For the first time in MaxPreps Cup history, a school from Idaho sits in first place.
Rocky Mountain (Meridian) is off to a strong start this fall and the result is a No.1 ranking in the October standings.
Rocky Mountain won state championships in girls golf and girls soccer and finished as runner-up in boys golf and boys soccer. The boys soccer team is ranked No. 20 nationally by MaxPreps while the girls cross country team is ranked No. 17 by DyeStat. Those performances garnered the Grizzlies 739 points to edge
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) by 14 points for the top spot.
With a number of states not conducting state championships until November, states like Idaho, Utah, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas got the jump on the rest of the nation by conducting many of their state championships during October. Since the MaxPreps Cup is calculated by awarding points for state championships and runner-up finishes (and placement in national rankings), those athletic programs that were able to capture state titles in October zoomed to the top of the standings.
Kevin Juarez and the nationally-ranked boys soccer team have helped Rocky Mountain climb to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings. (Photo: Julian Jenkins)
Lone Peak captured state championships in girls soccer and girls cross country and finished second in boys golf and girls tennis. The girls soccer and girls cross country teams are both ranked No. 6 in the national rankings.
Rocky Mountain and Lone Peak are both nearly 100 points ahead of No. 3
Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), which won a state title in girls soccer and finished second in girls golf and girls volleyball. The Red Raiders are also ranked No. 10 in girls soccer.
MaxPreps will release final fall standings in January. The MaxPreps Cup is a formula that strives to identify the top high school sports programs in the nation with an algorithm that awards points for state titles, runner-up finishes and placement in national rankings.
Teams are listed with their MaxPreps Cup point total.
MaxPreps Cup October standings
1.
Rocky Mountain (Meridian, Idaho), 739
2.
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 725
3.
Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 627
4.
Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.), 519
5.
Madison Central (Madison, Miss.), 514
6.
Brentwood (Tenn.), 499
7.
Bearden (Knoxville, Tenn.), 498
8.
New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.), 490
9.
Hancock (Kiln, Miss.), 481
10.
Noblesville (Ind.), 463
11.
Boise (Idaho), 447
12.
Bismarck (N.D.), 407
13.
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.), 405
14.
Madison Central (Richmond, Ky.), 401
15.
Houston (Germantown, Tenn.), 397
16.
Elkhorn North (Elkhorn, Neb.), 384
17.
Rogers (Ark.), 378
18.
Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 368
19.
East Central (Moss Point, Miss.), 361
20.
Franklin County (Frankfort, Ky.), 359
21.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 347
22.
Bozeman (Mont.), 346
23.
Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale, Ill.), 345
24.
Stewart County (Dover, Tenn.), 343
25.
Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.), 339
26.
Mount St. Mary (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 318
27.
Corinth (Miss.), 316
28.
Our Lady Academy (Bay St. Louis, Miss.), 308
29.
Panguitch (Utah), 307
30.
Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 306
31.
Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 304
32.
Chugiak (Alaska), 304
33.
Bentonville (Ark.), 301
34.
Coronado (Henderson, Nev.), 298
35.
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.), 291
36.
Benton (Ark.), 288
37.
Herriman (West Herriman, Utah), 286
38.
Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), 285
39.
Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 285
40.
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 279
41.
Taylorsville (Utah), 272
42.
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 272
43.
Evanston (Ill.), 272
44.
Brookland (Ark.), 271
45.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita, Kan.), 271
46.
New Canaan (Conn.), 269
47.
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), 269
48.
Bishop Kelly (Boise, Idaho), 264
49.
Hardin (Mont.), 264
50.
Stowe (Vt.), 263
