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.
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.
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.
| Proj # | Team | Division | League | League Status | League W-L-T | League Pct | Record | Pct | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Rancho Alamitos(was #356) | D9 | Grove League | 3rd in league | 7-5 | 0.583 | 11-10 | 0.524 | 5.503 |
| 242 | Crossroads Christian(was #361) | D9 | Majestic League | At Large · 4th | 7-5 | 0.583 | 11-4 | 0.733 | 5.382 |
| 243 | Rolling Hills Prep(was #363) | D9 | Coastal League | 2nd in league | 6-2 | 0.750 | 6-10 | 0.375 | 5.336 |
| 244 | Temecula Prep(was #364) | D9 | South Valley League | 4th in league | 8-6 | 0.571 | 12-11 | 0.522 | 5.315 |
| 245 | San Bernardino(was #366) | D9 | Mountain Valley League | 3rd in league | 5-6 | 0.455 | 5-11 | 0.313 | 5.310 |
| 246 | Environmental Charter(was #367) | D9 | Mulholland League | 2nd in league | 6-2 | 0.750 | 8-5-2 | 0.600 | 5.275 |
| 247 | Gorman LC/Santa Clarita(was #368) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 7-3 | 0.700 | 5.253 |
| 248 | Yucca Valley(was #369) | D9 | Desert Valley League | 2nd in league | 5-4 | 0.556 | 6-9 | 0.400 | 5.252 |
| 249 | Ojai Valley(was #372) | D9 | Omega League | At Large · 2nd | 4-1 | 0.800 | 6-4 | 0.600 | 5.161 |
| 250 | Ambassador Christian(was #373) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 9-9 | 0.500 | 5.157 |
| 251 | Shalhevet(was #374) | D9 | Mulholland League | 1st in league | 7-1 | 0.875 | 10-11 | 0.476 | 5.152 |
| 252 | Desert Hot Springs(was #376) | D9 | Sun Valley League | 2nd in league | 7-5 | 0.583 | 9-13 | 0.409 | 5.138 |
| 253 | St Monica Academy(was #377) | D9 | Heritage League | At Large · 5th | 5-5 | 0.500 | 7-6 | 0.538 | 5.137 |
| 254 | Lennox Academy(was #381) | D9 | Coastal League | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 0.500 | 10-13 | 0.435 | 5.079 |
| 255 | Western(was #387) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 10-14 | 0.417 | 5.018 |
| 256 | Calvary Chapel/Downey(was #390) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 8-12 | 0.400 | 4.982 |
| 257 | San Luis Obispo Classical Academy(was #391) | D9 | Coast Valley League | 2nd in league | 5-2 | 0.714 | 8-7 | 0.533 | 4.962 |
| 258 | United Christian Academy(was #392) | D9 | Arrowhead League | 2nd in league | 7-1 | 0.875 | 13-7-1 | 0.643 | 4.959 |
| 259 | Bethel Christian/Riverside(was #393) | D9 | Majestic League | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 0.615 | 8-10 | 0.444 | 4.883 |
| 260 | Godinez(was #397) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 5-17 | 0.227 | 4.748 |
| 261 | Hamilton(was #400) | D9 | Arrowhead League | 2nd in league | 7-2 | 0.778 | 11-9 | 0.550 | 4.665 |
| 262 | Pomona(was #401) | D9 | Miramonte League | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 0.600 | 6-11-1 | 0.361 | 4.644 |
| 263 | Coastal Christian(was #402) | D9 | Coast Valley League | 1st in league | 7-1 | 0.875 | 6-7 | 0.462 | 4.626 |
| 264 | Cobalt Institute(was #404) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 10-12-1 | 0.457 | 4.595 |
| 265 | Southlands Christian(was #407) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 9-11 | 0.450 | 4.559 |
| 266 | Mesa Grande(was #408) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 8-2 | 0.800 | 4.551 |
| 267 | Valley Christian/Santa Maria(was #411) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 4-7 | 0.364 | 4.445 |
| 268 | Avalon(was #413) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 4-10 | 0.286 | 4.437 |
| 269 | Lucerne Valley(was #418) | D9 | Agape League | 3rd in league | 7-8 | 0.467 | 11-8 | 0.579 | 4.298 |
| 270 | St Jeanne de Lestonnac(was #420) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 6-9 | 0.400 | 4.212 |
| 271 | Hawthorne MSA(was #421) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 5-10 | 0.333 | 4.182 |
| 272 | Newbury Park Adventist(was #422) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 2-7 | 0.222 | 4.168 |
| 273 | Redlands Adventist(was #423) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 7-6 | 0.538 | 4.158 |
| 274 | Fairmont Prep(was #428) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 3-5 | 0.375 | 3.954 |
| 275 | Del Sol(was #430) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 0-7 | 0.000 | 3.853 |
| 276 | Sequoyah(was #432) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 2-6-1 | 0.278 | 3.832 |
| 277 | Legacy College Prep(was #435) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 2-8 | 0.200 | 3.811 |
| 278 | Hillcrest Chr/Thousand Oaks(was #440) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 1-10-1 | 0.125 | 3.307 |
| 279 | Public Safety Academy(was #447) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 3-12-1 | 0.219 | 2.983 |
| 280 | Packinghouse Christian(was #455) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 1-15 | 0.063 | 2.371 |
| 281 | Weaver Jack(was #457) | D9 | — | Unverified | — | — | 0-9 | 0.000 | 1.744 |