While winning a state title is the pinnacle of high school football, doing so and going unbeaten is icing on the championship cake.
Starting in spring ball and continuing through summer and double days to preseason and into league, the season is long and the grind is real. And while most teams build goals in escalating fashion — win league first, then on to sections or district and state — the coach-speak of one game at a time is real. You have to win the preseason games before moving on to league and so forth.
And for the few teams that manage to make it through a season unscathed — there were 194 unbeaten teams this season out of more than 15,000 teams — the rewards are sweet and the memories life-lasting.
MaxPreps compiled a list of every undefeated high school football team in the nation. The list includes 11-man, 9-man, 8-man and 6-man teams and is descending by number of overall wins.
Aledo (Texas), 16-0
Texas Class 5A-II champion
Highland Park (Dallas), 16-0
Texas Class 5A-1 champion
Longview (Texas), 16-0
Texas Class 6A-II champion
Mason (Texas), 16-0
Texas Class 2A-I champion
North Shore (Houston), 16-0
Texas Class 6A-I champion
Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), 16-0
Pennsylvania AAAAA champion
Reidsville (N.C.), 16-0
North Carolina Class 2A champion
Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.), 16-0
Pennsylvania AA champion
Alcoa (Tenn.), 15-0
Tennessee Class 3A champion
Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 15-0
Ohio Division II champion
Blair Oaks (Jefferson City, Mo.), 15-0
Missouri Class 2 champion
Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 15-0
Georgia Class AAAA champion
Booneville (Ark.), 15-0
Arkansas Class 3A champion
Chester (S.C.), 15-0
South Carolina Class AAA champion
Christian Academy-Louisville (Louisville, Ky.), 15-0
Kentucky Class 2A champion
East Forsyth (Kernersville, N.C.), 15-0
North Carolina Class 4A champion
Farrell (Pa.), 15-0
Pennsylvania Class A champion
Farrell, Pennsylvania Class A champion
Photo by Paul Burdick
Alabama Class 2A champion
Greeneville (Tenn.), 15-0
Tennessee Class 4A champion
Hayti (Mo.), 15-0
Missouri Class 1 champion
Highland Springs (Va.), 15-0
Virginia Class 5 champion
Horn Lake (Miss.), 15-0
Mississippi Class 6A champion
Kirtland (Ohio), 15-0
Ohio Division VI champion
Ladue Horton Watkins (St. Louis), 15-0
Missouri Class 4 champion
Lakeland (Fla.), 15-0
Florida Class 7A champion
Lee County (Leesburg, Ga.), 15-0
Georgia Class AAAAAA champion
Manchester (Midlothian, Va.), 15-0
Virginia Class 6 champion
Newton (Texas), 15-0
Texas Class 3A-2 champion
Pioneer (Royal Center, Ind.), 15-0
Indiana Class 1A champion
South Warren (Bowling Green, Ky.), 15-0
Kentucky Class 5A champion
Tarboro (N.C.), 15-0
North Carolina Class 1A champion
Western Boone (Thorntown, Ind.), 15-0
Indiana Class 2A champion
West Lafayette (Ind.), 15-0
Indiana Class 3A champion
Whitwell (Tenn.), 15-0
Tennessee Class 1A champion
Wyoming (Cincinnati), 15-0
Ohio Division IV champion
Abbeville (S.C.), 14-0
South Carolina Class AA champion
Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.), 14-0
Oklahoma Class 5A champion
Cary-Grove (Cary, Ill.), 14-0
Illinois Class 6A champion
Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.), 14-0
Arizona Class 5A champion
Centennial, Arizona Class 5A champion
Photo by Darin Sicurello
Alabama Class 7A champion
Chippewa Valley (Clinton Township, Mich.), 14-0
Michigan Division 1 champion
Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville, Tenn.), 14-0
Tennessee Division II Class AA champion
Edwardsburg (Mich.), 14-0
Michigan Division 4 champion
Fairmont Senior (Fairmont, W. Va.), 14-0
West Virginia Class AA champion
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (Gibson City, Ill.), 14-0
Illinois Class 2A champion
Homestead (Mequon, Wis.), 14-0
Wisconsin Division 2 champion
IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, Ill.), 14-0
Illinois Class 4A champion
Iola-Scandinavia (Iola, Wis.), 14-0
Wisconsin Division 6 champion
Lourdes (Rochester, Minn.), 14-0
Minnesota Class AAA champion
Loveland (Colo.), 14-0
Colorado Class 4A champion
Martinsburg (W. Va.), 14-0
West Virginia Class AAA champion
Monticello (Ill.), 14-0
Illinois Class 3A champion
Muskego (Wis.), 14-0
Wisconsin Division 1 champion
New Palestine (Ind.), 14-0
Indiana Class 5A champion
Reading (Mich.), 14-0
Michigan Division 8 champion
St. Catherine's (Racine, Wis.), 14-0
Wisconsin Division 4 champion
St. Mary's Springs (Fond du Lac, Wis.), 14-0
Wisconsin Division 5 champion
Thatcher (Ariz.), 14-0
Arizona Class 2A champion
Trinity Christian (Cedar Hill, Texas), 14-0
Texas TAPPS II champion
Tuttle (Okla.), 14-0
Oklahoma Class 4A champion
UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile, Ala.), 14-0
Alabama Class 4A champion
Union (Vancouver, Wash.), 14-0
Washington Class 4A champion
Union, Washington Class 4A champion
Photo by Vince Miller
Colorado Class 5A champion
Wake Forest (N.C.), 14-0
North Carolina Class 4AA champion
Warren Central (Indianapolis), 14-0
Indiana class 6A champion
Aurora (Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class C1 champion
Black Hawk (South Wayne, Wis.), 13-0
Wisconsin Division 7 champion
Broken Arrow (Okla.), 13-0
Oklahoma Class 6A-I champion
Burke (Omaha, Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class A champion
Caledonia (Minn.), 13-0
Minnesota Class AA champion
Centennial (Utica, Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class C2 champion
Chambers Academy (LaFayette, Ala.), 13-0
Alabama AISA Class A champion
Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama (Clymer, N.Y.), 13-0
New York Class D champion
Davidson Academy (Nashville, Tenn.), 13-0
Tennessee Division II Class A champion
Derby (Kan.), 13-0
Kansas Class 6A champion
Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.), 13-0
South Carolina Class AAAAA champion
Fort Hill (Cumberland, Md.), 13-0
Maryland Class 1A champion
Greenwich (Conn.), 13-0
Connecticut Class LL champion
Haddonfield (N.J.), 13-0
New Jersey South II Group champion
Hammond (Columbia, S.C.), 13-0
South Carolina SCISA Class AAA champion
Hand (Madison, Conn.), 13-0
Connecticut Class L champion
Hockinson (Brush Prairie, Wash.), 13-0
Washington Class 2A champion
Hudson (Iowa), 13-0
Iowa Class A champion
La Cueva (Albuquerque), 13-0
New Mexico Class 6A champion
La Junta (Colo.), 13-0
Colorado Class 2A champion
Lakeville North (Lakeville, Minn.), 13-0
Minnesota Class AAAAAA champion
Limon (Colo.), 13-0Colorado Class 1A champion
Lincoln (San Francisco), 13-0
California Bowl 6-A winner
Lumen Christi Catholic (Jackson, Mich.), 13-0
Michigan Division 6 champion
Mahnomen/Waubun (Mahnomen, Minn.), 13-0
Minnesota Class A champion
Monroe Academy (Monroeville, Ala.), 13-0
Alabama AISA Class AA champion
Oakdale (Ijamsville, Md.), 13-0
Maryland Class 2A champion
Owatonna (Minn.), 13-0
Minnesota Class AAAAA champion
PCM (Monroe, Iowa), 13-0
Iowa class 2A champion
Penns Grove (Carneys Point, N.J.), 13-0
New Jersey South 1 Group champion
Phillipsburg (Kan.), 13-0
Kansas Class 2A champion
Piscataway (N.J.), 13-0
New Jersey North 5 Group champion
Rainier (Wash.), 13-0
Oregon Class 3A champion
Ramapo (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), 13-0
New Jersey North III Group champion
Sabetha (Kan.), 13-0
Kansas Class 3A champion
Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class B champion
St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 13-0
Pennsylvania Class AAAAAA champion
Susquehanna Valley (Conklin, N.Y.), 13-0
New York Class C champion
St. Paul Academy/Minnehaha Academy/Blake (Minneapolis, Minn.), 13-0
Minnesota Class AAAA champion
Xavier (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), 13-0
Iowa Class 3A champion
Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 12-0
Kansas Class 5A champion
Bedford (N.H.), 12-0
New Hampshire Division I champion
Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.), 12-0
Montana Class A champion
Bismarck (N.D.), 12-0
North Dakota Class AAA champion
Churchill County (Fallon, Nev.), 12-0
Nevada Class 3A champion
Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah), 12-0
Utah Class 5A champion
Cornwall Central (New Windsor, N.Y.), 12-0
New York Class A champion
Declo (Idaho), 12-0
Idaho Class 2A champion
Fairfield/Augusta (Fairfield, Mont.), 12-0
Montana Class B champion
Fall River (McArthur, Calif.), 12-0
California Northern Section Division V champion
Fall River, Northern Section Division V champions
Photo by David Steutel
New York Long Island Division I champion
Garden City (N.Y.), 12-0
New York Long Island Division II champion
Hasbrouck Heights (N.J.), 12-0
New Jersey North I Group champion
KIPP NYC College Prep (New York, N.Y.), 12-0
New York PSAL Cup champion
Langdon/Edmore/Munich (Langdon, N.D.), 12-0
North Dakota Class A champion
Milford (Utah), 12-0
Utah Class 1A champion
Monadnock (East Swanzey, N.H.), 12-0
New Hampshire Division III champion
North Andover (Mass.), 12-0
Massachusetts Class 2 champion
Plymouth (N.H.), 12-0
New Hampshire Division II champion
Rocky Mountain (Meridian, Idaho), 12-0
Idaho Class 5A champion
Tunica Academy (Tunica, Miss.), 12-0
MAIS Class A champion
Wells (Maine), 12-0
Maine Class D champion
Bell (Washington, D.C.), 11-0
District of Columbia DCSAA-A champion
Big Horn (Wyo.), 11-0
Wyoming Class 1A champion
Charlotte Christian (Charlotte, N.C.), 11-0
North Carolina NCISAA Division II champion
Clearwater Academy International (Clearwater, Fla.), 11-0
Florida Freelance
Eunice (N.M.), 11-0
New Mexico Class 2A champion
Flint Hill (Oakton, Va.), 11-0
Virginia VISAA Division I champion
Kellenberg Memorial (Uniondale, N.Y.), 11-0
New York CHSFL Class AA champion
Lahainaluna (Hawaii), 11-0
Hawaii Division II champion
Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.), 11-0
Pennsylvania Inter-Academic champion
Shanley (Fargo, N.D.), 11-0
North Dakotta Class AA champion
St. Louis (Honolulu), 11-0
Hawaii Division I Open champion
Thornton Academy (Saco, Maine), 11-0
Maine Class A champion
Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pa.), 10-0
Pennsylvania Bicentennial Conference champion
Choate Rosemary Hall School (Wallingford, Conn.), 10-0
Connecticut NEPSAC A champion
North Wake Saints (Wake Forest, N.C.), 10-0
North Carolina HomeSchool Football League champion
Red Bank Catholic (Red Bank, N.J.), 10-0
New Jersey Non-Public III champion
Roanoke Catholic (Roanoke, Va.), 10-0
Virginia VISAA Division II champion
South Pointe (Phoenix), 10-0
CAA Open champion
Woodstock (Vt.), 10-0
Vermont Division III champion
Winnisquam (Tilton, N.H.), 9-0
New Hampshire Division IV champion
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore), 8-0
MIAA Division A champion
St. Paul's (Concord, N.H.), 8-0
New Hampshire NEPSAC C champion
Whitney Young (Chicago), 8-0
Chicago Public – Madison St champion
Crane Medical (Chicago), 7-0
Chicago Public Intra City 1 champion
TEACH (Virginia Beach, Va.), 7-0
Virginia Freelance
9-man
Spring Grove (Minn.), 14-0
Minnesota 9-man champion
Colome (S.D.), 12-0
South Dakota 9B champion
Thompson (N.D.), 12-0
North Dakota 9-man champion
8-man
Odessa (Wash.), 14-0
Washington Class 1B 8-man champion
Shattuck (Okla.), 14-0
Oklahoma Class B 8-man champion
Tallulah Academy (Tallulah, La.), 14-0
MAIS 8-man champion
Central Plains (Claflin, Kan.), 13-0
Kansas Class 8-man Division I champion
Creighton (Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class D1 champion
Dufur (Ore.), 13-0
Oregon Class 1A 8-man champion
Flint Creek co-op [Drummond/Granite] (Drummond, Mont.), 13-0
Montana Class C 8-man champion
Hanover (Kan.), 13-0
Kansas Class 8-man Division II champion
Johnson-Brock (Johnson, Neb.), 13-0
Nebraska Class D2 champion
Mound City/Craig (Mo.), 13-0
Missouri 8-man champion
Morrice (Mich.), 13-0
Michigan Class 8-man Division I champion
Carey (Idaho), 12-0
Idaho Class 1A 8-man Division II champion
Los Molinos (Calif.), 12-0
California Northern Section 8-man champion
Mission Prep (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), 12-0
California Central Section 8-man champion
Peachtree Academy (Covington, Ga.), 12-0
Georgia GICAA 8-man champion
Mojave (Calif.), 11-0
California Southern Section 8-man Division 1 champion
Superior (Ariz.), 11-0
Arizona Conference 1A 8-man champion
Academy at the Lakes (Land O' Lakes, Fla.), 10-0
Florida FCSA 8-man champion
Berchmans Academy (Grand Coteau, La.), 10-0
Christian Educators of Louisiana 8-man champion
Bloomington Christian (Bloomington, Calif.), 10-0
California Southern Section 8-man Division 2 champion
Covenant (Charlottesville, Va.), 10-0
Virginia VISFL 8-man champion
Russell Christian Academy (Meridian, Miss.), 10-0
Alabama Christian 8-man champion
Cornerstone Christian (Antioch, Calif.), 9-0
Pacific Coast Conference 8-man champion
Woodlawn (Rison, Ark.), 9-0
Arkansas 8-man conference champion
Oakfield-Alabama/Elba (Oakfield, N.Y.), 8-0
New York Upstate 8-man champion
Stuart Hall (San Francisco), 8-0
North Central III League 8-man champion
Westminster Schools of Augusta (Augusta, Ga.), 7-0
GICAA 8-man Freelance champion
Ka'u (Pahala, Hawaii), 6-0
Big Island 8-man champion
6-man
McLean (Texas), 15-0
Texas Class 1A 6-man I champion
Baytown Christian (Baytown, Texas), 14-0
TAPPS 6-man III champion
Bracken Christian (Bulverde, Texas), 14-0
TAPPS 6-man II champion
Wibaux (Mont.), 12-0
Montana Class C 6-man champion
Wilcox-Hildreth (Wilcox, Neb.), 12-0
Nebraska Class D6 champion
Farson-Eden (Farson, Wyo.), 11-0
Wyoming Class 6-man champion
Animas (N.M.), 10-0
New Mexico Class 6-man champion
Lifegate Christian (Seguin, Texas), 10-0
TCAL 6-man champion
Victory Christian Academy (Millbrook, Ala.), 8-0
Alabama Christian 6-man champion
Joseph (Ore.), 7-0
Oregon Class 1A 6-man champion
Donahue Catholic (Ave Maria, Fla.), 6-0
Florida Christian champion
