Top 25 most dominant Sac-Joaquin Section high school football programs of last 20 years

Based on our methodology, the Bulldogs amassed 589 points from play over 2004 to 2023 to edge Central Catholic (Modesto), which finished second with 518 points.

Folsom won four straight section championships from 2012-15 and has currently won three in a row. The Bulldogs have also finished ranked in the section Top 25 every season since 2007.

Our methodology includes:

Points awarded for:

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

• Section championships (20 points).

• Section championship game appearances (10 points).

Please email thomas.frey@paramount.com with any corrections. 1. Folsom, 589
Section championships: 2010 (D2), 2012 (D2), 2013 (D1), 2014 (D1), 2015 (D1), 2017 (D1), 2018 (D1), 2021 (D1), 2022 (D1), 2023 (D1)
Section runner-up: 2011 (D1), 2016 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2007 (23), 2008 (20), 2009 (7), 2010 (1), 2011 (6), 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (2), 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (1), 2023 (1)

2. Central Catholic (Modesto), 518
Section championships: 2004 (D5), 2005 (D5), 2006 (D5), 2007 (D5), 2012 (D4), 2013 (D4), 2014 (D4), 2015 (D3), 2021 (D2)
Section runner-up: 2008 (D5), 2018 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2004 (6), 2005 (6), 2006 (3), 2007 (7), 2008 (6), 2009 (13), 2011 (24), 2012 (5), 2013 (9), 2014 (17), 2015 (2), 2016 (11), 2017 (8), 2018 (4), 2020 (24), 2021 (3), 2022 (6), 2023 (6)

3. Del Oro (Loomis), 498
Section championships: 2005 (D2), 2010 (D3), 2011 (D3), 2013 (D2), 2015 (D2), 2016 (D2)
Section runner-up: 2004 (D2), 2007 (D2), 2009 (D2), 2017 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2004 (1), 2005 (2), 2006 (5), 2007 (8), 2009 (4), 2010 (8), 2011 (1), 2012 (10), 2013 (2), 2014 (12), 2015 (3), 2016 (2), 2017 (10), 2018 (2), 2019 (22), 2021 (22), 2022 (8), 2023 (8)

4. St. Mary's (Stockton), 456
Section championships: 2004 (D1), 2008 (D1), 2016 (D1)
Section runner-up: 2007 (D1), 2014 (D2), 2017 (D1), 2023 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2004 (3), 2006 (22), 2007 (5), 2008 (2), 2009 (6), 2010 (4), 2011 (10), 2012 (12), 2013 (19), 2014 (3), 2015 (10), 2016 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (8), 2019 (12), 2020 (4), 2021 (6), 2022 (5), 2023 (4)

5. Granite Bay, 424
Section championships: 2007 (D2), 2011 (D1), 2012 (D1), 2017 (D2)
Section runner-up: 2022 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2004 (8), 2005 (9), 2006 (9), 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2009 (10), 2010 (11), 2011 (2), 2012 (1), 2013 (8), 2014 (7), 2015 (8), 2017 (4), 2018 (22), 2019 (23), 2020 (5), 2021 (9), 2022 (9), 2023 (10)

6. Grant (Sacramento), 387
Section championships: 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2014 (D2), 2022 (D3), 2023 (D3)
Section runner-up: 2010 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2004 (11), 2005 (3), 2006 (1), 2007 (18), 2008 (1), 2009 (5), 2010 (2), 2011 (11), 2012 (25), 2013 (13), 2014 (2), 2015 (9), 2016 (10), 2020 (19), 2022 (4), 2023 (5)

7. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), 370
Section championships: 2004 (D2), 2019 (D1)
Section runner-up: 2012 (D1), 2013 (D1), 2022 (D1), 2023 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2004 (2), 2005 (20), 2006 (21), 2007 (21), 2009 (18), 2010 (12), 2011 (17), 2012 (3), 2013 (3), 2014 (21), 2015 (5), 2016 (6), 2017 (3), 2018 (10), 2019 (1), 2020 (13), 2021 (23), 2022 (2), 2023 (1)

8. Oakdale, 356
Section championships: 2007 (D4), 2012 (D3), 2014 (D3), 2016 (D3)
Section runner-up: 2004 (D3), 2009 (D4), 2010 (D3), 2011 (D3), 2015 (D3), 2017 (D3), 2019 (D4), 2021 (D3)
Section Top 25: 2004 (18), 2007 (12), 2009 (14), 2010 (17), 2011 (7), 2012 (7), 2014 (8), 2015 (7), 2016 (4), 2017 (7), 2019 (21), 2020 (14), 2021 (8), 2023 (24)

9. Vacaville, 348
Section championships: 2006 (D1), 2011 (D2)
Section runner-up: N/A
Section Top 25: 2005 (18), 2006 (2), 2007 (6), 2009 (15), 2010 (5), 2011 (3), 2012 (11), 2013 (15), 2014 (6), 2016 (12), 2017 (11), 2020 (16), 2021 (18), 2022 (18)

10. Manteca, 340
Section championships: 2005 (D3), 2006 (D4), 2013 (D3), 2016 (D4), 2017 (D4), 2019 (D3), 2021 (D3), 2022 (D2)
Section runner-up: N/A
Section Top 25: 2005 (5), 2006 (8), 2013 (7), 2016 (15), 2017 (6), 2019 (11), 2020 (9), 2021 (7), 2022 (3), 2023 (9)

11. Rocklin, 314
Section championships: 2009 (D2), 2023 (D2)
Section runner-up: 2005 (D2), 2015 (D2), 2021 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2005 (4), 2007 (10), 2009 (1), 2010 (16), 2012 (23), 2013 (11), 2014 (9), 2015 (6), 2016 (19), 2017 (14), 2019 (19), 2020 (3), 2021 (2), 2022 (7), 2023 (2)

T-12. Elk Grove, 287
Section championships: 2019 (D2)
Section runner-up: 2012 (D2), 2013 (D2), 2015 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2005 (12), 2006 (4), 2007 (3), 2011 (8), 2012 (6), 2013 (5), 2014 (5), 2015 (4), 2016 (5), 2017 (24), 2019 (6), 2020 (18), 2021 (14), 2022 (13)

T-12. Escalon, 287
Section championships: 2005 (D4), 2010 (D4), 2019 (D6), 2021 (D5), 2022 (D5), 2023 (D4)
Section runner-up: 2011 (D4), 2012 (D4)
Section Top 25: 2004 (23), 2005 (10), 2006 (20), 2008 (21), 2009 (20), 2010 (6), 2011 (18), 2012 (16), 2018 (23), 2019 (5), 2020 (17), 2021 (13), 2022 (12), 2023 (13)

14. Monterey Trail (Elk Grove), 214
Section championships: N/A
Section runner-up: 2009 (D1), 2010 (D1), 2018 (D1), 2019 (D1), 2021 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2009 (11), 2010 (9), 2014 (11), 2015 (21), 2016 (23), 2017 (20), 2018 (3), 2019 (3), 2021 (10), 2022 (10), 2023 (25)

T-15. Hilmar, 203
Section championships: 2008 (D5), 2011 (D4), 2017 (D6), 2018 (D6)
Section runner-up: 2005 (D4), 2013 (D4), 2015 (D6), 2019 (D6), 2021 (D5)
Section Top 25: 2004 (21), 2005 (24), 2008 (5), 2011 (14), 2013 (21), 2018 (9), 2019 (16), 2021 (25)

T-15. Inderkum (Sacramento), 203
Section championships: N/A
Section runner-up: 2008 (D3), 2009 (D3), 2014 (D3), 2016 (D2)
Section Top 25: 2007 (22), 2008 (10), 2009 (9), 2010 (18), 2011 (25), 2013 (16), 2014 (16), 2015 (16), 2016 (9), 2017 (15), 2018 (5), 2019 (7), 2023 (7)

17. Jesuit (Carmichael), 199
Section championships: N/A
Section runner-up: N/A
Section Top 25: 2004 (5), 2005 (19), 2007 (16), 2013 (6), 2014 (10), 2015 (24), 2016 (7), 2018 (11), 2019 (25), 2020 (7), 2021 (4), 2022 (14), 2023 (12)

18. Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove), 163
Section championships: 2010 (D1)
Section runner-up: 2008 (D1), 2011 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2007 (13), 2008 (8), 2009 (12), 2010 (3), 2011 (4), 2012 (15), 2013 (4)

19. Nevada Union (Grass Valley), 160
Section championships: 2005 (D1), 2009 (D1)
Section runner-up: 2004 (D1)
Section Top 25: 2004 (4), 2005 (1), 2006 (13), 2008 (13), 2009 (3), 2011 (12)

20. Napa, 147
Section championships: 2007 (D1)
Section runner-up: N/A
Section Top 25: 2004 (7), 2005 (8), 2006 (11), 2007 (1), 2008 (15), 2010 (20), 2014 (13), 2015 (12), 2016 (20)

21. Placer (Auburn), 143
Section championships: 2017 (D4)
Section runner-up: 2008 (D4), 2009 (D4), 2016 (D4), 2018 (D3), 2019 (D3)
Section Top 25: 2009 (16), 2011 (23), 2012 (14), 2015 (19), 2017 (16), 2018 (7), 2019 (15), 2022 (25)

22. Destiny Christian Academy (Sacramento), 138
Section championships: 2009 (D5), 2014 (D6), 2016 (D5), 2018 (D3)
Section runner-up: 2007 (D6), 2022 (D4)
Section Top 25: 2016 (18), 2018 (6), 2019 (18), 2021 (24)

23. Merced, 126
Section championships: N/A
Section runner-up: 2006 (D1), 2021 (D4)
Section Top 25: 2005 (16), 2006 (6), 2007 (14), 2008 (11), 2010 (22), 2013 (17), 2014 (15), 2015 (22), 2016 (22), 2018 (18), 2021 (17)

T24. Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento), 120
Section championships: 2008 (D7), 2009 (D6), 2011 (D6), 2013 (D6), 2015 (D6)
Section runner-up: 2010 (D6), 2023 (D6)
Section Top 25: N/A

T24. Le Grand, 120
Section championships: 2010 (D5), 2011 (D5), 2012 (D5), 2013 (D5), 2021 (D7)
Section runner-up: 2004 (D5), 2009 (D5)
Section Top 25: N/A