This list is a bit overdue but here it is. Click on the link if you would like to check-out the All-Time list.
In the table below, I have listed the top-30 programs out of 192 schools that participated in the state championships of the 2016-2017 wrestling season. I have also included the programs’ all-time ranking as of the end of the season.
Something that might be noticed, my formulation does not guarantee a top-spot by simply having a champion (Bella Vista, Eastside and River Valley, all teams with a champion this year, did not make the top 30), though it does help. The best way to insure a high ranking in the list is to send a large delegation and to get as many placers as possible.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Top-30 Best wrestling programs by year rev. 2017
| Top-30 Best Girls High School Programs in California For 2017 (192 Schools) | |||||||
| Rank | School | Section | All-time Ranking After 2017 Season | Competing Wrestlers | Champions | Top-3 Placers (including Champions) | Placers (including Champions) |
| 1 | Selma | CS | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Corona | SS | 33 (tied) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Tokay | SJS | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hillcrest | SS | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Del Oro | SJS | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | San Fernando | LACS | 65 (tied) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Menlo-Atherton | CCS | 77 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Enoch | SJS | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | James Logan | NCS | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Northview | SS | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Millikan | SS | 65 (tied) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Terra Nova | CCS | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Benicia | SJS | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Walnut | SS | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Birmingham | LACS | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Upland | SS | 198 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Wilcox | CCS | 149 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter | SS | 323 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | Pittsburg | NCS | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bella Vista | SJS | 72 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| San Dimas | SS | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | Newark Memorial | NCS | 33 (tied) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freedom | NCS | 233 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Upper Lake | NCS | 205 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Clairemont | SDS | 159 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nordhoff | SS | 87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vintage | SJS | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | Martin Luther King | SS | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| McNair | SJS | 275 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Antelope Valley | SS | 142 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |