FINAL HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL RANKINGS
No. 1 ST. FRANCIS (28-4) Regular-season-ending ranking: 1
Final word: Lost to Hollister in the Central Coast Section Open Division final as the No. 1 seed, and lost to the Balers again in the NorCal Division I final as the No. 2 team.
No. 2 WILLOW GLEN (23-7) Regular-season-ending ranking: 12
Final word: Lost to St. Francis in the second round of the CCS Open Division playoffs, and then won the NorCal Division II championship on a walk-off over Notre Dame-Salinas. No. 3 CALIFORNIA (21-9) Regular-season-ending ranking: 14
Final word: Won the NCS Division I championship over San Ramon Valley, lost 2-1 to Central-Fresno in the NorCal Division I quarterfinal.
No. 4 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (21-5) Regular-season-ending ranking: 2
Final word: Lost to Hollister 4-1 in the second round of the CCS Open Division playoffs, lost to Whitney-Rocklin 9-3 in the NorCal Division I first round. No. 5 SAN RAMON VALLEY (23-7) Regular-season-ending ranking: 3
Final word: Captured team's first East Bay Athletic League title in a 2-1victory over Amador Valley, lost to California 5-1in the North Coast Section Division I final, 10-0 to St. Francis in the NorCal Division I first round.
No. 6 CAPUCHINO (22-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 4
Final word: Lost to Hollister 7-1 as the No. 6 seed in the CCS Open Division playoffs.
No. 7 WESTMONT (20-9) Regular-season-ending ranking: 16
Final word: Lost to Notre Dame-Salinas in the CCS Division I final.
No. 8 MILPITAS (21-5) Regular-season-ending ranking: 6
Final word: Ranked as the No. 4 seed in the CCS Open Division playoffs, lost 10-1 to Willow Glen in the first round.
No. 9 PINOLE VALLEY (29-2) Regular-season-ending ranking: 7
Final word: Won the TriCounty Athletic League Rock Division and NCS Division III championships, lost to Ponderosa 7-1 in the NorCal Division III semifinals. No. 10 GRANADA (21-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 5
Final word: Lost to San Ramon Valley 4-3 in the EBAL semifinal, defeated Bishop O'Dowd and Castro Valley in NCS Division I playoffs, lost 9-1 to California in the semifinal.
No. 11 SEQUOIA (18-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 8
Final word: Lost to Archbishop Mitty 3-2 in the CCS Open Division first round in eight innings. No. 12 FREEDOM (18-10) Regular-season-ending ranking: 18
Final word: Lost to Heritage in the Bay Valley Athletic League championship, lost to San Ramon Valley in the NCS Division I semifinal. No. 13 CLAYTON VALLEY (17-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 10 Final word: Reached the second round of the NCS Division I playoffs, where CVC lost to Freedom 3-2.
No. 14 COLLEGE PARK (17-9) Regular-season-ending ranking: 11
Final word: Lost 1-0 to California in the second round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
No. 15ALAMEDA (18-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 19
Final word: Lost to eventual NCS Division II champion Casa Grande in the section semifinal.
No. 16 HERITAGE (17-6) Regular-season-ending ranking: 15
Final word: Won the BVAL tournament, lost to San Ramon Valley in the NCS Division I quarterfinal. No. 17LIVERMORE (15-12) Regular-season-ending ranking: Not ranked
Final word: Lost 5-1to Casa Grande in the NCS Division II final.
No. 18 AMADOR VALLEY (15-12) Regular-season-ending ranking: 9
Final word: Lost the EBAL final to San Ramon Valley 2-1after beating California in the semifinal, lost to Castro Valley 2-0 in the first round of the NCS playoffs.
No. 19 SOBRATO (19-4) Regular-season-ending ranking: 20
Final word: Lost to Westmont in the CCS Division I semifinals.
No. 20 CARLMONT (16-9) Regular-season-ending ranking: Not ranked
Final word: Lost to Notre DameSalinas in the CCS Division I semifinal.
Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.