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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | New Roads(was #249) | D8 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 11-8 | 6.784 |
| 210 | Whittier(was #250) | D8 | Wildcard · 5th | 2-8 | 11-9 | 6.778 |
| 211 | Lancaster(was #251) | D8 | 3rd in league | 9-3 | 10-10 | 6.759 |
| 212 | Grace(was #254) | D8 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 10-10 | 6.728 |
| 213 | Garden Grove(was #256) | D8 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 13-6 | 6.697 |
| 214 | St Joseph/Lakewood(was #259) | D8 | Unverified | — | 0-1 | 6.683 |
| 215 | Nogales(was #264) | D8 | 2nd in league | 8-5 | 9-7 | 6.644 |
| 216 | Carpinteria(was #265) | D8 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 12-5 | 6.616 |
| 217 | Los Amigos(was #266) | D8 | Unverified | — | 13-2 | 6.612 |
| 218 | South El Monte(was #267) | D8 | 1st in league | 7-2 | 10-7 | 6.611 |
| 219 | San Jacinto Valley Academy(was #270) | D8 | 1st in league | 11-1 | 16-6 | 6.596 |
| 220 | Buena Park(was #271) | D8 | 3rd in league | 3-6 | 6-15 | 6.576 |
| 221 | Patriot(was #272) | D8 | 2nd in league | 8-3 | 9-11 | 6.567 |
| 222 | Indian Springs(was #273) | D8 | 2nd in league | 9-1 | 12-5 | 6.510 |
| 223 | Carter(was #276) | D8 | 2nd in league | 5-4 | 11-10 | 6.486 |
| 224 | Don Bosco Tech(was #279) | D8 | Unverified | — | 3-15 | 6.450 |
| 225 | Cabrillo/Long Beach(was #280) | D8 | Wildcard · 7th | 1-9 | 9-8 | 6.434 |
| 226 | Beverly Hills(was #281) | D8 | Wildcard · 5th | 3-3 | 8-6 | 6.426 |
| 227 | Santa Rosa Academy(was #282) | D8 | 2nd in league | 11-1 | 13-4 | 6.423 |
| 228 | Milken Community(was #283) | D8 | Unverified | — | 6-11 | 6.421 |
| 229 | Arroyo(was #285) | D8 | 2nd in league | 6-2 | 9-7 | 6.415 |
| 230 | St Monica Preparatory(was #286) | D8 | Unverified | — | 6-12-1 | 6.414 |
| 231 | San Jacinto(was #287) | D8 | Wildcard · 5th | 0-10 | 13-11-1 | 6.407 |
| 232 | Rio Hondo Prep(was #288) | D8 | 3rd in league | 3-3 | 7-5-1 | 6.370 |
| 233 | Valencia/Placentia(was #289) | D8 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 9-9 | 6.369 |
| 234 | Jurupa Valley(was #290) | D8 | 3rd in league | 5-6 | 8-11 | 6.336 |
| 235 | Academy/Academic Excellence(was #292) | D8 | Unverified | — | 15-4 | 6.334 |
| 236 | Chadwick(was #293) | D8 | 2nd in league | 3-3 | 9-7 | 6.331 |
| 237 | St Margarets Episcopal(was #294) | D8 | Unverified | — | 4-12 | 6.328 |
| 238 | Knight Pete(was #296) | D8 | Unverified | — | 7-12 | 6.320 |
| 239 | Notre Dame/Riverside(was #297) | D8 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 10-11 | 6.300 |
| 240 | Poly/Pasadena(was #298) | D8 | Unverified | — | 7-12 | 6.293 |