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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | St Monica Academy(was #375) | D9 | At Large · 5th | 4-3 | 6-2 | 5.300 |
| 242 | Lennox Academy(was #376) | D9 | 3rd in league | 3-2 | 8-8 | 5.299 |
| 243 | Western(was #377) | D9 | Unverified | — | 10-9 | 5.287 |
| 244 | Shalhevet(was #378) | D9 | 1st in league | 6-1 | 8-9 | 5.285 |
| 245 | Ojai Valley(was #379) | D9 | Unverified | — | 4-3 | 5.272 |
| 246 | San Luis Obispo Classical Academy(was #380) | D9 | 1st in league | 5-1 | 5-5 | 5.262 |
| 247 | Yucca Valley(was #386) | D9 | 2nd in league | 3-3 | 3-8 | 5.180 |
| 248 | Rim of the World(was #387) | D9 | 3rd in league | 2-5 | 2-12 | 5.179 |
| 249 | Loma Linda Academy(was #388) | D9 | 1st in league | 6-0 | 5-5 | 5.105 |
| 250 | Calvary Chapel/Downey(was #389) | D9 | Unverified | — | 6-11 | 5.101 |
| 251 | Desert Mirage(was #390) | D9 | 3rd in league | 3-5 | 6-6 | 5.057 |
| 252 | Villanova Prep(was #391) | D9 | 3rd in league | 2-5 | 5-4 | 5.013 |
| 253 | Godinez(was #393) | D9 | Unverified | — | 5-13 | 4.993 |
| 254 | Santiago/Garden Grove(was #394) | D9 | 2nd in league | 5-5 | 4-14 | 4.967 |
| 255 | United Christian Academy(was #396) | D9 | 1st in league | 5-1 | 8-7-1 | 4.896 |
| 256 | Legacy College Prep(was #397) | D9 | Unverified | — | 1-5 | 4.869 |
| 257 | Hamilton(was #398) | D9 | 2nd in league | 5-1 | 8-8 | 4.864 |
| 258 | Fairmont Prep(was #402) | D9 | Unverified | — | 3-3 | 4.830 |
| 259 | Mesa Grande(was #406) | D9 | Unverified | — | 4-2 | 4.740 |
| 260 | Avalon(was #407) | D9 | Unverified | — | 3-8 | 4.729 |
| 261 | Cobalt Institute(was #409) | D9 | Unverified | — | 7-12 | 4.713 |
| 262 | Oxford Preparatory Academy(was #411) | D9 | Unverified | — | 0-1 | 4.662 |
| 263 | Pomona(was #412) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-2 | 3-10-1 | 4.628 |
| 264 | Coastal Christian(was #414) | D9 | 2nd in league | 3-1 | 3-6 | 4.603 |
| 265 | Redlands Adventist(was #416) | D9 | Unverified | — | 7-3 | 4.580 |
| 266 | Hawthorne MSA(was #417) | D9 | Unverified | — | 5-7 | 4.541 |
| 267 | Southlands Christian(was #420) | D9 | Unverified | — | 5-10 | 4.447 |
| 268 | Lucerne Valley(was #421) | D9 | At Large · 4th | 5-7 | 7-7 | 4.444 |
| 269 | St Jeanne de Lestonnac(was #424) | D9 | Unverified | — | 4-7 | 4.360 |
| 270 | Newbury Park Adventist(was #425) | D9 | Unverified | — | 1-4 | 4.358 |
| 271 | Silver Valley(was #428) | D9 | 3rd in league | 5-6-1 | 6-8 | 4.245 |
| 272 | Santa Ana Valley(was #430) | D9 | 3rd in league | 0-10 | 1-15 | 4.180 |