2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 8

3A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Plainfield South

1

2

Downers Grove North

5

3

Winnetka (New Trier)

2

4

Palatine (Fremd)

3

5

Elmhurst (York)

4

6

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

7

7

Hinsdale Central

15

8

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

6

9

St. Charles North

8

10

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

9

11

Chicago (Lane)

10

12

Naperville Central

13

13

Park Ridge (Maine South)

16

14

Plainfield North

14

15

Lake Zurich

11

16

Chicago (Mather)

17

17

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

20

18

Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

12

19

Barrington

18

20

Libertyville

21

21

Lockport

23

22

Oak Park-River Forest

NR

23

Batavia

19

24

Oswego East

NR

25

Yorkville

24

3A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

1

2

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

9

3

Plainfield North

7

4

Edwardsville

3

5

Chicago (Lane)

2

6

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

4

7

Lake Zurich

6

8

St. Charles North

15

9

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

8

10

Barrington

5

11

Park Ridge (Maine South)

13

12

Yorkville

14

13

Chicago (DePaul)

10

14

Hinsdale Central

22

15

Downers Grove South

17

16

Winnetka (New Trier)

11

17

St. Charles East

23

18

Batavia

18

19

Wheaton Warrenville South

19

20

Minooka

20

21

Elmhurst (York)

24

22

Schaumburg

NR

23

Lincolnshire (Stevenson)

NR

24

Chicago (St. Ignatius)

16

25

Orland Park (Sandburg)

NR

2A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Dixon

1

2

Morton

5

3

Crystal Lake (Central)

3

4

Deerfield

2

5

Mahomet (M.-Seymour)

4

6

Lombard (Montini)

6

7

Normal (University)

7

8

Maple Park (Kaneland)

10

9

Darien (Hinsdale South)

8

10

Peoria (Notre Dame)

20

11

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

9

12

Chicago (Latin)

10

13

Niles (Northridge)

12

14

Washington

13

15

Marion

14

16

Herrin

16

17

Lemont

17

18

Belvidere (North)

15

19

Metamora

23

20

Dunlap

24

21

Lincoln

25

22

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

19

23

Waterloo

22

24

Wauconda

NR

25

Aurora (Central Catholic)

18

2A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Chatham (Glenwood)

1

2

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

2

3

Mahomet-Seymour

3

4

Wheaton (St. Francis)

4

5

West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

7

6

Belvidere North

11

7

Peoria (Notre Dame)

6

8

Deerfield

8

9

Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

10

10

Lemont

9

11

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

5

12

Mascoutah

12

13

Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

21

14

Sycamore

20

15

Bloomington

22

16

Morton

NR

17

Cary-Grove

14

18

Lake Villa (Lakes)

16

19

Normal University

24

20

Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)

NR

21

Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

19

22

Dixon

15

23

Rochester

25

24

Wauconda

NR

25

Highland

23

1A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Eureka

2

2

Clinton

1

3

Elmwood

21

4

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

5

5

Monticello

3

6

St. Joseph-Ogden

7

7

Delavan

4

8

Herscher

13

9

Paris

8

10

Macomb

22

11

Williamsville

12

12

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

9

13

Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

10

14

East Dubuque

11

15

Bloomington (Central Catholic)

14

16

Roxana

18

17

Rockford (Lutheran)

15

18

Pinckneyville

19

19

Murphysboro

16

20

Toledo (Cumberland)

17

21

Effingham (St. Anthony)

25

22

Shelbyville

20

23

Tuscola

NR

24

Pleasant Plains

24

25

Downs (Tri-Valley)

23

1A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Shelbyville

1

2

Eureka

2

3

Winnebago

3

4

Anna-Jonesboro

5

5

Elmwood

11

6

El Paso-Gridley

6

7

Breese (Mater Dei)

7

8

Athens

4

9

St. Joseph-Ogden

14

10

Lisle

15

11

Aledo (Mercer County)

17

12

Williamsville

12

13

Urbana University

8

14

Pleasant Plains

9

15

Clinton

13

16

Port Byron (Riverdale)

NR

17

Manteno

NR

18

Cambridge

18

19

Genoa-Kingston

10

20

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

16

21

Marshall

20

22

Tremont

24

23

Princeville

NR

24

Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

19

25

Monticello

NR