Most dominant high school football programs of the last 10 years in Minnesota

The Gopher State's most consistent winners since 2009.

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Aug 7, 2019, 12:00am
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Find out which 10 schools made the list.

Fans of Minnesota high school football will have to wait until later this month to see their favorite team take the field.

To help fill the void, we're looking back at the state's top programs over the past 10 years.

Beginning with the 2009 season through 2018, we evaluated finishes in state and national rankings along with state championships and title game appearances to identify the winningest teams in Minnesota.

See the video above or the list below for a look at the Top 10.
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Points awarded for:

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state computer rankings (25 points awarded to the No. 1 team, 24 for No. 2 and so on).

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national computer rankings (50 points for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and so on).

• State championships (20 points).

• State championship game appearances (10).

10. Mankato West (Mankato)
State championships: 2014 (5A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 11), 2010 (15), 2011 (9), 2013 (23), 2014 (2), 2015 (15), 2016 (6), 2018 (25)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

9. Minnetonka
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2017 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 16), 2010 (11), 2011 (3), 2012 (11), 2013 (11), 2016 (21), 2017 (4), 2018 (17)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

8. Minneota
State championships: 2009 (A), 2014 (A), 2015 (A), 2017 (A)
State runner-up: 2013 (2A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 6), 2014 (15), 2015 (25), 2017 (14)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

7. Wayzata (Plymouth)
State championships: 2010 (5A)
State runner-up: 2011 (5A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 5), 2010 (1), 2011 (2), 2012 (4), 2013 (6), 2015 (16), 2018 (24)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

6. Lourdes (Rochester)
State championships: 2010 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2018 (3A)
State runner-up: 2012 (3A)
State Top 25: 2010 (No. 2), 2014 (9), 2016 (13), 2018 (6)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

5. Owatonna
State championships: 2013 (5A), 2017 (5A), 2018 (5A)
State runner-up: 2012 (5A)
State Top 25: 2011 (No. 25), 2012 (8), 2013 (3), 2016 (19), 2017 (2), 2018 (2)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

4. Lakeville North (Lakeville)
State championships: 2018 (6A)
State runner-up: 2012 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 17), 2011 (6), 2012 (5), 2013 (15), 2014 (6), 2015 (17), 2016 (11), 2017 (10), 2018 (1)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

3. Totino-Grace (Fridley)
State championships: 2009 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2012 (5A), 2016 (6A)
State runner-up: 2014 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 1), 2010 (3), 2011 (11), 2012 (1), 2013 (5), 2014 (5), 2015 (9), 2016 (2)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

2. Caledonia
State championships: 2010 (2A), 2011 (2A), 2012 (2A), 2015 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2017 (2A), 2018 (2A)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 20), 2010 (6), 2011 (12), 2012 (10), 2015 (4), 2016 (7), 2017 (3), 2018 (4)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

1. Eden Prairie
State championships: 2011 (5A), 2012 (6A), 2013 (6A), 2014 (6A), 2017 (6A)
State runner-up: 2009 (5A), 2016 (6A), 2018 (6A)
State Top 25: 2009 (No. 2), 2010 (4), 2011 (1), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (3)
Nationally-ranked: N/A

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