Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There were some big upsets in CIF section playoffs up north, but not in the south as the three of the top four teams in the state — No. 1 Corona, No. 3 Crespi and No. 4 St. John Bosco — plus No. 2 Granite Hills of El Cajon will all be in section semifinals...
State No. 1 Falls in SJS Softball Final
Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills wins its third straight CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 softball championship with a 3-2 triumph on Saturday over Del Oro of Loomis. That is the same Del Oro that was sitting at No. 1 in the state and was looking to complete its season with a 32-1 record and a […]
Franklin Foils St. Mary’s in SJS Final
State No. 13 St. Mary’s of Stockton and No. 14 Franklin of Elk Grove played the type of baseball game on Friday in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 championship that one might expect between teams ranked so closely together and also the two teams that won titles in that division the last two years. […]
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Del Oro of Loomis is still No. 1 and Norco has gone up from No. 3 to No. 2, but the biggest changes this week are from No. 3 on down the pecking order. Several upsets in the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs plus previous No. 4 St. Francis taking a loss in the CIF...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
The first big upset of the 2025 CIF section playoffs around the state sees a team that has been in the top five, La Mirada, go down in the super-loaded Southern Section D1 bracket. This week’s rankings also are impacted by Granada of Livermore beating previous No. 6 De La Salle of Concord in a...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
The super-loaded CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs start on Thursday with very intriguing matchups in the very first round. Winning the Michelle Carew Classic didn’t help Rosary of Fullerton to get a high seed, but we do not match computer rankings based section seedings with our own rankings. Teams that are moving up in our...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
After having to skip one week due to a football event on May 4 and having to complete all of the all-state teams in girls basketball, the state baseball rankings we compile are back and will be weekly now through the CIF Northern California and Southern California regional playoffs. Corona is still No. 1, Granite...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
We were going to skip one week of softball rankings due a spring football event we covered on Sunday plus we need to finish up the girls basketball all-state teams. We had to do an update, however, since there is a new No. 1 team plus other changes further down due to wild-and-wacky league races...
NEW State Softball TOP 25 Rankings
Tournament wins catapult Tracy from No. 16 to No. 10 and Oaks Christian from on the bubble to No. 18 in this week’s new state rankings. Del Oro also moves up to third after big win vs previous No. 3 Oak Ridge and now has an argument to be No. 1. Pacifica of Garden Grove...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Corona never did drop from No. 1 on our rankings and strengthened its grip with win on Saturday over St. Mary’s of Stockton in state title game of Boras Baseball Classic. Crespi moves to No. 2 but will get giant test this week in Mission League series with Harvard-Westlake. Valley Christian (San Jose) also moves...