Top 25 media baseball composite rankings

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Shawnee is ranked No. 1 in five different media baseball polls, but it's Huntington Beach that holds down the top spot in the latest Baseball Top 25 media composite rankings.

Shawnee is ranked No. 1 by the MaxPreps Xcellent 25, the USA Today expert and computer rankings, Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Baseball America, meanwhile, has Shawnee at No. 2. The only ranking lower than No. 2 is the MaxPreps computer rankings, which has the Wolves at No. 24.

Huntington Beach, meanwhile, is ranked no lower than No. 10 in any poll and is ranked in the top three in five polls. The Oilers' only No. 1 ranking is by Baseball America.

All of the rankings were released this week except for the Baseball America rankings, which were released on May 16. The USA Today rankings were released after Tuesday's games, while all of the other rankings were released after Saturday's games.



Huntington Beach and Shawnee join Archbishop McCarthy, Buchanan and newcomer La Cueva as the only teams to be ranked by all seven ranking services. Rancho Bernardo, Helena, Mosley and Calvary Christian Academy were all ranked by six of the seven services.

A total of 60 different teams made the top 25 in at least one poll. A total of 21 teams were chosen by just one poll. The highest ranking team among those teams was Hoover, which was ranked No. 9 by the MaxPreps computer rankings. Cullman, which was ranked No. 4 by the MaxPreps computer rankings, is the highest-ranked team to not make the composite rankings.

Perfect Game has the most composite teams in its top 25 with 21, followed by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper with 20, MaxPreps Xcellent 25 with 18, Baseball America with 17, USA Today computer rankings with 16 and USA Today expert and MaxPreps computer rankings with 15 each.

MaxPreps Xcellent 25 | MaxPreps Computer Rankings | Perfect Game | Baseball America | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper | USA Today Computer | USA Today Expert

1. (last time 1) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 3.86
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: 3
USA Today Computer: 10
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 3

2. (3) Shawnee (Okla.)
Average rank: 4.43
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 24
USA Today Expert: 1
USA Today Computer: 1
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 1



3. (2) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 5.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 17
USA Today Expert: 2
USA Today Computer: 6
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 2

4. (5) Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.)
Average rank: 9.43
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 14
USA Today Expert: 8
USA Today Computer: 16
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: 6

5. (NR) La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Average rank: 12.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 16
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: 10
USA Today Computer: 7
Baseball America: 9
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 19

6. (6) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego)
Average rank: 13.1
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 40
USA Today Expert: 4
USA Today Computer: 12
Baseball America: 19
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 5

7. (19) Helena (Ala.)
Average rank: 14.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 18
USA Today Computer: 9
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: 18

8. (14) Mosley (Lynn Haven, Fla.)
Average rank: 15.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 8
USA Today Expert: 16
USA Today Computer: 19
Baseball America: 12
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: NR



9. (13) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 17.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 25
USA Today Computer: 23
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: 10

10. (17) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 9
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 16
Perfect Game: 12
Collegiate Baseball: 7

11. (16) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)
Average rank: 19.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 20
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 8
Baseball America: 18
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: NR

12. (24) Moody (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Average rank: 21.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 25
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 16
Collegiate Baseball: 9

13. (NR) Jackson (Massillon, Ohio)
Average rank: 21.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 15
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: 22
Collegiate Baseball: 11

14. (12) Moorpark (Calif.)
Average rank: 23.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 13
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 5
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 21
Collegiate Baseball: NR



15. (21) Wakeland (Frisco, Texas)
Average rank: 24.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 15
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: NR

16 (NR) West Orange (Winter Garden, Fla.)
Average rank: 24.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 21
Perfect Game: 19
Collegiate Baseball: 4

17. (NR) Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Average rank: 25.1
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 7
USA Today Computer: 11
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 24

18. (NR) William Penn Charter (Philadelphia)
Average rank: 25.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 14
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: 8

19. (NR) Jefferson City (Mo.)
Average rank: 25.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 17
MaxPreps Computer: 19
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 25
Perfect Game: 23
Collegiate Baseball: 15

20. (NR) Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Average rank: 26.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 6
USA Today Computer: 3
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 13



21. (NR) Pope (Marietta, Ga.)
Average rank: 26.1
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: 18
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: 23

22. (NR) Saline (Mich.)
Average rank: 26.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 19
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 13
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: 14

23. (11) North Gwinnett (Suwanee, Ga.)
Average rank: 26.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 16
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 4
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (4) West Monroe (La.)
Average rank: 27.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 2
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 25

25. (NR) West Lauderdale (Collinsville, Miss.)
Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 15
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 10
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 22