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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 | Chino(was #122) | D5 | 1st in league | 12-0 | 13-2 | 7.645 |
| 114 | Murrieta Mesa(was #123) | D5 | Wildcard · 5th | 2-10 | 11-10 | 7.633 |
| 115 | Sonora(was #124) | D5 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 13-8 | 7.630 |
| 116 | Upland(was #126) | D5 | Wildcard · 4th | 4-5 | 10-8-2 | 7.626 |
| 117 | Quartz Hill(was #127) | D5 | 2nd in league | 10-2 | 15-7 | 7.623 |
| 118 | Santa Monica(was #128) | D5 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 10-8 | 7.619 |
| 119 | Oak Hills(was #129) | D5 | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 12-8 | 7.596 |
| 120 | Rio Mesa(was #130) | D5 | 3rd in league | 7-5 | 12-9 | 7.594 |
| 121 | Woodbridge(was #132) | D5 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 12-10 | 7.588 |
| 122 | Pacifica/Oxnard(was #134) | D5 | Wildcard · 4th | 7-5 | 10-10 | 7.581 |
| 123 | Citrus Valley(was #135) | D5 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 9-11 | 7.569 |
| 124 | Wilson/Long Beach(was #136) | D5 | 2nd in league | 8-2 | 13-10 | 7.568 |
| 125 | Poly/Long Beach(was #137) | D5 | Wildcard · 4th | 6-3 | 12-8 | 7.566 |
| 126 | Sunny Hills(was #138) | D5 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 12-8-2 | 7.558 |
| 127 | Katella(was #139) | D5 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 10-10 | 7.552 |
| 128 | Kaiser(was #140) | D5 | Wildcard · 4th | 3-6 | 12-10 | 7.540 |
| 129 | La Serna(was #141) | D5 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 9-11-1 | 7.537 |
| 130 | Cerritos(was #142) | D5 | 1st in league | 8-0 | 13-6 | 7.524 |
| 131 | Sultana(was #143) | D5 | Wildcard · 5th | 5-8 | 13-7 | 7.519 |
| 132 | Tahquitz(was #145) | D5 | 2nd in league | 8-2 | 12-5-1 | 7.510 |
| 133 | Riverside Prep(was #146) | D5 | 1st in league | 5-1 | 10-9 | 7.495 |
| 134 | Roosevelt Eleanor(was #148) | D5 | Unverified | — | 9-13 | 7.469 |
| 135 | Hart High(was #149) | D5 | Wildcard · 4th | 5-4-1 | 10-10-1 | 7.468 |
| 136 | Montebello(was #150) | D5 | 1st in league | 12-1 | 15-6 | 7.452 |
| 137 | Jurupa Hills(was #152) | D5 | 3rd in league | 4-5 | 15-7 | 7.443 |
| 138 | Calvary Baptist(was #154) | D5 | 1st in league | 10-0 | 18-1 | 7.432 |
| 139 | St Anthony(was #155) | D5 | 2nd in league | 6-3-1 | 13-6-1 | 7.429 |
| 140 | North Torrance(was #156) | D5 | 3rd in league | 4-6 | 10-12 | 7.428 |
| 141 | Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary(was #158) | D5 | Wildcard · 5th | 5-5 | 16-5 | 7.425 |
| 142 | Mayfair(was #159) | D5 | 1st in league | 11-2 | 15-5 | 7.397 |
| 143 | St Bonaventure(was #160) | D5 | 2nd in league | 6-0 | 16-6 | 7.388 |
| 144 | El Rancho(was #161) | D5 | 3rd in league | 4-6 | 15-9 | 7.388 |