The Illinois high school baseball season kicks off on March 17, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we will publish our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Our scouts will be out covering the 2025 season, publishing scout blogs and additional in-season content along the way, like Power 25 updates, Daily Roundup, Player of the Week awards, and weekly top performers included inside Diamond Notes.

Below is the Power 25, along with some bubble teams to know:

PREP BASEBALL ILLINOIS POWER 25

2025 RANK

4/21 rank
Team (Class)
2025 record
1 1 Brother Rice (4A) 19-1
2 2 Libertyville (4A) 18-2
3 3 McHenry (4A) 17-2-1
4 4 Minooka (4A) 18-2
5 5 Triad (3A) 17-3
6 6 Lincoln-Way West (4A) 14-4
7 8 Nazareth (4A) 19-3
8 9 Edwardsville (4A) 11-6
9 7 Lincoln-Way East (4A) 15-4
10 12 Father McGivney (1A) 20-2
11 14 St. Laurence (3A) 16-3
12 15 Fremd (4A) 15-0-1
13 10 Providence Catholic (4A) 13-6
14 16 Lemont (3A) 14-3-1
15 13 Normal Community (4A) 16-4
16 11 O'Fallon (4A) 14-4
17 19 New Trier (4A) 14-5-1
18 NR St. Joseph-Ogden (2A) 20-2
19 22 York (4A) 15-3
20 25 DePaul College Prep (3A) 18-2
21 18 DeKalb (4A) 15-4-1
22 17 Oswego (4A) 16-4
23 23 Prairie Ridge (3A) 16-5-1
24 20 Downers Grove North (4A) 17-3
25 NR West Aurora (4A) 15-2
TEAMS TO WATCH (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY): Altamont 13-3, Alton 13-7, Andrew 15-4, Barrington 12-5-1, Belleville East 16-7, Belleville West 11-7, Benet 10-7, Bloomington 14-6, Bradley-Bourbonnais 13-6, Breese Central 12-7, Bradley-Bourbonnais 13-6, Brimfield 17-4-1, Burlington Central 10-8, Cary-Grove 12-6, Chicago Hope 15-7, Coal City 15-5, Dunlap 15-5, East Peoria 15-4, Eureka 20-2, Evergreen Park 15-6, Geneva 15-5, Glenwood 10-4, Grant 11-6, Grayslake Central 15-4, Hampshire 16-6, Hersey 15-3-1, Highland Park 15-3-1, Huntley 11-6, Kaneland 13-4, Lakes Community 14-4, Lockport 12-5, Mahomet Seymour 11-4, Manteno 13-4, Marion 14-4, Maroa Forsyth 13-5, Marquette 17-2, Mascoutah 11-5, Mattoon 11-8, Monticello 17-3, Morton 15-5, Mount Carmel 13-6, Mt. Pulaski 14-3, Mt. Zion 13-4, Mundelein 12-5-2, Nashville 18-0, Newman Central Catholic 15-3-1, Normal University 16-4, Normal West 13-8, North Clay 14-4, Oak Park-River Forest 13-6, Plainfield Central 17-3, Plainfield North 13-6, Pleasant Plains 18-3, Putnam County 15-4, Reavis 13-7, Riverside-Brookfield 12-5, Rochester 15-5, Rolling Meadows 16-5, Routt Catholic 13-6, Sacred Heart-Griffin 16-4, Sandburg 11-7, Shelbyville 13-5, St. Anthony 12-5, St. Bede (Peru) 15-4, St. Francis 13-3, Teutopolis 17-2, Tremont 19-4, Warren Township 14-5, Waterloo 11-6, Willowbrook 14-6.

THE BULLPEN, EPISODE 24

2025 POWER 25 UPDATES

2024 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

4A

  1. Providence Catholic
  2. Conant
  3. Edwardsville
  4. York

3A

  1. Crystal Lake Central
  2. Lemont
  3. Morris
  4. Highland

2A

  1. St. Anthony
  2. Maroa-Forsyth
  3. Wilmington
  4. Newman Central Catholic

1A

  1. Ottawa Marquette
  2. Altamont
  3. Routt Catholic
  4. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley

2024 POWER 25 UPDATES

2023 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

4A

  1. Edwardsville
  2. Brother Rice
  3. New Trier
  4. York

3A

  1. Nazareth Academy
  2. Grayslake Central
  3. Sycamore
  4. Effingham

2A

  1. Joliet Catholic Academy
  2. Columbia
  3. DePaul College Prep
  4. Quincy Notre Dame

1A

  1. Gibault Catholic
  2. Henry-Senachwine
  3. Newman Catholic Central
  4. Goreville

POWER 25 UPDATES

2023 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

    2022 IHSA SEASON RECAP

    2022 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

    4A

    1. Edwardsville
    2. Mundelein
    3. Brother Rice
    4. McHenry

    3A

    1. Nazareth Academy
    2. Glenwood
    3. Washington Community
    4. Crystal Lake South

    2A

    1. Joliet Catholic Academy
    2. Richmond-Burton
    3. Columbia
    4. Maroa-Forsyth

    1A

    1. North Clay
    2. Brown County
    3. Ottawa Marquette
    4. LeRoy

    2022 POTY, ALL-STATE HONORS

    + PBR Illinois, Player of the Year: RHP/SS Owen Murphy
    + First Team, All-State
    + Second Team, All-State
    + Third Team, All-State

      2022 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

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