With section playoffs underway everywhere except in the CIF North Coast Section, of course last week’s biggest rankings shuffling result came from the NCS when Foothill of Pleasanton beat previous No. 5 Amador Valley of Pleasanton 2-0 to win a league title. We also are moving up Mission Viejo and Mater Dei in this week’s...
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Super 8 Softball State Ranks Update
With Amador Valley of Pleasanton taking a loss, Mission Viejo gets bumped up to No. 5 in this week’s state rankings. Sheldon of Sacramento also gets to move from No. 9 to No. 8.
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 […]
NEW Softball State Top 20
There was even less movement in this week’s rankings than last week when only one new team cracked the Top 20. This time, there are no new teams. Of the two teams that did lose, both did it to higher-ranked opponents. With most CIF section playoffs beginning this week, there may not be a long...
NEW Softball State Top 20
We are moving up the new softball rankings to Mondays for the rest of the season to coincide with national Flo50 rankings we also do for our friends at FloSports.TV. This week, it’s a calm before the storm as many teams will be playing each other at next weekend’s Michelle Carew Classic in Southern California...
Super 8 Softball Rankings Update
No changes at the top of the state softball rankings this week, but may be a bunch next week since many top teams will be at the Michelle Carew Classic starting Wednesday. The Livermore Stampede also is attracting a strong field including many top NorCal ranked squads.
NEW Softball State Top 20
No. 1 Norco rolls on with 9-0 win earlier this week over state-ranked Mater Dei. Previous No. 2 Amador Valley, however, was upset by Livermore, which helped put Los Alamitos into this week’s No. 2 spot. Unbeaten Rio Mesa also is given a big boost from No. 11 to No. 6 while Great Oak is...
FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks
We really did try to have CIF state champions No. 1 in all five of these divisions, but weren’t going to switch teams in divisions to do it. Once we established which teams were in which of our five divisions based on section playoff divisions it didn’t seem fair to switch them around later on....
