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.
All .500 Teams projection. Same auto-qualifier rules as the standard projection (Top-16 → D1; below that, league-size tiers determine auto bids: 4-team → top 2, 5–6 → top 3, 7–8 → top 4, 9+ → top 5). The difference: no per-division cap on At Large picks — every team that misses its auto cutoff but finishes .500 or better overall slots into the bracket. D9 absorbs the overflow.
This is not the official CIF-SS bracket structure. The actual bracket caps At Large picks per division and drops the rest. This is an exploratory "who's playoff-eligible by record?" view.
League data scraped from MaxPreps for 426 of 457 teams. 149 teams removed by current rules. 49 At Large picks (sub-cutoff but .500+, no cap). 31 Unverified pending league-data backfill.
| Proj # | Team | Division | League | League Status | League W-L-T | League Pct | Record | Pct | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Damien(was #51) | D3 | Baseline League | 2nd in league | 9-6 | 0.600 | 12-11-1 | 0.521 | 8.030 |
| 50 | Palos Verdes(was #52) | D3 | Bay League | 1st in league | 10-2 | 0.833 | 19-8 | 0.704 | 8.023 |
| 51 | Trabuco Hills(was #53) | D3 | South Coast League | 1st in league | 8-4 | 0.667 | 16-11 | 0.593 | 8.012 |
| 52 | Elsinore(was #54) | D3 | Mountain Pass League | 1st in league | 11-1 | 0.917 | 18-3 | 0.857 | 8.009 |
| 53 | St Francis(was #55) | D3 | Mission League | At Large · 7th | 6-10 | 0.375 | 13-11-1 | 0.540 | 8.005 |
| 54 | Yucaipa(was #56) | D3 | Citrus Belt League | 2nd in league | 11-4 | 0.733 | 17-10 | 0.630 | 8.003 |
| 55 | Agoura(was #57) | D3 | Marmonte League | At Large · 5th | 5-10 | 0.333 | 15-13 | 0.536 | 8.000 |
| 56 | Beckman Arnold(was #58) | D3 | Sea View League | 2nd in league | 6-6 | 0.500 | 17-9-1 | 0.648 | 8.000 |
| 57 | Torrance(was #59) | D3 | Bay League | At Large · 4th | 6-6 | 0.500 | 17-10 | 0.630 | 7.999 |
| 58 | El Segundo(was #61) | D3 | Pioneer League | 2nd in league | 10-2 | 0.833 | 18-7 | 0.720 | 7.979 |
| 59 | Mira Costa(was #62) | D3 | Bay League | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 0.500 | 16-11 | 0.593 | 7.971 |
| 60 | San Juan Hills(was #63) | D3 | Sea View League | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 0.500 | 16-12 | 0.571 | 7.940 |
| 61 | Burroughs/Ridgecrest(was #64) | D3 | Mojave River League | 1st in league | 12-3 | 0.800 | 22-4 | 0.846 | 7.927 |
| 62 | Pacifica/Garden Grove(was #65) | D3 | Freeway League | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 0.500 | 15-10 | 0.600 | 7.925 |
| 63 | Burroughs/Burbank(was #66) | D3 | Pacific League | 1st in league | 13-1 | 0.929 | 21-4 | 0.840 | 7.914 |
| 64 | Cajon(was #67) | D3 | Citrus Belt League | 1st in league | 12-3 | 0.800 | 21-9 | 0.700 | 7.911 |
| 65 | West Ranch(was #68) | D3 | Foothill League | 1st in league | 9-3 | 0.750 | 15-12 | 0.556 | 7.898 |
| 66 | Redondo Union(was #69) | D3 | Bay League | 2nd in league | 8-4 | 0.667 | 16-11 | 0.593 | 7.897 |
| 67 | Millikan(was #70) | D3 | Moore League | 1st in league | 11-1 | 0.917 | 18-6 | 0.750 | 7.895 |
| 68 | Corona Del Mar(was #71) | D3 | Sunset League | At Large · 6th | 7-11 | 0.389 | 15-13 | 0.536 | 7.885 |
| 69 | Bishop Amat(was #72) | D3 | Del Rey League | 1st in league | 10-2 | 0.833 | 16-10 | 0.615 | 7.876 |
| 70 | San Dimas(was #74) | D3 | Hacienda League | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 0.500 | 14-12 | 0.538 | 7.875 |
| 71 | Los Altos/Hacienda Heights(was #75) | D3 | Hacienda League | At Large · 4th | 5-7 | 0.417 | 15-8-1 | 0.646 | 7.862 |
| 72 | Fullerton(was #76) | D3 | Empire League | 3rd in league | 7-5 | 0.583 | 16-9 | 0.640 | 7.861 |
| 73 | Calabasas(was #77) | D3 | Marmonte League | At Large · 6th | 4-11 | 0.267 | 14-13 | 0.519 | 7.855 |
| 74 | Chaparral(was #78) | D3 | Southwestern League | At Large · 4th | 7-8 | 0.467 | 16-12 | 0.571 | 7.853 |
| 75 | Chino Hills(was #79) | D3 | Baseline League | 3rd in league | 6-9 | 0.400 | 12-13-1 | 0.481 | 7.845 |
| 76 | Pacifica Christian/Orange Cty(was #80) | D3 | San Joaquin League | 1st in league | 8-1 | 0.889 | 17-5-1 | 0.761 | 7.795 |
| 77 | Dos Pueblos(was #81) | D3 | Channel League | 2nd in league | 10-4 | 0.714 | 18-10 | 0.643 | 7.795 |
| 78 | La Canada(was #82) | D3 | Rio Hondo League | 1st in league | 11-1 | 0.917 | 17-9 | 0.654 | 7.783 |
| 79 | Edison/HB(was #83) | D3 | Sunset League | 4th in league | 8-10 | 0.444 | 12-16 | 0.429 | 7.781 |
| 80 | Charter Oak(was #84) | D3 | Valley Vista League | 1st in league | 9-1 | 0.900 | 16-8-1 | 0.660 | 7.777 |