Which teams are the early favorites for HSNI bids?
March 11, 2025 by Charlie Eisenhood in Rankings
Welcome to the first edition of the 2025 High School Power Rankings! The rankings can be permanently found on our Youth Rankings page.
Because many youth teams have not played yet this season, these rankings should be considered preliminary and will change during the course of the spring. The rankings will eventually be used to determine invitations to the 2025 High School National Invite; currently, we plan to use the rankings published the week of May 19th as the final rankings before final bids are sent out (many bids will be sent out on a rolling basis).
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Without further ado, here are the Top 25 teams in the Boys’ and Girls’ High School Divisions!
High School Boys Power Rankings:
Notes
- Yes, they lose Sam Grossberg, but #1 Wissahickon is still going to be a force in 2025. They bring back the majority of their top 10 players from a season ago as we enter a year where the power level of the high school boys division has dipped a bit. Dominant teams from last year like Green Canyon, Edina, and Eastside Prep have all graduated a ton of talent. What it means is that Wiss shouldn’t be looked at as a clear #1 but rather one of many strong teams — anyone inside the top 10 could win an HSNI title this year, and we’re sure to see a lot of movement in the rankings.
- Perhaps #2 Jackson-Reed will buck the trend. Though they lost in the fall to Wissahickon, they were missing some players in that contest, and they just walloped the field at Queen City Tune Up, logging big wins over #8 Lakeside and #18 RECA. Could J-R be the early favorite to take down a title this year?
- #5 Garfield won the Washington State Championships and #9 Roosevelt qualified for HSNI in the fall by winning the Seattle Invite: they’ve clearly been the best two teams in Washington this season.
- Don’t sleep on Arlington. The 2024 Massachusetts state champs seemed to come out of nowhere last year with a ton of athleticism. How will they stack up nationally?
- Lakeside was a powerhouse East Coast team for years but fell off in the last few seasons. They’re back: they logged a couple of top 25 wins at QCTU.
- How will Minnesota shape up this year? Edina’s been the juggernaut for years, but OWL beat them a couple months ago and has been on the come up. With Edina graduating some heavy hitters, could we see their throne threatened?
- Hello to some first time ranked teams: #9 Roosevelt (surprisingly!) and #23 Brooklyn Tech. Brooklyn’s been slowly improving over the past three years and lost by just a goal to #16 Columbia at Battle of the Hudson last weekend.
High School Girls Power Rankings:
| 1 | Roosevelt (WA) |
| 2 | South Eugene (OR) |
| 3 | Franklin (WA) |
| 4 | Green Canyon (UT) |
| 5 | Summit (OR) |
| 6 | Lincoln (WA) |
| 7 | Lone Peak (UT) |
| 8 | South (MN) |
| 9 | Jordan (NC) |
| 10 | Four Rivers (MA) |
| 11 | Paideia (GA) |
| 12 | Amherst (MA) |
| 13 | Garfield (WA) |
| 14 | Washburn (MN) |
| 15 | Strath Haven (PA) |
| 16 | Edina (MN) |
| 17 | Ingraham (WA) |
| 18 | Provo (UT) |
| 19 | Newton North (MA) |
| 20 | Alexandria City (VA) |
| 21 | Decatur (GA) |
| 22 | Jackson-Reed (DC) |
| 23 | White Bear Lake (MN) |
| 24 | Bingham (UT) |
| 25 | Eastside Prep (WA) |
Notes
- Let’s be clear: #1 Roosevelt is the heavy favorite to finally claim an HSNI title this year. The Chloe Hakimi-led Seattle team has been a deep bracket team at the tournament for the past two years, narrowly falling short to South Eugene last June. But with the Oregon side taking a step back in talent level this year, Roosevelt could be a dominant force this season, and it’s really not crazy to think they might go undefeated. It’s not just Chloe: Roosevelt brings back Vivian Hakimi (Chloe’s sister) and ZsaZsa Gelfand, easily the best “big three” in high school ultimate right now.
- South Eugene gets some serious credit for the program they’ve built landing at #2. They did lose a lot of their biggest contributors this offseason, but they have earned the right to get a top ranking given their ability to slot new players into big roles. Their perch atop Oregon could be threatened, though, by #5 Summit, who’s in a peak year.
- All of the top 7 teams are from the Western US, which tracks with how strong that side of the country has been at HSNI in recent years. But some top Central and East teams — like #8 South, #9 Jordan, and #10 Four Rivers — hope to make a dent in the West Coast, Best Coast narrative. South is the reigning Minnesota state champion, and they are likely to be the strongest they’ve ever been this season. Jordan is gearing up for an HSNI trip amidst a rebuilding of North Carolina girls ultimate. Four Rivers is bringing back a strong core and has been practicing throughout the school year.
- Welcome to the rankings for the first time, #9 Jordan, #18 Provo, #20 Alexandria City, #24 Bingham, and #25 Eastside Prep! Two new Utah teams join the familiar Green Canyon and Lone Peak names inside the top 25. Alexandria City has been steadily building a program for a couple years now. Eastside Prep could climb the charts in the Washington pecking order.
Looking Ahead
High school ultimate will be ramping up in the next few weeks. YULA Invite and River Campus Classic, both HSNI qualifiers, are set for the weekend of March 22-23 and will give a ton of insight into where teams stand. Both tournaments are packed with ranked teams.
The next set of HSNI qualifiers won’t happen until May, but there will be lots of other tournaments and local league games taking place in the interim. It’s going to be a great season!
HSNI Bids Accepted So Far
Boys
- Green Canyon (UT) [2024 Champions]
- Edina (MN) [2024 Finalists]
- Roosevelt (WA) [Seattle Invite Champions]
- Garfield (WA) [State Champions]
Girls
- South Eugene (OR) [2024 Champions]
- Roosevelt (WA) [2024 Finalists]
