Final 2014-15 MaxPreps Cup standings

Video: Bentonville captures its second-straight MaxPreps Cup
Zack Poff runs down the final results of the MaxPreps Cup standings.

Bentonville (Ark.) managed to hold off a strong effort by Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.) to capture the MaxPreps Cup for the second year in a row.

Bentonville posted a national-best 10 state championships during the season to finish with 1,092 points. That total edged Cardinal Gibbons, which had 1,033 points, for first place overall. Cardinal Gibbons placed 14th in last year's overall MaxPreps Cup standings and won seven state championships this season.

Carmel (Ind.), meanwhile, came in third with 948 points and six state championships. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) finished No. 4 with 922 points and Darien (Conn.) ended the year at No. 5 with 908 points.

Cardinal Gibbons is also the highest-placing medium-sized school in the MaxPreps Cup Rankings. It plays at the 3A level in North Carolina. Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City), which comes in at No. 7 overall, is the top small school. It plays at the 3A level in Oklahoma.

MaxPreps Cup rankings are compiled by giving schools points for finishing first or second at the state level. For states that don't have state competition, point totals are adjusted to award first and second-place teams at the section level. Points are also awarded for size of playoff division (championships won at the large-school level are  worth more than championships at the small-school level), size of state (championships for Texas, for example, are worth more than championships for less-populous states like Alaska) and type of sport (football championships are worth more than tennis championships).

National rankings are also included in the tabulation of points. The MaxPreps Computer Rankings for soccer, lacrosse and boys volleyball are utilized, while the Xcellent 25 Rankings are used for boys and girls basketball, football, baseball, softball and girls volleyball. Dyestat's national rankings for cross country and track and field are also utilized along with The Mat's rankings for wrestling. Not all sports contested at the state level are included in the MaxPreps Cup standings.


1. (last year 1) Bentonville (Ark.) – 1,092
State Champions (10) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Track, Girls Tennis, Girls Swimming, Football, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming, Boys Soccer, Baseball.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Golf, Boys Cross Country, Boys Track, Boys Basketball.

2. (14) Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.) – 1,033
State Champions (7) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Boys Cross Country, Boys Soccer, Boys Lacrosse.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Swimming, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming.

3. (7) Carmel (Ind.) – 948
State Champions (6) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Girls Swimming, Boys Swimming, Boys Track.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Soccer, Football, Boys Cross Country, Boys Tennis.

4. (4) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) – 922
State Champions (4) – Girls Track, Girls Soccer, Girls Volleyball, Football.
Runner-up (3) – Girls Cross Country, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Water Polo.

5. (21) Darien (Conn.) – 908
State Champions (7) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Girls Swimming, Girls Lacrosse, Football, Boys Lacrosse.
Runner-up (5) – Boys Cross Country, Boys Volleyball, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming, Boys Golf.

6. (15) Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.) – 850
State Champions (9) – Girls Cross Country, Boys Cross Country, Girls Volleyball, Girls Basketball, Boys Golf, Football, Girls Tennis, Boys Tennis, Boys Soccer.

7. (NR) Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City) - 838
State Champions (6) – Girls Volleyball, Football, Boys Tennis, Boys Golf, Boys Basketball, Baseball.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Tennis, Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer.

8. (NR) St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.) – 810
State Champions (5) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Swimming, Football, Boys Track, Boys Swimming.
Runner-up (5) – Girls Track, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys Soccer, Boys Golf.

8. (3) Punahou (Honolulu) – 810
State Champions (9) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Water Polo, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Boys Cross Country, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming, Boys Golf.
Runner-up (4) – Wrestling, Girls Swimming, Football, Boys Cross Country.

10. (5) Marist (Atlanta) – 800
State Champions (6) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Track, Girls Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Golf.
Runner-up (3) – Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country, Boys Swimming.

11. (6) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) – 797
State Champions (7) – Girls Tennis, Boys Tennis, Girls Soccer, Girls Golf, Football, Boys Swimming, Boys Golf.
Runner-up (1) – Softball.

12. (NR) Jenks (Okla.) – 796
State Champions (6) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Track, Girls Tennis, Football, Boys Cross Country, Boys Tennis.
Runner-up (2) – Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer.

13. (NR) Madison Central (Miss.) – 782
State Champions (6) – Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country, Boys Track, Boys Soccer, Boys Golf.
Runner-up (2) – Softball, Boys Basketball.

14. (NR) Wando (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) – 772
State Champions (4) – Girls Volleyball, Boys Track, Boys Lacrosse, Baseball.
Runner-up (5) – Girls Track, Girls Tennis, Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country, Boys Soccer.

15. (NR) Buford (Ga.) – 744
State Champions (4) – Softball, Girls Basketball, Football, Baseball.
Runner-up (3) – Girls Volleyball, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf.

16. (NR) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) – 730
State Champions (5) – Girls Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Boys Golf, Baseball.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Cross Country, Girls Track, Girls Soccer, Girls Golf.

17. (NR) Hinsdale Central (Ill.) – 730
State Champions (7) – Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Boys Cross Country, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming, Boys Soccer, Boys Golf.

18. (25) La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) – 697
State Champions (6) – Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Boys Cross Country, Boys Track, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Basketball.
Runner-up (3) – Girls Soccer, Football, Boys Golf.

19. Hoover (Ala.) – 688
State Champions (5) – Girls Track, Girls Golf, Football, Boys Track, Boys Basketball.
Runner-up (2) – Girls Volleyball, Boys Cross Country.

20. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) – 679
State Champions (4) – Girls Cross Country, Girls Swimming, Girls Soccer, Boys Swimming.
Runner-up (4) – Girls Track, Football, Boys Soccer, Boys Golf.

21. Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) – 670
State Champions (6) – Boys Cross Country, Boys Track, Boys Tennis, Boys Swimming, Boys Golf, Boys Basketball.
Runner-up (2) – Football, Boys Soccer.

22. (2) St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta) – 647
State Champions (3) – Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country, Boys Soccer.
Runner-up (5) – Girls Cross Country, Girls Swimming, Boys Tennis, Boys Golf, Football.

23. (NR) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.) – 646
State Champions (4) – Girls Volleyball, Softball (Central Coast Section title), Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer (Central Coast Section title).
Runner-up (1) – Boys Basketball.

24. (NR) Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township, N.J.) – 642
State Champions (4) – Softball, Girls Soccer, Girls Volleyball, Girls Swimming.
Runner-up (2) – Girls Basketball, Girls Cross Country.

25. (9) The Pingry School (Martinsville, N.J.) – 640
State Champions (4) – Girls Swimming, Boys Swimming, Boys Soccer, Boys Lacrosse.
Runner-up (5) – Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Boys Golf, Boys Tennis, Girls Track.