A longtime athletic powerhouse in Colorado,
Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) has taken things to a new level this year, winning five state championships and emerging as the No. 1 school in the MaxPreps Cup rankings coming out of the fall sports season.
With 244 all-time state championships according to the CHSAA, Cherry Creek has more than double the number of titles of any other school in Colorado.
Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs) comes in at No. 2 with 115.
Cherry Creek added to its state-best total of boys tennis state championships with its 47th this fall in addition to its 14th championship in football and titles in boys golf, boys soccer and girls field hockey. The Bruins were nationally-ranked for boys golf
(No. 9), boys soccer (No. 14), girls field hockey (No. 22) and girls
swimming (No. 25).
Cherry Creek beat Broomfield 2-1 in extra time to capture Colorado's Class 5A state championship in boys soccer, one of five state crowns for the Bruins this fall. (PHOTO: Cynthia Betancourt)
In the post-fall MaxPreps Cup standings, Cherry Creek finished nearly 200 points ahead of
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), which won state championships in girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls cross country. The Knights also finished second in boys golf, football and girls tennis.
Behind the success of its swim teams,
Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) joined Cherry Creek and Lone Peak with over 1,000 points at 1,050. The Bulldogs won state championships in both boys and girls swimming and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in both sports. The boys swimming team has won 37 straight state championships while the girls have won 35 in a row.
The MaxPreps Cup recognizes the top high school sports programs in the nation based on state championships, runner-up finishes and national rankings. Points are awarded based on size of state, popularity of sport, playoff enrollment division and number of teams in each playoff enrollment division. National rankings are compiled by MaxPreps in football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, and volleyball. DyeStat's national rankings are used for cross country, HighSchoolGolf.com is used for golf and SwimCloud is used for national swimming rankings.
The top 100 schools are listed with their MaxPreps Cup formula number, state championships won during the 2024 fall sports season, runner-up finishes and any placement in national rankings.
MaxPreps Cup Fall Sports Rankings
1. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.) — 1,337
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, football, girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 9; boys soccer, No. 14; girls field hockey, No. 22; girls swimming, No. 25.
2. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) — 1,153
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country.
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 2; girls soccer, No. 7; girls cross country, No. 2.
3. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 1,050
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 1; girls swimming, No. 1.
4. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) — 990
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, football, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country.
5. Rocky Mountain (Meridian, Idaho) — 964
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 25; girls cross country, No. 20
6. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) — 962
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 20; girls soccer, No. 12.
7. Noblesville (Ind.) — 956
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls golf
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 1; girls golf, No. 5.
8. Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli, Pa.) — 945
Fall state championships: Football, boys soccer, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 6.
9. Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.) — 897
Fall state championships: Girls golf, boys soccer, football, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf
10. Bentonville (Ark.) — 894
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls volleyball, girls cross country
11. Shawnee (Medford, N.J.) — 889
Fall state championships: Girls tennis, boys soccer, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 15; girls soccer, No. 2
12. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.) — 889
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball, girls field hockey, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 13
13. Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) — 874
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball, girls tennis
14. Northville (Mich.) — 849
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls volleball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 18
15. Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.) — 835
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, boys soccer, boys golf
16. Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) — 824
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 16; girls cross country, No. 9
17. Edina (Minn.) — 817
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, girls swimming, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming, No. 11
18. Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.) — 808
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 9; girls soccer, No. 20
19. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 790
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 16
20. Tupelo (Miss.) — 769
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming,, boys cross country, girls swimming
21. Wando (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) — 762
Fall state championships: Girls swimming, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls volleyball
22. Brentwood (Tenn.) — 754
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 14
23. Carmel (Ind.) — 745
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 17, girls soccer, No. 18, girls swimming, No. 8, boys swimming, No. 4.
24. Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.) — 743
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 8, boys swimming, No. 5, boys cross country, No. 14
25. St. Louis University (St. Louis, Mo.) — 724
Fall state championships: Boys swimming, boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 18
26. Severna Park (Md.) — 722
Fall state championships: Girls cross country, girls field hockey, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 6
27. New Canaan (Conn.) — 709
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls swimming
28. Pinkerton (Derry, N.H.) — 701
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
29. Assumption (Louisville, Ky.) — 691
Fall state championships: Girls field hockey, girls cross country, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 22
30. New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.) — 690
Fall state championships: Girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Girls field hockey, No. 12; girls swimming, No. 2
31. Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.) — 686
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys tennis, football, girls golf
32. Sheyenne (West Fargo, N.D.) — 683
Fall state championships: Boys tennis, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 12
33. Pope (Marietta, Ga.) — 683
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball, girls cross country, girls flag football
Fall national rankings: Girls flag football, No. 14
34. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 678
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 24
35. Coronado (Henderson, Nev.) — 673
Fall state championships: Girls golf, boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, boys tennis, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 11
36. Shawnee Mission East (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) — 672
Fall state championships: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall national Rankings: Girls golf, No. 11; boys soccer, No. 19
37. Saltillo (Miss.) — 669
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, boys cross country, boys golf
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 7
38. Lafayette (Wildwood, Mo.) — 665
Fall state championships: Girls softball, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls tennis
39. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 664
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls tennis
40. Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) — 663
Fall state championships: Girls flag football, boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls flag football, No. 2; football, No. 13
41. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) — 658
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 15
42. Vandegrift (Austin, Texas) — 657
Fall state championships: Football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 7
43. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas) — 646
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 4
44. Summit Country Day (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 645
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
45. Minnetonka (Minn.) — 644
Fall state championships: Girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Football
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 12; Girls swimming, No. 7
46. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) — 643
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls swimming, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 8
47. Greenwich (Conn.) — 643
Fall state championships: Football, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming, No. 14
48. Bozeman (Mont.) — 641
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, girls cross country, boys golf
49. Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.) — 640
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
50. Lincoln (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 637
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls tennis
51. Brooklyn Technical (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 637
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
52. Milton (Ga.) — 636
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 2
53. Middleton (Wis.) — 631
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 23
54. Hancock (Kiln, Miss.) — 631
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 1
55. Bishop Watterson (Columbus, Ohio) — 631
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 24
56. Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) — 628
Fall state championships: Girls flag football, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls flag football, No. 3; girls cross country, No. 1.
57. Owasso (Okla.) — 625
Fall state championships: Girls softball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football
58. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) — 622
Fall state championships: Football
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 1; girls volleyball, No. 7
59. Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.) — 619
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 10
60. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) — 618
Fall state championships: Football, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls volleyball
61. Fort Mill (S.C.) — 617
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming
62. Harrisburg (S.D.) — 617
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 16
63. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah) — 614
Fall state championships: Football, boys golf
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 1; football, No. 15
64. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) — 613
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 4
65. Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee, Wis.) — 612
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 5
66. Rogers (Ark.) — 604
Fall state championships: Boys tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 6
67. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa, Okla.) — 604
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country
68. Mercer Island (Wash.) — 603
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming, No. 18
69. Chiles (Tallahassee, Fla.) — 600
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, boys cross country
70. Boise (Idaho) — 599
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys swimming
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
71. Thompson Valley (Loveland, Colo.) — 590
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls volleyball
72. Corinth (Miss.) — 587
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
73. Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) — 579
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Football
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 5
74. Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.) — 578
Fall state championships: Girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 10
75. E.D. White (Thibodaux, La.) — 576
Fall state championships: Girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys swimming
76. Brophy College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) — 574
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 5; boys swimming, No. 17
77. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho) — 572
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls soccer, girls cross country
78. Smithson Valley (Spring Branch, Texas) — 570
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
79. Mater Lakes Academy (Miami, Fla.) — 570
Fall state championships: Boys swimming
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls volleyball
80. Alexandria (Minn.) — 570
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country, football
81. Ridgefield (Conn.) — 566
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 13; girls swimming, No. 5
82. Windermere (Fla.) — 565
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 24; girls swimming, No. 13
83. Festus (Mo.) — 560
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys cross country
84. Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.) — 560
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, boys tennis
85. Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.) — 559
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
86. Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) — 557
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 18, boys cross country, No. 16
87. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) — 557
Fall state championships: Girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys cross country, boys soccer
88. Cedar Park Christian (Bothell, Wash.) — 554
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 25
89. Bismarck (N.D.) — 554
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country, football
90. La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.) — 553
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, football, boys soccer
91. Blacksburg (Va.) — 552
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
92. Westfield (N.J.) — 548
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 10
93. Hooker (Okla.) — 544
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys cross country
94. McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 532
Fall state championships: Football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 2
95. Seaforth (Pittsboro, N.C.) — 525
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls volleyball
96. Truckee (Calif.) — 523
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls golf, girls soccer
97. South Pasadena (Calif.) — 520
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
97. Fairport (N.Y.) — 520
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
97. Coldwater (Ohio) — 520
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
97. Althoff Catholic (Belleville, Ill.) — 520
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, football
