MaxPreps Cup: Louisville schools prominent in final boys, girls standings

St. Xavier scored 1,771 points in the MaxPreps Cup standings for boys sports, edging out Tennessee boys boarding school McCallie (Chattanooga) by 254 points. The Tigers won five state championships during the 2025-26 school year, including golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming and soccer. St. Xavier has won 207 state championships (with an additional 71 club championships) including 61 overall and 38 in a row in swimming, 29 in tennis, 22 in golf and 20 in soccer. Sacred Heart scored 1,272 points to finish second behind overall national champion Carmel (Ind.) in the girls standings. The Valkyries won state titles in tennis, swimming, soccer and field hockey during the 2025-26 school year. The school has won 119 state championships all-time including 37 in swimming, 16 in tennis, 10 in soccer and 14 in field hockey.

Carmel finished in the top spot for the girls with 1,542 points and sixth place for boys with 1,364. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), which finished second in the overall MaxPreps Cup standings, finished third in both the boys and girls standings with 1,489 points and 1,253 points, respectively.

The MaxPreps Cup recognizes the best all-around high school sports programs in the country. The competition uses an algorithm that awards points for state championships, runner-up finishes and national rankings based on size of state, popularity of sport, size of school and number of teams in each playoff division. Schools are listed below with their MaxPreps Cup rating separated into boys only and girls only sports. Coed sports, such as football, were considered as a boys sport.

MaxPreps Cup boys standings

1. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) — 1,771
2. McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 1,517
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 1,489
4. Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.) — 1,485
5. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 1,419
6. Carmel (Ind.) — 1,364
7. Salesianum (Wilmington, Del.) — 1,302
8. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 1,229
9. Massapequa (N.Y.) — 1,220
10. La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.) — 1,161
11. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) — 1,126
12. Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) — 1,109
13. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.) — 1,103
14. Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.) — 1,088
15. Hoover (Ala.) — 1,082
16. Greenwich (Conn.) — 1,078
17. Edina (Minn.) — 1,076
18. Bentonville (Ark.) — 1,071
19. Columbus (Miami, Fla.) — 1,069
20. Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.) — 1,034
21. Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.) — 1,026
22. Scottsboro (Ala.) — 983
23. Cleveland (Rio Rancho, N.M.) — 972
24. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) — 970
25. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) — 966
26. Sheridan (Wyo.) — 931
27. Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) — 925
T28. Brentwood (Tenn.) — 910
T28. Bishop Watterson (Columbus, Ohio) — 910
30. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) — 907
31. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) — 905
32. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.) — 898
33. Lincoln (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 895
34. Pinkerton (Derry, N.H.) — 894
35. Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) — 892
36. Haddonfield (N.J.) — 882
37. Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, N.J.) — 878
38. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita, Kan.) — 876
39. Rye (N.Y.) — 875
40. Brother Martin (New Orleans, La.) — 870
41. Blacksburg (Va.) — 867
42. South Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska) — 866
43. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.) — 865
T44. Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) — 856
T44. Hoggard (Wilmington, N.C.) — 856
46. Walnut Grove (Prosper, Texas) — 855
47. St. John's Prep (Danvers, Mass.) — 851
48. Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Ky.) — 842
49. Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii) — 830
50. Whitefish Bay (Wis.) — 828

MaxPreps Cup girls standings

1. Carmel (Ind.) — 1,542
2. Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.) — 1,272
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 1,253
4. Greenwich (Conn.) — 1,230
5. Upper Arlington (Columbus, Ohio) — 1,225
6. Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) — 1,193
7. Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.) — 1,145
8. Pine Lake Prep (Mooresville, N.C.) — 1,125
9. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.) — 1,107
10. Severna Park (Severna Park, Md.) — 1,097
11. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) — 1,084
12. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) — 1,081
T13. Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge, La.) — 1,057
T13. Marist (Atlanta, Ga.) — 1,057
T15. Ponte Vedra (Fla.) — 1,004
T15. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 1,004
17. Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.) — 1,000
18. Urbana (Ijamsville, Md.) — 990
19. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) — 989
20. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) — 978
21. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) — 968
22. Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.) — 954
23. Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville, N.C.) — 920
24. Pioneer (Ann Arbor, Mich.) — 916
25. Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.) — 913
26. South Fayette (McDonald, Pa.) — 911
27. Auburn (Ala.) — 889
28. Minnetonka (Minn.) — 882
29. Gallatin (Bozeman, Mont.) — 881
30. New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.) — 879
31. Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 878
32. Milton (Ga.) — 877
T33. Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.) — 873
T33. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) — 873
35. Rice Memorial (South Burlington, Vt.) — 872
36. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) — 870
37. Harrisburg (S.D.) — 856
38. Hebron Christian (Dacula, Ga.) — 838
39. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 835
40. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) — 834
41. Robinson (Fairfax, Va.) — 818
42. Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta, Ga.) — 817
43. Ridgewood (N.J.) — 815
44. Hoover (Ala.) — 812
45. North Lincoln (Lincolnton, N.C.) — 810
46. Assumption (Louisville, Ky.) — 808
T47. Haddonfield (N.J.) — 795
T47. Darien (Conn.) — 795
T47. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 795
50. St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge, La.) — 790