Final 2017 media composite baseball rankings

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Seven-time Florida state champion Archbishop McCarthy did not finish No. 1 in any national baseball poll this year, but it ends the 2017 season as the No. 1 team in the final Baseball Top 25 media composite rankings.

The Mavericks are ranked No. 2 in five of the polls in the media composite rankings and No. 4 in two others. The consistent high ranking allows Archbishop McCarthy to finish ahead of Shawnee (Okla.), which is ranked No. 1 in five polls and No. 3 in another, but is not ranked in the top 25 by the MaxPreps computer rankings.

Helena (Ala.), which is ranked No.1 in both the MaxPreps computer rankings and the USA Today computer rankings, is the only other team to hold a No.1 ranking. Helena is ranked No. 3 in the composite rankings.

Archbishop McCarthy, Helena, Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.) and La Cueva (Albuquerque) were the only teams ranked by all seven rankings services.



A total of 62 teams were ranked by at least one poll (including three from Iowa, which plays a summer season instead off spring). Of those, 23 were ranked by only one service.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had the highest number of composite teams in its top 25 with 20. MaxPreps Xcellent 25 was next with 19, followed by Perfect Game with 18, MaxPreps computer rankings, Baseball America and USA Today expert each had 17 and USA Today computer rankings with 12.

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

1. (last time 1) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 2.57
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: 2
USA Today Computer: 4
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 2

2. (2) Shawnee (Okla.)
Average rank: 6.86
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 1
USA Today Computer: 3
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 1

3. (3) Helena (Ala.)
Average rank: 8.29
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 16
USA Today Computer: 1
Baseball America: 10
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: 14



4. (4) Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Average rank: 8.71
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 9
USA Today Expert: 3
USA Today Computer: 8
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: 3

5. (4) La Cueva (Albuquerque)
Average rank: 10.40
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 16
USA Today Expert: 7
USA Today Computer: 10
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 12

6. (8) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 12.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 20
USA Today Expert: 9
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 5

7. (10) Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Average rank: 13.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: 7
USA Today Expert: 4
USA Today Computer: 7
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: 8

8. (7) Jefferson City (Mo.)
Average rank: 14.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 13
Baseball America: 18
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: 11

9. (6) El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.)
Average rank: 16.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: 13
USA Today Computer: 11
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 7



10. (9) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 16.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 6
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 12
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: 4

11. (11) Jackson (Massillon, Ohio)
Average rank: 17.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 12
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: 6

12. (16) Saline (Mich.)
Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: 11
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 9

13. (12) Pope (Marietta, Ga.)
Average rank: 18.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 15
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 9
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 16

14. (24) Wylie (Abilene, Texas)
Average rank: 24.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 5
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 16
Collegiate Baseball: NR

15. (NR) Deer Park (Texas)
Average rank: 24.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 15
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 16
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 10



16. (15) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 25.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 13
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 14
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: 24

17. (NR) Etiwanda (Calif.)
Average rank: 26.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 21
USA Today Expert: 24
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: 12
Collegiate Baseball: NR

18. (23) Puyallup (Wash.)
Average rank: 27.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 14
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 22
Collegiate Baseball: 17

19. (NR) Port Neches-Groves (Port Neches, Texas)
Average rank: 28.1
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America
Perfect Game: 21
Collegiate Baseball: 20

20. (20) West Lauderdale (Collinsville, Miss.)
Average rank: 28.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 19
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 6
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 15

21 (22) Basic (Henderson, Nev.)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 18
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 14
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 13



22. (18) Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.)
Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 8
USA Today Computer: 24
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

23. (19) West Monroe (La.)
Average rank: 29.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 6
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

23. (21) Woodlawn (Rison, Ark.)
Average rank: 29.9
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 5
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

25. (NR) Canterbury (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Average rank: 30.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 16
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: 21