Boys Fall 2026 High School Rankings: 7 teams break into Top 25 in Week 5

(Pictured Above: Minnesota’s Academy of Holy Angels has vaulted up to No. 15 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 Kentucky’s St. Xavier at No. 2, Illinois-based St. Laurence at No. 3, New York’s Commack at No. 4, and North Carolina’s Charlotte Catholic rounding out the Top 5.

In total, 7 new teams have entered the Top 25 this week. See below for a full look at the newest coaches’ poll.

Boys National Poll 5 – Fall 2026

Rank	School	Prev	W-L-T
1	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)	1	7-0-1
2	St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)	2	15-0-1
3	St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.)	3	15-0-1
4	Commack (Commack, N.Y.)	4	7-0-0
5	Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.)	5	12-0-0
6	Lewiston (Lewiston, Maine)	6	8-0-0
7	Troy (Troy, Mich.)	8	10-0-1
8	Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)	7	7-0-1
9	Baldwinsville (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)	13	8-0-0
10	Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.)	14	9-0-0
11	Twinsburg (Twinsburg, Ohio)	9	10-0-1
12	Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.)	11	7-0-1
13	Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho)	10	11-0-2
14	McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.)	17	9-0-0
15	Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, Minn.)	RV	10-0-0
16	Staples (Westport, Conn.)	RV	4-0-0
17	Salesianum School (Wilmington, Del.)	11	5-0-0
18	St. Anthony’s (Melville, N.Y.)	20	8-0-1
19	West Orange (West Orange, N.J.)	19	7-1-0
20	St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)	RV	10-1-1
21	Hobbs (Hobbs, N.M.)	23	12-0-1
22	St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Mich.)	RV	13-0-0
23	Chaminade College Prep (St. Louis, Mo.)	RV	10-0-2
24	Central Dauphin (Harrisburg, Pa.)	RV	8-0-0
25	Concord-Carlisle (Concord, Mass.)	RV	5-0-1

Records shown are through games of September 27, 2026

Also receiving votes: Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.), Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), Bridgeport (Bridgeport, W.Va.), Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.), Spring Valley (Las Vegas, Nev.), Lyons Township (LaGrange, Ill.), Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), The Pingry School (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh, N.Y.), Apex Friendship (Apex, N.C.), Nashua South (Nashua, N.H.), Cleveland (Portland, Ore.), Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio), Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita, Kan.), Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Minn.), The Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.), New Rochelle (New Rochelle, N.Y.), Collegiate School (Richmond, Va.), Castle View (Castle Rock, Colo.), Christian Academy of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.)