2026 XC Team Rankings: Week 9

3A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Plainfield South

1

2

Winnetka (New Trier)

3

3

Palatine (Fremd)

4

4

Elmhurst (York)

5

5

Downers Grove North

2

6

Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

6

7

Hinsdale Central

7

8

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

8

9

Chicago (Lane)

11

10

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

10

11

St. Charles North

9

12

Lake Zurich

15

13

Naperville Central

12

14

Park Ridge (Maine South)

13

15

Chicago (Mather)

16

16

Plainfield North

14

17

Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

18

18

Libertyville

20

19

Gurnee (Warren)

NR

20

Batavia

23

21

Yorkville

25

22

Orland Park (Sandburg)

NR

23

Lockport

21

24

Barrington

19

25

Oswego East

24

3A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

1

2

Plainfield North

3

3

Lake Zurich

7

4

Arlington Heights (Hersey)

2

5

Edwardsville

4

6

Chicago (Lane)

5

7

Barrington

10

8

New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

9

9

Park Ridge (Maine South)

11

10

Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

6

11

Winnetka (New Trier)

16

12

Downers Grove South

15

13

Yorkville

12

14

St. Charles North

8

15

Hinsdale Central

14

16

Minooka

20

17

Chicago (DePaul)

13

18

Naperville North

NR

19

St. Charles East

17

20

Huntley

NR

21

Lincolnshire (Stevenson)

23

22

Batavia

18

23

Wheaton Warrenville South

19

24

Elmhurst (York)

21

25

Orland Park (Sandburg)

25

2A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Dixon

1

2

Morton

2

3

Deerfield

4

4

Crystal Lake (Central)

3

5

Mahomet (M.-Seymour)

5

6

Peoria (Notre Dame)

10

7

Maple Park (Kaneland)

8

8

Darien (Hinsdale South)

9

9

Lombard (Montini)

6

10

Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

11

11

Chicago (Latin)

12

12

Normal (University)

7

13

Niles (Northridge)

13

14

Marion

15

15

Washington

14

16

Lemont

17

17

Herrin

16

18

Metamora

19

19

Belvidere (North)

18

20

Vernon Hills

NR

21

Aurora (Central Catholic)

25

22

Lincoln

21

23

Waterloo

23

24

Dunlap

20

25

Sycamore

NR

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)

5

6

LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

11

7

Belvidere North

6

8

Cary-Grove

17

9

Peoria (Notre Dame)

7

10

Mascoutah

12

11

Deerfield

8

12

Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

9

13

Lemont

10

14

Chicago (Northside)

NR

15

Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

13

16

Sycamore

14

17

Bloomington

15

18

Morton

16

19

Lake Villa (Lakes)

18

20

Normal University

19

21

Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)

20

22

Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

21

23

Dixon

22

24

Rochester

23

25

Wauconda

24

1A Boys

New

Team

Old

1

Eureka

1

2

Elmwood

3

3

Clinton

2

4

Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central)

4

5

East Dubuque

14

6

Delavan

7

7

St. Joseph-Ogden

6

8

Monticello

5

9

Roxana

16

10

Paris

9

11

Williamsville

11

12

Toledo (Cumberland)

20

13

Herscher

8

14

Murphysboro

19

15

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

12

16

Shelbyville

22

17

Rockford (Boylan)

NR

18

Macomb

10

19

Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

13

20

Rockford (Lutheran)

17

21

Rock Island (Alleman)

NR

22

El Paso-Gridley

NR

23

Bloomington (Central Catholic)

15

24

Pinckneyville

18

25

Tuscola

23

1A Girls

New

Team

Old

1

Shelbyville

1

2

Eureka

2

3

Elmwood

5

4

Winnebago

3

5

Anna-Jonesboro

4

6

El Paso-Gridley

6

7

Athens

8

8

Aledo (Mercer County)

11

9

Breese (Mater Dei)

7

10

Williamsville

12

11

St. Joseph-Ogden

9

12

Lisle

10

13

Pleasant Plains

14

14

Urbana University

13

15

Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

24

16

Elgin (River Valley Christian)

20

17

Port Byron (Riverdale)

16

18

Marshall

21

19

Genoa-Kingston

19

20

Effingham (St. Anthony)

NR

21

Byron

NR

22

Downs (Tri-Valley)

NR

23

Clinton

15

24

Tremont

22

25

Manteno

17