Initial high school rankings released for winter season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 2, 2019) – United Soccer Coaches and USA TODAY High School Sports released today the first national polls in the USA TODAY/United Soccer Coaches rankings for boys and girls high school soccer in the winter season.
Loyola out of Los Angeles, Calif. is 12-0-2 in the 2018-19 season and sits atop the boys poll, while JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) is No. 1 in the girls poll with a 8-0-0 mark.
Boys National Rankings (Poll 1 – Jan. 2, 2019)
|
Rank |
School |
Prev. |
W-L-T |
|
1 |
Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
NR |
12-0-2 |
|
2 |
Coconut Creek (Coconut Creek, Fla.) |
NR |
11-0-0 |
|
3 |
Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas) |
1 |
0-0-0 |
|
4 |
Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) |
NR |
13-0-3 |
|
5 |
Wakeland (Frisco, Texas) |
9 |
0-0-0 |
|
6 |
Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.) |
NR |
7-1-0 |
|
7 |
Sunnyside (Tucson, Ariz.) |
NR |
15-0-1 |
|
8 |
Madison Central (Madison, Miss.) |
NR |
13-0-1 |
|
9 |
Doral Prep Academy (Doral, Fla.) |
NR |
13-0-2 |
|
10 |
Reagan (San Antonio, Texas) |
4 |
0-0-0 |
|
10 |
San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) |
NR |
10-0-1 |
Records shown are for games through Dec. 30, 2018
Girls National Rankings (Poll 1 – Jan. 2, 2019)
|
Rank |
School |
Prev. |
W-L-T |
|
1 |
JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) |
3 |
8-0-0 |
|
2 |
Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) |
NR |
13-0-0 |
|
3 |
Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, Calif.) |
NR |
14-0-3 |
|
4 |
Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) |
5 |
10-0-0 |
|
5 |
Upland (Upland, Calif.) |
8 |
9-1-0 |
|
6 |
Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) |
NR |
11-0-1 |
|
7 |
Memorial (Houston, Texas) |
4 |
0-0-0 |
|
8 |
St. Scholastica Academy (Covington, La.) |
6 |
7-0-3 |
|
9 |
West Lauderdale (Collinsville, Miss.) |
NR |
14-0-3 |
|
10 |
Allen (Allen, Texas) |
NR |
0-0-0 |
Records shown are for games through Dec. 30, 2018
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