Boys Fall 2026 High School Rankings: 10 new teams enter Top 25 in coaches’ poll

(Pictured Above: New Hampshire’s Bedford High School has vaulted all the way to No. 7 this week, after previously being outside the Top 25.)

United Soccer Coaches released the new Boys High School Top 25 Rankings, following continued competition in the Fall 2026 season.

St. Benedict’s Prep (NJ) remains atop the coaches’ poll, followed by Michigan’s Portage Central at No. 2, New York’s Chaminade and Kentucky’s St. Xavier tied for the No. 3 position, and Illinois-based St. Laurence rounding out the Top 5.

In total, 10 new teams have entered the Top 25 this week, marking a major shakeup in the national rankings. See below for a full look at the Top 25.

Boys National Poll 2 – Fall 2026

Rank	School	Prev	W-L-T
1	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)	1	2-0-0
2	Portage Central (Portage, Mich.)	2	5-0-0
3	Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.)	4	1-0-0
3	St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)	3	9-0-0
5	St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.)	5	7-0-0
6	St. Christopher’s School (Richmond, Va.)	7	0-0-1
7	Bedford (Bedford, N.H.)	NR	3-0-0
8	Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)	NR	5-0-0
9	Seneca Valley (Harmony, Pa.)	NR	2-0-0
10	Commack (Commack, N.Y.)	17	2-0-0
10	Goshen (Goshen, Ind.)	9	6-0-0
12	Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.)	19	7-0-0
13	Edina (Edina, Minn.)	RV	4-0-0
14	Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kan.)	14	2-0-0
15	Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho)	16	7-0-0
16	Lewiston (Lewiston, Maine)	NR	1-0-0
17	Twinsburg (Twinsburg, Ohio)	25	5-0-0
18	Troy (Troy, Mich.)	23	4-0-0
19	Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.)	23	2-0-0
20	St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)	RV	3-0-0
21	Rio Grande (Albuquerque, N.M.)	NR	6-0-0
22	Salesianum School (Wilmington, Del.)	11	0-0-0
23	Brooklyn Tech (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	NR	0-0-0
24	Hanover (Hanover, N.H.)	NR	3-0-0
25	Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.)	NR	2-0-0

Records shown are through games of September 6, 2026

Also receiving votes: Academy of Holy Angels (Minneapolis, Minn.), Garden City (Graden City, N.Y.), Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center, Ohio), Bridgeport (Bridgeport, W.Va.), Lakeridge (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Maize South (Wichita, Kan.), Gorham (Gorham, Maine), Marquette University High (Milwaukee, Wis.), The Pingry School (Basking Ridge, N.J.), McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.), Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria, Ill.), Spring Valley (Las Vegas, Nev.), Scarsdale (Scarsdale, N.Y.), Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), Burr and Burton Academy (Manchester, Vt.), DeForest Area (DeForest, Wis.), Naperville Central (Naperville, Ill.), Father Judge (Philadelphia, Pa.), The Potomac School (McLean, Va.), Castle View (Castle Rock, Colo.), Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)