Category Archives: softball divisional rankings
FINAL Softball State Division Ranks
Final No. 1 teams already were announced for D1 (San Marcos), D2 (Newbury Park), D3 (West of Torrance), D4 (Sutter) and D5 (East Nicolaus). But here’s the final rankings for each of those divisions with expanded top fives for each division plus a list of teams to watch in each division for 2019 season. Teams...
NEW Softball State Division Ranks
For this week, we are doing the next-to-last divisional state rankings in softball BEFORE the Tuesday section playoff games and will be doing baseball AFTER those contests. There just aren’t that many games left in softball compared to baseball with all sections done except the Southern and North Coast. Top-ranked teams entering the final week...
NEW State Softball Division Ranks
Heading into Thursday games, here’s an updated look at the various races for final No. 1 rankings according to our five-division format. Two teams from this year’s finals in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, Benicia and Woodland Christian, both lost out on chances to end No. 1 in the state by dropping the first game in...
First Look: State Softball Div. Ranks
Apologies for not getting these out earlier, but the season is still going and we have put teams in position to claim mythical state championships in addition to winning section titles. These five-division state rankings in softball also have a long tradition that dates back more than 30 years. Some tough decisions had to be […]
What If CIF State Softball Playoffs?
There’s been discussion about the future addition of CIF state playoffs in both softball and baseball. We went through all of the teams in our final divisional state softball rankings and came up with a proposed format with an Open Division and then six divisions after that. We set up brackets for each division as...
FINAL State Divisions Softball Ranks
There were no teams given big bumps in Division I but there are some teams that are much higher in final rankings after all section finals were put in the books. The list includes Elk Grove and Agoura (D2), Foothill of Palo Cedro (D3), St. Anthony of Long Beach (D4) and Ripon Christian (D5). Each...
NEW State Divisions Softball Ranks
We couldn’t get out the second look at divisional softball state rankings last week so we’re posting these after this weekend’s results have come in and before the next round of games that start on Tuesday. Most of the state in softball is now actually done, but major titles still to be decided in the...
State Divisional Softball Rankings
Like baseball this week, here’s a look at teams that have the best chances to end their season with a mythical divisional state title by winning a section title in the next three weeks. These divisional rankings go back more than 30 years and while we haven’t been able to start them earlier in the […]
FINAL Divisional Softball Rankings
Each of our divisional rankings has been expanded by five teams for the final installment and these will be the ones that go into the state record files. Teams that moved up for the final rankings include Aliso Niguel (D2), Vista del Lago of Folsom (D3), Mission Oak of Tulare (D4), Ripon (D4) and St....
