Green Hope of North Carolina has the early lead on the heels of five teams placing in the top two in the state.
Video: MaxPreps Cup - Fall standings
See host Zack Poff break down the latest release.Green Hope (Cary, N.C.) finished the fall sports season with the No. 1 boys soccer team in the country, according to the MaxPreps National Boys Soccer Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard, but the Falcons were hardly a one-hit wonder.
Besides winning a state championship in boys soccer and the nation's top ranking in the sport, Green Hope also won the North Carolina Class 4A state title in girls volleyball. The Falcons also finished second at the state cross country meet in the boys and girls events while the girls tennis team finished second in the state tournament.
As a result, Green Hope is the top school in the MaxPreps Cup standings for the fall sports season. Green Hope beat out St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) for the top spot. The Raiders also had an outstanding fall season, winning state titles in boys cross country, football and girls volleyball while also being nationally ranked in the latter two sports.
Bozeman (Mont.) is right behind St. Thomas Aquinas with four state titles in boys and girls cross country, girls golf and girls soccer. Bozeman also had the No. 1 boys cross country team in the nation, according to DyeStat.
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 and
volleyball rankings, the MaxPreps soccer computer rankings and the DyeStat national cross country rankings.
2016-17 MaxPreps Cup - Fall sports standings
Green Hope leads the MaxPreps Cup standings after the fall sports season.
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
State classification: North Carolina Class 4A
State titles: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
National rankings: Boys soccer No. 1
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) - 476
State classification: Florida Class 7A
State titles: Boys cross country, football, girls volleyball
National rankings: Football No. 6, volleyball No. 14
3. Bozeman (Mont.) - 460
State classification: Montana Class AA
State titles: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys golf
National rankings: Girls cross country No. 8, boys cross country No. 1
4. Blacksburg (Va.) - 449
State classification: Virginia Class 3A
State titles: Boys golf, boys cross country, football, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
National rankings: Girls cross country No. 17
5. Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.) - 430
State classification: New Jersey Group 4
State titles: Boys soccer, girls soccer, girls volleyball
National rankings: Boys soccer No. 14, girls soccer No. 3
6. Carmel (Ind.) - 410
State classification: Indiana Class 6A
State titles: Boys tennis, football, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys cross country
National rankings: Girls cross country No. 4
7. Century (Bismarck, N.D.) - 398
State classification: North Dakota Class A
State titles: Boys cross country, football, girls swimming, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
8. Jonesboro (Ark.) - 386
State classification: Arkansas Class 6A
State titles: Boys golf, girls golf, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys tennis, girls tennis
9. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) - 384
State classification: California San Diego Section Division 1
State titles: Boys cross country, football, girls volleyball
National rankings: Football No. 22, boys cross country No. 17
10. Fayetteville (Ark.) - 382
State classification: Arkansas Class 7A
State titles: Boys golf, girls volleyball, football
State runner-up: boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
11. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) - 365
State classification: Florida Class 4A
State titles: Boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country
12. Plant (Tampa, Fla.) - 350
State classification: Florida Class 7A
State titles: Boys golf
State runner-up: Football, girls swimming, girls volleyball
12. Chapel Hill (N.C.) - 350
State classification: North Carolina Class 3A
State titles: Boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
14. Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.) - 349
State classification: Tennessee Division 2 Class A
State titles: Girls volleyball, boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Football
15. Desert Vista (Phoenix) - 344
State classification: Arizona Division
6A
State titles: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls swimming, girls cross country
National rankings: Girls cross country No. 6
16. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) - 339
State classification: Florida Class 5A
State titles: Boys golf, football
State runner-up: Girls golf
National rankings: Football No. 10
17. St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.) - 331
State classification: Alabama Class 5A
State titles: Boys swimming, girls cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls swimming
18. Broomfield (Colo.) - 327
State classification: Colorado Class 5A
State titles: Girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys soccer, football, girls softball
National rankings: Girls cross country No. 7
19. Camas (Wash.) - 324
State classification: Washington Class 4A
State titles: Football, girls soccer
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National rankings: Girls soccer No. 1
20. Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.) - 321
State classification: South Carolina Class 3A
State titles: Girls golf, girls tennis, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls swimming
21. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) - 318
State classification: Nevada Class 4A
State titles: Football, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls golf
National rankings: Football No. 1
22. Knoxville Catholic (Tenn.) - 306
State classification: Tennessee Class 2A
State titles: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys golf, girls cross country
23. Brentwood Academy (Tenn.) - 304
State classification: Tennessee Division 2 Class AA
State titles: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country
23. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) - 304
State classification: Rhode Island Division 1
State titles: Boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
State runner-up: Football, girls soccer
23. Walter Johnson (Bethesda, Md.) - 304
State classification: Maryland Class 4A
State titles: Boys soccer, girls soccer, girls cross country
