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2018 Preseason High School Baseball Top 50



The top 25 teams are selected through a poll of representatives from the Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) and Baseball America. This is the first in-season top 25 ranking of the 2018 season, though many states haven’t started playing and weather has caused delays in other states as well. The BCA and BA will update the top 25 rankings every other week through May.

Shawnee opens the 2018 season ranked No. 1 in the Baseball America Preseason High School Top 50, powered by .

RankSchool2017 Record2017 Final Rank
1Shawnee (Okla.) HS40-01
2Harvard-Westlake HS, Los Angeles22-4-3NR
3Basic HS, Henderson, Nev.29-714
4Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS18-12NR
5Monsignor Pace HS, Miami Gardens24-6NR
6Regan HS, San Antonio31-9NR
7Jackson HS, Massillon, Ohio29-17
8Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.31-6NR
9Curtis Christian HS, River Ridge, La31-6NR
10Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, Calif.21-1238
11Walton HS, Marietta, Ga.27-8NR
12Deer Park (Texas) HS36-816
13Riverdale Baptist HS, Marlboro, Md.30-112
14Eastlake HS, Chula Vista, Calif.32-413
15Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, Calif.22-9NR
16Hamilton HS, Chandler, Ariz.23-10NR
17Palmetto HS, Miami22-7NR
18Sheridan (Ark.) HS33-541
19North Gwinnett HS, Suwanee, Ga.35-4NR
20Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches, Texas22-724
21Vianney HS, Kirkwood, Mo.32-7NR
22Douglas HS, Parkland, Ga.22-5NR
23Saline (Miss.) HS40-344
24Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego25-9NR
25Mesquite HS, Gilbert, Ariz.23-11NR
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26West Monroe (La.) HS38-334
27El Toro (Calif.) HS27-78
28Cullman (Ala.) HS38-9NR
29Delbarton HS, Morristown, N.J.21-730
30Clovis (Calif.) HS25-7-1NR
31Monroe Campus HS, Bronx, N.Y.20-233
32Staley HS, Kansas City, Mo.24-7NR
33River Ridge HS, Woodstock, Ga.29-10NR
34Carroll HS, Southlake, Texas32-11NR
35Mountain Vista HS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.18-7NR
36De La Salle Collegiate HS, Warren, Mich.27-12NR
37De La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.21-8NR
38Tottenville HS, Staten Island, N.Y.22-2NR
39Buchanan HS, Clovis, Calif.28-429
40Gulfport (Miss.) HS33-6NR
41Mosley HS, Lynn Haven, Fla.27-3NR
42Eden Prairie (Minn.) HS28-3NR
43Elk Grove (Calif.) HS23-10NR
44American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.20-7NR
45Malvern (Pa.) Prep HS25-636
46Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS28-5NR
47Amarillo (Texas) HS31-9NR
48Jordan HS, Sandy, Utah18-10NR
49Mason (Ohio) HS20-9NR
50Puyallup (Wash.) HS25-2NR

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