2026 Track & Field Team Rankings: Week 0

The Illinois Running News Weekly Team Rankings are back, and this week’s edition brings a fresh shakeup across the board. These rankings take into account verified pre season marks from athletes, giving a fuller picture of each team’s early strength and depth rather than relying only on in season results. Readers will notice some big changes from last week’s rankings, largely because this update is scored using an indoor track meet format instead of an outdoor one. That means events such as the 4x100m relay, 300 meter hurdles, and discus are not included in the scoring model, which shifts team point totals and highlights different event groups. As the season develops and more performances are added, expect the rankings to continue evolving each week.

3A Boys

1. Homewood-Flossmoor

2. Belleville West

3. Downers Grove North

4. Chatham (Glenwood)

5. Oswego

6. Rockton (Hononegah)

7. Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

8. Barrington

9. Belleville East

10. Evanston

3A Girls

1. Homewood-Flossmoor

2. Chicago (St. Ignatius)

3. Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

4. Barrington

5. Alton

6. Edwardsville

7. Hoffman Estates (Conant)

8. Plainfield East

9. Belleville East

10. New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

2A Boys

1. Cahokia

2. East St. Louis

3. Olney (Richland County)

4. Morton

5. Mt. Vernon

6. Metamora

7. Marion

8. North Chicago

9. Maple Park (Kaneland)

10. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

2A Girls

1. Eureka

2. Danville

3. Wheaton (St. Francis)

4. Mt. Zion

5. Joliet Catholic Academy

6. Chicago (South Shore)

7. Mahomet-Seymour

8. North Chicago

9. East St. Louis

10. Troy (Triad)

1A Boys

1. Morrison

2. Shelbyville

3. Auburn

4. Rockford Christian

5. Elmwood

6. Forreston

7. Lena-Winslow

8. Pinckneyville

9. Pleasant Plains

10. Centralia (Christ Our Rock Lutheran)

1A Girls

1. Effingham (St. Anthony)

2. Maroa-Forsyth

3. Nashville

4. El Paso-Gridley

5. Marshall

6. Henry-Senachwine

7. Lowpoint-Washburn

8. Cambridge

9. Oregon

10. Wilmington