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).

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