Boys Pre-Season National Team Rankings #11-35

National Boys Pre-Season Rankings – Teams #11-35

 

Here is the list of teams on the national #11-35 teams. Just a reminder on how I come up with my rankings, this is all based almost strictly off of what each team returns from their championship XC meets (State meet and NXN series, or in California’s case CIF Section Finals + State finals) and their best track times of the year from 1500m-5000m. In the national rankings, I do give a little more credit to how good programs have been over the past several years, but it is not overriding – it more or less just breaks ties between teams that seem otherwise very even.

 

Now, on to the lists!

 

11. Arcadia CA
12. Stillwater Area MN
13. Carmel IN
14. Trabuco Hills CA
15. Carlsbad CA
16. The Woodlands TX
17. Summit OR
18. Waterford Mott MI
19. Dowling Catholic IA
20. Burbank CA
21. Vista Murrieta CA
22. Blacksburg VA
23. Belen Jesuit FL
24. Central Catholic OR
25. Northport NY
26. Herriman UT
27. Sue Cleveland NM
28. Carlmont CA
29. Gig Harbor WA
30. Siuslaw OR
31. Highland Milford MI
32. Belvidere North IL
33. Valparaiso IN
34. West Windsor-Plainsboro South NJ
35. Stockdale CA

 

If you look at the teams listed here, and the regional rankings, you will notice that three regions look very deep to start the year: California has seven teams ranked in the top 35, while both the Midwest and Northwest have six. Also, the only region that doesn’t have more than one team make the cut is New York, but don’t be surprised at all if that changes by the time the Manhattan Invite is done and we can see how well teams like Fayetteville-Manlius compare head-to-head with the rest of the Northeast.