Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (29-4)
Final word: Beat College Park 11-2 to capture the North Coast Section Division I title. Defeated Serra 5-4 to win the NorCal Division I crown.
No. 2 SERRA (28-7)
Final word: Beat Valley Christian 3-2 in the Central Coast Section Division I championship game. Lost to De La Salle 5-4 in the NorCal Division I finals.
No. 3 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (25-8-1)
Final word: Lost to St. Mary’s-Stockton 4-3 in the NorCal Division I semifinals.
No. 4 LOS GATOS (25-6)
Final word: Lost to Serra 3-0 in the NorCal Division I semifinals.
No. 5 GRANADA (22-6)
Final word: Beat De La Salle 5-1 in the East Bay Athletic League championship. Lost to Casa Grande 3-2 in the NCS Division I quarterfinals.
No. 6 COLLEGE PARK (17-12)
Final word: Lost to Serra 2-1 in the first round of the NorCal Division I playoffs.
No. 7 ST. FRANCIS (22-11)
Final word: Lost to Yuba City 3-2 in the NorCal Division II championship game.
No. 8 ST. IGNATIUS (17-10-2)
Final word: Lost to St. Francis 2-1 in the first round of the CCS Division I playoffs.
No. 9 BELLARMINE (17-14)
Final word: Beat Valley Christian 3-0 in the West Catholic Athletic League championship. Lost to Los Gatos 3-0 in the first round of the CCS Division I playoffs.
No. 10 FOOTHILL (21-8)
Final word: Lost to Casa Grande 6-3 in the NCS Division I third-place game.
No. 11 ACALANES (18-11-1)
Final word: Beat Rancho Cotate 7-1 to win the NCS Division II championship. Lost to St. Francis 2-0 in the NorCal Division II semifinals.
No. 12 CLAYTON VALLEY (18-8)
Final word: Lost to College Park 4-1 in the NCS Division I quarterfinals.
No. 13 BENICIA (17-9)
Final word: Lost to Foothill 10-4 in the NCS Division II quarterfinals.
No. 14 HERITAGE (19-6)
Final word: Lost to College Park 4-3 in the first round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
No. 15 LIBERTY (17-8)
Final word: Lost to Foothill 8-2 in the first round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
No. 16 LEIGH (21-7)
Final word: Lost to Capuchino 5-3 in the first round of the CCS Division II playoffs.
No. 17 DUBLIN (17-8)
Final word: Lost to Casa Grande 5-0 in the first round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
No. 18 CALIFORNIA (16-12)
Final word: Beat Marin Catholic to capture the NCS Division III championship. Lost to Roseville 9-4 in the first round of the NorCal Division III playoffs.
No. 19 PITTSBURG (19-6)
Final word: Lost to De La Salle 12-5 in the first round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
No. 20 MENLO SCHOOL (24-8)
Final word: Beat Monterey 5-4 to capture the CCS Division V title. Beat Santa Clara 2-1 in the NorCal Division IV finals.
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WAY-TOO-EARLY TOP 5 FOR 2026
No. 1 DE LA SALLE
Early word: The Spartans are slated to return Stanford commit Tyler Spangler, all-league pitcher Roman Bartosh and freshman infielder Jacob Gray next year.
No. 2 VALLEY CHRISTIAN
Early word: Replacing do-it-all player Quinten Marsh will be tough, but the Warriors are slated to have outfielder Christian Navarez infielder and Nathan Choi back in their lineup in 2026.
No. 3 ST. FRANCIS
Early word: The Lancers made it all the way to a NorCal title game with a team that had young impact players at every position. Tanner Wall, Jack Leeper, Gino Cappellazzo, Siale Tulua, Henry Dommer and Landon King solidify a strong core that is set to return next year.
No. 4 COLLEGE PARK
Early word: Hitters TJ Reinhart and Davin Koepp along with right-handed pitcher Sebastian Alvarez were a big reason why College Park got hot late, and all three are slated to return for their senior seasons.
No. 5 SERRA
Early word: Junior Nate Hui made every big play for Serra this past postseason and he is expected to return along with sophomores William Walbridge and Aaron Minton.
Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.