What Is MaxPreps and What Does It Cover?

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MaxPreps is an American high school sports information site. It publishes schedules, scores, rankings, stat leaderboards, news, and team and player pages for high school sports, including football, basketball, and many other sports. It is useful if you want to follow a specific school or team, look up a score or schedule, or check where a team or player stands statistically. Coverage is organized by state, and the site also highlights "Most Followed Schools" and "Most Followed Athletes."

What you can find on MaxPreps

The site's own description lists the core content types:

  • Rankings — team rankings, browsable by state.
  • Stat leaderboards — statistical leaders for covered sports.
  • Schedules and scores — game schedules and results for high school teams.
  • News — high school sports news.
  • Team and player pages — pages for high school teams and players.

The sports coverage explicitly includes football and basketball, described as "many more high school sports," so the exact list of sports goes beyond those two.

How the site is organized

MaxPreps organizes browsing primarily by state. The state list on the site includes Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A separate "Prep Schools" entry sits within the same state-based structure.

This means a typical lookup starts with the state, then narrows to the school, team, or player you want.

Who it is for

Reader goal What MaxPreps offers
Follow a school or team Team pages, schedules, scores
Check results Scores and schedules by state
Compare teams Rankings
Look up individual performance Stat leaderboards and player pages
Catch up on coverage News
See what's popular Most Followed Schools and Most Followed Athletes

Things to keep in mind

The site references "premium" and "purchase" in its pricing signals, so some content or features may sit behind a paid tier. The available material does not specify which features are premium, what they cost, or whether a login is required, so check the site directly before relying on any specific feature being free.

Coverage is also organized around U.S. high schools and prep schools. If you are looking for youth, college, or non-U.S. school sports, this is not the intended scope.

Quick answer

MaxPreps is a state-organized directory and news source for U.S. high school sports: schedules, scores, rankings, stat leaderboards, news, and team and player pages across football, basketball, and other high school sports. Start from your state to find a school, team, or player.