We tracked the combined final season rankings of all the high school teams from 2015-2020, and we came across some surprises.
In the HS Club bracket, it's not a surprise to us that Royal Irish gets the top spot, given that the Indianapolis program has been in just about every final in the last six years. That Danville was a close second is also expected, and Back Bay did well to be #3.
But what did surprise us was how few teams actually made the rankings all six years. Only ten programs accomplished that feat, which was much more common in single-school division. Why? Well it's likely because club teams have to work a lot harder to recruit and maintain coaching and funding. As a result, every now and then, they hit a rough patch. Or, often they merge with another club or change status somehow.
As a result, several of those teams that made this top 50 only made the rankings in two of the six years we're talking about.
Our tiebreakers for the points system (a system that awards points for each ranking place, plus an extra point for every year ranked) starts with which team had the highest single-year ranking. We actually had to go to seconday tiebreakers (which team had the best second-highest ranking) for one of these.
(Note: we had a slight data collection mishap that unfortunately had a direct effect on some of the rankings. Our fault, we had problems with one of the years, and have since fixed it.)
 Goff Rugby Report Combined HS Cub Ranking 2015-2020 | ||
| Rank | HS Club Team | Ranking Score |
| 1 | Royal Irish (Ind.) | 358 |
| 2 | Danville Oaks (Calif.) | 354 |
| 3 | Back Bay (Calif.) | 344 |
| 4 | Woodlands (Texas) | 304 |
| 5 | West Valley Warriors (Utah) | 303 |
| 6 | United (Utah) | 302 |
| 7 | Fort Hunt (Va.) | 296 |
| 8 | Granite Bay (Calif.) | 283 |
| 9 | Kansas City Jr. Blues (Mo.) | 281 |
| 10 | Red Mountain (Ariz.) | 219 |
| 11 | Doylestown (Pa.) | 207 |
| 12 | Belmont Shore (Calif.) | 205 |
| 13 | South Greenville (SC) | 196 |
| 14 | Charlotte Tigers (NC) | 189 |
| 15 | San Diego Mustangs (Calif.) | 186 |
| 16 | Liberty (Wash.) | 183 |
| 17 | Coastal Dragons (Calif.) | 180 |
| 18 | SFGG (Calif.) | 172 |
| 19 | Eastside (Wash.) | 168 |
| 20 | Genesis (Utah) | 167 |
| 21 | Phoenix Alpharetta (Ga.) | 147 |
| 22 | Bayou Hurricanes (La.) | 147 |
| 23 | Peninsula Green (Calif.) | 145 |
| 24 | West End (Va.) | 144 |
| 25 | Aspetuck (Conn.) | 140 |
Goff Rugby Report Combined HS Club Ranking 2015-2020 | ||
| Rank | HS Club Team | Ranking Score |
| 26 | Raleigh Redhawks (NC) | 139 |
| 27 | Katy (Texas) | 139 |
| 28 | Chargers (Wisc.) | 139 |
| 29 | CK McClatchy (Calif.) | 128 |
| 30 | Orlando (Fla.) | 123 |
| 31 | Santa Monica (Calif.) | 122 |
| 32 | Tacoma (Wash.) | 122 |
| 33 | Lamorinda (Calif.) | 115 |
| 34 | Harpeth (Tenn.) | 111 |
| 35 | West Shore United (Pa.) | 105 |
| 36 | Union Co. (NJ) | 104 |
| 37 | Quins Colts (Texas) | 101 |
| 38 | Beaverton (OR) | 101 |
| 39 | Rock Rugby (Texas) | 101 |
| 40 | Eastside Tsunami (Ore.) | 100 |
| 41 | Jupiter (Fla.) | 94 |
| 42 | Germantown (Tenn.) | 91 |
| 43 | Jacksonville (Fla.) | 89 |
| 44 | West Jordan (Utah) | 89 |
| 45 | Clayton (NC) | 88 |
| 46 | PAC (Colo.) | 83 |
| 47 | Pulaski (Wisc.) | 83 |
| 48 | Allen (Texas) | 81 |
| 49 | Maryland Exiles (Md.) | 77 |
| 50 | Tempe (Ariz.) | 76 |
Goff Rugby Report Combined HS Club Ranking 2015-2020 | ||
