2026 Pre-Season CCS Cross Country rankings

Here is my first attempt at ranking the top cross country teams in the Central Coast Section for the upcoming 2026 season. You can find where all teams will be competing at this LINK. If you have information like talented freshmen joining teams, please feel free to comment below. If I missed any teams or you feel some teams are under-ranked, please share your thoughts in the comment section as well.

Boys Division I

1) Mountain View-2025 CCS Div II champions and 5th place at state meet.
2) Menlo Atherton-2025 CCS Div I champions and 5th place at state meet.

3) Bellarmine-2025 CCS Div I 2nd place and 8th place at state meet.
4) Milpitas-2025 CCS Div I 3rd place.

5) Los Altos-2025 CCS Div I 5th place.

Girls Division I

1) Mountain View-2025 CCS Div II 2nd place.
2) Los Altos-2025 CCS Div I 1st place.
3) Menlo Atherton-2025 CCS Div I 2nd place.

4) Evergreen Valley-2025 CCS Div I 3rd place.

5) Carlmont-2025 CCS Div I 4th place.

Boys Division II

1) Piedmont Hills-2025 CCS Div II 3rd place.

2) Los Gatos-2025 CCS Div II 5th place.

3) St. Francis, MV-2025 CCS Div II 4th place.

4) Gunn-2025 CCS Div II 6th place.
5) Woodside-2025 CCS Div II 12th place.

Girls Division II

1) St. Francis, MV-2025 CCS Div II 1st place and 6th place at state meet
2) Leigh-2025 CCS Div II 3rd place.
3) Gunn-2025 CCS Div II 4th place.
4) Piedmont Hills-2025 CCS Div II 6th place.

5) Lynbrook-2025 CCS Div II 7th place.

Boys Division III

1) Willow Glen-2025 CCS Div III champions and 6th place at state meet.

2) St. Ignatius-2025 CCS Div III 2nd place.

3) Sacred Heart Cathedral-2025 CCS Div III 3rd place.

4) Hillsdale-2025 CCS Div III 5th place.
5) San Mateo-2025 CCS Div III 6th place.

Girls Division III

1) St. Ignatius-2025 CCS Div III champions and 11th place at state meet.

2) Sacred Heart Cathedral-2025 CCS Div III 2nd place.

3) Burlingame-2025 CCS Div III 3rd place.

4) Monta Vista-2025 CCS Div III 7th place.

5) Willow Glen-2025 CCS Div III 6th place.

Boys Division IV

1) Menlo-2025 CCS Div V champions and 2nd place at state meet

2) Mills-2025 CCS Div IV champions

3) The King's Academy-2025 CCS Div IV 2nd place.
4) Santa Cruz-2025 CCS Div IV 4th place.

5) Archbishop Riordan-2025 CCS Div IV 3rd place.

Girls Division IV

1) Aptos-2025 CCS Div IV 2nd place.

2) Archbishop Riordan-2025 CCS Div IV 3rd place.
3) Harker-2025 CCS Div IV 4th place.

4) Saratoga-2025 CCS Div IV 6th place.

5) The King's Academy-2025 CCS Div IV 7th place.

Boys Division V

1) Crystal Springs Uplands-2025 CCS Div V 4th place.

2) Pacific Grove-2025 CCS Div V 5th place. 
3) Nueva-2025 CCS Div V 3rd place.

4) Monte Vista Christian-2025 CCS Div V 2nd place.

5) Woodside Priory-2025 CCS Div V 6th place.

Girls Division V

1) Crystal Springs Uplands-2025 CCS Div V champions and 1st place at state meet.
2) Scotts Valley-2025 CCS Div IV champions and 4th place at state meet.
3) Woodside Priory-2025 CCS Div V 2nd place and 10th place at state meet.

4) Pacific Collegiate-2025 CCS Div V 8th place.

5) Castilleja-2025 CCS Div V 5th place.