2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 4

3A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Plainfield South

1

2

Downers Grove North

2

3

St. Charles North

3

4

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

4

5

Winnetka (New Trier)

6

6

Naperville Central

12

7

Palatine (Fremd)

5

8

Elmhurst (York)

8

9

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

NR

10

Plainfield North

9

11

Lake Zurich

NR

12

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

7

13

Hinsdale Central

10

14

Chicago (Lane)

13

15

Park Ridge (Maine South)

15

16

Libertyville

14

17

Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

16

18

Batavia

11

19

Yorkville

23

20

LaGrange (Lyons)

18

21

Evanston

19

22

Wheaton Warrenville South

24

23

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

22

24

Wheaton North

NR

25

Chicago (Mather)

NR

3A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

1

2

Barrington

2

3

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

4

4

Lake Zurich

10

5

Chicago (Lane)

3

6

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

7

7

Plainfield North

11

8

Winnetka (New Trier)

13

9

Chicago (DePaul)

17

10

St. Charles North

5

11

Park Ridge (Maine South)

9

12

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

8

13

Batavia

20

14

Edwardsville

6

15

Hinsdale Central

12

16

Downers Grove South

18

17

Minooka

15

18

St. Charles East

NR

19

Naperville North

14

20

Elmhurst (York)

21

21

Wheaton Warrenville South

16

22

Orland Park (Sandburg)

22

23

Oak Park-River Forest

25

24

Downers Grove North

19

25

Yorkville

23

2A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Dixon

1

2

Deerfield

2

3

Crystal Lake (Central)

3

4

Aurora (Central Catholic)

15

5

Mahomet (M.-Seymour)

5

6

Morton

6

7

Peoria (Notre Dame)

7

8

Normal (University)

4

9

Lombard (Montini)

9

10

Marion

17

11

Washington

9

12

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

10

13

Darien (Hinsdale South)

12

14

Belvidere (North)

13

15

Maple Park (Kaneland)

14

16

Metamora

NR

17

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

16

18

Niles (Northridge)

18

19

Aurora (Marmion Academy)

NR

20

Chicago (Latin)

11

21

Herrin

19

22

Mt. Vernon

24

23

Vernon Hills

20

24

Sycamore

22

25

Waterloo

NR

2A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Chatham (Glenwood)

1

2

Mahomet-Seymour

4

3

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

3

4

Deerfield

5

5

Wheaton (St. Francis)

6

6

Lemont

9

7

Peoria (Notre Dame)

2

8

Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

7

9

West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

8

10

Belvidere North

10

11

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

11

12

Sycamore

12

13

Highland

NR

14

Mascoutah

16

15

Crystal Lake South

14

16

Normal University

19

17

Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

15

18

Bloomington

17

19

Lake Villa (Lakes)

18

20

Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)

13

21

Chicago (Northside)

20

22

Lake Forest

25

23

Mt. Zion

21

24

Dunlap

22

25

Cary-Grove

23

1A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

4

2

Eureka

3

3

Clinton

1

4

Monticello

5

5

Elmwood

15

6

El Paso-Gridley

8

7

East Dubuque

2

8

Toledo (Cumberland)

6

9

Delavan

7

10

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

9

11

Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

10

12

Williamsville

12

13

Bloomington (Central Catholic)

11

14

Rockford (Lutheran)

14

15

Paris

16

16

Rockford Christian

17

17

St. Joseph-Ogden

13

18

Roxana

18

19

Macomb

19

20

Murphysboro

20

21

Herscher

21

22

Shelbyville

22

23

Downs (Tri-Valley)

23

24

Fairbury (Prairie Central)

NR

25

Byron

24

1A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Eureka

2

2

Shelbyville

1

3

Winnebago

3

4

Anna-Jonesboro

4

5

Breese (Mater Dei)

5

6

El Paso-Gridley

7

7

Elmwood

8

8

Genoa-Kingston

9

9

St. Joseph-Ogden

6

10

Urbana University

11

11

Athens

10

12

Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

19

13

Williamsville

16

14

Pleasant Plains

13

15

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

12

16

Clinton

18

17

Port Byron (Riverdale)

14

18

Aledo (Mercer County)

NR

19

Lisle

NR

20

Byron

17

21

Cambridge

24

22

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

20

23

Tremont

22

24

Toulon (Stark County)

NR

25

Downs (Tri-Valley)

15

MS Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Channahon

4

2

Mt. Prospect (St. Raymond)

1

3

Arlington Heights (Thomas)

2

4

Lake Zurich North

3

5

Joliet (Gompers)

11

6

Downs (Tri-Valley)

6

7

Batavia (Rotolo)

10

8

Maryville Christian

7

9

Lockport (Oak Prairie)

NR

10

Morton

8

11

Geneva North

NR

12

Willowbrook (Westview Hills)

NR

13

Arlington Heights (South)

12

14

Mt. Prospect (Lincoln)

5

15

Cary

19

16

Shelbyville (Moulton)

9

17

Minooka

16

18

Lemont (Old Quarry)

18

19

Normal (Kingsley)

20

20

St. Charles (Wredling)

NR

21

LaGrange (St. Francis)

13

22

Quincy

24

23

Columbia

14

24

LaGrange (William F. Gurrie)

15

25

Altamont Lutheran

17

MS Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Batavia (Rotolo)

4

2

Metamora

1

3

Mt. Prospect (Lincoln)

3

4

Minooka

2

5

Brimfield

8

6

St. Charles (Wredling)

17

7

Arlington Heights (Thomas)

7

8

Lemont (Old Quarry)

12

9

Mt. Zion

5

10

Murphysboro

6

11

River Forest (Roosevelt)

10

12

Downs (Tri-Valley)

9

13

Mascoutah

11

14

Arlington Heights (South)

NR

15

Dixon (Reagan)

13

16

Frankfort (Hickory Creek)

NR

17

Shorewood (Troy)

NR

18

All Saints

14

19

Chatham (Glenwood)

15

20

Mahomet-Seymour

16

21

Aviston Elementary

18

22

Yorkville

19

23

Edwardsville (Lincoln)

23

24

Eureka

20

25

O'Fallon Carriel

22