After earning its first national title on Sunday, Buford has added three more No. 1 rankings.
The ESPN High School Football Top 25, National HSFB and MaxPreps final rankings, all announced Monday, listed Buford as their top team.
Buford (15-0) went into its state championship game against Carrollton as the top team in the ESPN ranking, and the win over the then-No. 6 Trojans allowed the Wolves to retain their spot.
Ahead of the finals, Buford was also top-ranked in The Sporting News and USA Today’s rankings. Those rankings have not been updated since the end of the football season.
Buford was No. 6 in the National HSFB ranking ahead of its state championship.
Blue Star Media was the first to crown Buford a national champion, posting its final ranking on Sunday.
Georgia had not had a high school national champion since 2015, when Colquitt County finished the season No. 1 in the High School Football America poll. There has not been a consensus national champion since 1991, when LaGrange was No. 1 in USA Today, the only poll at the time.
While not a national title, the Wolves were named the top public high school team in the final High School Football America rankings.
Final MaxPreps Top 25 football rankings
Georgia teams in bold.
- Buford (Ga.)
- St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
- Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
- Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
- Carrollton (Ga.)
- Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)
- IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
- Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
- Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
- Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.)
- Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
- DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
- Bixby (Okla.)
- Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
- Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
- St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
- Creekside (Fairburn, Ga.)
- Clay-Chalkville (Pinson, Ala.)
- South Oak Cliff (Dallas, Texas)
- Brownsburg (Ind.)
- DeSoto (Texas)
- Basha (Chandler, Ariz.)
- Raines (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Final ESPN High School Football Top 25
Georgia teams in bold.
- Buford (Ga.)
- St. Frances Academy (Md.)
- Bishop Gorman (Nev.)
- Santa Margarita (Calif.)
- IMG Academy (Fla.)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
- Centennial (Calif.)
- Mater Dei (Calif.)
- Edna Karr (La.)
- St. John Bosco (Calif.)
- Carrollton (Ga.)
- Baylor (Tenn.)
- DeMatha Catholic (Md.)
- Grayson (Ga.)
- Grimsley (N.C.)
- Sierra Canyon (Calif.)
- South Oak Cliff (Texas)
- North Shore (Texas)
- De La Salle (Calif.)
- Raines (Fla.)
- Folsom (Calif.)
- Creekside (Ga.)
- Basha (Ariz.)
- Providence Day (N.C.)
- Mission Viejo (Calif.)
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