The Florida High School Athletic Association released its first baseball rankings of the season that will determine playoff seedings and some postseason berths. The district winners in each region automatically qualify for the playoffs and secure a home playoff in the region quarterfinals if they are not playing another champion. The next four postseason berths in each region are determined strictly by the rankings. Here is the list of the top eight in regions that includes area teams. Local ranked teams are in bold.
Class 7A, Region 2 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Winter Haven 11-2 14.966 2. Sarasota 9-2 14.327 3. Durant 11-2 12.913 4. Windermere 11-3 12.780 5. Lake Nona 10-2 12.717 6. Plant 8-3 13.333 7. Venice 8-4 12.270 8. Alonso 9-4 10.715
Local in the mix: No. 10 Newsome (6-5)
Class 6A, Region 2 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Viera 12-2 13.363 2. Land O’ Lakes 11-2 12.899 3. Melbourne 10-1 12.795 4. Wiregrass Ranch 7-1 12.525 5. Lake Minneola 11-1 12.090 6. Lakeland 11-2 11.934 7. Mitchell 11-3 11.487 8. Lakeland George Jenkins 10-3 10.681
Local in the mix : No. 11 Springstead (8-5)
Class 6A, Region 3 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Sickles 11-2 15.611 2. Gaither 8-5 9.665 3. East Lake 7-2 8.621 4. Lennard 7-5 8.352 5. Bloomingdale 8-3 8.306 6. Naples Palmetto Ridge 8-3 6.281 7. Plant City 4-7 3.638 8. Punta Gorda Charlotte 5-7 2.920
Local in the mix: No. 10 Wharton (5-7)
Class 5A, Region 2 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Lake Wales 11-2 15.864 2. Sebring 11-3 10.761 3. Auburndale 8-5 9.329 4. Wesley Chapel 7-4 8.696 5. Deltona Pine Ridge 8-2 7.293 6. Cypress Creek 7-4 4.527 7. Zephyrhills 6-3 3.402 8. Daytona Beach Seabreeze 7-8 1.771
Local in the mix: No. 10 River Ridge (5-8)
Class 5A, Region 3 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Jesuit 14-0 22.022 2. Braden River 7-3 12.539 3. Parrish Community 9-3 12.151 4. Cape Coral Island Coast 10-2 11.423 5. Hollins 6-4 10.692 6. Naples 9-3 9.247 7. Bonita Springs 8-2 7.001 8. Osceola 9-4 6.082
Local in the mix: No. 9 Seminole (9-4)
Class 4A, Region 2 Rank/team Record Rating 1. North Marion8-4 13.543 2. Orlando Bishop Moore 11-4 11.590 3. Merritt Island 10-2 9.565 4. Hernando 9-3 7.648 5. Dunnellon 6-4 7.443 6. The Villages Charter 6-7 6.261 7. Nature Coast 7-4 5.699 8. Eustis 5-7 1.528
Local in the mix: No. 10 Weeki Wachee (6-6)
Class 4A, Region 3 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Dunedin 10-1 12.384 2. Lemon Bay 10-3 8.621 3. Jefferson 8-4 8.284 4. Lakeland McKeel Academy 8-6 5.499 5. Wauchula Hardee 6-5 4.537 6. Estero 6-4 1.781 7. Robinson 4-7 1.585 8. Lake Region 6-7 1.126
Local in the mix: No. 10 Chamberlain (7-5)
Class 3A, Region 2 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Calvary Christian 11-1 15.674 2. Tampa Catholic 9-4 10.319 3. Berkeley Prep 8-5 8.249 4. Fort Myers Bishop Verot 9-5 8.200 5. Avon Park 9-5 6.816 6. Fort Meade 8-4 5.915 7. Clearwater Central Catholic 5-7 1.7777 8. Lake Placid 6-6 0.450
Local in the mix: No. 10 Bell Creek Academy (5-4)
Class 2A, Region 3 Rank/team Record Rating 1. Fort Myers Canterbury 11-1 14.346 2. Naples St. John Neumann 9-5 12.472 3. Northside Christian 10-3 11.531 4. Sarasota Out-of-Door 8-4 9.304 5. Fort Myers Southwest Florida Christian 8-2 7.895 6. Community School of Naples 8-4 6.756 7. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian 6-5 -2.273 8. Seffner Christian 6-5 1.813
Local in the mix: No. 9 Carrollwood Day (7-6)
