2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 7

3A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Plainfield South

1

2

Winnetka (New Trier)

2

3

Palatine (Fremd)

3

4

Elmhurst (York)

4

5

Downers Grove North

5

6

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

6

7

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

7

8

St. Charles North

8

9

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

9

10

Chicago (Lane)

15

11

Lake Zurich

13

12

Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

11

13

Naperville Central

10

14

Plainfield North

12

15

Hinsdale Central

14

16

Park Ridge (Maine South)

16

17

Chicago (Mather)

NR

18

Barrington

20

19

Batavia

17

20

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

18

21

Libertyville

19

22

Wheaton Warrenville South

21

23

Lockport

22

24

Yorkville

23

25

LaGrange (Lyons)

NR

3A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

1

2

Chicago (Lane)

8

3

Edwardsville

2

4

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

4

5

Barrington

3

6

Lake Zurich

5

7

Plainfield North

10

8

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

6

9

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

7

10

Chicago (DePaul)

11

11

Winnetka (New Trier)

13

12

Naperville North

12

13

Park Ridge (Maine South)

9

14

Yorkville

21

15

St. Charles North

14

16

Chicago (St. Ignatius)

NR

17

Downers Grove South

16

18

Batavia

17

19

Wheaton Warrenville South

18

20

Minooka

22

21

Downers Grove North

25

22

Hinsdale Central

15

23

St. Charles East

19

24

Elmhurst (York)

20

25

Oak Park-River Forest

NR

2A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Dixon

1

2

Deerfield

2

3

Crystal Lake (Central)

4

4

Mahomet (M.-Seymour)

6

5

Morton

3

6

Lombard (Montini)

5

7

Normal (University)

7

8

Darien (Hinsdale South)

8

9

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

12

10

Maple Park (Kaneland)

10

11

Chicago (Latin)

9

12

Niles (Northridge)

18

13

Washington

11

14

Marion

13

15

Belvidere (North)

15

16

Herrin

16

17

Lemont

19

18

Aurora (Central Catholic)

17

19

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

NR

20

Peoria (Notre Dame)

14

21

Sycamore

20

22

Waterloo

NR

23

Metamora

22

24

Dunlap

21

25

Lincoln

NR

2A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Chatham (Glenwood)

1

2

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

3

3

Mahomet-Seymour

2

4

Wheaton (St. Francis)

4

5

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

6

6

Peoria (Notre Dame)

7

7

West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

14

8

Deerfield

8

9

Lemont

5

10

Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

10

11

Belvidere North

9

12

Mascoutah

11

13

Chicago (Northside)

17

14

Cary-Grove

13

15

Dixon

NR

16

Lake Villa (Lakes)

24

17

Crystal Lake South

12

18

Mt. Zion

16

19

Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

19

20

Sycamore

23

21

Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

21

22

Bloomington

25

23

Highland

22

24

Normal University

18

25

Rochester

NR

1A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Clinton

3

2

Eureka

1

3

Monticello

4

4

Delavan

5

5

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

2

6

El Paso-Gridley

9

7

St. Joseph-Ogden

20

8

Paris

15

9

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

7

10

Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

12

11

East Dubuque

8

12

Williamsville

18

13

Herscher

6

14

Bloomington (Central Catholic)

21

15

Rockford (Lutheran)

10

16

Murphysboro

14

17

Toledo (Cumberland)

11

18

Roxana

13

19

Pinckneyville

16

20

Shelbyville

17

21

Elmwood

19

22

Macomb

23

23

Downs (Tri-Valley)

24

24

Pleasant Plains

NR

25

Effingham (St. Anthony)

25

1A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Shelbyville

1

2

Eureka

2

3

Winnebago

3

4

Athens

7

5

Anna-Jonesboro

4

6

El Paso-Gridley

6

7

Breese (Mater Dei)

5

8

Urbana University

8

9

Pleasant Plains

17

10

Genoa-Kingston

16

11

Elmwood

10

12

Williamsville

13

13

Clinton

9

14

St. Joseph-Ogden

12

15

Lisle

11

16

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

15

17

Aledo (Mercer County)

14

18

Cambridge

NR

19

Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

18

20

Marshall

19

21

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

25

22

Byron

24

23

Tolono Unity

NR

24

Tremont

21

25

Downs (Tri-Valley)

22