Boys Fall 2026 High School Rankings: Top 25 unveiled after opening slate of games

(Pictured Above: New York’s Garden City High School has cracked the Top 10 to open the season.)

United Soccer Coaches released the new Boys High School Top 25 Rankings following the first wave of competition in the Fall 2026 season.

St. Benedict’s Prep sits atop the coaches’ poll, followed by Michigan’s Portage Central at No. 2, Kentucky’s St. Xavier at No. 3, New York’s Chaminade at No. 4 and Illinois-based St. Laurence rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the Top 25.

Boys National Poll 1 – September 1, 2026

Rank	School	Prev	W-L-T
1	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark N.J.)	1	0-0-0
2	Portage Central (Portage, Mich.)	3	5-0-0
3	St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)	19	7-0-0
4	Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.)	4	0-0-0
5	St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.)	NR	4-0-0
6	Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)	NR	4-0-0
7	St. Christopher’s School (Richmond, Va.)	7	0-0-0
8	Staples (Westport, Conn.)	9	0-0-0
9	Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.)	11	0-0-0
9	Goshen (Goshen, Ind.)	NR	5-0-0
11	Salesianum School (Wilmington, Del.)	13	0-0-0
12	Abington (Abington, Pa.)	20	0-0-0
13	Academy of Holy Angels (Minneapolis, Minn.)	10	0-0-0
14	Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kan.)	14	0-0-0
15	Scarborough (Scarborough, Maine)	15	0-0-0
16	Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho)	NR	4-0-0
17	Commack (Commack, N.Y.)	17	0-0-0
18	Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center, Ohio)	NR	4-0-0
19	Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.)	NR	6-0-0
20	West Orange (West Orange, N.J.)	8	0-0-0
21	Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.)	16	0-0-0
22	Norwell (Norwell, Mass.)	23	0-0-0
23	Troy (Troy, Mich.)	NR	3-0-0
23	Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.)	RV	0-0-0
25	Twinsburg (Twinsburg, Ohio)	NR	4-0-0

Records shown are through games of August 30, 2026

Also receiving votes: Seneca Valley (Harmony, Pa.), Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Ill.), Bridgeport (Bridgeport, W.Va.), Atrisco Heritage Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.), Edina (Edina, Minn.), Fairport (Fairport, N.Y.), Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.), Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.), DeForest (DeForest, Wis.), McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.), Brentwood (Brentwood, N.Y.), Beaverton (Beaverton, Ore.), Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park, Kan.), Natick (Natick, Mass.), Marquette University High (Milwaukee, Wis.), Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), Bishop Kelly (Boise, Idaho), Van Horn (Independence, Mo.), The Potomac School (McLean, Va.)