Minnesota in position to produce Cup winner for the second straight year.
The penultimate edition of the MaxPreps Cup standings find
Edina (Minn.) moving back into first place ahead of winter season leader
Carmel (Ind.) by a total of six points.
The standings come after the month of May and include only national rankings added to state championships and runner-up finishes from the fall and winter seasons. Results of state championships for the spring will be added on the final 2023-24 standings in late July. In some cases, point totals upon the conclusion of the winter season have decreased in the current May standings due to changes in year-long national rankings in sports like swimming and golf.
Edina benefited from changes in the national swimming ratings by
Swimcloud. The Minnesota school gained 89 points in the boys and girls swimming rankings combined to move ahead of Carmel, 1,874 to 1,868.
National rankings were compiled by the MaxPreps staff writers for baseball and softball while the MaxPreps computer rankings were used for boys volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, and boys and girls soccer. Boys and girls golf rankings came from
HighSchoolGolf.org while swimming rankings came from Swimcloud.
For the first time, MaxPreps compiled team rankings for wrestling and track and field by using individual rankings from outside sources. Using individual rankings from
FloWrestling, MaxPreps assigned point totals to the top eight wrestlers in each weight class and added up the totals to determine the top team. Using this method,
Wyoming Seminary College Prep (Kingston, Pa.) came out on top, followed by
Stillwater (Okla.).
Similarly for track and field, MaxPreps used the Track and Field News individual top 10 lists compiled by Jack Shepard (boys) and Jack Pfeifer.
Atascocita (Humble, Texas) came out as the top boys team while
Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) was the top girls team.
The MaxPreps Cup is an awards program that attempts to determine the top high school athletic programs in the nation. The algorithm uses state championships, runner-up finishes and national rankings to compile the list. The algorithm is a weighted system based on the size of the state, the popularity of the sport, the enrollment classification and the number of schools competing in each enrollment classification.
The final MaxPreps Cup standings will be published in late July following the conclusion of the Iowa baseball and softball state championships.
Edina captured three state titles during the winter season, including girls hockey winning the Class AA crown for the fifth time since 2017. (Photo: @MSHSL on X)
1.
Edina (Minn.), 1,874
2.
Carmel (Ind.), 1,868
3.
New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.), 1,787
4.
Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.), 1,751
5.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 1,549
6.
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 1,546
7.
Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 1,492
8.
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 1,396
9.
Bedford (N.H.), 1,396
10.
Minnetonka (Minn.), 1,327
11.
Bentonville (Ark.), 1,306
12.
Episcopal (Bellaire, Texas), 1,211
13.
Duncanville (Texas), 1,192
14.
Mountain Brook (Birmingham, Ala.), 1,165
15.
Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 1,161
16.
Western Albemarle (Crozet, Va.), 1,153
17.
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 1,095
18.
Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1,095
19.
Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 1,091
20.
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 1,078
21.
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 1,055
22.
Bozeman (Mont.), 1,052
23.
Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 1,045
24.
Flower Mound (Texas), 1,038
