The 2026 cross country season is officially upon us, and we could not be more excited for it. We are just over a week in, and plenty of athletes have already raced, but not everyone has opened their season yet, so both cross-country and track performances are taken into account. (A lot of boys are very close to one another, which makes it difficult to compare them to each other. These rankings are subjective and opinion-based; all rankings are brought together through a discussion between Jackson Polin and Dylan Leone.)
WEEK 1 POWER RANKINGS
TOP 25 BOYS' INDIVIDUALS
Tap any athlete for their school, PR and last three races. The arrow under each name is the move since the preseason rankings.