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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | Laguna Hills(was #162) | D6 | Wildcard · 4th | 4-5 | 10-10 | 7.386 |
| 146 | Moreno Valley(was #163) | D6 | Wildcard · 5th | 4-8 | 10-10 | 7.383 |
| 147 | Woodcrest Christian(was #165) | D6 | Wildcard · 5th | 1-8 | 9-8 | 7.368 |
| 148 | Santa Fe(was #166) | D6 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 11-13 | 7.366 |
| 149 | Shadow Hills(was #167) | D6 | 2nd in league | 8-3 | 9-8 | 7.363 |
| 150 | Diamond Bar(was #168) | D6 | Wildcard · 6th | 2-6 | 12-7 | 7.360 |
| 151 | Camarillo(was #169) | D6 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 8-15 | 7.357 |
| 152 | Heritage Christian(was #170) | D6 | 2nd in league | 6-3 | 13-5 | 7.355 |
| 153 | Wiseburn Da Vinci(was #171) | D6 | Wildcard · 4th | 3-9 | 11-10 | 7.353 |
| 154 | Arrowhead Christian(was #172) | D6 | 3rd in league | 5-3 | 6-12 | 7.352 |
| 155 | Capistrano Valley Christian(was #173) | D6 | 2nd in league | 5-2 | 10-15 | 7.349 |
| 156 | Temescal Canyon(was #175) | D6 | 3rd in league | 4-5 | 12-10 | 7.346 |
| 157 | Irvine(was #176) | D6 | 3rd in league | 9-3 | 10-12 | 7.346 |
| 158 | Paloma Valley(was #177) | D6 | Wildcard · 4th | 6-6 | 10-10 | 7.343 |
| 159 | Mary Star of the Sea(was #178) | D6 | 1st in league | 11-0 | 14-2 | 7.338 |
| 160 | Crossroads(was #179) | D6 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 13-6 | 7.325 |
| 161 | Rancho Verde(was #181) | D6 | 1st in league | 10-1 | 13-7 | 7.313 |
| 162 | Culver City(was #182) | D6 | 2nd in league | 6-0 | 9-14-1 | 7.310 |
| 163 | Esperanza(was #184) | D6 | Wildcard · 4th | 2-6 | 13-9 | 7.303 |
| 164 | Cathedral(was #186) | D6 | 3rd in league | 7-5 | 11-7 | 7.291 |
| 165 | Liberty/Winchester(was #188) | D6 | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 7-9 | 7.264 |
| 166 | Covina(was #190) | D6 | 2nd in league | 5-1 | 5-10-1 | 7.247 |
| 167 | Canyon Springs(was #191) | D6 | 2nd in league | 8-3 | 13-6 | 7.222 |
| 168 | Troy(was #193) | D6 | Wildcard · 5th | 2-8 | 11-9 | 7.217 |
| 169 | Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana(was #194) | D6 | 1st in league | 9-2 | 13-9 | 7.216 |
| 170 | Redlands(was #195) | D6 | Wildcard · 5th | 3-9 | 12-9 | 7.216 |
| 171 | Brentwood(was #196) | D6 | Wildcard · 4th | 3-6-1 | 11-5-1 | 7.206 |
| 172 | Granite Hills/Apple Valley(was #197) | D6 | 1st in league | 7-1 | 13-7 | 7.203 |
| 173 | Ramona/Riverside(was #198) | D6 | 1st in league | 10-1 | 14-7 | 7.198 |
| 174 | Leuzinger(was #200) | D6 | 3rd in league | 4-2 | 12-4 | 7.189 |
| 175 | Alhambra/Alhambra(was #201) | D6 | 2nd in league | 12-1 | 15-7 | 7.187 |
| 176 | Bloomington(was #204) | D6 | 1st in league | 9-0 | 17-4 | 7.162 |