Top 25 composite media baseball rankings

Argyle (Texas) maintained its spot at the top of the media baseball composite rankings and broke away from a tie with Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) after the two teams opened the composite rankings tied at No. 1.

Argyle, which wasn't ranked No. 1 by any of the six ranking services two weeks ago, was No. 1 overall by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Orange Lutheran, which was ranked No. 1 by two of the ranking services last time, was ranked No. 1 only by the MaxPreps Computer.

IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) is ranked No. 1 overall in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings, USA Today and Perfect Game, however the Ascenders are not ranked by NHBCA or CBN.
Most of the ranking services in the composite rankings released their final rankings this week, except for Baseball Coaches Association, which released on April 14.

Argyle, Orange Lutheran, Cypress (Calif.), Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.), DeSoto Central (Southaven, Miss.) and Barbe (Lake Charles, La.) were the only teams ranked by all six services. A total of 57 teams were ranked by at least one service.

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 six polls.

Perfect Game had the most teams in the composite rankings at 21. MaxPreps Xcellent 25 had 20, USA Today had 19, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had 18, Baseball Coaches Association had 16, and MaxPreps computer rankings had 14.


Top 25 National High School Baseball Composite Rankings

1. (last time tie 1) Argyle (Texas)
Average rank: 3.17
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: 2
Baseball Coaches Association: 1
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 1

2. (tie 1) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 3.50
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 5
Baseball Coaches Association: 2
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 4

3. (6) Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.)
Average rank: 7.83
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: 6
Baseball Coaches Association: 5
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: 18

4. (8) DeSoto Central (Southaven, Miss.)
Average rank: 8.67
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: 12
USA Today Expert: 3
Baseball Coaches Association: 9
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 2

5. (5) Cypress (Calif.)
Average rank: 9.33
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: 18
Baseball Coaches Association: 7
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: 9

6. (7) Barbe (Lake Charles, La.)
Average rank: 11.80
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: 15
Baseball Coaches Association: 6
Perfect Game: 16
Collegiate Baseball: 7

7. (3) Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, Texas)
Average rank: 13.50
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 9
Baseball Coaches Association: 3
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: 13

8. (9) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 14.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: 1
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: NR

9. (4) Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)
Average rank: 14.30
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 4
Baseball Coaches Association: 15
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: 12

10. (15) Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 16.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 20
USA Today Expert: 10
Baseball Coaches Association: 8
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: NR

11. (10) Cypress Ranch (Houston)
Average rank: 17.50
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 11
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: 5

12. (14) Benedictine (Richmond, Va.)
Average rank: 18.30
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 12
Baseball Coaches Association: 19
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 11
13. (19) Georgetown (Texas)
Average rank: 20.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 21
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 12
Collegiate Baseball: 3

14. (16) Blanchard (Okla.)
Average rank: 21.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: 14
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: NR

15. (13) St. Laurence (Burbank, Ill.)
Average rank: 21.30
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 17
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 22
Baseball Coaches Association: 11
Perfect Game: 17
Collegiate Baseball: 21

16. (NR) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 21.80
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (11) New Hanover (Wilmington, N.C.)
Average rank: 22.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 17
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 21
Collegiate Baseball: 6

17. (18) Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.)
Average rank: 22.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 7
Baseball Coaches Association: 25
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 16

19. (NR) Sam Houston (Lake Charles, La.)
Average rank: 23.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 8
USA Today Expert: 8
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 22
Collegiate Baseball: NR

20. (20) Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.)
Average rank: 26.70
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: 4
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: 23

21. (24) Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Average rank: 28.80
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 20
MaxPreps Computer: 14
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 19
Collegiate Baseball: NR

22. (NR) Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.)
Average rank: 30.80
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 16
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: 24
Collegiate Baseball: 25

23. (17) Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.)
Average rank: 31.20
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 13
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 14

24. (21) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 31.30
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: 17
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

25. (24) Mountain View (Mesa, Ariz.)
Average rank: 31.70
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
MaxPreps Computer: 18
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball Coaches Association: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR