The MaxPreps Cup winter standings are out as schools head into the homestretch in the race to be crowned the nation's top high school athletic program.
Florida had five schools score 750 or more points in the winter standings, including overall leader
American Heritage (Plantation) with 1,748 points. California is the only other state with five schools in the top 100, led by
Buchanan (Clovis) with 841 points.
Bedford (N.H.) had the largest lead over the second-place school in its state with an 843 margin over No. 2
Gilford. Bedford ranks fourth overall with 1,436 points while Gilford has 593.
Johnston (Iowa) holds the narrowest lead with a two-point margin over
Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 579-577.
The MaxPreps Cup is a formula designed to rank the top overall high school athletic programs in the country. Points are awarded for state championships, runner-up finishes and placement in national rankings. Point totals awarded are based on size of state, popularity of sport, size of enrollment division and number of schools in the enrollment division. Schools are listed below with their formula point total following the winter sports season.

Buchanan's state-title winning wrestling program has lifted the school to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings in California after the winter season. (Photo: Joe Bergman)
MaxPreps Cup Winter state by state standingsAlabama
1. Hoover — 1,043
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls indoor track
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 10
2.
Mountain Brook (Birmingham) — 932
3.
Cold Springs (Bremen) — 556
4.
Arab — 526
5.
Sparkman (Harvest) — 520
Alaska
1. Grace Christian (Anchorage) — 539Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2.
Colony (Palmer) — 467
3.
Lathrop (Fairbanks) — 414
4.
West Anchorage (Anchorage) — 386
5.
Dimond (Anchorage) — 342
Arkansas
1. Bentonville — 1,251
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls golf
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys bowling
2.
Fayetteville — 930
3.
Cabot — 583
4.
Lakeside (Hot Springs) — 552
5.
Greenwood — 525
Arizona
1. Phoenix Country Day (Paradise Valley) — 776
Fall state champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls basketball
2.
Perry (Gilbert) — 753
3.
Highland (Gilbert) — 732
4.
Liberty (Peoria) — 552
5.
Salpointe Catholic (Tucson) — 534
California
1. Buchanan (Clovis) — 841
Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 3
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter national rankings: Boys wrestling, No. 2
2.
Marina (Huntington Beach) — 758
3.
Saint Francis (Mountain View) — 724
4.
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) — 717
5.
Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) — 692
Colorado
1. Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch) — 1,024
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys tennis, football
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 23
Winter state champions: Boys ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 3
2.
Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) — 707
3.
Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs) — 688
4.
Holy Family (Broomfield) — 545
5.
Eaton — 540
Connecticut
1. Greenwich — 845
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track, girls indoor track
2.
Darien — 534
3.
Joel Barlow (Redding) — 510
4.
Pomperaug (Southbury) — 496
5.
New Canaan (New Canaan) — 487
District of Columbia
1. St. John's — 684
Fall state champions: Girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 21; girls field hockey, No. 25
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball, No. 18
2.
Sidwell Friends — 592
3.
Gonzaga — 205
4.
Friendship Collegiate Academy — 184
5.
Maret — 150
Delaware
1. Salesianum (Wilmington) — 900
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys indoor track, boys swimming, boys wrestling
2.
Caravel (Bear) — 330
3.
Smyrna — 296
4.
Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) — 283
5.
Ursuline Academy (Wilmington) — 271
Florida
1. American Heritage (Plantation) — 1,748
Fall state champions: Girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 12
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 8; boys soccer No. 5
2.
Columbus (Miami), 1,234
3.
Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra), 957
4.
Bolles (Jacksonville), 840
5.
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 750
Georgia
1. Pace Academy (Atlanta) — 870
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 17
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
2.
Buford — 722
3.
Wesleyan (Norcross) — 682
4.
Mill Creek (Hoschton) — 620
5.
Marist (Atlanta) — 601
Hawaii
1. 'Iolani (Honolulu) — 963
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 11
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, boys swimming, girls basketball
2.
Punahou (Honolulu) — 703
3.
Hawaii Baptist Academy (Honolulu) — 394
4.
Konawaena (Kealakekua) — 289
5.
Kahuku — 288
Idaho
1. Boise — 793
Fall state champions: Girls cross country, girls soccer, boys swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls swimming
2.
Bishop Kelly (Boise) — 784
3.
Sugar-Salem (Sugar City) — 687
4.
Rocky Mountain (Meridian) — 487
5.
Lake City (Coeur d'Alene) — 440
Illinois
1. Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale) — 1,214
Fall state champions: Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 8
2.
New Trier (Winnetka) — 920
3.
Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park) — 745
4.
Benet Academy (Lisle) — 655
5.
DePaul College Prep (Chicago) — 525
Indiana
1. Carmel — 1,481
Fall state champions: Girls golf, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 13; girls soccer, No. 9
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Noblesville — 1,063
3.
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers) — 502
4.
Columbus North (Columbus) — 492
5.
Center Grove (Greenwood) — 465
Iowa
1. Johnston — 579Fall state champions: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls country
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2.
Xavier (Cedar Rapids) — 577
3.
Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) — 427
4.
Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines) — 395
5.
Waukee — 366
Kansas
1. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission) — 792
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, football, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
2.
Washburn Rural (Topeka) — 732
3.
Shawnee Mission East (Shawnee Mission) — 715
4.
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park) — 714
5.
Andover — 506
Kentucky
1. Paul Laurence Dunbar (Lexington) — 779
Fall state champions: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 4
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
2.
Sacred Heart (Louisville) — 723
3.
St. Xavier (Louisville) — 701
4.
Madison Central (Richmond) — 456
5.
Lexington Catholic (Lexington) — 434
Louisiana
1. St. Thomas More (Lafayette) — 1,009
Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 13
2.
Episcopal (Baton Rouge) — 892
3.
St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge) — 770
4.
Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge) — 654
5.
E.D. White (Thibodaux) — 554
Maine
1. Yarmouth — 725
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, football, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 15
Winter state runners-up: Girls ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Girls ice hockey, No. 21
2.
Scarborough — 620
3.
Brunswick — 593
4.
Cape Elizabeth — 540
5.
York — 376
Maryland
1. Poolesville — 715
Fall state champions: Boys golf, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Severna Park — 667
3.
McDonogh (Owings Mills) — 539
4.
South Carroll (Sykesville) — 474
5.
St. Mary's (Annapolis) — 445
Massachusetts
1. St. John's Prep (Danvers) — 923
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, football
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 1
2.
St. Mary's (Lynn) — 796
3.
Brookline — 566
4.
Westford Academy (Westford) — 522
5.
Newton North (Newtonville) — 501
Michigan
1. East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids) — 845
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys ice hockey, boys swimming
2.
Rockford — 768
3.
Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills) — 675
4.
Northville — 617
5.
South Christian (Grand Rapids) — 485
Minnesota
1. Wayzata (Plymouth) — 1,670
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 13; girls volleyball, No. 14; girls cross country, No. 9
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys skiing
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 9
2.
Minnetonka — 867
3.
Edina — 651
4.
Minneota — 641
5.
Rosemount — 580
Mississippi
1. Madison-Ridgeland Academy (Madison) — 750
Fall state champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, football
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2.
Jackson Prep (Jackson) — 661
3.
St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland) — 569
4.
Clinton — 564
5.
Long Beach — 522
Missouri
1. Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) — 625Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 6.
2.
Rockhurst (Kansas City) — 572
3.
Blair Oaks (Jefferson City) — 520
4.
Christian Brothers (St. Louis) — 515
5.
Rock Bridge (Columbia) — 505
Montana
1. Hellgate (Missoula) — 761
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys swimming
2.
Billings Central Catholic (Billings) — 727
3.
Billings West (Billings) — 659
4.
Manhattan Christian (Manhattan) — 654
5.
Billings Senior (Billings) — 543
Nebraska
1. Skutt Catholic (Omaha) — 882
Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 19
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2.
Omaha Westside (Omaha) — 767
3.
Lincoln East (Lincoln) — 602
4.
Bennington — 448
5.
Elkhorn North (Elkhorn) — 438
Nevada
1. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) — 714
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 4
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys bowling
2.
The Meadows School (Las Vegas) — 674
3.
Coronado (Henderson) — 668
4.
Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas) — 660
5.
Centennial (Las Vegas) — 528
New Hampshire
1. Bedford — 1,436
Fall state champions: Girls soccer, girls volleyball, football
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys skiing, boys swimming, girls skiing, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2.
Gilford — 593
3.
Pinkerton (Derry) — 546
4.
Bishop Guertin (Nashua) — 518
5.
Hanover — 484
New Jersey
1. Westfield — 1,089
Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls tennis
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track, boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2.
Union Catholic (Scotch Plains) — 948
3.
Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township) — 943
4.
Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft) — 859
5.
Haddonfield — 736
New Mexico
1. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque) — 746
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys wrestling, girls wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2.
Cleveland (Rio Rancho) — 665
3.
Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque) — 613
4.
La Cueva (Albuquerque) — 430
5.
Eldorado (Albuquerque) — 429
New York
1. Shenendehowa (Clifton Park) — 620Fall state champions: Boys volleyball, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls skiing
2.
Bronx High School of Science (Bronx) — 588
3.
St. Anthony's (Melville) — 560
4.
St. Mary's (Lancaster) — 530
5.
Scarsdale — 500
North Carolina
1. Myers Park (Charlotte) — 1,142
Fall state champions: Girls field hockey
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls field hockey, No. 5
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls swimming
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball No. 21
2.
Cuthbertson (Waxhaw) — 699
3.
Central Cabarrus (Concord) — 579
4.
Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) — 500
5.
Mount Airy (Mount Airy) — 460
5.
Green Hope (Cary) — 460
North Dakota
1. Red River (Grand Forks) — 796
Fall state champions: Boys tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 13
2.
Century (Bismarck) — 612
3.
Central Cass (Casselton) — 493
4.
Minot — 346
4.
Bismarck — 346
Ohio
1. Mason — 705
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf
2.
St. Ignatius (Cleveland) — 700
3.
St. Edward (Lakewood) — 556
4.
Archbishop Hoban (Akron) — 535
5.
New Bremen — 530
Oklahoma
1. Edmond North (Edmond) — 1,214
Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
Winter national rankings: Boys wrestling, No. 4; girls basketball, No. 22
2.
Carl Albert (Midwest City) — 833
3.
Washington — 621
4.
Stillwater — 594
5.
Caddo — 575
Oregon
1. Jesuit (Portland) — 1,427
Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 2; girls cross country, No. 12
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Summit (Bend) — 674
3.
West Linn — 650
4.
Wilsonville — 570
5.
Crescent Valley (Corvallis) — 487
Pennsylvania
1. North Allegheny (Wexford) — 1,135
Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 16
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
2.
Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) — 699
3.
Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa) — 510
4.
Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) — 475
5.
Moon Area (Moon Township) — 467
Rhode Island
1. La Salle Academy (Providence) — 1,033
Fall state champions: Football, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys ice hockey, boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls ice hockey
2.
Bishop Hendricken (Warwick) — 700
3.
Barrington — 561
4.
St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket) — 513
5.
South Kingstown (Wakefield) — 479
South Carolina
1. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant) — 786
Fall state champions: Girls tennis, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls golf, football
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
2.
Fort Mill — 725
3.
Bishop England (Charleston) — 607
4.
Eastside (Taylors) — 587
5.
Wren (Piedmont) — 515
South Dakota
1. Harrisburg — 716
Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Football
Winter state runners-up: Girls gymnastics
2.
Stevens (Rapid City) — 636
3.
Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls) — 617
4.
Jefferson (Sioux Falls) — 323
5.
Riggs (Pierre) — 294
Tennessee
1. Baylor (Chattanooga) — 734
Fall state champions: Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, girls golf
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
2.
Signal Mountain — 706
3.
Page (Franklin) — 689
4.
Cleveland — 687
5.
Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) — 623
Texas
1. Southlake Carroll (Southlake) — 1,019
Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 25; girls cross country, No. 11
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 4
2.
Prestonwood Christian (Plano) — 825
3.
Duncanville — 692
4.
DeSoto — 675
5.
Allen — 649
Utah
1. Lone Peak (Highland) — 1,090
Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 4
Winter state champions: Girls swimming, girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 16
2.
American Fork — 708
3.
Morgan — 561
4.
Skyridge (Lehi) — 551
5.
Skyline (Salt Lake City) — 508
Vermont
1. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg) — 1,310
Fall state champions: Girls field hockey, girls soccer, girls cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls volleyball, boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2.
Essex (Essex Junction) — 659
3.
Rice Memorial (South Burlington) — 510
4.
Montpelier — 509
5.
Mount Anthony (Bennington) — 441
Virginia
1. Blacksburg — 902
Fall state champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls indoor track
2.
Abingdon — 615
3.
Western Albemarle (Crozet) — 560
4.
Langley (McLean) — 547
5.
Paul VI (Chantilly) — 528
Washington
1. Curtis (University Place) — 568
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls bowling
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls wrestling
2.
Issaquah — 476
3.
Lakeside (Seattle) — 461
3.
Columbia River (Vancouver) — 461
5.
Okanogan — 452
West Virginia
1. Morgantown — 832
Fall state champions: Girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2.
Parkersburg South (Parkersburg) — 611
3.
Williamstown — 506
4.
Charleston Catholic (Charleston) — 440
5.
Fairmont Senior (Fairmont) — 367
Wisconsin
1. Arrowhead (Hartland) — 865
Fall state champions: Girls swimming, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys swimming
2.
Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay) — 797
3.
Xavier (Appleton) — 563
4.
Middleton — 532
5.
Kettle Moraine (Wales) — 506
Wyoming
1. Cody — 725
Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
2.
Central (Cheyenne) — 649
3.
Sheridan (Sheridan) — 594
4.
Jackson Hole (Jackson) — 575
5.
Laramie — 501