Top 25 national high school baseball composite rankings

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After moving up to the No.1 spot in the Xcellent 25 National Baseball Rankings, Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.) is now No. 1 in the media baseball composite poll as well.

The Warriors ranked No. 1 by MaxPreps, USA Today, Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and are ranked No. 2 by Baseball America. The MaxPreps computer rankings have the Warriors at No. 20.

Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.) moves up to No. 2 in the composite rankings and is ranked No. 1 by Baseball America. Zachary (La.) is No. 3 in the composite rankings and No. 1 by the MaxPreps computer rankings.

Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.) and Huntington Beach (Calif.) join the first three as the only teams ranked by all six services.

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, USA Today, Baseball America and Perfect Game all released polls this week while Collegiate Baseball American released its most recent rankings April 24.

MaxPreps Xcellent 25 had the most teams in the composite rankings at 20, USA Today had 19, Baseball America had 18, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had 16, MaxPreps computer rankings had 13 and Perfect Game had 18.


1. (last time 3) Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
Average rank: 4.33
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 20
USA Today Expert: 1
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: 1

2. (4) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)
Average rank: 5.33
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 11
USA Today Expert: 4
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 9

3. (11) Zachary (Zachary, La.)
Average rank: 6.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 1
USA Today Expert: 10
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 13

4. (6) Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Average rank: 8.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 24
USA Today Expert: 2
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: 4

5. (5) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 11.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 23
MaxPreps Computer: 7
USA Today Expert: 7
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: 10

6. (1) Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)
Average rank: 13.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: N7
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 6
Baseball America: 15
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: 2

7. (9) Argyle (Texas)
Average rank: 16.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 8
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 3

8. (10) Vianney (Kirkwood, Mo.)
Average rank: 16.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 11
Baseball America: 14
Perfect Game: 12
Collegiate Baseball: 6

9. (2) Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.)
Average rank: 17.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
MaxPreps Computer: 4
USA Today Expert: 12
Baseball America: 19
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 8

10. (20) McAllen (Texas)
Average rank: 18.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 16
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: 23
Collegiate Baseball: 11

11. (16) St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.)
Average rank: 19.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 6
USA Today Expert: 20
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 21
Collegiate Baseball: NR

12. (7) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Average rank: 20.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 24
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 9
Baseball America: 12
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 21

13. (NR) Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.)
Average rank: 21.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 5
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 9
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: NR

14. (12) Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
Average rank: 22.3
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 9
USA Today Expert: 3
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

15. (14) Cleburne (Texas)
Average rank: 23.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 5

16. (13) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 25.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 3
USA Today Expert: 21
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (NR) Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Average rank: 26.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 10
USA Today Expert: 22
Baseball America: 23
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

18. (17) John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.))
Average rank: 26.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 14
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 16
Collegiate Baseball: NR

19. (NR) Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)
Average rank: 27.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 23
USA Today Expert: 15
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: NR

20. (18) Puyallup (Wash.)
Average rank: 28.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 19
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: 16

21. (NR) Desert Oasis (Las Vegas)
Average rank: 28.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: 13
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: 18

22. (NR) Faith Academy (Mobile, Ala.)
Average rank: 28.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 8
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: NR

23. (22) Seton Catholic (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank: 29.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 12

24. (NR) La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Average rank: 29.5
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 17
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 15

25. (NR) Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Average rank: 29.7
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
MaxPreps Computer: NR
USA Today Expert: NR
Baseball America: 21
Perfect Game: 24
Collegiate Baseball: NR