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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Sierra Vista(was #299) | D9 | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 7-9 | 6.290 |
| 242 | Compton(was #300) | D9 | Unverified | — | 14-7 | 6.286 |
| 243 | Lawndale(was #302) | D9 | Wildcard · 6th | 2-4 | 9-5 | 6.276 |
| 244 | Jordan(was #304) | D9 | Wildcard · 6th | 1-8 | 10-10 | 6.272 |
| 245 | Schurr(was #306) | D9 | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 8-14 | 6.238 |
| 246 | Salesian(was #308) | D9 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 10-7 | 6.228 |
| 247 | Indio(was #312) | D9 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 12-8 | 6.200 |
| 248 | Artesia(was #313) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-2 | 6-12 | 6.189 |
| 249 | Magnolia(was #315) | D9 | 1st in league | 7-5 | 11-6 | 6.168 |
| 250 | Providence/Burbank(was #316) | D9 | Unverified | — | 6-9 | 6.164 |
| 251 | Oxford Academy(was #317) | D9 | 2nd in league | 6-2 | 5-16 | 6.162 |
| 252 | Santa Clarita Christian(was #320) | D9 | 3rd in league | 9-3 | 8-6 | 6.132 |
| 253 | Edgewood(was #321) | D9 | 2nd in league | 5-2 | 7-7 | 6.111 |
| 254 | Mountain View(was #322) | D9 | Wildcard · 5th | 4-5 | 11-5 | 6.110 |
| 255 | Anaheim(was #323) | D9 | 2nd in league | 8-4 | 12-7 | 6.105 |
| 256 | Vasquez(was #327) | D9 | 2nd in league | 7-2 | 6-8-1 | 6.074 |
| 257 | Nuview Bridge(was #329) | D9 | 3rd in league | 7-4 | 10-10-1 | 6.056 |
| 258 | Cornerstone Chr/Wildomar(was #330) | D9 | Unverified | — | 11-9 | 6.054 |
| 259 | Colton(was #331) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-5 | 7-12 | 6.048 |
| 260 | Twentynine Palms(was #333) | D9 | 3rd in league | 2-4 | 8-4 | 6.036 |
| 261 | Beacon Hill(was #337) | D9 | Unverified | — | 5-1 | 5.976 |
| 262 | Banning(was #338) | D9 | 1st in league | 7-1 | 8-6 | 5.932 |
| 263 | Desert Christian/Lancaster(was #339) | D9 | Wildcard · 4th | 9-3 | 8-6-1 | 5.894 |
| 264 | Buckley(was #340) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-3 | 10-7 | 5.887 |
| 265 | Bishop Diego(was #343) | D9 | 1st in league | 7-1 | 8-5 | 5.871 |
| 266 | Thacher(was #345) | D9 | Wildcard · 4th | 2-6 | 6-5 | 5.813 |
| 267 | YULA Yeshiva(was #346) | D9 | Unverified | — | 4-7 | 5.788 |
| 268 | Excelsior Charter(was #350) | D9 | Wildcard · 5th | 1-5 | 5-5 | 5.704 |
| 269 | St Pius X - St Matthias Academy(was #351) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-5 | 12-9 | 5.695 |
| 270 | Crossroads Christian(was #354) | D9 | 3rd in league | 6-3 | 10-2 | 5.649 |
| 271 | Dunn(was #358) | D9 | 2nd in league | 5-2 | 7-5 | 5.608 |
| 272 | Rancho Alamitos(was #361) | D9 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 8-9 | 5.577 |