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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Grace(was #254) | D7 | 3rd in league | 4-4 | 10-10 | 6.728 |
| 178 | Garden Grove(was #256) | D7 | 1st in league | 8-1 | 13-6 | 6.697 |
| 179 | St Joseph/Lakewood(was #259) | D7 | Unverified | — | 0-1 | 6.683 |
| 180 | Nogales(was #264) | D7 | 2nd in league | 8-5 | 9-7 | 6.644 |
| 181 | Carpinteria(was #265) | D7 | 3rd in league | 6-4 | 12-5 | 6.616 |
| 182 | Los Amigos(was #266) | D7 | Unverified | — | 13-2 | 6.612 |
| 183 | South El Monte(was #267) | D7 | 1st in league | 7-2 | 10-7 | 6.611 |
| 184 | San Jacinto Valley Academy(was #270) | D7 | 1st in league | 11-1 | 16-6 | 6.596 |
| 185 | Buena Park(was #271) | D7 | 3rd in league | 3-6 | 6-15 | 6.576 |
| 186 | Patriot(was #272) | D7 | 2nd in league | 8-3 | 9-11 | 6.567 |
| 187 | Indian Springs(was #273) | D7 | 2nd in league | 9-1 | 12-5 | 6.510 |
| 188 | Carter(was #276) | D7 | 2nd in league | 5-4 | 11-10 | 6.486 |
| 189 | Don Bosco Tech(was #279) | D7 | Unverified | — | 3-15 | 6.450 |
| 190 | Cabrillo/Long Beach(was #280) | D7 | At Large · 7th | 1-9 | 9-8 | 6.434 |
| 191 | Beverly Hills(was #281) | D7 | At Large · 5th | 3-3 | 8-6 | 6.426 |
| 192 | Santa Rosa Academy(was #282) | D7 | 2nd in league | 11-1 | 13-4 | 6.423 |
| 193 | Milken Community(was #283) | D7 | Unverified | — | 6-11 | 6.421 |
| 194 | Arroyo(was #285) | D7 | 2nd in league | 6-2 | 9-7 | 6.415 |
| 195 | St Monica Preparatory(was #286) | D7 | Unverified | — | 6-12-1 | 6.414 |
| 196 | Rio Hondo Prep(was #288) | D7 | 3rd in league | 3-3 | 7-5-1 | 6.370 |
| 197 | Valencia/Placentia(was #289) | D7 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 9-9 | 6.369 |
| 198 | Jurupa Valley(was #290) | D7 | 3rd in league | 5-6 | 8-11 | 6.336 |
| 199 | Academy/Academic Excellence(was #292) | D7 | Unverified | — | 15-4 | 6.334 |
| 200 | Chadwick(was #293) | D7 | 2nd in league | 3-3 | 9-7 | 6.331 |
| 201 | St Margarets Episcopal(was #294) | D7 | Unverified | — | 4-12 | 6.328 |
| 202 | Knight Pete(was #296) | D7 | Unverified | — | 7-12 | 6.320 |
| 203 | Notre Dame/Riverside(was #297) | D7 | 2nd in league | 5-3 | 10-11 | 6.300 |
| 204 | Poly/Pasadena(was #298) | D7 | Unverified | — | 7-12 | 6.293 |
| 205 | Sierra Vista(was #299) | D7 | 3rd in league | 6-6 | 7-9 | 6.290 |
| 206 | Compton(was #300) | D7 | Unverified | — | 14-7 | 6.286 |
| 207 | Schurr(was #306) | D7 | 3rd in league | 8-5 | 8-14 | 6.238 |
| 208 | Salesian(was #308) | D7 | 2nd in league | 7-3 | 10-7 | 6.228 |