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High School | Rankings | 1/31/2020

Preseason High School Top 50

Vincent Cervino

Photo: Cole Russo (Tampa Jesuit Athletics)

2020 High School Preview Index

Team Breakdowns: 1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50

The final 10 teams have been unveiled, and, as such, there is a Preseason High School Top 50. In total, there are 50 teams from 19 different states with Florida and California leading the way with 10 teams and nine teams, respectively. Florida and California also represent the first two teams in the rankings in Tampa Jesuit (Fla.) at No. 1 and Notre Dame (Calif.) at No. 2. This goes to show that the talent-rich states are especially deep this year, including the top team in the land.

Between the Top 50 teams there are 18 defending state champions, led by Tampa Jesuit. The top five includes DeSoto Central (Miss.) at No. 3, North Gwinnett (Ga.) at No. 4, and JSerra (Calif.) at No. 5. There is a ton of talent with the teams in the Top 50 which includes 15 total PG All-Americans represented throughout these teams. Blaze Jordan is on the highest-ranked team that includes PG All-Americans while Harvard-Westlake at No. 9 includes the only duo of PG All-Americans in Pete Crow-Armstrong and Drew Bowser.

As always with the high school season, there are a number of high profile events to keep an eye on that will feature a ton of ranked teams. The PG High School Showdown features nine preseason ranked teams and will take place March 5-7 in Hoover, Ala. The National High School Invitational (NHSI) features 12 preseason ranked teams and will take place April 1-4 in Cary, N.C. The Boras Classic South will feature five preseason ranked teams, all from Southern California, on April 14-17.

Region-wise the top-ranked team in each region are as follows:

• Florida: No. 1 Tampa Jesuit
• Pacific: No. 2 Notre Dame (Calif.)
• Southeast: No. 3 DeSoto Central (Miss.)
• Texahoma: No. 7 Southlake Carroll (Texas)
• Southwest: No. 14 Palo Verde (Nev.)
• Midwest: No. 19 Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Mich.)
• Northeast: No. 23 St. Augustine Prep (N.J.)
• Great Plains: No. 40 Regis Jesuit (Colo.)
• Northwest: No. 41 Jesuit (Ore.)
• Mid-Atlantic: No. 43 Chapin (S.C.)

The season is already beginning with spring practices and scrimmages in full swing throughout most of the country. Perfect Game covers the entire country and will be on hand for all of the action. As always, as the action unfolds be sure to send over highlights, home runs, great plays, or anything of that nature over to us on Twitter @vcervinoPG, @PG_Scouting, or @PerfectGameUSA. Best of luck to everyone this high school season!

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	Rank	HS	City	St
new	1	Tampa Jesuit	Tampa	FL
new	2	Notre Dame	Sherman Oaks	CA
new	3	DeSoto Central	Southaven	MS
new	4	North Gwinnett	Suwanee	GA
new	5	J Serra	San Juan Capistrano	CA
new	6	American Heritage	Plantation	FL
new	7	Southlake Carroll	Southlake	TX
new	8	Bob Jones	Madison	AL
new	9	Harvard-Westlake	Los Angeles	CA
new	10	Parkview	Lilburn	GA
new	11	Alfred M. Barbe	Lake Charles	LA
new	12	De La Salle	Concord	CA
new	13	Kingwood	Kingwood	TX
new	14	Palo Verde	Las Vegas	NV
new	15	Orange Lutheran	Orange	CA
new	16	Mountain Pointe	Phoenix	AZ
new	17	Farragut	Knoxville	TN
new	18	La Mirada	La Mirada	CA
new	19	Orchard Lake St. Marys Prep	Orchard Lake	MI
new	20	Westminster Christian	Miami	FL
new	21	Hamilton	Chandler	AZ
new	22	American Heritage Delray Beach	Delray Beach	FL
new	23	St. Augustine Preparatory	Richland	NJ
new	24	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas	NV
new	25	Russell Co	Seale	AL
new	26	Reagan	San Antonio	TX
new	27	Calvary Christian	Clearwater	FL
new	28	Valley Christian Schools	San Jose	CA
new	29	Baylor	Chattanooga	TN
new	30	Edwardsville	Edwardsville	IL
new	31	Buford	Buford	GA
new	32	Hoover	Hoover	AL
new	33	Lake Mary	Lake Mary	FL
new	34	Red Land	Lewisberry	PA
new	35	The Woodlands	The Woodlands	TX
new	36	Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Parkland	FL
new	37	Houston County	Warner Robins	GA
new	38	Bergen Catholic	Oradell	NJ
new	39	Turlock	Turlock	CA
new	40	Regis Jesuit	Aurora	CO
new	41	Jesuit	Portland	OR
new	42	Spruce Creek	Port Orange	FL
new	43	Chapin	Chapin	SC
new	44	Smiths Station	Smiths Station	AL
new	45	Miami Christian	Miami	FL
new	46	Flower Mound	Flower Mound	TX
new	47	Cypress	Cypress	CA
new	48	St. John Vianney	Kirkwood	MO
new	49	JW Mitchell	Trinity	FL
new	50	Poly Prep Country Day	Brooklyn	NY

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