The Valdosta Wildcats have finished in USA Today's Super 25 national football rankings a total of seven times during the poll's 20-year history.

The Cats have finished in first place twice (1984 and 1986) while placing in second another two times (1982 and 1992).

Individual honors include former head coach Nick Hyder being named the National Coach of the Year in 1984 and the selection of former linebacker Dexter Daniels as the Defensive Player of the Year in 1991. Hyder led the Wildcats to seven Georgia state titles and three mythical national championships. Daniels lettered 4 years with the Florida Gators while earning All-SEC honors.

Here are the final rankings:

1982

1-Cincinnati Moeller (13-0)
2-Valdosta (Ga.) (15-0)
3-Pensacola (Fla.) Woodham (13-0)
4-Anaheim (Calif.) Servite (11-1)
5-Enterprise (Ala.) (13-0-1)
6-Odessa (Texas) Permian (12-1)
7-Massillon (Ohio) Washington (12-1)
8-Newburgh (Ind.) Castle (14-0)
9-Omaha (Neb.) Westside (12-0)
10-Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic (11-0)
11-Wexford (Pa.) North Allegheny (11-1)
12-Port Arthur (Texas) Jefferson (10-1)
13-Burbank (Ill.) Reavis (12-1)
14-Athens (Ga.) Clarke Central (12-1)
15-Beaumont (Texas) West Brook (11-4-1)
16-Monongahela (Pa.) Ringgold (12-1)
17-Danville (Va.) George Washington (14-0)
18-Englewood (Colo.) Cherry Creek (14-0)
19-Joliet (Ill.) Catholic (10-1)
20-Los Angeles Carson (11-1)
21-Fort Thomas (Ky.) Highlands (15-0)
22-Farmington (Mich.) Harrison (12-0)
23-Natick (Mass.) (11-0)
24-Jacksonville (N.C.) (14-0)
25-Spokane (Wash.) Gonzaga Prep (11-2)


1984

1-Valdosta (Ga.) (15-0)
2-East St. Louis (Ill.) Senior (13-0)
3-Alexandria (Va.) T.C. Williams (14-0)
4-Pensacola (Fla.) Woodham (13-0)
5-Union (N.J) (11-0)
6-Odessa (Texas) Permian (15-0-1)
7-Brockton (Mass.) (11-0)
8-Summerville (S.C.) (14-0)
9-Kirkland (Wash.) Juanita (13-0)
10-Indianapolis Warren Central (14-0)
11-Greensboro (N.C.) Page (13-0-1)
12-Cincinnati Moeller (10-1)
13-Natick (Mass.) (10-0)
14-Peoria (Ill.) Richwoods (13-0)
15-Toledo (Ohio) St. Francis (12-1)
16-Folsom (Pa.) Ridley (11-0)
17-Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha (10-0)
18-Prattville (Ala.) (14-1)
19-Archbald (Pa.) Valley View (12-1)
20-Riverside (Calif.) Poly (13-1)
21-Tulsa (Okla.) Washington (13-1)
22-Monroe (La.) Neville (12-1)
23-Baltimore Poly (10-0)
24-Houston Madison (12-0-1)
25-Ann Arbor (Mich.) Pioneer (11-1)


1986

1-Valdosta (Ga.) (15-0)
2-Montgomery (Ala.) Lee (15-0)
3-Monroeville (Pa.) Gateway (13-0)
4-Cincinnati Purcell Marian (14-0)
5-Carmel (Ind.) (14-0)
6-Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha (10-0)
7-Spokane (Wash.) Gonzaga Prep (12-0)
8-Buffalo Grove (Ill.) (14-0)
9-Doylestown (Pa.) Central Bucks West (11-0)
10-Englewood (Colo.) Cherry Creek (14-0)
11-Wilmington (Calif.) Banning (11-1)
12-Pittsburgh North Hills (12-1)
13-Pensacola (Fla.) Escambia (10-1)
14-Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst (11-1)
15-Pennsauken (N.J.) (11-0)
16-Los Angeles Carson (11-1)
17-Hempstead (N.Y.) (10-0)
18-Ruston (La.) (14-0)
19-Knoxville (Tenn.) Austin-East (15-0)
20-Plano (Texas) (14-2)
21-Trumbull (Conn.) (13-0)
22-Manitowoc (Wis.) Lincoln (12-0)
23-Lawrence (Kan.) (12-0)
24-Walpole (Mass.) (10-0)
25-Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep (11-1)


1989

1. Cleveland St. Ignatius (13-0)
2. Odessa, Texas Permian (16-0)
3. Fontana, Calif. (14-0)
4. Pittsburgh Upper St. Clair (15-0)
5. Rockingham, N.C. Richmond Co. (15-0)
6. East St. Louis, Ill. (14-0)
7. Hazelwood, Mo. East (14-0)
8. Farmington Hills, Mich. Harrison (13-0)
9. Anniston, Ala. (15-0)
10. Bradenton, Fla. Manatee (13-1)
11. Valdosta, Ga. (14-1)
12. Oak Lawn, Ill. Richards (14-0)
13. Middletown, N.J. South (12-0)
14. Pittsburgh Perry (13-0)
15. Walpole, Mass. (11-0)
16. Alexandria, Va. West Potomac (14-0)
17. Bakersfield, Calif. (13-0)
18. Honolulu St. Louis (13-0)
19. Endicott, N.Y. Union-Endicott (11-0)
20. Charleston, W. Va. Capital (12-0)
21. Louisville Trinity (14-0)
22. Baltimore Poly (10-0)
23. West Point, Miss. (13-0)
24. Alcoa, Tenn. (15-0)
25. Portsmouth, Va. Woodrow Wilson (14-0)


1990

1. Lawton (Okla) Eisenhower (14-0)
2. Houston Aldine (15-0)
3. Gainesville (Fla.) Buchholz (14-0)
4. San Diego Morse (14-0)
5. Warren (Ohio) Harding (14-0)
6. Louisville Trinity (14-0)
7. Chicago Mount Carmel (14-0)
8. Valdosta (Ga.) (13-0-1)
9. Ruston (La.) (14-0)
10. Merced (Calif.) (14-0)
11. Randolph (N.J.) (10-0)
12. Jefferson City (Mo.) (14-0)
13. Wexford (Pa.) North Allegheny (13-0-1)
14. Fayetteville (Tenn.) Lincoln County (15-0)
15. Bakersfield (Calif.) (13-0)
16. River Ridge (La.) John Curtis (15-0)
17. Burlington (N.C) Cummings (15-0)
18. Winchester (Mass.) (11-0)
19. Tucson (Ariz.) Sabino (14-0)
20. Syracuse (N.Y.) Henninger (11-0)
21. Great Falls (Mont.) Russell (12-0)
22. Longmont (Colo.) (13-0)
23. Wellsburg (W.Va.) Brooke (13-0)
24. Marion (Iowa) Linn-Mar (13-0)
25. Indianapolis Franklin Central (14-0)


1992

1. Berwick (Pa.) (15-0)
2. Valdosta (Ga.) (14-0)
3. Concord (Calif.) De La Salle (13-0)
4. Cleveland St. Ignatius (14-0)
5. Union (N.J.) (11-0)
6. LaPuente (Calif.) Bishop Amat (14-0)
7. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (14-0)
8. Wheaton (Ill.) Warrenville South (14-0)
9. Redford (Mich.) Catholic Central (13-0)
10. Honolulu St. Louis (13-0)
11. Fort Wayne (Ind.) Snider (14-0)
12. Bellevue (Wash.) Newport (13-0)
13. Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic (11-0)
14. Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Cumberland Valley (15-0)
15. Kernersville (N.C.) East Forsyth (15-0)
16. Gallatin (Tenn.) (15-0)
17. Boutte (La.) Hahnville (15-0)
18. Staten Island (N.Y.) Susan Wagner (12-0)
19. Temple (Texas) (15-1)
20. Baltimore City College (10-0)
21. Bettendorf (Iowa) (13-0)
22. Bradenton (Fla.) Manatee (13-1)
23. Montgomery (Ala.) Lee (13-1)
24. Tucson (Ariz.) Sabino (14-0)
25. Ardmore (Okla.) (14-0)1993

1998

1. De La Salle, Concord, Calif. (12-0)
2. Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif. (13-1)
3. Evangel Christian, Shreveport, La. (15-0)
4. Northwestern, Miami (15-0)
5. Poly, Long Beach, Calif. (13-1)
6. Richmond County, Rockingham, N.C. (16-0)
7. Central Bucks West, Doylestown, Pa. (15-0)
8. West Monroe, La. (15-0)
9. Bergen Catholic, Oradell, N.J. (12-0)
10. Lee, Midland, Texas (14-1)
11. Blount, Prichard, Ala. (13-0)
12. Valdosta, Ga. (14-1)
13. DeMatha, Hyattsville, Md. (12-0)
14. Mount Carmel, Chicago (14-0)
15. Catholic Central, Redford, Mich. (12-0)
16. Warrenville South, Wheaton, Ill. (14-0)
17. McKinley, Canton, Ohio (12-1)
18. Harrison, Farmington Hills, Mich. (13-0)
19. Highlands, Fort Thomas, Ky. (15-0)
20. South, Bloomington, Ind. (14-0)
21. Summerville, S.C. (15-0)
22. St. Louis, Honolulu (13-1)
23. J.A. Fair, Little Rock (14-0)
24. Desert Vista, Tempe, Arizona (14-0)
25. Xaverian, Westwood, Mass. (10-0)