2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 3
Here are your Week 3 team rankings! There was some serious movement this week with the first big Detweiller meet, First to the Finish, making a big impact on the rankings. Among the 1A and 2A schools in particular, there are several teams that made serious improvements upon their preseason spots. While we are still only 3 weeks into the season, it is starting to become clear who has put the work in over the summer!
MS Girls | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Metamora | 2 |
2 | Minooka | 1 |
3 | Mt. Prospect (Lincoln) | 3 |
4 | Batavia (Rotolo) | 4 |
5 | Mt. Zion | 6 |
6 | Murphysboro | 5 |
7 | Arlington Heights (Thomas) | 8 |
8 | Brimfield | 9 |
9 | Downs (Tri-Valley) | 16 |
10 | River Forest (Roosevelt) | 10 |
11 | Mascoutah | 11 |
12 | Lemont (Old Quarry) | NR |
13 | Dixon (Reagan) | 19 |
14 | All Saints | 12 |
15 | Chatham (Glenwood) | 7 |
16 | Mahomet-Seymour | NR |
17 | St. Charles (Wredling) | 13 |
18 | Aviston Elementary | NR |
19 | Yorkville | NR |
20 | Eureka | 23 |
21 | Normal (Chiddix) | 20 |
22 | O'Fallon Carriel | 15 |
23 | Edwardsville (Lincoln) | NR |
24 | Chicago (St. Benedict) | 17 |
25 | Barrington (Prairie) | 25 |
MS Boys | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Mt. Prospect (St. Raymond) | 1 |
2 | Arlington Heights (Thomas) | 2 |
3 | Lake Zurich North | 3 |
4 | Channahon | NR |
5 | Mt. Prospect (Lincoln) | 4 |
6 | Downs (Tri-Valley) | 7 |
7 | Maryville Christian | 5 |
8 | Morton | 13 |
9 | Shelbyville (Moulton) | 6 |
10 | Batavia (Rotolo) | 10 |
11 | Joliet (Gompers) | NR |
12 | Arlington Heights (South) | 12 |
13 | LaGrange (St. Francis) | 14 |
14 | Columbia | 9 |
15 | LaGrange (William F. Gurrie) | 16 |
16 | Minooka | 11 |
17 | Altamont Lutheran | NR |
18 | Lemont (Old Quarry) | NR |
19 | Cary | 17 |
20 | Normal (Kingsley) | 18 |
21 | Fulton | 19 |
22 | Highland | 20 |
23 | Belvidere Central | NR |
24 | Quincy | NR |
25 | Columbia (Immaculate Conception) | 23 |
1A Girls | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Shelbyville | 3 |
2 | Eureka | 1 |
3 | Winnebago | 2 |
4 | Anna-Jonesboro | |
5 | Breese (Mater Dei) | 7 |
6 | St. Joseph-Ogden | 14 |
7 | El Paso-Gridley | 5 |
8 | Elmwood | 4 |
9 | Genoa-Kingston | 10 |
10 | Athens | 8 |
11 | Urbana University | 16 |
12 | Elgin (River Valley Christian) | 9 |
13 | Pleasant Plains | 11 |
14 | Port Byron (Riverdale) | 15 |
15 | Downs (Tri-Valley) | 21 |
16 | Williamsville | 12 |
17 | Byron | NR |
18 | Clinton | 22 |
19 | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) | 13 |
20 | Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) | NR |
21 | Tolono Unity | 25 |
22 | Tremont | 18 |
23 | Macomb | NR |
24 | Cambridge | 19 |
25 | Oregon | NR |
1A Boys | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Clinton | 3 |
2 | East Dubuque | 2 |
3 | Eureka | 1 |
4 | Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) | 5 |
5 | Monticello | 7 |
6 | Toledo (Cumberland) | 21 |
7 | Delavan | 8 |
8 | El Paso-Gridley | 6 |
9 | Elgin (River Valley Christian) | 10 |
10 | Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran) | 11 |
11 | Bloomington (Central Catholic) | 12 |
12 | Williamsville | 9 |
13 | St. Joseph-Ogden | 17 |
14 | Rockford (Lutheran) | 20 |
15 | Elmwood | 4 |
16 | Paris | 14 |
17 | Rockford Christian | 15 |
18 | Roxana | 16 |
19 | Macomb | NR |
20 | Murphysboro | 18 |
21 | Herscher | 13 |
22 | Shelbyville | 24 |
23 | Downs (Tri-Valley) | 22 |
24 | Byron | NR |
25 | Pinckneyville | 23 |
2A Girls | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Chatham (Glenwood) | 2 |
2 | Peoria (Notre Dame) | 8 |
3 | Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) | 1 |
4 | Mahomet-Seymour | 10 |
5 | Deerfield | 4 |
6 | Wheaton (St. Francis) | 5 |
7 | Rockford (Boylan Catholic) | 9 |
8 | West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) | 3 |
9 | Lemont | 6 |
10 | Belvidere North | NR |
11 | LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) | 7 |
12 | Sycamore | 18 |
13 | Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) | 12 |
14 | Crystal Lake South | 15 |
15 | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | 14 |
16 | Mascoutah | NR |
17 | Bloomington | 16 |
18 | Lake Villa (Lakes) | 11 |
19 | Normal University | 13 |
20 | Chicago (Northside) | NR |
21 | Mt. Zion | 19 |
22 | Dunlap | 25 |
23 | Cary-Grove | 17 |
24 | Rochester | 21 |
25 | Lake Forest | 23 |
2A Boys | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Dixon | 1 |
2 | Deerfield | 2 |
3 | Crystal Lake (Central) | 11 |
4 | Normal (University) | 8 |
5 | Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | 4 |
6 | Morton | 5 |
7 | Peoria (Notre Dame) | 6 |
8 | Lombard (Montini) | 17 |
9 | Washington | 10 |
10 | Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) | 19 |
11 | Chicago (Latin) | 12 |
12 | Darien (Hinsdale South) | 15 |
13 | Belvidere (North) | 14 |
14 | Maple Park (Kaneland) | 9 |
15 | Aurora (Central Catholic) | 3 |
16 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) | 7 |
17 | Marion | 18 |
18 | Niles (Northridge) | 16 |
19 | Herrin | 22 |
20 | Vernon Hills | NR |
21 | Metamora | NR |
22 | Sycamore | 20 |
23 | Lemont | 13 |
24 | Mt. Vernon | 21 |
25 | Wauconda | NR |
3A Girls | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | 1 |
2 | Barrington | 8 |
3 | Chicago (Lane) | 3 |
4 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) | 4 |
5 | St. Charles North | 12 |
6 | Edwardsville | 7 |
7 | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | 2 |
8 | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) | 5 |
9 | Park Ridge (Maine South) | 10 |
10 | Lake Zurich | 6 |
11 | Plainfield North | 11 |
12 | Hinsdale Central | 18 |
13 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 9 |
14 | Naperville North | 19 |
15 | Minooka | 16 |
16 | Wheaton Warrenville South | 23 |
17 | Chicago (DePaul) | 14 |
18 | Downers Grove South | 15 |
19 | Downers Grove North | 21 |
20 | Batavia | 20 |
21 | Elmhurst (York) | 13 |
22 | Orland Park (Sandburg) | 22 |
23 | Yorkville | 24 |
24 | Chicago (St. Ignatius) | 17 |
25 | Oak Park-River Forest | NR |
3A Boys | ||
New | Team | Old |
1 | Plainfield South | 1 |
2 | Downers Grove North | 6 |
3 | St. Charles North | 3 |
4 | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | 14 |
5 | Palatine (Fremd) | 10 |
6 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 4 |
7 | Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) | 5 |
8 | Elmhurst (York) | 2 |
9 | Plainfield North | 12 |
10 | Hinsdale Central | 8 |
11 | Batavia | 18 |
12 | Naperville Central | 11 |
13 | Chicago (Lane) | 7 |
14 | Libertyville | NR |
15 | Park Ridge (Maine South) | 17 |
16 | Naperville (Neuqua Valley) | 13 |
17 | Orland Park (Sandburg) | 19 |
18 | LaGrange (Lyons) | 24 |
19 | Evanston | NR |
20 | Oswego East | 21 |
21 | Oak Park-River Forest | NR |
22 | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) | 25 |
23 | Yorkville | 20 |
24 | Wheaton Warrenville South | 22 |
25 | Chicago (Whitney Young) | 23 |
