Boys soccer rankings: Cheyenne Mountain new No. 1 in 4A
Cheyenne Mountain boys soccer opened the season with a big win last week, and finds itself ranked No. 1 in Class 4A this week.
Cheyenne Mountain beat then-No. 2 The Classical Academy 3-2 in a season opener. Coupled with former No. 1 Air Academy’s loss to Evergreen, Cheyenne Mountain took over.
Evergreen, No. 8 in the preseason, moved up to No. 2 in the 4A poll, which is conducted by CHSAANow.com. The Classical Academy is No. 3, and Littleton made a big jump from No. 7 to No. 4.
Denver West, unranked in the preseason, is No. 5.
Niwot held steady at No. 6, Air Academy dropped to No. 7 and newcomer Valor Christian is No. 8. Ponderosa is No. 9 and another newcomer, Greeley West, rounds out the ranking.
Things were pretty crazy in the 5A ranking, which added six new teams. Yes, the Nos. 1 and 2 teams — Broomfield and Boulder — held their respective spots, but that was just about it.
Joining the ranking were No. 3 Fort Collins, No. 5 Rangeview, No. 7 George Washington, No. 8 Denver East, No. 9 ThunderRidge and No. 10 Far Northeast (formerly Montbello). Fairview (No. 4) and Cherry Creek (No. 6) were the other holdovers from the preseason.
The 3A poll also had similar shakeup. Four new teams joined: No. 4 KIPP, No. 8 Pagosa Springs, No. 9 Colorado Springs Christian and No. 10 Denver Science & Tech Stapleton.
Kent Denver retained the No. 1 spot in that poll.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Complete rankings for each class are below.
CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Broomfield (4) | 2-0-0 | 84 | 1 | 2-0-0 |
| 2 | Boulder (4) | 2-0-0 | 82 | 2 | 2-0-0 |
| 3 | Fort Collins | 2-0-0 | 49 | – | 2-0-0 |
| 4 | Fairview | 0-0-0 | 39 | 3 | 0-0-0 |
| 5 | Rangeview | 2-0-1 | 31 | – | 2-0-1 |
| 6 | Cherry Creek | 0-0-1 | 29 | 6 | 0-0-1 |
| 7 | George Washington (1) | 3-0-0 | 28 | – | 3-0-0 |
| 8 | Denver East | 1-1-0 | 24 | – | 1-1-0 |
| 9 | ThunderRidge | 2-0-0 | 20 | – | 2-0-0 |
| 10 | Far Northeast (1) | 2-0-0 | 19 | – | 2-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Liberty 16, Heritage 14, Rock Canyon 14, Legend 13, Fossil Ridge 12, Mountain Vista 12, Eaglecrest 9, Pine Creek 9, Westminster 8, Lincoln 7, Arapahoe 6, Arvada West 6, Castle View 5, Legacy 4, Smoky Hill 4, Adams City 3, Grand Junction 2, Ralston Valley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Rock Canyon (4), Smoky Hill (5), Grandview (7), Pine Creek (8), Arvada West (9), Mountain Vista (10). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Cheyenne Mountain (8) | 1-0-0 | 104 | 3 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | Evergreen (2) | 1-0-0 | 90 | 8 | 1-0-0 |
| 3 | The Classical Academy | 1-1-0 | 85 | 2 | 1-1-0 |
| 4 | Littleton | 2-0-0 | 68 | 7 | 2-0-0 |
| 5 | Denver West (1) | 3-0-0 | 60 | – | 3-0-0 |
| 6 | Niwot | 1-0-0 | 56 | 6 | 1-0-0 |
| 7 | Air Academy | 0-1-0 | 55 | 1 | 0-1-0 |
| 8 | Valor Christian (1) | 3-0-0 | 54 | – | 3-0-0 |
| 9 | Ponderosa | 2-1-0 | 29 | 5 | 2-1-0 |
| 10 | Greeley West | 2-0-0 | 10 | – | 2-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Mullen 9, D’Evelyn 8, Skyline 7, Steamboat Springs 7, Eagle Valley 5, Frederick 5, Vista Ridge 5, Battle Mountain 4, Pueblo Centennial 4, Glenwood Springs 3, Green Mountain 2, Montrose 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| D’Evelyn (4), Summit (9), Battle Mountain (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Kent Denver (6) | 3-0-0 | 60 | 1 | 3-0-0 |
| 2 | Colorado Academy | 1-0-0 | 51 | 2 | 1-0-0 |
| 3 | Frontier Academy | 2-1-0 | 34 | 6 | 2-1-0 |
| 4 | KIPP (1) | 3-0-0 | 30 | – | 3-0-0 |
| 5 | Peak to Peak | 2-0-0 | 29 | 7 | 2-0-0 |
| 6 | Faith Christian | 1-0-0 | 27 | 10 | 1-0-0 |
| 7 | Coal Ridge | 0-1-0 | 26 | 5 | 0-1-0 |
| 8 | Pagosa Springs | 3-0-0 | 25 | – | 3-0-0 |
| 9 | Colorado Springs Christian | 2-0-1 | 24 | – | 2-0-1 |
| 10 | DSST-Stapleton | 1-0-0 | 22 | – | 1-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Salida 18, Jefferson Academy 12, Roaring Fork 8, Aspen 6, Denver Christian 5, Sheridan 3, St. Mary’s 2, The Academy 2, Basalt 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Denver Christian (3), Salida (4), Vail Mountain (8), Sheridan (9). | |||||
