2017 high school baseball Top 25 media composite rankings

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Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), is the choice of three out of five media outlets as the No. 1 team in the nation in preseason baseball rankings and holds down the top spot in the Baseball Top 25 media composite rankings.

The Mavericks are ranked No. 1 in the preseason by the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings, USA Today and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Baseball American and Perfect Game, the other two media outlets in the composite rankings, each had Archbishop McCarthy ranked No. 3.

Barbe (Lake Charles, La.), the 2014 national champion by MaxPreps, comes in at No. 2 with an average ranking of 5.4 while Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.), the 2016 national champion by MaxPreps, is the No. 3 team.

The other preseason No. 1 teams were Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) by Perfect Game and Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Fla.) by Baseball America.

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1. (last year 2) Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 1.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
USA Today Super 25: 1
Baseball America: 3
Perfect Game: 3
Collegiate Baseball: 1

2. (5) Barbe (Lake Charles, La.)
Average rank: 5.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
USA Today Super 25: 6
Baseball America: 4
Perfect Game: 7
Collegiate Baseball: 8

3. (1) Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.)
Average rank: 7.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
USA Today Super 25: 2
Baseball America: 2
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 2

4. (NR) South Hills (West Covina, Calif.)
Average rank: 8.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
USA Today Super 25: 5
Baseball America: 7
Perfect Game: 15
Collegiate Baseball: 5

5. (8) Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Fla.)
Average rank: 10.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
USA Today Super 25: 9
Baseball America: 1
Perfect Game: 10
Collegiate Baseball: 20

6. (3) Walton (Marietta, Ga.)
Average rank: 10.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
USA Today Super 25: 15
Baseball America: 8
Perfect Game: 9
Collegiate Baseball: 15

7. (NR) Dallas Jesuit (Dallas)
Average rank: 10.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: 36Perfect Game: 2
Collegiate Baseball: 7

8. (13) Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank: 11.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
USA Today Super 25: 23
Baseball America: 5
Perfect Game: 18
Collegiate Baseball: 4

9. (NR) Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Average rank: 14.0
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
USA Today Super 25: 11
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 5
Collegiate Baseball: 10

9. (NR) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Average rank: 14.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: 3
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 6
Collegiate Baseball: 3
11. (21) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 16.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: 17
Perfect Game: 1
Collegiate Baseball: NR

12. (NR) Johnson (San Antonio)
Average rank: 18.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
USA Today Super 25: 4
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 14

13. (NR) Cullman (Ala.)
Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 17
Collegiate Baseball: 6

14. (NR) Steinbrenner (Lutz, Fla.)
Average rank: 19.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
USA Today Super 25: 10
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 19

15. (17) Basic (Henderson, Nev.)
Average rank: 19.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 17
USA Today Super 25: 12
Baseball America: 24
Perfect Game: 14
Collegiate Baseball: NR

16. (NR) Merritt Island (Fla.)
Average rank: 21.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: 17
Baseball America: 21
Perfect Game: 8
Collegiate Baseball: NR

17. (NR) Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.)
Average rank: 21.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: 13
Baseball America: 13
Perfect Game: 20
Collegiate Baseball: NR

18. (NR) Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.)
Average rank: 21.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: 21
Baseball America: 19
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 9

19. (9) Brother Rice (Chicago)
Average rank: 22.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
USA Today Super 25: 19
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 11

20. (22) Oxford (Miss.)
Average rank: 22.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
USA Today Super 25: 25
Baseball America: 22
Perfect Game: 11
Collegiate Baseball: NR

21. (NR) Rancho Bernardo (San Diego)
Average rank: 23.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 13
Collegiate Baseball: NR

22. (NR) Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.)
Average rank: 24.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: 8
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 23

23. (NR) Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Average rank: 24.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: NR
Perfect Game: 4
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (23) El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.)
Average rank: 25.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: 14
Perfect Game: 22
Collegiate Baseball: NR

24. (NR) Carlsbad (N.M.)
Average rank: 25.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
USA Today Super 25: NR
Baseball America: 11
Perfect Game: NR
Collegiate Baseball: 25