SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) today announced 40 State Academic Team Champions for the 2025-26 school year. The CIF State Academic Team Champions program was initiated in 1996 to reward teams with the highest collective grade point averages, based on an unweighted 4.0 scale, in their respective sport.
CIF State Academic Team Champions will receive a banner, suitable for display in their school gym, to recognize this accomplishment. All nominees were their respective CIF Section Academic Team Champions. Section offices forwarded their winners to the state office for consideration.
The Southern Section had 19 teams represented, followed by five teams from the North Coast Section. The Central Coast, Sac-Joaquin, and San Diego Sections had four teams each, followed by the Central Section with three teams, and the San Francisco Section with one team.
In total, 12 teams achieved a 4.00 GPA, while Anaheim Discovery Christian had six teams accomplish a state-high team GPA, the most of any school.
Below is a list of the top team GPAs in each CIF-approved sport (listed by GPA):
Sport/School/Section/GPA
Girls Basketball/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Boys Cross Country/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Girls Cross Country/San Francisco International/San Francisco /4.00
Girls Cross Country/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Girls Golf/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Girls Golf/Long Beach Poly/Southern/4.00
Girls Tennis/Stockdale/Central/4.00
Boys Track & Field/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Boys Track & Field/Sage Hill/Southern/4.00
Girls Track & Field/Anaheim Discovery Christian/Southern/4.00
Girls Volleyball/New Roads/Southern/4.00
Girls Water Polo/Stockdale/Central/4.00
Boys Golf/Dos Pueblos/Southern/3.98
Beach Volleyball/Sage Hill/Southern/3.98
Girls Soccer/Summerville/Sac-Joaquin/3.97
Girls Soccer/New Roads/Southern/3.97
Boys Soccer/Crystal Springs Uplands/Central Coast/3.95
Boys Soccer/Summerville/Sac-Joaquin/3.95
Boys Swim & Dive/Crystal Springs Uplands/Central Coast/3.95
Girls Swim & Dive/St. Margaret’s Episcopal/Southern/3.95
Boys Tennis/Flintridge Prep/Southern/3.95
Boys Tennis/Pitman/Sac-Joaquin/3.95
Boys Basketball/Crystal Springs Uplands/Central Coast/3.93
Girls Lacrosse/Lick Wilmerding/North Coast/3.93
Softball/Immanuel/Central/3.93
Softball/Lick Wilmerding/North Coast/3.93
Boys Volleyball/Destiny Christian/Sac-Joaquin/3.93
Boys Volleyball/Santa Barbara/Southern/3.93
Badminton/Archbishop Mitty/Central Coast/3.92
Girls Wrestling/Lincoln/San Diego/3.92
Baseball/Marin Academy/North Coast/3.91
Field Hockey/Clairemont/San Diego/3.88
Boys Water Polo/Estancia/Southern/3.87
Boys Wrestling/Long Beach Poly/Southern/3.87
Gymnastics/Westview/San Diego/3.84
Girls Flag Football/Orange Lutheran/Southern/3.83
Boys Lacrosse/Marin Academy/North Coast/3.83
Football/Flintridge Prep/Southern/3.78
Trad. Competitive Cheer/La Costa Canyon/San Diego/3.77
Competitive Sport Cheer/Carondelet/North Coast/3.70