Boys Fall 2026 High School Rankings: 8 previously unranked squads reach the Top 25

(Pictured Above: Wisconsin’s Arrowhead High School – previously unranked – has jumped all the way to No. 13 this week, after winning their 3rd straight Classic 8 Conference Championship.)

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 Kentucky’s St. Xavier at No. 2, North Carolina’s Charlotte Catholic at No. 3, New York’s Baldwinsville at No. 4, and Michigan’s Troy High School rounding out the Top 5.

In total, 8 new teams have entered the Top 25 this week. See below for a full look at the newest coaches’ poll.

Boys National Poll 6 – Fall 2026

Rank	School	Prev	W-L-T
1	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)	1	8-0-1
2	St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)	2	17-0-1
3	Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.)	5	14-0-0
4	Baldwinsville (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)	9	10-0-0
5	Troy (Troy, Mich.)	7	10-0-1
6	Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)	8	8-0-1
7	Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.)	12	9-0-1
8	Staples (Westport, Conn.)	16	6-0-0
9	Twinsburg (Twinsburg, Ohio)	11	10-0-1
10	St. Anthony’s (Melville, N.Y.)	18	10-0-1
11	McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.)	14	11-0-0
12	Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho)	13	13-0-2
13	Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.)	RV	12-0-0
14	Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.)	RV	10-0-0
15	Concord-Carlisle (Concord, Mass.)	25	7-0-1
15	Chaminade College Prep (St. Louis, Mo.)	23	13-0-2
17	Salesianum School (Wilmington, Del.)	17	6-1-0
18	West Orange (West Orange, N.J.)	19	10-1-0
19	Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh, N.Y.)	RV	10-0-0
20	Hobbs (Hobbs, N.M.)	21	13-0-2
21	Oliver Ames (North Easton, Mass.)	NR	9-0-0
22	Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)	RV	15-1-2
23	Lyons Township (LaGrange, Ill.)	RV	13-0-1
24	Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Minn.)	RV	10-1-2
25	Bridgeport (Bridgeport, W.Va.)	RV	14-0-1

Records shown are through games of October 4, 2026

Also receiving votes: Nashua South (Nashua, N.H.), Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.), Rye (Rye, N.Y.), Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, Minn.), Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio), Spring Valley (Las Vegas, Nev.), Taft (Chicago, Ill.), The Pingry School (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Apex Friendship (Apex, N.C.), Oceanside (Oceanside, N.Y.), St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Mich.), Kapaun Mount Carmel (Wichita, Kan.), La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), Christian Academy of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.), Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), Emmaus (Emmaus, Pa.), Mamaroneck (Mamaroneck, N.Y.), Fishers (Fishers, Ind.), Brunswick (Brunswick, Maine), St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.), Mullen (Denver, Colo.)