MaxPreps regional high school baseball rankings

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Heading into the final two months of the 2017 high school baseball season, MaxPreps presents its first regional baseball rankings of the year with No. 1 teams from California, Oklahoma, Alabama, Indiana and New York.

Huntington Beach (Calif.) is the top team in the West, while Deer Creek (Edmond, Okla.) is No. 1 in the Southwest. Helena (Ala.) is on top of the South rankings, while Cathedral (Indianapolis) heads the Midwest and Plainfield-Old Bethpage JFK (Plainview, N.Y.) is No. 1 in the Northeast.

The regional rankings are based on the MaxPreps National Baseball Computer Rankings. The team's record and computer rating are noted in the rankings. Numbers are current as of Tuesday.

See baseball playoff brackets from across the nation and state champions from across the nation.

The 50 states are divided into five regions as follows:

West: Hawaii, California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Colorado.

Southwest: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona.

South: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia.

Midwest: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas.

Northeast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.

States not included: Montana and Wyoming (do not have baseball), Iowa (season is during the summer).
West
1. Huntington Beach (Calif.), 22-3, 29.4
2. Moorpark (Calif.), 21-3, 27.9
3. Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 22-2, 27.2
4. Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.), 23-2, 26.9
5. Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.), 22-3, 25.7
6. Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.), 16-7, 25.2
7. Newbury Park (Calif.), 17-6, 24.4
8. El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.), 17-7-1, 24.3
9. Thousand Oaks (Calif.), 20-5, 24.2
10. Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.), 19-4-2, 24.0
Southwest
1. Deer Creek (Edmond, Okla.), 22-4, 28.4
2. Owasso (Okla.), 27-2, 26.9
3. Horizon (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 24-5-1, 25.2
4. La Cueva (Albuquerque), 23-1, 25.2
5. Wakeland (Frisco, Texas), 26-3-1, 25.0
6. Basha (Chandler, Ariz.), 24-3-1, 24.5
7. Blanchard (Okla.), 32-4, 24.3
8. Shawnee (Okla.), 32-0, 24.2
9. Pinnacle (Phoenix), 22-7, 23.7
10. Wylie (Abilene, Texas), 24-1, 23.5
South
1. Helena (Ala.), 32-5, 28.9
2. West Monroe (La.), 35-2, 28.6
3. Mosley (Lynn Haven, Fla.), 22-2, 27.0
4. Gulfport (Miss.), 28-3, 26.8
5. Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 21-2, 26.5
6. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 29-3, 26.1
7. Cullman (Ala.), 37-7, 26.1
8. Sumter (S.C.), 16-0, 25.5
9. Hoover (Ala.), 35-10, 25.1
10. Winder-Barrow (Winder, Ga.), 29-2, 25.0
Midwest
1. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 14-0, 26.4
2. Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.), 22-0-1, 26.1
3. Jefferson City (Mo.), 20-2, 25.1
4. St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.), 21-1, 24.9
5. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 16-3, 24.9
6. Carmel (Ind.), 11-1, 24.2
7. O'Fallon (Ill.), 20-3, 24.1
8. Buffalo Grove (Ill.), 8-0, 23.6
9. East (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 14-2, 23.3
10. Kokomo (Ind.), 14-0, 23.0
Northeast
1. Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK (Plainview, N.Y.), 7-0, 22.3
2. Amity Regional (Woodbridge, Conn.), 12-0, 22.0
3. Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights, N.J.), 13-0, 21.6
4. Hollidaysburg (Pa.), 11-1, 21.5
5. William Penn Charter (Philadelphia), 16-1, 20.9
5. South Kingstown (Wakefield, R.I.), 10-0, 20.9
7. Webster Schroeder (Webster, N.Y.), 14-0, 20.0
8. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), 11-2, 19.6
8. Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.), 12-1, 19.6
10. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.), 13-2, 19.5