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High School  | Rankings | 2/8/2016

National High School Top 50

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2016 Perfect Game High School Baseball Preview Index


Welcome back to another season of the Perfect Game High School Team Rankings. Our initial rankings are listed below.

Huntington Beach (Calif.) enters the 2016 season ranked No. 1 in the country, and for good reason. With tons of talent top to bottom in both their lineup and pitching staff, the Oilers are primed for an outstanding year. They have a great base of talent, starting with two-way star Hagen Danner, and have been bolstered tremendously heading into this season by the transfer of Nick Pratto, another two-way athlete with a very high ceiling. They are set up quite well not only for this year but for years to come as well.

Parkview (Ga.) ended the 2015 season ranked No. 1, after an outstanding campaign culminating in a state championship. They’re No. 2 to start 2016, and once again big things are expected from them as they look to retain their crown. Led by a senior battery of Will Ethridge and Austin Biggar, the Panthers are well set up to do just that this season.

Geographically speaking, the rankings are a pretty good reflection of the fact that some states are simply just baseball hotbeds. Specifically, six California teams, four Georgia teams, nine Texas teams and 10 Florida teams make up 29 of the 50, which accounts for 58 percent of the ranked programs. Even more specifically, the Miami area is very strong this season. Six of the 10 ranked teams from the state of Florida are in the general Miami area.

While there are obvious geographical strengths, in terms of baseball talent, that’s not to say the rest of the country is without talent. Overall, 17 states make up the Top 50, ranging from several California schools on the west coast to a pair of New Jersey schools all the way across the country. From as far south as the several Miami-area schools all the way north to metro Detroit.

Four Perfect Game All-Americans go to schools listed on our Top 50 Team Rankings. Austin Bergner (Windermere Prep), Charles King (Coppell), Karl Kauffman (Brother Rice) and Nicholas Quintana (Arbor View) all played in the Perfect Game All American Classic back in August in San Diego, and all head into their senior seasons playing on nationally ranked high school teams.

These rankings will change substantially in the coming weeks and months, especially as we get into March and April when more and more states begin their high school seasons. New teams will be introduced to the rankings, teams will rise and teams will fall, and some will drop out altogether. It’s going to be a great season and we hope you enjoy it too as you follow along with us.


Final '15 Rk. denotes rankings on Perfect Game's final Top 50 High School Team rankings for 2015 season

Rk. Final '15 Rk. Team City State
1 11 Huntington Beach Huntington Beach California
2 1 Parkview Lilburn Georgia
3 6 Oxford HS Oxford Mississippi
4 4 Barbe Lake Charles Louisiana
5 Coppell Coppell Texas
6 40 JSerra San Juan Capistrano California
7 2 Buford Buford Georgia
8 7 Archbishop McCarthy Southwest Ranches Florida
9 49 Flower Mound Flower Mound Texas
10 Douglas Parkland Florida
11 8 Oviedo Oviedo Florida
12 21 Westminster Christian Miami Florida
13 33 Dallas Jesuit Dallas Texas
14 Dana Hills Dana Pointe California
15 14 St. Thomas More Lafayette Louisiana
16 Hamilton Chandler Arizona
17 South Hills West Covina California
18 31 Mosley Lynn Haven Florida
19 Regis Jesuit Aurora Colorado
20 44 Gulliver Prep Miami Florida
21 Mann Greenville South Carolina
22 24 Rancho Bernardo San Diego California
23 3 Bishop Gorman Las Vegas Nevada
24 10 Venice Venice Florida
25 Southlake Carroll Southlake Texas
26 Cartersville Cartersville Georgia
27 35 San Clemente San Clemente California
28 12 Moeller Cincinnati Ohio
29 9 Cullman Cullman Alabama
30 Brother Rice Bloomfield Hills Michigan
31 St. Joseph Regional Montvale New Jersey
32 32 Pelham Pelham Alabama
33 16 Owasso Owasso Oklahoma
34 38 Sulphur Sulphur Louisiana
35 St. Thomas Aquinas Overland Park Kansas
36 26 Prosper Prosper Texas
37 Raymond S. Kellis Glendale Arizona
38 Shawnee Shawnee Oklahoma
39 46 Gloucester Catholic Gloucester City New Jersey
40 Poly Prep Country Day Brooklyn New York
41 50 College Station College Station Texas
42 Desert Mountain Scottsdale Arizona
43 34 Alexander Laredo Texas
44 North Broward Prep Coconut Creek Florida
45 47 Oak Ridge Conroe Texas
46 19 Columbus Miami Florida
47 29 Walton Marietta Georgia
48 Windermere Prep Windermere Florida
49 Keller Keller Texas
50 Arbor View Las Vegas Nevada



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