

"Art" Johlfs-who originally started naming champions informally in 1927 as a 21 year old high school coach and official, but did so more formally starting in 1959 after enlarging his network of supporting hobbyists to receive reports from six separate areas of the country. The oldest of the rating systems, the National Sports News Service, was begun by Arthur H.


There have also been some efforts over the years at organizing a single-game playoff for the national championship. The High School Football National Championship is a national championship honor awarded to the best high school football team(s) in the United States of America based on rankings from prep experts and analysts in the media, such as USA Today, and algorithmic rankings.
