Boys High School Rankings: Initial Top 25 solidified in preseason poll

United Soccer Coaches released the Boys High School Preseason Rankings ahead of the Fall 2026 season.

New Jersey’s St. Benedict’s Prep opens the season on the top of the coaches’ poll, after they finished 2025 with an unbeaten 19-0-1 record. They’re followed by Nevada’s Coronado at No. 2, Michigan’s Portage Central at No. 3, New York-based Chaminade at No. 4 and Indiana’s Carmel rounding out the Top 5.

Continue reading for a look at the full Top 25.

Boys National Preseason Poll – Fall 2026

Rank	School	Prev	W-L-T
1	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)	1	19-0-1
2	Coronado (Henderson, Nev.)	2	25-0-0
3	Portage Central (Portage, Mich.)	3	24-0-2
4	Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.)	4	17-1-2
5	Carmel (Carmel, Ind.)	5	18-1-3
6	Naperville North (Naperville, Ill.)	6	25-0-4
7	St. Christopher’s School (Richmond, Va.)	7	18-2-2
8	West Orange (West Orange, N.J.)	8	24-2-0
9	Staples (Westport, Conn.)	9	19-2-0
10	Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, Minn.)	10	19-0-1
11	Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.)	11	15-3-5
12	Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio)	12	15-3-5
13	Salesianum School (Wilmington, Del.)	13	14-2-0
14	Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kan.)	14	19-1-1
15	Scarborough (Scarborough, Maine)	15	18-0-0
16	Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.)	16	17-0-2
17	Commack (Commack, N.Y.)	17	20-1-1
18	Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.)	18	17-2-3
19	St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)	19	22-2-3
20	Abington (Abington, Pa.)	20	20-2-3
21	La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.)	21	20-1-2
22	Leonardtown (Leonardtown, Md.)	22	16-0-1
23	Norwell (Norwell, Mass.)	23	23-0-1
24	Springfield Catholic (Springfield, Mo.)	24	30-1-0
25	St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)	25	18-1-2

Records shown are final 2025 records.

Also receiving votes: The Pingry School (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.), Fairport (Fairport, N.Y.), Edina (Edina, Minn.), Hurricane (Hurricane. W.Va.), St. Louis University High (St. Louis, Mo.), Beaverton (Beaverton, Ore.), Lewisburg (Lewisburg, Pa.), Brentwood (Brentwood, N.Y.), Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.), Natick (Natick, Mass.), West (Madison, Wis.), St. Pius X (Albuquerque, N.M.), Avon (Avon Lakes, Ohio), Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.), Yarmouth (Yarmouth, Maine), Ralston Valley (Arvada, Colo.), Baldwinsville (Baldwinsville, N.Y.), Abington Heights (CLarks Summit, Pa.), The Potomac School (McLean, Va.), Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Ind.), Clarkston (Clarkston, Mich.), BLue Valley Southwest (Overland Park, Kan.)