Top 25 media baseball composite rankings

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The latest Baseball Top 25 media composite rankings finds a closely grouped bunch at the top with Huntington Beach, Archbishop McCarthy and Shawnee all vying for the top spot.

Huntington Beach holds down the top spot, based on the rankings of seven different national rankings services. The Oilers are ranked No. 1 in the nation by the MaxPreps computer rankings, Baseball America and Perfect Game.

Shawnee owns the other four No. 1 rankings as it comes out on top in the MaxPreps Xcellent 50, USA Today expert and computer rankings and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. However Shawnee is actually No. 3 in the composite rankings as it is not ranked at all by the MaxPreps computer rankings.

Archbishop McCarthy slides into the No. 2 overall spot despite not being ranked No. 1 by any of the seven services. The Mavericks are ranked no higher than No. 3 in any one ranking, but no lower than No. 11.

All of the rankings were released this week except for the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper rankings, which were released on April 24.

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

1. (last time 3) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 3.00
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 5
USA Today Computer: 4
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 8

2. (4) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 6.17
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: 4
USA Today Computer: 10
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: 3

3. (11) Shawnee (Okla.)
Average rank: 7.83
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 40
USA Today Expert: 1
USA Today Computer: 1
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 1

4. (10) West Monroe (La.)
Average rank: 8.00
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: 2
USA Today Computer: 2
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: 21

5. (1) Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.)
Average rank: 8.83
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 8
USA Today Expert: 9
USA Today Computer: 17
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: 2

6. (8) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego)
Average rank: 9.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: 13
USA Today Computer: 6
Baseball America: 25
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: 5

7. (12) Winder-Barrow (Winder, Ga.)
Average rank: 11.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 23
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 14
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 15

8. (6) Owasso (Okla.)
Average rank: 13.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 9
USA Today Expert: 6
USA Today Computer: 11
Baseball America: 14
Perfect Game: 21
Collegiate Baseball: 11

9. (NR) Columbus (Miami)
Average rank: 18.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 8
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 15
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 4

10. (13) Allatoona (Acworth, Ga.)
Average rank: 20.00
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 22
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 17
Collegiate Baseball: 17

11. (5) North Gwinnett (Suwanee, Ga.)
Average rank: 20.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 3
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 19
Perfect Game: 12
Collegiate Baseball: 6

12. (NR) Moorpark (Calif.)
Average rank: 23.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 9
Baseball America: 6
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

13. (NR) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 24.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 16
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: NR

14. (NR) Mosley (Lynn Haven, Fla.)
Average rank: 24.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 7
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 23
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 23
Collegiate Baseball: NR

15. (NR) Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.)
Average rank: 24.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 11
USA Today Computer: 13
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: NR

16. (NR) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)
Average rank: 25.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 14
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 3
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (NR) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 25.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 16
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 16
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 23
Perfect Game: 19
Collegiate Baseball: 12

18. (8) George Ranch (Richmond, Texas)
Average rank: 25.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 10
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 7

19. (21) Helena (Ala.)
Average rank: 26.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 15
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

20. (NR) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 23
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 22
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 20

21. (25) Wakeland (Frisco, Texas)
Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 24
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 19
Baseball America: 18
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: NR

22. (22) Cullman (Ala.)
Average rank: 27.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 15
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 24
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: NR

23. (NR) Deer Creek (Edmond, Okla.)
Average rank: 28.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: 7
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (NR) Moody (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Average rank: 29.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: 24
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 19

25. (NR) Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.)
Average rank: 29.07
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
USA Today Computer: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR