Girls Fall 2024 Preseason High School Rankings released by United Soccer Coaches
(Pictured Above: Pennridge High School in Pennsylvania enters the season ranked No. 3 in the nation, following an undefeated state championship run in 2023.)
United Soccer Coaches released the national preseason rankings ahead of the Fall 2024 girls’ high school season.
Minnesota’s Edina High School tops the list, as they’re coming off a dominant 22-0-0 season. Perennial Maryland powerhouse McDonogh School comes in at No. 2, followed by Pennsylvania-based Pennridge at No. 3, New York’s Ward Melville at No. 4 and Utah’s Lone Peak rounding out the Top 5.
See below for a look at the full Top 25.
Girls National Preseason Poll – Fall 2024
| Rank | School | Prev | W-L-T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edina (Edina, Minn.) | 1 | 22-0-0 |
| 2 | McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.) | 2 | 16-6-0 |
| 3 | Pennridge (Perkasie, Pa.) | 3 | 25-0-1 |
| 4 | Ward Melville (East Setauket, N.Y.) | 4 | 19-0-3 |
| 5 | Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) | 5 | 20-1-0 |
| 6 | St. Joseph’s (Trumbull, Conn.) | 6 | 22-0-1 |
| 7 | The Pennington School (Pennington, N.J.) | 7 | 21-0-0 |
| 8 | Bearden (Knoxville, Tenn.) | 8 | 22-0-1 |
| 9 | Spencerport (Spencerport, N.Y.) | 9 | 23-0-0 |
| 10 | Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) | 10 | 18-1-0 |
| 11 | Noblesville (Noblesville, Ind.) | 11 | 18-1-3 |
| 12 | Natick (Natick, Mass.) | 12 | 21-1-1 |
| 13 | Bishop Feehan (Attleboro, Mass.) | 13 | 20-1-1 |
| 14 | V. Sue Cleveland (Rio Rancho, N.M.) | 14 | 22-1-0 |
| 15 | Baylor School (Chattanooga, Tenn.) – [] | 15 | 16-1-1 |
| 15 | Rutgers Preparatory School (Franklin Township, N.J.) | 15 | 20-1-0 |
| 17 | Rye (Rye, N.Y.) | 17 | 21-2-0 |
| 18 | Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) | 18 | 17-2-3 |
| 19 | Severna Park (Severna Park, Md.) | 19 | 17-0-0 |
| 20 | Benilde-St. Margaret’s School (St. Louis Park, Minn.) | 20 | 19-0-3 |
| 21 | Grant (Portland, Ore.) | 21 | 17-2-1 |
| 22 | Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) | 22 | 17-1-1 |
| 22 | Timberlane (Plaistow, N.H.) | 22 | 19-1-0 |
| 24 | Chatham (Chatham, N.J.) | 24 | 20-2-0 |
| 25 | Harrisburg (Harrisburg, S.D.) | 25 | 18-1-0 |
| 25 | Summit Country Day School (Cincinnati, Ohio) | 25 | 20-1-3 |
Records shown are final 2023 records
Also receiving votes: Moon Township (Corapolis, Pa.), Sacred Heart (Yonkers, N.Y.), Scarborough (Scarborough, Maine)
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