MaxPreps Cup: Every state's top athletic program coming out of the fall season

Carmel (Ind.) sits atop the MaxPreps Cup national standings after the fall season with 1,408 points, not only leading the country but also posting the largest margin over in-state competition, underscoring its dominance across multiple sports this season.

The Greyhounds lead Roncalli (Indianapolis) by 885 points in the MaxPreps Cup Indiana standings. In Connecticut, Greenwich has the second-highest lead of 784 points over No. 2 New Canaan.


The MaxPreps Cup recognizes the best 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 the sport, size of school and number of teams in each playoff division.

Following are the top five schools in each state along with their MaxPreps Cup rating. The winner of the MaxPreps Cup will be announced in July. MaxPreps Cup state-by-state standings

Alabama
1. Moody — 483
Fall state championships: Football, girls flag football
Fall national rankings: Girls flag football, No. 18
2. Vestavia Hills, 446
3. Thompson (Alabaster), 431
4. Mountain Brook (Birmingham), 408
5. Clay-Chalkville (Pinson), 400

Alaska
1. South Anchorage — 484
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls flag football
2. Homer, 432
3. Colony (Palmer), 416
4. Dimond (Anchorage), 259
5. Wrangell, 189

Arizona
1.  Xavier College Prep (Phoenix) — 747
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Girls golf No. 2, girls volleyball No. 4
2. Brophy College Prep (Phoenix), 595
3. Casteel (Queen Creek), 589
4. Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 580
5. Hamilton (Chandler), 527

Arkansas
1.  Brookland — 632
Fall state championships: Girls tennis, boys tennis, boys golf, girls golf
2. Rogers, 592
3. Mountain Home, 587
4. Bentonville, 513
5. Shiloh Christian (Springdale), 503

California
1. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) — 918
Fall state championships: Football, girls golf
3. Torrey Pines (San Diego), 611
4. Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 605
5. Redondo Union (Redondo Beach), 488

Colorado
1.  Niwot — 757
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls gymnastics, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country No. 1, girls cross country No. 2
2. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village), 604
3. Regis Jesuit (Aurora), 513
4. Windsor, 447
5. Broomfield, 447

Connecticut
1.  Greenwich — 1,261
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls soccer, girls swimming, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming No. 12
2. New Canaan, 477
3. East Lyme, 384
4. Staples (Westport), 368
5. Wethersfield, 322

Delaware
1. St. Mark's (Wilmington) — 391
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
2. Salesianum (Wilmington), 350
3. Newark Charter School (Newark), 237
4. Cape Henlopen (Lewes), 203
5. Middletown, 184

District of Columbia
1. St. John's — 260
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country, boys soccer
2. Georgetown Day, 215
3. Georgetown Visitation Prep, 195
4. Eastern, 184
5. Sidwell Friends, 140

Florida
1.  Bolles (Jacksonville) — 1,310
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming No. 1, girls swimming No. 1
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 669
3. Riverview Sarasota, 653
4. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 615
5. American Heritage (Plantation), 510
1.  Buford — 706
Fall state championships: Football, girls softball
Fall national rankings: Football No. 1
2. Hebron Christian (Dacula), 645
3. Carrollton, 534
4. Bremen, 494
5. Pope (Marietta), 475

Hawaii
1. 'Iolani (Honolulu) — 386
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 21
2. Kapa'a, 259
3. Hanalani (Mililani), 187
4. Hawaii Prep (Kamuela), 187
5. Campbell (Ewa Beach), 184

Idaho
1. Timberline (Boise) — 507
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls cross country
2. Bishop Kelly (Boise), 472
3. Rocky Mountain (Meridian), 419
4. Malad, 319
5. Twin Falls, 306

Illinois
1. New Trier (Winnetka) — 832
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming No. 9, girls field hockey No. 9, girls swimming No. 7
2. Columbia, 500
3. Normal University (Normal), 490
4. St. Francis (Wheaton), 445
5. Marist (Chicago), 422

Indiana
1. Carmel — 1,408
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer No. 1, boys swimming No. 4, girls soccer No. 3
2. Roncalli (Indianapolis), 523
3. Noblesville, 520
4. Brownsburg, 511
5. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, 431

Iowa
1. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines) — 608
Fall state championships: Boys golf, football, girls swimming
2. Pella, 455
3. St. Ansgar, 357
4. Cedar Falls, 256
5. Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 242

Kansas
1.  Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita) — 696
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls golf, girls cross country
2. Manhattan, 598
3. Andale, 515
4. Washburn Rural (Topeka), 472
5. Shawnee Mission East (Shawnee Mission), 460

Kentucky
1. St. Xavier (Louisville) — 921
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys golf No. 7, boys soccer No. 3, boys swimming No. 2
2. Sacred Heart (Louisville), 831
3. Assumption (Louisville), 603
4. Lexington Christian (Lexington), 543
5. Madison Central (Richmond), 527

Louisiana
1.  E.D. White (Thibodaux) — 632
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls cross country, boys cross country
2. Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge), 471
3. Edna Karr (New Orleans), 412
4. Dunham (Baton Rouge), 347
5. Metairie Park Country Day (Metairie), 318

Maine
1. Cheverus (Portland) — 356
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Girls field hockey, No. 7
2. Portland, 346
3. Thornton Academy (Saco), 279
4. Yarmouth, 276
5. Scarborough, 275

Maryland
1.  Glenelg — 586
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls field hockey, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer No. 11
2. Severna Park, 572
3. Leonardtown (Leonardtown), 516
4. Urbana (Ijamsville), 466
5. Liberty (Sykesville), 424

Massachusetts
1.  Natick — 649
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
2. Franklin, 528
3. Norwell, 401
4. Duxbury, 385
5. Boston Latin (Boston), 368

Michigan
1.  Pioneer (Ann Arbor) — 1,119
Fall state championships: Girls field hockey, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming No. 5, girls field hockey No. 13, girls cross country No. 21
2. Mercy (Farmington Hills), 661
3. Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills), 655
4. Dexter, 540
5. Lansing Catholic (Lansing), 510

Minnesota
1.  Edina — 992
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, football, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming No. 2, boys swimming No. 6
2. Wayzata (Plymouth), 762
3. Minnetonka, 556
4. Blake (Minneapolis), 385
5. Stillwater, 354

Mississippi
1.  Tupelo — 749
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls swimming
2. Madison Central, 737
3. Warren Central (Vicksburg), 586
4. Saltillo, 479
5. New Albany, 338

Missouri
1. Rock Bridge (Columbia) — 495
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls softball, girls tennis
2. Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar), 460
3. Kearney, 455
4. St. Pius X (Festus), 390
5. St. Michael the Archangel (Lee's Summit), 385

Montana
1.  Gallatin (Bozeman) — 572
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country, girls soccer
2. Billings Central Catholic (Billings), 512
3. Bozeman, 456
4. Manhattan, 265
5. Hardin, 264

Nebraska
1. Elkhorn North (Elkhorn) — 406
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls volleyball
2. Wynot, 392
3. Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion), 377
4. Marian (Omaha), 356
5. Lincoln Southwest, 333

Nevada
1.  Coronado (Henderson) — 758
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls golf, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer No. 9
2. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 617
3. Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas), 551
4. The Meadows School (Las Vegas), 372
5. Truckee (Calif.), 328

New Hampshire
1.  Pinkerton (Derry) — 636
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, football
2. Bedford, 432
3. Bishop Guertin (Nashua), 241
4. Hanover, 232
5. Oyster River (Durham), 211

New Jersey
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer No. 4
2. Montclair Kimberley Academy (Montclair), 529
3. Ramapo (Franklin Lakes), 509
4. Shore Regional (West Long Branch), 502
5. Paul VI (Haddonfield), 491

New Mexico
1.  Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque) — 574
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, boys soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country
2. Cleveland (Rio Rancho), 477
3. St. Pius X (Albuquerque), 453
4. St. Michael's (Santa Fe), 433
5. Eldorado (Albuquerque), 342

New York
1. Rye — 797
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer No. 17
2. Garden City, 695
3. Westhill (Syracuse), 592
4. Tottenville (Staten Island), 589
5. Commack, 520

North Carolina
1.  Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw) — 1,016
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer No. 4
2. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte), 733
3. Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville), 730
4. Pine Lake Prep (Mooresville), 675
5. Hoggard (Wilmington), 671

North Dakota
1.  Sheyenne (West Fargo) — 577
Fall state championships: Boys tennis, girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls golf No. 20
2. Century (Bismarck), 382
3. Langdon/Edmore/Munich (Langdon), 338
4. Fargo Davies (Fargo), 323
5. Bowman County co-op [Bowman/Scranton] (Bowman), 259

Ohio
1.  Dublin Jerome — 986
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, girls golf
Fall national rankings: Boys golf No. 17, boys soccer No. 13
2. Avon, 840
3. Bishop Watterson (Columbus), 780
4. Upper Arlington (Columbus), 755
5. Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse), 576

Oklahoma
1.  Bishop McGuinness (Oklahoma City) — 649
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country, football
2. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa), 594
3. Laverne, 529
4. Carl Albert (Midwest City), 456
5. Edmond Memorial (Edmond), 424

Oregon
1. Jesuit (Portland) — 780
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country No. 10, girls soccer No. 16
2. Summit (Bend), 372
3. Lincoln (Portland), 367
4. Marist (Eugene), 340
5. Bend, 285

Pennsylvania
1.  Avonworth (Pittsburgh) — 550
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
2. Radnor, 510
3. Scranton Prep (Scranton), 470
4. Conestoga (Berwyn), 445
5. Cathedral Prep (Erie), 425

Rhode Island
1.  La Salle Academy (Providence) — 608
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls field hockey
2. Barrington, 513
3. North Kingstown, 512
4. Westerly, 389
5. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick), 320

South Carolina
1.  Bishop England (Charleston) — 677
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
2. Fort Mill, 562
3. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant), 515
4. Hilton Head Prep (Hilton Head Island), 505
5. J.L. Mann (Greenville), 504

South Dakota
1. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls) — 899
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country No. 6
2. Lincoln (Sioux Falls), 794
3. Harrisburg, 787
4. Dakota Valley (North Sioux City), 427
5. O'Gorman (Sioux Falls), 327

Tennessee
1. Baylor (Chattanooga) — 1,313
Fall state championships: Football, girls golf, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer No. 5, boys swimming No. 8, girls golf No. 12, football No. 16
2. Brentwood, 669
3. Page (Franklin), 612
4. Hardin Valley Academy (Knoxville), 498
5. Signal Mountain (Signal Mountain), 456

Texas
1. Southlake Carroll (Southlake) — 801
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country No. 4, girls volleyball No. 11
2. Canyon, 625
3. Smithson Valley (Spring Branch), 515
4. Hamilton, 480
5. South Oak Cliff (Dallas), 440

Utah
1. Lone Peak (Highland) — 839
Fall state championships: Girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys golf No. 4, girls cross country No. 4
2. Corner Canyon (Draper), 624
3. American Fork, 513
4. Ridgeline (Millville), 395
5. Skyline (Salt Lake City), 351

Vermont
1.  Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg) — 1,033
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys soccer, girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer No. 13, girls cross country No. 15
2. Rice Memorial (South Burlington), 450
3. Essex (Essex Junction), 353
4. Burr & Burton (Manchester), 347
5. Middlebury, 324

Virginia
1.  Blacksburg — 552
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
2. Riverside (Leesburg), 444
3. West Springfield (Springfield), 389
4. Western Albemarle (Crozet), 358
5. Loudoun County (Leesburg), 356

Washington
1.  Mercer Island — 600
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming No. 19
2. Lake Stevens, 417
3. Sehome (Bellingham), 414
4. Freeman (Rockford), 408
5. Meridian (Bellingham), 396

West Virginia
1. Morgantown — 516
Fall state championships: Football, Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, boys cross country
2. Wheeling Central Catholic (Wheeling), 379
3. Bridgeport, 337
4. Nitro, 299
5. Hurricane, 296

Wisconsin
1. Middleton — 569
Fall state championships: Boys volleyball, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming No. 8, Boys swimming No. 25
2. Arrowhead (Hartland) — 425
3. Grafton, 421
4. Darlington, 420
5. Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee), 409

Wyoming
1. Sheridan — 456
Fall state championships: Boys tennis, boys cross country, football
2. Central (Cheyenne), 408
3. Cody, 371
4. Campbell County (Gillette), 326
5. Big Horn, 305