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SoCal Baseball — Playoff Projections

Snapshot from 2026-05-05 · 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.

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Projections view applied. Top-16 by overall ranking go to D1 automatically. Below that, a team is an auto-qualifier if it finished high enough in its league: 4-team league → top 2, 5–6 team → top 3, 7–8 team → top 4, 9+ team → top 5. Remaining auto-qualifiers are averaged across Divisions 2–9 (each division begins where the next auto-qualifier begins, in rank order). A team that misses its auto-qualifier cutoff but finishes overall at .500 or better is an "At Large" pick. Each division accepts up to 3 At Large teams; excess at-large picks are dropped from the bracket entirely.

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League data scraped from MaxPreps for 426 of 457 teams. 176 teams removed by current rules. 22 At Large picks (sub-3rd but .500+, capped at 3 per division). 31 Unverified pending league-data backfill.

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Proj #TeamDivisionLeagueLeague StatusLeague W-L-TLeague PctRecordPctRating
17Villa Park(was #17)D2Crestview League2nd in league7-40.63617-8-10.6738.457
18Westlake(was #18)D2Marmonte League2nd in league11-40.73318-80.6928.386
19Newport Harbor(was #19)D2Sunset League2nd in league13-50.72220-90.6908.322
20Royal(was #20)D2Coastal Canyon League1st in league10-10.90922-30.8808.309
21Gahr(was #21)D2Gateway League2nd in league9-30.75017-9-10.6488.307
22Servite(was #22)D2Trinity League3rd in league6-90.40014-130.5198.298
23Loyola(was #23)D2Mission LeagueAt Large · 5th7-100.41216-10-10.6118.265
24Aquinas(was #24)D2Ambassador League1st in league11-10.91720-80.7148.259
25Linfield Christian(was #25)D2Ambassador League2nd in league8-40.66720-60.7698.244
26Paraclete(was #26)D2Camino Real League1st in league11-10.91722-50.8158.231
27Alemany(was #27)D2Mission League4th in league8-90.47117-90.6548.221
28Great Oak(was #28)D2Southwestern League2nd in league9-5-10.63316-10-10.6118.213
29Mater Dei(was #29)D2Trinity LeagueAt Large · 4th5-100.33313-120.5208.211
30South Hills(was #30)D2Hacienda League2nd in league9-30.75020-60.7698.210
31Chaminade(was #31)D2Mission LeagueAt Large · 6th7-100.41215-110.5778.200
32Foothill/Santa Ana(was #32)D2Crestview League3rd in league5-70.41716-100.6158.194
33Dana Hills(was #33)D2South Coast League2nd in league7-50.58318-90.6678.182
34Vista Murrieta(was #35)D2Southwestern League3rd in league9-5-10.63316-8-30.6488.154
35Valley View(was #36)D2Sunbelt League2nd in league13-20.86723-20.9208.138
36Yorba Linda(was #38)D2North Hills League1st in league9-20.81818-7-10.7128.104
37Mission Viejo(was #39)D2Sea View League1st in league9-30.75018-80.6928.100
38Rancho Christian(was #40)D2Sunbelt League1st in league14-10.93320-4-10.8208.084
39El Modena(was #42)D2Freeway League1st in league10-20.83320-60.7698.071
40Ganesha(was #43)D2Miramonte League1st in league9-01.00020-3-10.8548.071
41Newbury Park(was #44)D2Marmonte League3rd in league8-70.53316-110.5938.066
42San Clemente(was #46)D2South Coast League3rd in league7-50.58318-100.6438.059
43Costa Mesa(was #47)D2Empire League1st in league9-30.75020-60.7698.052
44Alta Loma(was #48)D2Hacienda League1st in league9-30.75019-6-10.7508.046
45Arcadia(was #50)D2Pacific League2nd in league12-20.85717-90.6548.030
46Damien(was #51)D2Baseline League2nd in league9-60.60012-11-10.5218.030
47Palos Verdes(was #52)D2Bay League1st in league10-20.83319-80.7048.023
48Trabuco Hills(was #53)D2South Coast League1st in league8-40.66716-110.5938.012