Regis Jesuit is No. 1 in this week’s 5A baseball ranking. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)
For the second consecutive week, there’s a new team atop CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A baseball ranking. This time, Regis Jesuit has ascended to the top.
The Raiders, now 14-3, went 3-0 last week — including a 7-5 win over then-No. 6 ThunderRidge. They are now 9-0 in the always tough Continental League, and are riding an 11-game winning streak.
Fairview actually received the same amount of first-place votes (six) that Regis Jesuit did, but remained at No. 2 with 125 overall points to the Raiders’ 137. The Knights are now 16-1 — 13-0 against in-state teams.
Columbine stayed at No. 3 after going 2-1 last week. Included was a 12-6 win over Chatfield, which at the time was ranked No. 1. But the Rebels also dropped a game to Arvada West, which had an amazing week with wins over the Nos. 1, 3 and 8 teams.
Arvada West jumped into the rankings at No. 6, just behind No. 5 Chatfield and No. 4 Mountain Vista.
ThunderRidge dropped to No. 7, Rocky Mountain is No. 8 and Chaparral is No. 9. Cherry Creek rejoined the poll at No. 10.
There are also new teams atop the 3A and 2A polls. In 3A, Eaton received nine of the 10 first-place votes to overtake Holy Family, which dropped to No. 2. In 2A, Resurrection Christian got five of the seven first-place votes and took over for Swink, which also fell to No. 2.
Windsor retained its spot atop the 4A ranking, and Stratton held firm atop 1A.
The 4A poll added Pueblo East at No. 9, and also saw Lewis-Palmer move from No. 5 to No. 3, and Evergreen go from No. 7 to No. 4.
3A added Bayfield (No. 8), while 2A added Limon (No. 9) and Lyons (No. 10).
With the regular season ending Tuesday, these rankings will serve as the final poll of the regular season.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
CHSAANow.com Baseball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Regis Jesuit (6) | 14-3 | 137 | 4 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Fairview (6) | 16-1 | 125 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Columbine (2) | 16-1 | 117 | 3 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Mountain Vista | 15-2 | 98 | 5 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Chatfield | 14-2 | 92 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 6 | Arvada West | 12-5 | 62 | – | 3-0 |
| 7 | ThunderRidge (1) | 10-6 | 43 | 6 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Rocky Mountain | 10-5 | 38 | 10 | 3-0 |
| 9 | Chaparral | 11-6 | 30 | 9 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Cherry Creek | 12-4 | 27 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Rock Canyon 22, Arapahoe 15, Ralston Valley 12, Central (G.J.) 3, Douglas County 1, Grand Junction 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Arapahoe (7), Ralston Valley (8). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Windsor (8) | 17-1 | 131 | 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Montrose (6) | 12-2 | 128 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Lewis-Palmer | 14-3 | 96 | 5 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Evergreen | 13-2 | 86 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 5 | Wheat Ridge | 13-3 | 79 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Niwot | 13-3 | 67 | 3 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Valor Christian | 12-5 | 55 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Delta | 13-2 | 36 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 9 | Pueblo East | 12-4 | 27 | – | 2-0 |
| 10 | Longmont | 12-4 | 19 | 10 | 3-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Durango 15, Elizabeth 11, Ponderosa 7, Mesa Ridge 6, Palmer Ridge 6, Pueblo Centennial 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Palmer Ridge (9). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Eaton (9) | 14-0 | 99 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Holy Family (1) | 15-1 | 91 | 1 | 2-1 |
| 3 | Faith Christian | 15-2 | 77 | 3 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Lamar | 13-4 | 52 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Valley | 14-3 | 46 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 6 | The Classical Academy | 13-3 | 39 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Gunnison | 14-2 | 36 | 8 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Bayfield | 14-3 | 31 | – | 3-0 |
| 9 | University | 13-4 | 26 | 5 | 3-1 |
| 10 | Brush | 10-4 | 21 | 9 | 2-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Cedaredge 15, Sterling 6, Kent Denver 5, St. Mary’s 3, Platte Valley 2, La Junta 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Cedaredge (10). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Resurrection Christian (5) | 14-2 | 68 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Swink (1) | 15-2 | 61 | 1 | 2-2 |
| 3 | Sedgwick County (1) | 16-1 | 56 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Rye | 15-1 | 53 | 3 | 5-0 |
| 5 | Hotchkiss | 15-3 | 38 | 5 | 4-0 |
| 6 | Peyton | 13-2 | 26 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Lutheran | 9-8 | 23 | 6 | 3-1 |
| 8 | Kiowa | 10-4 | 17 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 9 | Limon | 10-6 | 12 | – | 2-1 |
| 10 | Lyons | 9-6 | 8 | – | 0-2 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Rocky Ford 6, Denver Christian 4, Nucla 4, Paonia 4, Byers 2, County Line 2, Wiley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Byers (8), Denver Christian (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Stratton (4) | 6-3 | 57 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 2 | Granada (2) | 5-2 | 49 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Eads | 6-8 | 45 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Caliche | 7-11 | 41 | 5 | 4-3 |
| 5 | Community Christian | 8-7 | 26 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Elbert | 8-2 | 26 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Holly | 5-5 | 25 | 8 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Dove Creek | 3-13 | 19 | 10 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Fleming | 5-6 | 17 | 7 | 0-2 |
| 10 | Briggsdale | 7-5 | 13 | 9 | 0-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Cornerstone Christian 8, Cotopaxi 2, Manzanola 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||