Lyla Fedio

The boys from Newbury Park and girls from Buchanan are the teams to beat heading into the Division I final at Saturday's CIF-State Cross Country Championships.

UPDATED: We break down all 10 races, highlighting the top squads and individuals!

UPDATED: Highlighting a cross-section of league championship results from across the state this week.

UPDATED: Statewide 2021 cross country team rankings. Check out who made the list of top 10 teams in each of the five CIF-State divisions (thru meets of 10/31).

The Mt. SAC Invitational provided more insights on the section's top teams! Subjective rankings go 25 deep per gender plus top five runners ranked by division.

The Peninsula junior broke the 3-mile course record on the iconic layout two weeks after running the second-fastest time on the PVCCC 2-mile course.

Updated subjective top 25 XC teams for girls and boys in the CIF-Southern Section, the largest of the 10 CIF sections. Bonus: Individual Top 25 rankings.

CORRECTED - Now a third of the way through the 2021 cross country season, here's an initial look at the top 10 teams in each of the five CIF-State divisions.

Newbury Park and Loyola move up to Division 1 and will challenge Great Oak's dominance on the section's large-school division.