The Sac-Joaquin Section high school softball playoff brackets won't officially be announced until May 9, but we can begin projecting what they might look like. We’ll update this weekly—and remember, this is just a projection.
Important information:
Each league will receive three automatic qualifiers if it has six or more teams. Leagues with five or fewer teams will receive two.
Any school not in a league’s top three but ranked in the Top 15 by MaxPreps will earn an at-large bid. For Division VII, it will be the Top 8 by MaxPreps.
After all teams are determined, brackets will be split into seven divisions based on enrollment.
Any team that wins league (or is the outright No. 1) must play at its league’s level or higher.
No team can play two divisions below its league placement.
Find more information here on how the brackets are determined.
Sac-Joaquin softball playoff projections
DIVISION 1
School, enrollment, league
* means current at-large bid
Sorted by overall ranking
Tracy, 1,731, Tri-City (Projected D1 league winner)
DIVISION 2
School, enrollment, league
* means current at-large bid
Sorted by overall ranking
Rocklin, 1,981, SFL
Atwater, 2,051, CCC
*
Bella Vista (Fair Oaks), 1,968, CVC
*
Laguna Creek (Elk Grove), 2030, Delta
*
Rodriguez (Fairfield), 2,070, MEL
*Vista del Lago (Folsom), 1,781, CVC
Dixon, GEL
West Park (Roseville), 1,870, Metro
*
Patterson, 1,856, VOL
*East Union (Manteca), 1,524, VOL
Roseville, 1,625, FVL
Placer (Auburn), 1,281, FVL
*River Valley (Yuba City), 1,723, FVL
Ceres, 1,732, WAC
Beyer (Modesto), 1,590, WAC
*
Rio Linda, 1,596, GEL
Livingston, 1,141, WAC (Projected D4 league winner)
DIVISION 5
School, enrollment, league
* means current at-large bid
Sorted by overall ranking
Wheatland, 1,048, PVL
Liberty Ranch (Galt), 942, SVC
Calaveras (San Andreas), 749, MLL
Ripon, 1,048, TVL
*Sutter, 768, GEL
*Hilmar, 693, TVL
West Campus (Sacramento), 883, GSL
Lindhurst (Olivehurst), 1,230, SDL
*Union Mine (El Dorado), 1,800, SVC
Bubble
Escalon, must be D5, TVL
DIVISION 6
School, enrollment, league
* means current at-large bid
Sorted by overall ranking
Delta Charter (Tracy), 315, MVL
Leroy Greene Academy (Sacramento), 384, NPAC
Bubble
*Golden Sierra (Garden Valley,), 385, SDL
DIVISION 7
School, enrollment, league
* means current at-large bid
Sorted by overall ranking
Foresthill, 194, SMAL
*Denair, 314, SAL
Elliot Christian (Lodi), 77, MVL
Vacaville Christian, 197, SDL
Valley Christian (Roseville), 124, SMAL
Esparto, 281, NPAC
Faith Christian (Yuba City), SMAL
Bubble
Modesto Christian, 86, SAL
