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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Hillcrest(was #205) | D7 | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 12-10 | 7.161 |
| 178 | Orange(was #207) | D7 | 1st in league | 9-1 | 14-8 | 7.153 |
| 179 | Trinity Classical Academy(was #208) | D7 | 1st in league | 2-0 | 11-10 | 7.151 |
| 180 | Tustin(was #210) | D7 | 2nd in league | 7-2 | 13-9 | 7.144 |
| 181 | Western Christian(was #211) | D7 | 3rd in league | 3-4 | 12-8 | 7.141 |
| 182 | Hueneme(was #212) | D7 | 1st in league | 9-1 | 12-10 | 7.140 |
| 183 | Apple Valley(was #213) | D7 | Wildcard · 4th | 6-7 | 12-12 | 7.135 |
| 184 | Foothill Technology(was #214) | D7 | Unverified | — | 12-10 | 7.131 |
| 185 | Loara(was #215) | D7 | 2nd in league | 8-4 | 11-8-1 | 7.128 |
| 186 | Rowland(was #216) | D7 | Wildcard · 6th | 1-5 | 10-5 | 7.088 |
| 187 | Savanna(was #218) | D7 | 1st in league | 7-3 | 13-7 | 7.077 |
| 188 | Lakewood(was #219) | D7 | 3rd in league | 7-2 | 7-16 | 7.076 |
| 189 | University Prep(was #220) | D7 | 2nd in league | 5-1 | 17-1 | 7.072 |
| 190 | Windward(was #221) | D7 | 2nd in league | 6-3-1 | 13-8-2 | 7.070 |
| 191 | Norwalk(was #222) | D7 | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 9-7 | 7.060 |
| 192 | Santa Paula(was #224) | D7 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 10-11 | 7.059 |
| 193 | Adelanto(was #225) | D7 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 13-9 | 7.039 |
| 194 | Don Lugo(was #227) | D7 | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 7-10-2 | 7.028 |
| 195 | Viewpoint(was #230) | D7 | Wildcard · 5th | 2-8 | 15-6 | 7.002 |
| 196 | Montclair(was #231) | D7 | Wildcard · 4th | 5-6-1 | 12-8-1 | 6.990 |
| 197 | Campbell Hall(was #232) | D7 | 3rd in league | 4-6 | 12-9 | 6.989 |
| 198 | Miller AB(was #233) | D7 | Unverified | — | 11-4 | 6.980 |
| 199 | Muir(was #234) | D7 | Wildcard · 4th | 6-6 | 6-6 | 6.975 |
| 200 | Hemet(was #235) | D7 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 12-9 | 6.942 |
| 201 | Ontario(was #236) | D7 | 2nd in league | 6-5-1 | 9-7 | 6.936 |
| 202 | Palm Springs(was #239) | D7 | Wildcard · 5th | 4-8 | 13-8 | 6.911 |
| 203 | Baldwin Park(was #240) | D7 | Unverified | — | 13-7 | 6.907 |
| 204 | Fontana(was #243) | D7 | 1st in league | 7-1 | 13-7 | 6.843 |
| 205 | Golden Valley/Santa Clarita(was #244) | D7 | Wildcard · 6th | 3-7 | 11-9 | 6.842 |
| 206 | Century(was #245) | D7 | 3rd in league | 5-5 | 10-11 | 6.823 |
| 207 | Victor Valley(was #247) | D7 | 2nd in league | 6-4 | 8-9 | 6.819 |
| 208 | West Valley(was #248) | D7 | Wildcard · 4th | 4-6 | 15-8 | 6.803 |