SoCal Baseball — Playoff Projections
Snapshot from 2026-04-21 · 457 teams
Where each Southern Section baseball team is projected to play in the postseason, based on the official CIF-SS power-index ranking. Updated weekly on Tuesday from the published rankings PDF.
Projections view applied. Top-16 ranked teams qualify for Division 1 automatically. For Divisions 2–9, a team qualifies if it finished top-3 in its league or finished outside top-3 but with a .500-or-better overall record ("wildcard"). Surviving teams are then re-grouped into 32-team divisions in rank order.
League data scraped from MaxPreps for 413 of 457 teams. 134 teams removed by current rules. 58 wildcards (sub-3rd but .500+). 43 Unverified pending league-data backfill.
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| Proj # | Team | Division | League Status | League W-L-T | Record | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Millikan(was #83) | D4 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 15-6 | 7.903 |
| 82 | Poly/Riverside(was #84) | D4 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 13-5 | 7.898 |
| 83 | Burroughs/Ridgecrest(was #85) | D4 | 1st in league | 10-3 | 16-4 | 7.893 |
| 84 | El Toro(was #86) | D4 | Wildcard · 5th | 5-7 | 12-9-1 | 7.869 |
| 85 | Oakwood(was #87) | D4 | 1st in league | 9-0 | 16-1 | 7.857 |
| 86 | Highland(was #88) | D4 | 1st in league | 12-0 | 15-5-1 | 7.853 |
| 87 | South Torrance(was #89) | D4 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 13-8 | 7.851 |
| 88 | Bishop Amat(was #90) | D4 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 11-9 | 7.847 |
| 89 | Pacifica Christian/Orange Cty(was #92) | D4 | 1st in league | 6-1 | 13-5-1 | 7.845 |
| 90 | Redondo Union(was #93) | D4 | 2nd in league | 6-4 | 13-10 | 7.834 |
| 91 | Arlington(was #95) | D4 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 13-8 | 7.816 |
| 92 | La Quinta/La Quinta(was #96) | D4 | 1st in league | 12-1 | 14-7-1 | 7.811 |
| 93 | Marina(was #97) | D4 | Wildcard · 6th | 6-9 | 11-11 | 7.811 |
| 94 | Monrovia(was #98) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-1 | 14-4-1 | 7.804 |
| 95 | Claremont(was #99) | D4 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 16-5 | 7.802 |
| 96 | San Marcos/Santa Barbara(was #100) | D4 | 1st in league | 9-3 | 14-10 | 7.796 |
| 97 | King Martin Luther(was #101) | D4 | Unverified | — | 10-10 | 7.787 |
| 98 | Downey(was #102) | D4 | 3rd in league | 5-4 | 13-9 | 7.787 |
| 99 | Glendora(was #103) | D4 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 11-9 | 7.785 |
| 100 | St Bernard(was #105) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 8-6 | 7.755 |
| 101 | Chaparral(was #106) | D4 | Wildcard · 4th | 4-8 | 12-10 | 7.754 |
| 102 | Hesperia(was #107) | D4 | 2nd in league | 9-4 | 16-5 | 7.753 |
| 103 | Saugus(was #108) | D4 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 11-10 | 7.741 |
| 104 | Castaic(was #109) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 14-8 | 7.736 |
| 105 | Canyon/Anaheim(was #110) | D4 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 11-11 | 7.724 |
| 106 | Grand Terrace(was #111) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-4 | 13-7 | 7.717 |
| 107 | Palm Desert(was #112) | D4 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 10-9 | 7.713 |
| 108 | Valley Christian/Cerritos(was #113) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-3 | 14-5 | 7.712 |
| 109 | Northview(was #115) | D4 | 3rd in league | 3-3 | 10-13 | 7.712 |
| 110 | Simi Valley(was #117) | D4 | 2nd in league | 8-2 | 13-10 | 7.710 |
| 111 | Moorpark(was #118) | D4 | Wildcard · 4th | 1-7 | 13-9 | 7.707 |
| 112 | Paramount(was #119) | D4 | 2nd in league | 11-2 | 18-4 | 7.682 |