Champlain Valley Union dominates with six state championships to edge Benet Academy for initial top spot.
Video: 2019 Fall MaxPreps Cup - Carmel The Indiana school finished second in 2018-19 and continued its dominance, coming in third after one season of sport.
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) has long been the largest school in Vermont and as a result has been the top athletic program in the state. Now, the Redhawks have the best athletic program in the nation.
Based on the MaxPreps Cup scoring system, Champlain Valley Union accumulated 1,033 points to edge Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.) with 1,003 points as the nation's top all-around high school sports program after the fall sports season.
The MaxPreps Cup endeavors to determine the top high school athletic programs in the country based on several factors, including state championships, state runner-up finishes and placement in national rankings. Points are also awarded based on the size of the state, the popularity of the sport, the enrollment playoff level and the number of teams competing in the enrollment playoff level. National rankings used include the MaxPreps Top 25 rankings, the MaxPreps computer rankings, cross country rankings by Dyestat and field hockey rankings by MaxHockey.
Champlain Valley Union excelled this fall by winning six state championships and finishing second in a seventh.
"It was an amazing fall season," said CVU activities director Dan Shepardson. "We are the largest school in Vermont. We draw from four fairly affluent towns and the athletes are able to specialize on one or two sports. Their parents can afford to send them to camps during the summer and we usually win about six or eight state championships during a school year. But we won six championships in the fall alone. It was because we have some amazing coaches and some amazing kids."
Champlain Valley Union won seven state titles in 2019-20 and finished No. 24 in the final MaxPreps Cup rankings.
Benet Academy, which did not even finish in the Top 100 in last year's MaxPreps Cup rankings, zoomed to No. 2 this fall with nationally ranked teams in boys soccer and girls volleyball, both of which won state titles, and a state championship girls cross country team.
Carmel (Ind.), last year's No. 2 program, comes in at No. 3 this fall with 962 points while Edina (Minn.), is fourth at 946. Edina finished No. 13 last year. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), last year's No. 16 team, comes in at No. 5.
Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), last year's No. 1 program, comes in at No. 21 after the fall season.
2019-20 MaxPreps Cup Fall Standings
1. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 1033
State champions: Girls cross country, boys cross country, boys volleyball, girls volleyball, boys soccer, girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys golf
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 2; Girls soccer, No. 6
2. Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.) ,1003
State champions: Girls cross country, boys soccer, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls tennis
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 10; Girls volleyball, No. 4.
3. Carmel (Ind.), 962
State champions: Football, boys tennis
State runner-up: Girls soccer, boys cross country
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 7
4. Edina (Minn.), 946
State champions: Boys soccer, girls swimming, girls tennis, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 11; Girls cross country, No. 14
5. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 945
State champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: Football, boys cross country, girls cross country
6. Bozeman (Mont.), 931
State champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, football, girls golf, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys soccer
7. Bentonville (Ark.), 902
State champions: Girls cross country, boys cross country, boys golf, girls golf, girls volleyball
8. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 822
State champions: Girls soccer, boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys golf, No. 16
9. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa, Okla.), 814
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, football, girls volleyball
10. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 779
State champions: Football, girls swimming, boys cross country, girls golf
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
11. Winchester (Mass.), 774
State champions: Boys golf, boys soccer
State runner-up: Girls soccer, girls volleyball
12. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 707
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, football, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls soccer
13. Deep Run (Glen Allen, Va.), 705
State champions: Boys volleyball, girls cross country, boys golf
State runner-up: Boys cross country
13. Chiles (Tallahassee, Fla.), 705
State champions: Girls swimming, boys golf
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys golf, No. 1
13. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 705
State champions: Girls tennis, football
State runner-up: Boys soccer
13. Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 705
State champions: Girls cross country, boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
17. Jonesboro (Ark.), 704
State champions: Boys tennis, girls tennis, boys golf, girls volleyball
18. Fayetteville-Manlius (Manlius, N.Y.), 703
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls soccer
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 11; Girls cross country, No. 7
19. South (Anchorage, Alaska), 702
State champions: Football, boys tennis, girls volleyball, girls cross country
20. Oviedo (Fla.), 700
State champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming, Girls bowling
21. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 692
State champions: Girls volleyball, girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 18; Girls soccer, No. 10; Girls cross country, No. 11
Jesuit girls soccer won the Oregon state title in the fall.
Photo by Brian Murphy
State champions: Football, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
23. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 683
State champions: Football, girls volleyball, boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls cross country
24. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 675
State champions: Football, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
25. Muskego (Wis.), 659
State champions: Football, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis
National fall sports rankings: Girls cross country, No. 16
26. Brentwood (Tenn.), 656
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls soccer, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 5
27. Chapel Hill (N.C.), 655
State champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
28. Laurel (Mont.), 652
State champions: Boys golf, girls golf, girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys soccer, football
29. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 651
State champions: Boys tennis, girls tennis, football
State runner-up: Boys golf
30. Allatoona (Acworth, Ga.), 650
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country, football
31. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 642
State champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Girls cross country, No. 15
32. Brookfield East (Brookfield, Wis.), 635
State champions: Girls swimming, football
State runner-up: Boys soccer
33. Brooklyn Tech (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 626
State champions: Girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis, girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls swimming
34. Buhler (Kan.), 617
State champions: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis
35. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), 613
State champions: Boys cross country, football
State runner-up: Boys golf
36. Severna Park (Md.), 610
State champions: Girls field hockey, boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls cross country, girls soccer
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 17
37. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines, Iowa), 608
State champions: Football, boys cross country, girls swimming
38. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 607
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
National fall sports rankings: Football, No. 3
39. Westminster (Atlanta), 585
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
40. (tie) St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland, Miss.), 579
State champions: Girls cross country, boys swimming, girls swimming
40. (tie) Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 579
State champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys soccer
42. Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.), 578
State champions: Girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys soccer, girls field hockey
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 11
43. Valley View (Jonesboro, Ark.), 574
State champions: Boys golf
State runner-up: Girls tennis, girls cross country
44. Camas (Wash.), 573
State champions: Boys cross country, football
State runner-up: Girls cross country
Josue Espinoza, Camas
Photo by Patrick Krohn
State champions: Boys swimming, girls cross country, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls soccer
46. (tie) Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.), 570
State champions: Girls volleyball, girls swimming
National fall sports rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 6
46. (tie) Pioneer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 570
State champions: Girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls swimming, boys tennis
48. UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile, Ala.), 569
State champions: Girls swimming, football
State runner-up: Boys cross country
49. Fairmont Senior (Fairmont, W. Va.), 568
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, boys golf, boys soccer
49. Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 568
State champions: Girls cross country, boys cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 14; football, No. 20
51. St. John's (Washington, D.C.), 565
State champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country, girls tennis
State runner-up: Boys cross country, football, girls field hockey
52. Needham (Mass.), 564
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-ups: Girls swimming, boys soccer
53. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 563
State champions: Girls tennis, girls volleyball
National fall sports rankings: girls volleyball, No. 5
54. Oakdale (Ijamsville, Md.), 562
State champions: Boys golf, boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball, girls field hockey
55. Owasso (Okla.), 560
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Girls softball, girls cross country
56. Alcoa (Tenn.), 560
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Girls soccer, boys cross country
57. Fox Chapel (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 558
State champions: Girls tennis, boys golf
National fall sports rankings: Boys golf, No. 12
58. De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis), 554
State champions: Football, boys soccer
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 24
59. Lincoln (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 553
State champions: Girls tennis, boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys golf
60. Pace Academy (Atlanta), 550
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country, boys cross country
61. Blake (Minneapolis), 550
State champions: Girls tennis
State runner-up: Football, boys soccer
62. Newbury Park (Calif.), 548
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 1; Girls cross country, No. 17
63. Morgan (Utah), 547
State champions: Boys golf, girls tennis, girls cross country, football
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
63. Great Oak (Temecula, Calif.), 547
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 2; Girls cross country, No. 9
66. Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.), 540
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Football, girls softball
66. Corinth (Miss.), 538
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, football
67. Hand (Madison, Conn.), 534
State champions: Girls field hockey, boys soccer
State runner-ups: Girls swimming, football
68. Beacon (New York, N.Y.), 532
State champions: Girls tennis, boys soccer, girls soccer
69. Northern (Owings, Md.), 529
State champions: Girls soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 3
70. Radford (Va.), 528
State champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball, girls cross country
71. Bronx High School of Science (Bronx, N.Y.), 524
State champions: Girls volleyball, boys cross country, girls swimming
72. Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 523
State champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country
State runner-ups: Football
73. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), 522
State champions: Girls golf, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls tennis, girls volleyball
National fall sports rankings: Girls golf, No. 17
74. Harrison (Kennesaw, Ga.), 520
State champions: Football, boys cross country
75. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.), 516
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Boys tennis, girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Girls cross country, No. 22
Carson Lee, Cherry Creek
Photo by Derek Regensburger
State champions: Boys swimming, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country, girls swimming
77. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 512
State champions: Girls volleyball, boys cross country, girls golf
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 23
78. Evansville Memorial (Evansville, Ind.), 510
State champions: Boys soccer, football
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 19
79. Williamstown (N.J.), 506
State champions: Football, girls volleyball
State champions: Boys soccer
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National fall sports rankings: Boys soccer, No. 13
81. St. Mary Catholic Central (Monroe, Mich.), 500
State champions: Football, girls volleyball
82. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 486
State champions: Girls golf, girls volleyball, boys soccer
83. Sheridan (Sheridan, Wyo.), 482
State champions: Football, boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis, girls golf
84. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 482
State champions: Girls tennis, boys cross country, boys soccer
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 6
85. Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 480
State champions: Girls volleyball, boys golf
86. Mann (Greenville, S.C.), 479
State champions: Boys swimming, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis
87. Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, Neb.), 479
State champions: Boys cross country, girls golf
State runner-up: Boys tennis
88. Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.), 477
State champions: Girls soccer
State runner-up: Football
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 8
89. Archbishop Alter (Kettering, Ohio), 477
State champions: Girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys golf
National fall sports rankings: Girls soccer, No. 20
90. Tolland (Conn.), 474
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls soccer
91. Plano West (Plano, Texas), 472
State runner-up: Girls volleyball, boys tennis
National fall sports rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 12
92. Sewickley Academy (Sewickley, Pa.), 470
State champions: Girls tennis, boys golf
93. Middletown (Md.), 470
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Girls cross country, girls soccer
94. Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wis.), 470
State champions: Football, girls tennis
95. McFarland (Wis.), 469
State runner-up: Boys soccer, girls swimming, girls volleyball
96. Downingtown West (Downingtown, Pa.), 469
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls tennis
National fall sports rankings: Boys cross country, No. 19
97. Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 465
State champions: Girls tennis
State runner-ups: Girls cross country
98. Wellesley (Mass.), 462
State champions: Girls swimming
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country
99. Nation Ford (Fort Mill, S.C.), 462
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country, boys swimming
National fall sports rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 24
