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 as an "At Large" pick (sub-3rd league finish with a .500-or-better overall record). Each division accepts at most 2 At Large teams; excess at-large teams are dropped from the bracket and lower-ranked teams cascade up to fill the vacated slots.Surviving teams are then re-grouped into 32-team divisions in rank order.
League data scraped from MaxPreps for 414 of 457 teams. 176 teams removed by current rules. 16 At Large picks (sub-3rd but .500+, capped at 2 per division). 42 Unverified pending league-data backfill.
| Proj # | Team | Division | League Status | League W-L-T | Record | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | San Clemente(was #57) | D3 | 2nd in league | 7-5 | 14-8 | 8.040 |
| 50 | Chino Hills(was #58) | D3 | 3rd in league | 4-5 | 12-7-1 | 8.036 |
| 51 | Alta Loma(was #59) | D3 | 1st in league | 7-2 | 15-4-1 | 8.034 |
| 52 | Beckman Arnold(was #60) | D3 | 3rd in league | 4-5 | 13-7-1 | 8.027 |
| 53 | Damien(was #61) | D3 | 2nd in league | 5-4 | 8-9-1 | 8.016 |
| 54 | Mission Viejo(was #62) | D3 | 1st in league | 6-3 | 12-8 | 8.010 |
| 55 | Summit(was #63) | D3 | 1st in league | 9-1 | 15-7 | 8.006 |
| 56 | Agoura(was #64) | D3 | At Large · 5th | 3-9 | 13-9 | 8.001 |
| 57 | La Salle(was #65) | D3 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 16-4 | 7.999 |
| 58 | West Ranch(was #66) | D3 | 1st in league | 7-3 | 13-11 | 7.990 |
| 59 | San Marino(was #67) | D3 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 17-5 | 7.972 |
| 60 | San Dimas(was #68) | D3 | 3rd in league | 4-5 | 12-11 | 7.965 |
| 61 | Torrance(was #69) | D3 | At Large · 4th | 4-6 | 12-10 | 7.958 |
| 62 | Dos Pueblos(was #72) | D3 | 2nd in league | 8-4 | 15-7 | 7.938 |
| 63 | Cajon(was #75) | D3 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 16-8 | 7.929 |
| 64 | Fullerton(was #76) | D3 | 2nd in league | 6-3 | 14-7 | 7.928 |
| 65 | Laguna Beach(was #77) | D3 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 14-8 | 7.925 |
| 66 | Crescenta Valley(was #78) | D3 | 2nd in league | 11-1 | 16-2 | 7.923 |
| 67 | Pacifica/Garden Grove(was #79) | D3 | 3rd in league | 5-3 | 12-8 | 7.920 |
| 68 | Charter Oak(was #80) | D3 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 13-6-1 | 7.920 |
| 69 | Yucaipa(was #81) | D3 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 11-10 | 7.919 |
| 70 | La Canada(was #82) | D3 | 1st in league | 9-1 | 12-7 | 7.908 |
| 71 | Millikan(was #83) | D3 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 15-6 | 7.903 |
| 72 | Poly/Riverside(was #84) | D3 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 13-5 | 7.898 |
| 73 | Burroughs/Ridgecrest(was #85) | D3 | 1st in league | 10-3 | 16-4 | 7.893 |
| 74 | Oakwood(was #87) | D3 | 1st in league | 9-0 | 16-1 | 7.857 |
| 75 | Highland(was #88) | D3 | 1st in league | 12-0 | 15-5-1 | 7.853 |
| 76 | South Torrance(was #89) | D3 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 13-8 | 7.851 |
| 77 | Bishop Amat(was #90) | D3 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 11-9 | 7.847 |
| 78 | Pacifica Christian/Orange Cty(was #92) | D3 | 1st in league | 6-1 | 13-5-1 | 7.845 |
| 79 | Redondo Union(was #93) | D3 | 2nd in league | 6-4 | 13-10 | 7.834 |
| 80 | Arlington(was #95) | D3 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 13-8 | 7.816 |