PBR ILLINOIS POWER 25
The Illinois high school baseball season kicked off on April 12th, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we published our team previews ahead of the 2021 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, leading into a countdown through the official PBR Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.
Perennially, we’ve submitted a Preseason Questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses flooded in and we used their detailed insight in our team-by-team preseason analysis.
Throughout the spring season we will be updating our Power 25 every Monday. Read below for the most current version of the Power 25.
UPDATED POWER 25
Updated 6/24/21
RANK |
Last Update | Team | Class |
2021 Record |
1 |
NR | Plainfield East | 4A | 19-15 |
2 | 6 | Lake Park | 4A | 33-5 |
3 | 21 | Springfield | 3A | 31-5 |
4 | NR | O'Fallon | 4A | 26-10 |
5 | NR | Hononegah | 4A | 26-4 |
6 | 1 | Huntley |
4A | 32-3 |
7 | NR | Freeburg | 2A | 36-3 |
8 | 2 | Lincoln-Way East |
4A | 27-3 |
9 | NR | Prairie Ridge | 3A | 19-14 |
10 | 20 | St. Laurence |
3A | 27-9 |
11 | 8 | Normal University |
2A | 32-4 |
12 | 3 | Sacred Heart-Griffin |
2A | 33-3 |
13 |
15 | Brother Rice |
4A | 29-11 |
14 | 4 | Edwardsville |
4A | 34-4 |
15 | 5 | Marist |
4A | 32-5 |
16 | 7 | St. Charles North |
4A | 29-4 |
17 | 12 | Hinsdale Central | 4A | 23-4 |
18 | 10 | Downers Grove South |
4A | 27-4 |
19 | 14 | Mundelein | 4A | 23-5-1 |
20 | NR | Providence Catholic | 4A | 26-13 |
21 | 18 | Homewood-Flossmoor |
4A | 22-9 |
22 | 9 | Lincoln-Way Central | 4A | 21-5-1 |
23 |
13 | Naperville Central | 4A | 22-5 |
24 | NR | Washington | 3A | 24-8 |
25 | 11 | Barrington | 4A | 21-5 |
On The Bubble (Listed Alphabetically): Bartlett (18-8), Bloomington (18-10), Brimfield (20-5), Charleston (26-10), Chicago Christian (24-4), Deerfield (22-13), East Peoria (17-9), Evanston (23-12-1), Galesburg (20-8), Glenbrook North (23-11), Glenbrook South (25-11-1), Grayslake Central (29-8), Hall (22-3), Harrisburg (29-1-2), Highland (20-12), Illinois Valley Central (19-7), Jacobs (25-8), Joliet Catholic (22-13), Joliet West (20-11-1), Lake Zurich (18-9), Lane Tech (25-7), Lemont (23-11), Libertyville (26-9), Lincoln-Way West (20-9), Lockport (22-12), Maine South (22-13), Manteno (32-3), Marian Catholic (19-17), Maroa Forsyth (15-5), Mascoutah (19-10), Minooka (19-11), Montini Catholic (22-9), Mount Carmel (21-11), Nazareth (27-11), New Trier (25-13), Normal West (19-15), Oak Forest (21-6-1), Oak Park-River Forest (17-8), Oswego (19-8), Palatine (19-10), Plainfield Central (18-11), Plainfield North (17-12), Plainfield South (18-7), Prospect (22-7-1), Reavis (19-10), Richmond-Burton (24-6), Riverside-Brookfield (19-5), Rockford Boylan (22-5), Saint Viator (24-12-2), South Central Farina (25-3), St. Charles East (21-10), St. Joseph-Ogden (33-3), St. Rita (20-16), Timothy Christian (21-9), Triad (26-11), Warren (17-12-2), Yorkville (17-14-1).