denver Mullen #18 (2010)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#88 Highlands Ranch Valor Christian)

School trending up – Greenwood Cherry Creek  

School trending down – Littleton Columbine

Notes: State went seven years (2010 – 2017) without adding a team.    They have not had a team ranked since 2019.   Highlands Ranch Valor Christian has led the state since 2013. 

 

FLORIDA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 - 54

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas #1 (2008)

Teams in the Top 100 – 12 (#3 Ft. Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, #6 Miami Central, #12 Bradenton IMG Academy, #37 Miami Northwestern, #39 Seffner Armwood, #44 Plantation American Heritage, #62 Lakeland, #67 Bradenton Manatee, #78 Tampa Plant, #83 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, #85 Miami Booker T. Washington, #100 Ft. Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons)

School trending up – Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna  

School trending down – Tampa Plant    

Notes: Florida has added at least one team every year in the poll’s history.   

 

GEORGIA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 37

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Kingsland Camden County #3 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 – 8 (#19 Loganville Grayson, #42 Buford, #60 Norman Park Colquitt County, #68 Hochston Mill Creek, #76 Suwanee North Gwinnett, #87 Lawrenceville Archer, #92 Valdosta Lowndes, #94 Kingsland Camden County)

School trending up – Hochston Mill Creek.   

School trending down – Camden Kingsland County.   

Notes: Loganville Grayson has been the state leader since 2011.   State has added a new team every year since the inception of the poll.  

 

ILLINOIS –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 - 18

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Park Ridge Maine South #15 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 – 3 (#63 Wilmette Loyola Academy, #78 East St. Louis, #98 Chicago Mt. Carmel)

School trending up – East St. Louis   

School trending down – Wheaton-Warrenville South.    

Notes: Park Ridge Maine South (2008 – 2015) and Wilmette Loyola Academy (2016 – 2022) are the only teams to lead the state since the poll’s inception.  

 

INDIANA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 11

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Indianapolis Warren Central #37 (2018)

Teams in the Top 100 – 3 (#53 Indianapolis Warren Central, #57 Greenwood Center Grove, #93 Indianapolis Ben Davis)

School trending up – Greenwood Center Grove.   

School trending down – Fishers    

Notes: Warren Central has led the state since 2013.   

 

IOWA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 5

Highest ranked team since 2008 – West Des Moines Valley   54^th in 2011

Teams in the Top 100 - 0

School trending up – Ankeny

School trending down – Iowa City

Notes: West Des Moines Dowling has led the state since the first poll in 2008.   

 

KANSAS –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 5

Highest ranked team since 2008 – #50 Hutchinson (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 - 0

School trending up – Stillwell Blue Valley

School trending down – Wichita Heights

Notes: Hutchinson has led the state since first appearing in the poll in 2009.

 

KENTUCKY –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 9

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Louisville Trinity #9 (2012)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#18 Louisville Trinity)

School trending up – Louisville Male.

School trending down – Fort Thomas Highlands

Notes: Louisville Trinity has led the state since the opening poll.    State has not added a new team since 2019.

 

LOUISIANA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 20

Highest ranked team since 2008 - West Monroe #7 (2011)

Teams in the Top 100 – 4 (#21 River Ridge John Curtis, #58 New Orleans Edna Karr, #66 West Monroe, #99 Metairie Archbishop Rummel)

School trending up - Destrehan

School trending down – Lafayette Acadiana

Notes: West Monroe was the state leader from 2008 through 2012, when John Curtis moved in front by finishing second in the country.   2022 was the first year the state had a new entry (Ruston) since 2017.

 

MARYLAND/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 12

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel #15 (2012)

Teams in the Top 100 – 4 (#22 Hyattsville DeMatha, #34 Baltimore St. Francis, #36 Washington St. Johns, #43 Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel)

School trending up – Baltimore St. Francis Academy

School trending down – Sandy Spring Sherwood

Notes: Sherwood led state in 2008-2009, Our Lady of Good Counsel led in the years 2010 – 2015, followed by Hyattsville DeMatha which has led the state rankings since.

 

MICHIGAN –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 - 15

Highest ranked team since 2008 – East Grand Rapids #24 (2010)

Teams in the Top 100 – 0

School trending up – Warren De La Salle Collegiate

School trending down – East Grand Rapids

Notes: Interesting that a state with fifteen teams in the poll does not have one in the Top 100.    This year’s top team, Belleville appeared in the poll for the first time.

 

MINNESOTA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 7

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Plymouth Wayzata #49 (2011)

Teams in the Top 100 – 0

School trending up – Lakeville South

School trending down – St. Paul Cretin-Durham

Notes: Up until Lakeville South joined the poll in 2021, nothing had changed in the state rankings since 2012.

 

MISSISSIPPI –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 18

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Batesville South Panola #5 (2010)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#55 Batesville South Panola)

School trending up – Picauyne

School trending down – Batesville South Panola

Notes: Similar to Michigan, Mississippi has eighteen teams in the poll but just one in the Top 100.     And considering South Panola is there due to teams from early in the polling, the state seems to be a revolving door with ranked teams.     South Panola has led the state rankings since 2009.

 

MISSOURI –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 11

Highest ranked team since 2008 – St. Louis Christian Brothers #74 (2022)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#74 St. Louis Christian Brothers)

School trending up – St. Louis Christian Brothers

School trending down – Kansas City Rockhurst

Notes: Christian Brothers has led the state rankings since 2018.    Kansas City Rockhurst led from 2010 through 2012 with Blue Springs leading the rankings from 2013 through 2017.

 

NEW JERSEY –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 - 11

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Ramsey Don Bosco Prep #1 (2010, 2011)

Teams in the Top 100 – 3 (#17 Ramsey Don Bosco Prep, #23 Oradell Bergen Catholic, #60 Montvale St. Joseph Regional)

School trending up – Oradell Bergen Catholic

School trending down – Montvale St. Joseph Regional

Notes: Don Bosco Prep has led the state rankings since it’s inception in 2008.  New Jersey has not added a new team to the poll since 2014.

 

NEW YORK –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 - 5

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Rochester Aquinas Institute #154 (2010)

Teams in the Top 100 – 0

School trending up – Endwell Maine- Endwell

School trending down – Rochester Aquinas Institute

Notes: The state has not added a new team to the poll since 2014 (Buffalo Canisuis).   No school has ever been in the poll for a second time.

 

NORTH CAROLINA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 18

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Matthews Butler #16 (2012)

Teams in the Top 100 – 2 (#48 Charlotte Mallard Creek, #81 Matthew Butler)

School trending up – Charlotte Vance

School trending down – Laurinburg Scotland County

Notes: State has added at least two teams since 2018.     Matthews Butler led the state rankings form 2008 through 2016, Charlotte Mallard Creek has been the leader since.

 

OHIO –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 28

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Cleveland St. Ignatius #4 (2008)

Teams in the Top 100 – 7 (#8 Lakewood St. Edward, #33 Cincinnati Colerain, #45 Cleveland St. Ignatius, #65 Mentor, #68 Cincinnati Moeller, #89 Akron Archbishop Hoban)

School trending up – West Chester Lakota West

School trending down – Cincinnati Colerain

Notes: State added teams each year since the start of the poll (2008) with the exception of 2019 and 2022.   Lakewood St. Edward has led the state poll since surpassing Cleveland St. Ignatius in 2012.

 

OKLAHOMA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 7

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Tulsa Union #7 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 – 2 (#25 Jenks, #38 Tulsa Union)

School trending up – Bixby

School trending down - Broken Arrow

Notes: Bixby has been one of the fastest rising teams in the country since their debut in the poll in 2019.    Jenks has led the state poll since 2013.   State has added four teams since the start of the poll (2008).

PENNSYLVANIA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 22

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Philadelphia St. Joseph Prep #15 (2022)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#15 Philadelphia St. Joseph Prep)

School trending up – Philadelphia St. Joseph Prep

School trending down – Pittsburgh Central Catholic

Notes: St. Joseph Prep did not appear in the poll 2013 yet has climbed to #15 in the rankings in that ten-year period.   They have done that by consistently being ranked in the top 50 in the country each season.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 15

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Duncan Byrnes #3 (2011)

Teams in the Top 100 – 5 (#31 Irmo Dutch Fork, #54 Duncan Byrnes, #55 Rock Hill South Pointe, #82 Rock Hill Northwestern, #96 Roebuck Dorman)

School trending up – Irmo Dutch Fork

School trending down – Spartanburg Boiling Springs

Notes: Florence South Florence was the first school added from the state since 2017.    Dutch Fork has led the state rankings since surpassing Byrnes in 2019.

 

TENNESSEE –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 14

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Memphis University School    #19 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 – 2 (#35 Maryville, #46 Murfreesboro Oakland)

School trending up – Nashville Lipscomb Academy

School trending down – Murfreesboro Blackman

Notes: Maryville has led the state rankings since 2013.   After going three years without adding a school, the state has added four in the past three years.

 

TEXAS –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 61

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Austin Lake Travis #1 (2009)

Teams in the Top 100 – 18 (#5 Katy, #9 Allen, #11 Austin Lake Travis, #13 Southlake Carroll, #26 Euless Trinity, #28 Galen Park North Shore, #29 Austin Westlake, #30 Aledo, #32 DeSoto, #41 Duncanville, #50 Denton Guyer, #51 Cibolo Steele, #51 Cedar Hill, #64 Houston Westfield, #72 Coppell, #83 Dallas Skyline, #86 Longview, #97 Manvel)

School(s) trending up – Duncanville and Galena Park North Shore

School trending down – Dallas Skyline

Notes: The state with the most teams in the poll as well as the most teams in the Top 100.    The state has added a new team in all but two years since 2008.  

 

UTAH –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 11

Highest ranked team since 2008 – South Jordan Bingham   #11 (2018)

Teams in the Top 100 – 2 (#20 South Jordan Bingham, #95 Draper Corner Canyon)

School trending up – Draper Corner Canyon

School trending down – Sandy Jordan

Notes: The City of Lehi seems to be where all the action is lately as both Lehi and Skybridge have moved to the top of the states polling.

 

VIRGINIA –

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 16

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Hampton Phoebus   #2 (2010)

Teams in the Top 100 – 2 (#59 Hampton Phoebus, #92 Chesapeake Bay Oscar Smith)

School trending up – Woodbridge Freedom

School trending down – Clifton Centerville

Notes: Hampton Phoebus has led the state ranking since the inception of the poll.   

 

WASHINGTON -

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 12

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Bellevue   #10 (2012)

Teams in the Top 100 – 1 (#49 Bellevue)

School trending up – Graham-Kapowsin

School trending down – Camas

Notes: Bellevue has led the state rankings since 2011.    Washington has added a new team to the poll in each of the last four seasons.  

 

WISCONSIN -

Schools that have been ranked in the poll since 2008 – 6

Highest ranked team since 2008 – Meqoun Homestead      #98 (2008)

Teams in the Top 100 – 0

School trending up – Kimberly

School trending down – Milwaukee Marquette University

Notes: State has only added one team to poll since 2013.    Kimberly has led the state poll since 2016.

[GardenStateBaller]

NJ is the epitome and definition of a Power Private state. No publics listed whatsoever. #playthebest

[GardenStateBaller]

@whiteshoes12 You left out Nevada since there's less than five teams listed? BG is so dominant there that's its no longer fair. #NIFC

[GardenStateBaller]

As expected MD/DC and PA are also extrememly Private-heavy. 

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14 hours ago, GardenStateBaller said:

@whiteshoes12 You left out Nevada since there's less than five teams listed? BG is so dominant there that's its no longer fair. #NIFC

Nevada only has three teams (Gorman, Liberty and Reno McQueen)