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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | La Quinta/La Quinta(was #96) | D4 | 1st in league | 12-1 | 14-7-1 | 7.811 |
| 82 | Marina(was #97) | D4 | At Large · 6th | 6-9 | 11-11 | 7.811 |
| 83 | Monrovia(was #98) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-1 | 14-4-1 | 7.804 |
| 84 | Claremont(was #99) | D4 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 16-5 | 7.802 |
| 85 | San Marcos/Santa Barbara(was #100) | D4 | 1st in league | 9-3 | 14-10 | 7.796 |
| 86 | King Martin Luther(was #101) | D4 | Unverified | — | 10-10 | 7.787 |
| 87 | Downey(was #102) | D4 | 3rd in league | 5-4 | 13-9 | 7.787 |
| 88 | Glendora(was #103) | D4 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 11-9 | 7.785 |
| 89 | St Bernard(was #105) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 8-6 | 7.755 |
| 90 | Chaparral(was #106) | D4 | At Large · 4th | 4-8 | 12-10 | 7.754 |
| 91 | Hesperia(was #107) | D4 | 2nd in league | 9-4 | 16-5 | 7.753 |
| 92 | Saugus(was #108) | D4 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 11-10 | 7.741 |
| 93 | Castaic(was #109) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 14-8 | 7.736 |
| 94 | Canyon/Anaheim(was #110) | D4 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 11-11 | 7.724 |
| 95 | Grand Terrace(was #111) | D4 | 2nd in league | 7-4 | 13-7 | 7.717 |
| 96 | Palm Desert(was #112) | D4 | 3rd in league | 8-4 | 10-9 | 7.713 |
| 97 | Valley Christian/Cerritos(was #113) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-3 | 14-5 | 7.712 |
| 98 | Northview(was #115) | D4 | 3rd in league | 3-3 | 10-13 | 7.712 |
| 99 | Simi Valley(was #117) | D4 | 2nd in league | 8-2 | 13-10 | 7.710 |
| 100 | Paramount(was #119) | D4 | 2nd in league | 11-2 | 18-4 | 7.682 |
| 101 | Chino(was #122) | D4 | 1st in league | 12-0 | 13-2 | 7.645 |
| 102 | Sonora(was #124) | D4 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 13-8 | 7.630 |
| 103 | Quartz Hill(was #127) | D4 | 2nd in league | 10-2 | 15-7 | 7.623 |
| 104 | Santa Monica(was #128) | D4 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 10-8 | 7.619 |
| 105 | Oak Hills(was #129) | D4 | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 12-8 | 7.596 |
| 106 | Rio Mesa(was #130) | D4 | 3rd in league | 7-5 | 12-9 | 7.594 |
| 107 | Woodbridge(was #132) | D4 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 12-10 | 7.588 |
| 108 | Citrus Valley(was #135) | D4 | 2nd in league | 9-3 | 9-11 | 7.569 |
| 109 | Wilson/Long Beach(was #136) | D4 | 2nd in league | 8-2 | 13-10 | 7.568 |
| 110 | Sunny Hills(was #138) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 12-8-2 | 7.558 |
| 111 | Katella(was #139) | D4 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 10-10 | 7.552 |
| 112 | La Serna(was #141) | D4 | 1st in league | 10-2 | 9-11-1 | 7.537 |