All-State players S.J. Madison of Redondo Union (L) and Kaiden Bailey of Santa Margarita both played in the 2026 Ballislife Seaworld All-American Game. They both finished in the Top 20 of the final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 with every player in the Top 35 receiving a D1 scholarship. Photo: Will Despart.
We continue our boys basketball coverage for Gold Club members with a final look at the state’s top college prospects in the senior (2026) class. Our final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 shows many changes among scholarship players and 28 newcomers. This will be the final position for these players since we first saw many of them as rising ninth-graders and some even earlier than that. Our final 2025-26 rankings for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 classes will be published in the coming days.
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The final 2026 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 is based on evaluations since our last published Hot 100 updates approximately one year ago. That encompasses all fall league, regular season, CIF section, regional and CIF state championships and any grassroots evaluations thereafter. Many graduating seniors play travel ball after the season in hopes of improving their scholarship chances. For our purposes, the annual Pangos All-American Camp, taking place May 31-June 2 in Las Vegas, is the beginning of the new recruiting cycle and we no longer evaluate the senior class.
