Top 25 baseball composite rankings

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Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.) made a big move in this week's Top 25 baseball composite media rankings, but Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) held on to the No. 1 spot.

The Warriors were ranked no lower than 10th in any of the ranking services and No. 1 in the MaxPreps computer rankings. Lake Travis, however, was ranked no lower than No. 6 and was ranked No. 1 by the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

The only other team ranked No. 1 by any service is Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.), which is ranked No. 1 by USA Today and Perfect Game. Calvary Christian comes in at No. 3 because it is not ranked in the top 25 by the MaxPreps computer rankings.

Only five teams were ranked by all six services. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), Huntington Beach (Calif.) and American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) join Lake Travis and Valley Christian as unanimous picks.

Teams are given points that correspond to their ranking in each poll. Teams that were not ranked in a certain poll were given 40 points. Teams were then ranked by the lowest average across the five polls.

MaxPreps, USA Today, Baseball America and Perfect Game all released polls this week while Collegiate Baseball American released its most recent rankings April 12.

MaxPreps Xcellent 25 had the most teams in the composite rankings at 21, USA Today had 15, Baseball America had 16, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had 16, MaxPreps computer rankings had 13 and Perfect Game had 15.


1. (last time 1) Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)
Average rank: 2.17
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: 2
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 1

2. (7) Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.)
Average rank: 5.67
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 9
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: 3

3. (5) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 8.17
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 1
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 2

4. (6) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)
Average rank: 8.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 18
USA Today Expert: 8
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 12

5. (8) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 11.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: 6
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 22
Collegiate Baseball: 14

6. (10) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 13.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 3
Baseball America: 10
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: 6

7. (9) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Average rank: 15.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 19
MaxPreps Computer: 14
USA Today Expert: 11
Baseball America: 12
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 21

8. (14) Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose, Calif.)
Average rank: 17.00
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 9
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 17
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: 10

9. (19) Argyle (Texas)
Average rank: 18.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 12
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 8

10. (12) Vianney (Kirkwood, Mo.)
Average rank: 18.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 7
Baseball America: 15
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 5

11. (23) Zachary (La.)
Average rank: 19.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: NR

12. (18) Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
Average rank: 23.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: 5
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

13. (11) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 24.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: 21
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: NR

14. (25) Cleburne (Texas)
Average rank: 24.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 14
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 4

15. (2) Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 25.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: 20

16. (NR) St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)
Average rank: 26.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 12
USA Today Expert: 25
Baseball America: 18
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (15) John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.)
Average rank: 28.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 13
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 19
Collegiate Baseball: NR

18. (NR) Puyallup (Wash.)
Average rank: 28.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 24
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 20
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: NR

19. (3) Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
Average rank: 29.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 25
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 19

20. (NR) McAllen (Texas)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 20
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 25
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 11

21. (NR) Reagan (San Antonio)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: NR

22. (NR) Seton Catholic (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank: 29.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 13

23. (4) Sam Houston (Lake Charles, La.)
Average rank: 30.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 15

24. (tie) (NR) Har-Ber (Springdale, Ark.)
Average rank: 30.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (tie) (NR) West Jones (Laurel, Miss.)
Average rank: 30.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 15
Baseball America: 9
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR