Video: MaxPreps Cup Winter Update
See which teams lead the chase to be named the top athletic high school.
Sporting two of the best cross country teams in the nation and finishing first or second in the state in nine different sports, Bozeman (Mont.) has moved up to the No. 1 position in the MaxPreps Cup Rankings after the conclusion of the winter sports season.
Ranked third in the nation after the fall sports season, Bozeman picked up state runner-up finishes in boys basketball, boys swimming, girls swimming and wrestling. The Hawks had previously won state titles in the fall in boys cross country, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country. The boys cross country team also finished the year ranked No. 1 in nation, according to DyeStat while the girls cross country team finished No. 8.
The MaxPreps Cup is a ranking system to determine the top high school athletic programs in the country.
The strong winter season vaulted Bozeman past Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), which was No. 1 during the fall. Green Hope did not score a point during the winter season, according to the MaxPreps Cup ranking system, and fell to No. 7 overall.
Fayetteville (Ark.), which has four state titles and three runner-up finishes, comes in at No. 2 (up from No. 10) while St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) falls from No. 2. to No. 3.
Buford (Ga.) had a tremendous winter season, winning boys and girls state titles in basketball and a wrestling state championship. Unranked during the fall, Buford comes in at No. 5 in the latest rankings. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), with six state titles, comes in at No. 4.
The MaxPreps Cup is determined by ranking all schools that win a state
championship or finish second at the state level (or section level if there is
no state competition).
Points are also weighted, rewarding states that have a large number of schools, as well as more
points to schools that compete in larger enrollment divisions. Sports
are also weighted differently, with football and basketball, among
others, receiving more points than sports like golf and tennis.
Teams
are also given points for being ranked in the Xcellent 25 football, boys and girls basketball rankings and
volleyball rankings, the MaxPreps soccer computer rankings, the DyeStat national cross country rankings, and the Intermat national wrestling rankings.
2016-17 MaxPreps Cup Rankings – Winter Update
1. (Fall rating 3) Bozeman (Mont.) – 672
State classification: Montana Class AA
State championships: boys cross country, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: boys golf, boys basketball, boys swimming, girls swimming, wrestling
National rankings: girls cross country No. 8, boys cross country No. 1
2. (10) Fayetteville (Ark.) – 640
State classification: Arkansas Class 7A
State championships: boys golf, girls volleyball, girls basketball, football
State runner-up: boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
National rankings: girls basketball No. 10.
3. (2) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) – 634
State classification: Florida Class 7A
State championships: boys cross country, football, girls soccer, girls volleyball
National rankings: girls volleyball No. 14, football No. 6.
4. (7) Century (Bismarck, N.D.) – 634
State classification: North Dakota Class A
State championships: boys cross country, football, girls swimming, girls volleyball, boys swimming, wrestling
State runner-up: girls cross country, boys basketball
5. (NR) Buford (Ga.) – 625
State classification: Georgia Class 5A
State championships: girls softball, girls volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling
State runner-up: football
6. (8) Jonesboro (Ark.) – 580
State classification: Arkansas Class 6A
State championships: boys golf, girls golf, girls volleyball, boys basketball
State runner-up: boys tennis, girls tennis
National rankings: boys basketball No. 6.
7. (1) Green Hope (Cary, N.C.) – 520
State classification: North Carolina Class 4A
State championships: boys soccer, girls volleyball
State runner-up: boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
National rankings: boys soccer (Fall) No. 1.
8. (5) Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.) – 510
State classification: New Jersey Group 4
State championships: boys soccer, girls soccer, girls volleyball
State runner-up: wrestling
National rankings: boys soccer (Fall) No. 14, girls soccer (Fall) No. 3
9. (6) Carmel (Ind.) – 502
State classification: Indiana Class 6A
State championships: boys tennis, football, girls cross country, boys swimming
State runner-up: boys cross country
National rankings: girls cross country No. 4
10. (NR) Bentonville (Ark.) – 500
State classification: Arkansas Class 7A
State championships: girls tennis, girls cross country, boys swimming, girls swimming, wrestling
State runner-up: girls golf
11. (NR) Star Valley (Afton, Wyo.) – 469
State classification: Wyoming Class 3A
State championships: boys cross country, football, girls cross country, wrestling, girls volleyball, girls basketball
State runner-up: boys golf
12. (NR) Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) – 455
State classification: Kansas Class 4A Division I
State championships: football, boys basketball, boys soccer, girls basketball
State runner-up: girls volleyball
13. (4) Blacksburg (Va.) – 449
State classification: Virginia Class 3A
State championships: boys golf, boys cross country, football, girls cross country
State runner-up: girls volleyball
National rankings: girls cross country No. 17
14. (NR) Oxford (Miss.) – 441
State classification: Mississippi Class 5A
State championships: boys cross country, girls volleyball, boys soccer, girls soccer
State runner-up: girls cross country
National rankings: girls soccer (Winter) No. 17
15. (NR) Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii) – 432
State classification: Hawaii Division I
State championships: girls cross country, boys soccer, boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: boys cross country, boys basketball, girls soccer
15. (NR) Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho) – 432
State classification: Idaho Class 3A
State championships: boys cross country, boys basketball, wrestling, girls volleyball
State runner-up: girls cross country, girls basketball
17. (T23) Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.) – 430
State classification: Tennessee Division 2 Class 2A
State championships: boys cross country, football, girls cross country, boys basketball
State runner-up: girls basketball
National rankings: boys basketball No. 10
18. (T23) La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) – 422
State classification: Rhode Island Division I
State championships: boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country, girls swimming
State runner-up: football, girls soccer, girls basketball
19. (20) Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.) – 421
State classification: South Carolina Class 3A
State championships: girls golf, girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls basketball
State runner-up: boys cross country, girls swimming
19. (NR) 'Iolani (Honolulu) – 421
State classification: Hawaii Division I
State championship: boys cross country, girls soccer, wrestling, girls volleyball
State runner-up: football, girls cross country
21. (12) Chapel Hill (N.C.) – 415
State classification: North Carolina Class 3A
State championships: boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: boys soccer, girls volleyball, boys swimming
22. (NR) Hoover (Ala.) – 412
State classification: Alabama Class 7A
State championships: football, girls basketball
State runner-up: girls volleyball, wrestling
National rankings: football No. 23
23. (19) Camas (Wash.) – 408
State classification: Washington Class 4A
State championships: football, girls soccer, boys swimming
State runner-up: girls cross country
National rankings: girls soccer (Fall) No. 1
23. (21) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – 408
State classification: Nevada Class 4A
State championships: football, girls volleyball, boys basketball
State runner-up: girls golf
National rankings: football No. 1
25. (15) Desert Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.) – 404
State classification: Arizona Class 6A
State championships: boys golf, boys cross country, girls swimming, girls cross country
State runner-up: girls soccer
National rankings: girls cross country No. 6
25. (NR) Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) – 404
State classification: Pennsylvania Class 5A
State championships: football, boys basketball, girls basketball
National rankings: boys basketball No. 20
Dropped out: No. 9 Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), No. 11 Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), No. 12 Plant (Tampa, Fla.), No. 14 Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), No. 16 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), No. 17 St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.), No. 18 Broomfield (Colo.), No. 22 Knoxville Catholic (Tenn.), No. 23 Walter Johnson (Bethesda, Md.)
