MaxPreps Cup: Top boys, girls high school athletic programs

Carmel (Ind.) has long been one of the top teams in the MaxPreps Cup standings, finishing among the top teams every year since MaxPreps first began doing the rankings in 2012. The Greyhounds surged to the top of the boys standings this fall thanks to a first-place finish in football and a state championship in boys tennis.

Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), meanwhile, has never been close to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings. In fact, Benet Academy has never finished among the top 100 final teams any of the past seven years. This fall has been different for Benet Academy, however. The Redwings won a girls volleyball state championship for the fourth time in school history while the girls cross country team won its first state championship. The girls tennis team, meanwhile, finished among the top two in the state for only the second time in school history.

The MaxPreps Cup endeavors to determine the top high school athletic programs in the country based on several factors, including state championships, state runner-up finishes and placement in national rankings. Points are also awarded based on the size of the state, the popularity of the sport, the enrollment playoff level and the number of teams competing in the enrollment playoff level. National rankings used include the MaxPreps Top 25 rankings, the MaxPreps computer rankings, cross country rankings by Dyestat and field hockey rankings by MaxHockey.

For medium schools, Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), which dominated boys and girls swimming this fall, is the top team while Signal Mountain (Tenn.), which won four state titles this fall, is the top small schools program. Small schools are those that generally have less than 1,000 students while medium-sized schools have between 1,000 and 2,000 students.

Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), the overall fall leader, is the public schools leader while Benet Academy is tops among private schools.

Following is a list of the top boys and girls high school sports programs in the nation, the top medium and small schools program and the top public and private school programs.

Boys
1.   Carmel (Ind.), 739
2.   Bozeman (Mont.), 627
3.   Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), 613
4.   Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 580
5.   De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis), 554
6.   Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 537
7.   Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 523
8.   Harrison (Kennesaw, Ga.), 520
9.   Deep Run (Glen Allen, Va.), 501
10. Evansville Memorial (Evansville, Ind.), 496
11. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 493
12. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 485
13. McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 456
14. (tie) Weddington (Matthews, N.C.), 455
14. (tie) Brighton (Mich.), 455
16. Camas (Wash.), 440
17. Wellington School (Columbus, Ohio), 435
18. Winchester (Mass.), 424
19. Fairmont Senior (W. Va.), 422
20. Brookfield East (Brookfield, Wis.), 421
21. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa, Okla.), 420
21. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines, Iowa), 420
23. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 418
24. Apopka (Fla.), 410
25. North Shore (Houston), 408

Girls
1.   Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 721
2.   Edina (Minn.), 676
3.   Brentwood (Tenn.), 656
4.   Brooklyn Tech (N.Y.), 626
5.   St. John's (Washington, D.C.), 575
6.   Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.), 570
7.   Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 563
8.   Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 559
9.   Bentonville (Ark.), 556
10. Northern (Owings, Md.), 529
11. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), 522
12. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 496
13. Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 465
13. Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 465
15. Fayetteville-Manlius (Manlius, N.Y.), 463
16. Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.), 456
17. Liberty-Benton (Findlay, Ohio), 455
18. Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), 451
19. McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.), 449
20. Buhler (Kan.), 449
21. Summertown (Tenn.), 440
22. St. Joseph's Academy (St. Louis), 440
23. Chapel Hill (N.C.), 435
24. (tie) St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland, Miss.), 431
24. (tie) Cox (Virginia Beach, Va.), 431
Medium
1.   Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 945
2.   Lincoln Christian (Tulsa, Okla.), 814
3.   Winchester (Mass.), 774
4.   Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 707
5.   Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 705
6.   Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 705
7.   Jonesboro (Ark.), 704
8.   Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 675
9.   Chapel Hill (N.C.), 655
10. Laurel (Mont.), 652
11. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 651
12. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 642
13. Buhler (Kan.), 617
14. Westminster (Atlanta, Ga.), 585
15. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 579
16. Valley View (Jonesboro, Ark.), 574
17. UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile, Ala.), 569
18. Fairmont Senior (W. Va.), 568
19. Oakdale (Ijamsville, Md.), 562
20. Pace Academy (Atlanta), 550
21. Blake (Minneapolis, Minn.), 550
22. Corinth (Miss.), 538
23. Northern (Owings, Md.), 529
24. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 512
25. Evansville Memorial (Evansville, Ind.), 510

Small
1. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 822
2. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 683
3. Alcoa (Tenn.), 560
4. Morgan (Utah), 547
5. Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.), 540
6. Radford (Va.), 528
7. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), 522
8. St. Joseph's Catholic (Greenville, S.C.), 514
9. St. Mary Catholic Central (Monroe, Mich.), 500
10. Menlo School (Menlo, Calif.), 465

Public
1. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 1033
2. Carmel (Ind.), 962
3. Edina (Minn.), 946
4. Bozeman (Mont.), 931
5. Bentonville (Ark.), 902
6. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 822
7. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 779
8. Winchester (Mass.), 774
9. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 707
10. Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 705

Private
1. Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 1003
2. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 945
3. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa, Fla.), 814
4. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 705
5. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 692
6. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 683
7. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 675
8. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 651
9. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), 613
10. Dowling (Des Moines, Iowa), 608