Top 25 national high school baseball composite rankings

The final media baseball composite poll put a team at No. 1 that had not been ranked No. 1 at any point in the season.

Argyle (Texas), the undefeated Texas Class 4A state champion with a 37-0 record, made a slow climb up the composite rankings through the year before finally claiming the top spot. It was ranked No. 1 in two polls (MaxPreps Xcellent 50, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper) and No. 2 in two others (USA Today, Perfect Game), giving it an average ranking of 5.5 and moving it to the No. 1 spot for the first time this year.

The other No. 1 ranked teams included Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.) by the MaxPreps Computer Rankings, Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) by Baseball America, Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.) by USA Today and Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.) by Perfect Game.

Most of the ranking services in the composite rankings released their final rankings this week, except for Baseball America (June 12) and Perfect Game (May 22).

Argyle, Valley Christian, Vianney (Kirkwood, Mo.), St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) and Parkview were the only teams ranked by all six services. A total of 64 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 five polls.

MaxPreps Xcellent 50 had the most teams in the composite rankings at 21, USA Today had 17, Baseball America had 16, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had 16, MaxPreps computer rankings had 17 and Perfect Game had 16.


1. (last time 8) Argyle (Texas)
Average rank: 5.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 14
USA Today Expert: 2
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 1

2. (2) Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.)
Average rank: 6.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 5
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 4

3. (tie) (2) Vianney (Kirkwood, Mo.)
Average rank: 6.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: 6
Baseball America: 6
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: 3

3. (tie) (4) St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)
Average rank: 6.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: 7
Baseball America: 10
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: 5

5. (9) Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.)
Average rank: 8.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 16
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: 9
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 9

6. (1) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 8.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 1
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: 2

7. (6) Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Average rank: 12.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: 10
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 6

8. (NR) Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Average rank: 15.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: 15
Baseball America: 21
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 10

9. (5) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 16.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 12
USA Today Expert: 22
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 11

10. (10) La Cueva (Albuquerque)
Average rank: 16.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 16
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 19
Collegiate Baseball: 7

11. (7) Har-Ber (Springdale, Ark.)
Average rank: 17.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 14
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 24
Collegiate Baseball: 13

12. (13) Faith Academy (Mobile, Ala.)
Average rank: 19.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 14

13. (19) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 20.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 17
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 12
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: 20

14. (16) John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.)
Average rank: 22.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 4
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: NR

15. (15) Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
Average rank: 24.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 20
USA Today Expert: 3
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

16. (23) Auburn (Ala.)
Average rank: 24.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 15
USA Today Expert: 13
Baseball America: 19
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (NR)  New Hanover (Wilmington, N.C.)
Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 7
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: 19

18. (11) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 27.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 13
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: NR

19. (NR) Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Average rank: 28.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 24
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 12
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 12

19. (22) Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.)
Average rank: 28.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 19
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 15

21. (21) Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 28.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 19
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: NR

22. (25) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 25
USA Today Expert: 20
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: NR

23. (NR) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 30.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 2
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 18
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (NR) Sam Houston (Lake Charles, La.)
Average rank: 31.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 9
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 20
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

25. (NR) Pope (Marietta, Ga.)
Average rank: 31.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR