(Note: To see the complete list of schools and how they’re ranked, pick up the Preps issue of Mile High Sports. High School Rankings are based on performances in the calendar year 2025.)

Click here for schools ranked 50-41!

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The Formula

For 23 years now, we’ve been charting Colorado’s high school athletic programs by using our famed “High School Rankings” – a list, born of a formula that’s miraculously stood the test of time.
The math doesn’t lie.
Back in the day, we set forth to create a mathematic equation of sorts designed to fairly evaluate which Colorado schools are the best at sports. We didn’t – and still don’t – care about the size of the school, or whether it’s closer to the capital or to Kansas. All that ever mattered to us is how each school performed on the court, field, ice or diamond.
Our patent-pending equations offers no subjectivity, only objectivity.

Here it is — the math behind the madness:

(Number of Team State Qualifiers / Total Sports Participated In) x 25
+
(Number of Team State Runner-Up Finishes / Total Sports Participated In) x 75
+
(Number of Team State Champions / Total Sports Participated In) x 200
+
(Number of Individual State Champs / Total Sports Participated In) x 20
+
(Number of First-Team All-State Athletes / Total Sports Participated In) x 20
=
TOTAL SCORE

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The List

Unlike the magazine, where we count from No. 1 and move up, throughout the week, we will be counting down the top 50 as they fell in our 2025 rankings.

40: Crested Butte Titans
Class: 2A
Enrollment: 220
Score: 30.45
Last Year: No. 57 (+17)

38 (tie): Aspen Skiers
Class: 3A
Enrollment: 528
Score: 30.71
Last Year: No. 160 (+122)

38 (tie): Legend Titans
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 2232
Score: 30.71
Last Year: No. 64 (+26)

37: Mountain Vista Golden Eagles
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 2280
Score: 30.77
Last Year: No. 9 (-28)

36: Buena Vista Demons
Class: 2A
Enrollment: 274
Score: 31.82
Last Year: No. 54 (+18)

35: Dakota Ridge Eagles
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 1332
Score: 32.08
Last Year: No. 122 (+87)

34: Timnath Cubs
Class: 4A
Enrollment: 808
Score: 32.75
Last Year: No. 43 (+9)

33: Akron Rams
Class: 1A
Enrollment: 99
Score: 33.50
Last Year: No. 44 (+11)

32: Roosevelt Roughriders
Class: 4A
Enrollment: 1113
Score: 35.56
Last Year: No. 45 (+13)

31: University Bulldogs
Class: 4A
Enrollment: 637
Score: 36.00
Last Year: No. 16 (-15)