Preseason Nomination Deadline: Friday, August 7th
MAX Field Hockey will recognize the top High School teams and players heading into the 2026 Fall High School season according to the following schedule:
Tuesday, August 18th: MAX Field Hockey Preseason Regional Top 20 & National Top 25 Team Rankings
View the Final 2025 Team Rankings
Tuesday, August 25th: MAX Field Hockey Preseason Regional Players to Watch
View the 2025 All-Region Awards
TEAM RANKINGS INFORMATION:
MAX Field Hockey’s Preseason High School Rankings are based heavily on the previous Fall’s Final Rankings and team performances. As much as possible, seniors graduated and key returning players are taken into consideration, but complete information is not always available for each program. Historic dominance and success at the highest level and in the postseason are a major factor. MAX Field Hockey’s general ranking philosophy: you must prove it on the field and beat the best and ranked teams to move onto and up the rankings! As that happens, these rankings will change.
Team Ranking Feedback Process:
Preseason: Please complete the following form to nominate a team you think is deserving of being included in MAX Field Hockey’s 2026 High School Preseason Regional/National Rankings.
HS OUTLOOK FORM (Deadline: Friday, August 7th)
Regional Top 20 & National Top 25 Team Ranking Schedule
Preseason Rankings: Tuesday, August 18th
Week #1: Tuesday, September 15th
Week #2: Tuesday, September 29th
Week #3: Tuesday, October 13th
Week #4: Tuesday, October 27th
Final Rankings: Tuesday, November 24th
Regular Season Feedback: MAX Field Hockey always welcomes feedback on the High School Rankings. Think we missed someone or that a team should be ranked higher or lower? Email us: admin@maxfieldhockey.com
PLAYER AWARD INFORMATION:
MAX Field Hockey recognizes the Top 40 players from each region that we expect big things from in the 2025 High School season (top 50 for PA). We do accept nominations, but do not require them. Returning players who were recognized as 2025 MAX Field Hockey First & Second Team All-Region automatically roll over to Preseason Players to Watch. Something to keep in mind- these are major awards. Players being nominated should already be one of the top players in her state. They should be recognized at the local and state level as such (All-State, All-Conference, etc.).
PRESEASON PLAYER TO WATCH NOMINATION FORM (Deadline: Friday, August 7th)
Postseason Awards to be released late January 2027 (Week of January 18th and Week of January 25th)
First & Second Team All-Region
National All-American Teams
State, Regional & National Players of the Year
State, Regional & National Coaches of the Year
*All-Region & Coach of the Year Nominations due by Tuesday, November 24th*
-MORE INFO ON NOMINATION PROCESS-
A note about High School Awards & Nominations:
We always accept nominations for these awards. Anyone can submit a player or coach nomination (HS coach, club coach, parent, AD, fan, etc.). This does not mean a player or coach HAS to be nominated to receive an award. We do our own leg work and follow teams and players closely year after year. We do not want a deserving player to miss out because their coach forgets to or typically doesn’t submit nominations like this. That being said, we do prefer to receive player nominations from high school coaches, but we will consider all nominations.
We get a wide range of quality in the nominations we receive. The more detailed and complete nominations are much easier to consider and tend to make our list, so if you believe you have a deserving player or coach, make sure to submit a complete and quality nomination form.
