2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 1

MS Girls

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Minooka

1

2

Batavia (Rotolo)

2

3

Metamora

3

4

Murphysboro

10

5

Mt. Prospect (Lincoln)

5

6

Shorewood (Troy)

6

7

Lemont (Old Quarry)

7

8

Chatham (Glenwood)

16

9

River Forest (Roosevelt)

8

10

Mt. Zion

4

11

Barrington (Prairie)

9

12

Johnsburg

11

13

Brimfield

13

14

Mascoutah

NR

15

All Saints

NR

16

Arlington Heights (Thomas)

15

17

Dixon (Reagan)

12

18

St. Charles (Wredling)

18

19

O'Fallon Carriel

NR

20

Plainfield (Heritage Grove)

17

21

Wauconda

19

22

Lindenhurst (Millburn)

20

23

Downs (Tri-Valley)

21

24

Buffalo Grove (Cooper)

22

25

Geneva North

23

MS Boys

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Mt. Prospect (St. Raymond)

3

2

Arlington Heights (Thomas)

1

3

Channahon

2

4

Mt. Prospect (Lincoln)

4

5

Lockport (Oak Prairie)

5

6

Lake Zurich North

9

7

Maryville Christian

12

8

Downs (Tri-Valley)

11

9

Chatham (Glenwood)

24

10

Columbia

NR

11

Minooka

10

12

Bolingbrook (Jane Addams)

13

13

Evanston (St. Athanasius)

14

14

Orland Park (St. Michael)

15

15

Morton

NR

16

LaGrange (St. Francis)

NR

17

Dunlap

NR

18

Geneva North

17

19

LaGrange (William F. Gurrie)

23

20

Fulton

NR

21

Highland

NR

22

Shelbyville (Moulton)

6

23

St. Charles (Wredling)

16

24

El Paso-Gridley

18

25

Plainfield (Aux Sable)

19

1A Girls

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Eureka

1

2

Elmwood

2

3

Winnebago

3

4

Shelbyville

4

5

El Paso-Gridley

5

6

Anna-Jonesboro

6

7

Effingham (St. Anthony)

7

8

Pleasant Plains

8

9

St. Joseph-Ogden

9

10

Clinton

10

11

Aledo (Mercer County)

11

12

Breese (Mater Dei)

12

13

Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

13

14

Athens

14

15

Port Byron (Riverdale)

15

16

Manteno

16

17

Urbana University

17

18

Monticello

18

19

Tolono Unity

19

20

Williamsville

20

21

Byron

21

22

Litchfield

22

23

Roxana

23

24

Princeton

24

25

Sullivan

25

1A Boys

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Eureka

1

2

East Dubuque

2

3

Clinton

5

4

St. Joseph-Ogden

4

5

El Paso-Gridley

6

6

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

3

7

Elmwood

7

8

Monticello

8

9

Delavan

12

10

Bloomington (Central Catholic)

10

11

Toledo (Cumberland)

11

12

Paris

13

13

Murphysboro

14

14

Rockford (Lutheran)

15

15

Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

16

16

Pinckneyville

9

17

Rockford Christian

18

18

Williamsville

19

19

Byron

20

20

Roxana

21

21

Herscher

22

22

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

23

23

Fairfield

24

24

Pleasant Plains

25

25

Shelbyville

NR

2A Girls

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

1

2

Chatham (Glenwood)

2

3

Mahomet-Seymour

3

4

West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

4

5

Deerfield

5

6

Peoria (Notre Dame)

6

7

Morton

7

8

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

8

9

Wheaton (St. Francis)

10

10

Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

11

11

Lake Villa (Lakes)

13

12

Cary-Grove

15

13

Lemont

16

14

Crystal Lake South

17

15

Normal University

12

16

Dunlap

NR

17

Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)

9

18

Rochester

18

19

Bloomington

19

20

Sycamore

20

21

Mt. Zion

21

22

Highland

22

23

Chicago University

23

24

Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

14

25

Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

24

2A Boys

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Dixon

1

2

Morton

2

3

Peoria (Notre Dame)

3

4

Deerfield

4

5

Aurora (Central Catholic)

5

6

Mahomet (M.-Seymour)

7

7

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

8

8

Normal (University)

19

9

Lincoln

9

10

Maple Park (Kaneland)

10

11

Washington

6

12

Crystal Lake (Central)

18

13

Marion

11

14

Lombard (Montini)

13

15

Niles (Northridge)

15

16

Taylorville

16

17

Belvidere (North)

17

18

Lemont

25

19

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

21

20

Metamora

14

21

Chicago (Latin)

20

22

Herrin

22

23

Waterloo

23

24

Darien (Hinsdale South)

24

25

Sycamore

NR

3A Girls

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Barrington

1

2

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

2

3

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

3

4

Chicago (Lane)

4

5

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

5

6

Lake Zurich

6

7

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

7

8

Edwardsville

8

9

Minooka

9

10

Winnetka (New Trier)

10

11

St. Charles North

11

12

Chicago (St. Ignatius)

12

13

Hinsdale Central

13

14

Naperville North

14

15

Chicago (DePaul)

16

16

Downers Grove South

17

17

South Elgin

18

18

Park Ridge (Maine South)

19

19

Wheaton Warrenville South

20

20

Plainfield North

15

21

Downers Grove North

25

22

Elmhurst (York)

21

23

Batavia

22

24

Schaumburg

24

25

Orland Park (Sandburg)

NR

3A Boys

This Week

Team

Last Week

1

Plainfield South

1

2

Elmhurst (York)

2

3

Downers Grove North

3

4

Chicago (Lane)

4

5

Winnetka (New Trier)

5

6

Hinsdale Central

6

7

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

7

8

St. Charles North

8

9

Palatine (Fremd)

9

10

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

10

11

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

14

12

Naperville Central

11

13

Libertyville

13

14

Lake Zurich

15

15

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

16

16

Plainfield North

20

17

Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

12

18

Batavia

17

19

Wheaton Warrenville South

18

20

Chicago (Payton)

19

21

Orland Park (Sandburg)

21

22

Oswego East

22

23

Lockport

NR

24

Chicago (Whitney Young)

23

25

Barrington

24