Past National Prep Poll Champions

Bob Ladouceur (De La Salle HS)

The National Prep Poll was originated and published by World Features Syndicate from the 1987 football season through the end of basketball season in 2015. 

National High School Sports Hall of Fame journalist Doug Huff authored the National Prep Poll before he joined Student Sports in 1999. Current poll chief Jamie DeMoney took over at the start of the 1999-2000 basketball season. 

Here is a listing of the 27 National Prep Poll champion teams and their coaches, as published by World Features Syndicate.

PAST NATIONAL PREP POLL CHAMPIONS
SEASON	HIGH SCHOOL	CITY	STATE	RECORD	HEAD COACH
1987	Fontana HS	Fontana	CA	14-0	Dick Bruich
1988	Vigor HS	Prichard	AL	13-0	Harold Clark
1989	Permian HS	Odessa	TX	16-0	Gary Gaines
1990	Aldine HS	Aldine	TX	15-0	Bill Smith
1991	Ben Davis HS	Indianapolis	IN	14-0	Dick Dullaghan
1992	Valdosta HS	Valdosta	GA	14-0	Nick Hyder
1993	St. Ignatius HS	Cleveland	OH	14-0	Chuck Kyle
1994	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	13-0	Bob Ladouceur
1995	St. Ignatius HS	Cleveland	OH	14-0	Chuck Kyle
1996	Hampton HS	Hampton	VA	14-0	Mike Smith
1997	Hampton HS	Hampton	VA	13-0	Mike Smith
1998	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	12-0	Bob Ladouceur
1999	Evangel Christian HS	Shreveport	LA	15-0	Dennis Dunn
2000	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	13-0	Bob Ladouceur
2001	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	12-0	Bob Ladouceur
2002	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	13-0	Bob Ladouceur
2003	De La Salle HS	Concord	CA	13-0	Bob Ladouceur
2004	Carroll HS	Southlake	TX	16-0	Todd Dodge
2005	Carroll HS	Southlake	TX	16-0	Todd Dodge
2006	Lakeland HS	Lakeland	FL	15-0	Bill Castle
2007	St. Xavier HS	Cincinnati	OH	15-0	Steve Specht
2008	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Fort Lauderdale	FL	15-0	George Smith
2009	Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey	NJ	12-0	Greg Toal
2010	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Fort Lauderdale	FL	15-0	George Smith
2011	Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey	NJ	12-0	Greg Toal
2012	John Curtis Christian HS	River Ridge	LA	14-0	J.T. Curtis
2013	Booker T. Washington HS	Miami	FL	14-0	Tim Harris
2014	Bishop Gorman HS	Las Vegas	NV	15-0	Tony Sanchez

About the PrepNation National Prep Poll

The PrepNation National Prep Poll is a continuation of World Feature Syndicate’s National Prep Poll, which was published and distributed to the Associated Press and other news organizations from 1987 to 2015. 

The National Prep Poll is second only to the USA Today Super 25 as the longest continually published weekly high school rankings. While a product of World Features Syndicate (1987-2015), the National Prep Poll was the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and websites around the United States by the Associated Press.

Before authoring rankings for Student Sports and ESPN, National High School Sports Hall of Fame journalist Doug Huff compiled the National Prep Poll rankings from 1987 until 1999. Current author Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season to the present. 

Among the criteria used in the weekly compilation of the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

About PrepNation.com

PrepNation.com was originally launched August 1, 2001 by Jamie DeMoney for the purpose of creating a permanent online home for the National Prep Poll football and boys basketball rankings.