MaxPreps Xcellent 50 National High School Baseball Rankings

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Upsets continue to be the theme in the 2017 high school baseball postseason with the Texas Class 5A state tournament being the latest example.

Port Neches-Groves was unranked heading into the state tournament and was not favored against Wakeland, the No. 13 team in the nation. But the Indians won their semifinal match-up and then beat defending state champion Grapevine for the 5A title.

The state title, along with an early season win against Class 6A state champion Deer Park, puts Port Neches-Groves at No. 12 in this week's rankings. Deer Park moved up from No. 23 to No. 13.

There is only one week left in the high school baseball season and only No. 10 Saline (Mich.) and No. 11 Cathedral (Indianapolis) are still competing for a state title. All other teams in the rankings have completed their seasons. MaxPreps will crown its official national champion on June 19.



1. (last week 1) Shawnee (Okla.), 40-0
Oklahoma Class 5A state champion. Season over.

2. (2) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 29-2
Florida Class 6A state champion. Season over.

3. (3) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.), 30-1
Season over.

4. (4) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.), 30-0
Florida Class 4A state champion. Season over.

5. (6) Helena (Ala.), 38-6
Alabama Class 6A state champion. Season over.

6. (7) Pope (Marietta, Ga.), 34-6
Georgia Class AAAAAA state champion. Season over.



7. (8) Jackson (Massillon, Ohio), 30-2
Ohio Division I state champion. Season over.

8. (9) La Cueva (Albuquerque), 28-1
New Mexico Class 6A state champion. Season over.

9. (10) Jefferson City (Mo.), 31-2
Missouri Class 5 state champion. Season over.

10. (12) Saline (Mich.), 36-3
Saline advanced to the Division I quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over Allen Park and a 9-4 win over Temperance Bedford. Saline takes on Holt in Tuesday's quarterfinals Tuesday with the state final set for Saturday.

11. (18) Cathedral (Indianapolis), 28-0
Cathedral advanced to the Class 4A state championship game against Penn by defeating Roncalli 5-2 in the quarterfinals and Columbus North 6-0 in the semifinals. The championship game is set for Saturday.

12. (NR) Port Neches-Groves (Port Neches, Texas), 34-8-2
Unranked entering the Class 5A state tournament, Port Neches-Groves defeated No. 13 Wakeland 3-2 and then beat Grapevine 4-2 for the title.



13. (23) Deer Park (Texas), 35-8-1
Deer Park edged Reagan (San Antonio) 7-2 in the Class 6A state championship game. Deer Park also knocked off Carroll (Southlake) in the semifinals.

14. (14) Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.), 31-5
South Carolina Class 5A state champion. Season over.

15. (15) Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.), 27-1
NCISAA Class 3A state champion. Season over.

16. (16) Canterbury (Fort Myers, Fla.), 27-5
Florida Class 3A state champion. Season over.

17. (17) T.C. Roberson (Asheville, N.C.), 31-3
North Carolina Class 4A state champion. Season over.

18. (20) Puyallup (Wash.), 25-2
Washington Class 4A state champion. Season over.



19. (21) Clovis (Calif.), 25-7-1
California Central Section Division I champions. Season over.

20. (22) Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.), 28-4
Season over.

21. (24) Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.), 32-4
California San Diego Section Open Division champion. Season over.

22. (25) El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.), 27-7-1
California Southern Section Division I champion. Season over.

23. (13) Wakeland (Frisco, Texas), 38-5-1
Wakeland fell to eventual Class 5A state champion Port Neches-Groves 3-2 in the semifinals off the state tournament. Season over.

24. (NR) Crystal Lake South (Crystal Lake, Ill.), 36-5
Crystal Lake South beat Edwardsville 8-3 in the Class 4A state championship game. The state title is the first in school history.



25. (NR) Wylie (Abilene, Texas), 35-1
Wylie defeated Robinson to claim the Texas Class 4A state championship.

The Next 25
26. (26) Corona (Calif.), 24-10
Season over.

27. (27) El Dorado (Placentia, Calif.), 21-9-1
Season over.

28. (28) Huntington Beach (Calif.), 28-5
Season over.

29. (31) New Hanover (Wilmington, N.C.), 23-5
Season over.

30. (32) Madison (San Diego), 20-12
Season over.



31. (33) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 29-5
Season over.

32. (34) Cullman (Ala.), 38-9
Season over.

33. (35) Hoover (Ala.), 41-11
Alabama Class 7A state champion. Season over.

34. (36) Lincoln (Tallahassee, Fla.), 26-6
Florida Class 8A state champions. Season over.

35. (37) Mosley (Lynn Haven, Fla.), 26-3
Season over.

36. (38) Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.), 23-10
Arizona Class 6A state champion. Season over.



37. (39) West Lauderdale (Collinsville, Miss.), 33-3
Mississippi Class 4A state champion. Season over.

38. (40) Etowah (Woodstock, Ga.), 28-16
Georgia Class AAAAAAA state champion. Season over.

39. (41) Mustang (Okla.), 28-12
Oklahoma Class 6A state champion. Season over.

40. (43) Reagan (San Antonio), 33-8
The Rattlers defeated Round Rock 7-1 in the Class 6A state semifinals, but fell to Deer Park 7-2 in the championship game.

41. (29) Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 32-11-1
The Dragons fell to eventual Class 6A state champion Deer Park 3-2 in the semifinals. Season over.

42. (44) Grapevine (Texas), 33-13
Grapevine defeated Moody 3-2 to advance to the Class 5A state championship game, but lost to Port Neches-Groves 4-2 in the final. Season over.



43. (5) Moody (Corpus Christi, Texas), 30-3-3
Moody fell to Grapevine 3-2 in the Class 5A state semifinal game. Season over.

44. (30) Fort Bend Travis (Richmond, Texas), 32-8
Season over.

45. (45) Owasso (Okla.), 31-4
Season over.

46. (46) Central (Baton Rouge, La.), 32-13
Louisiana Class 5A state champion. Season over.

47. (47) West Monroe (La.), 38-3
Season over.

48. (48) Pearl River Central (Carriere, Miss.), 28-12
Mississippi Class 5A state champion.



49. (49) Oxford (Miss.), 32-7
Season over.

50. (50) Tupelo (Miss.), 26-10
Mississippi Class 6A state champion. Season over.

Dropped Out: No. 11 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.), No. 19 St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.), No. 42 Round Rock (Texas)