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2026 Ohio Team Power Rankings - Update 1


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2026 Ohio Team Power Rankings - Update 1

As the 2025 spring season gets underway, Prep Baseball Ohio would like to bring to you the first update of the Team Power Rankings. Every Tuesday of each week we will bring you an updated Team Power Rankings.

The Prep Baseball Ohio rankings are based on recommendations from coaches, scouts and members of the media as well as watching players at numerous events/games throughout the year. If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please let us know by emailing [email protected]

We look to bring top-notch high school coverage throughout the year for the Buckeye state.

We will have the 2026 Scout Blog, Spotlight Games, HS Spring Classics, Inside the Recruitment Articles, Unsigned Senior Spotlights, The Recruiting Trail, All-State Selections, Full Coverage of the OHSAA State Tournament as well as numerous other articles throughout the spring. For all of you Ohio Spring HS content, please bookmark this link, click here.

** TEAM RANKINGS - PDF FORM **

The Power 25 (Upper Divisions)- Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

*** To View The Entire Team Rankings in PDF form, please click here ***

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Archbishop Moeller 3-0
2 3 Amherst Steele 4-0
3 5 Olentangy Liberty 4-0
4 6 Medina 3-0
5 4 Badin 2-1
6 12 Butler 4-0
7 15 Olentangy Berlin 4-0
8 7 Olentangy Orange 0-1
9 20 Springboro 4-0
10 21 St. Xavier 2-0
11 NR Loveland 4-0
12 NR Troy 5-0
13 NR Lakewood 3-0
14 10 Walsh Jesuit 0-1
15 2 Massillon Jackson 1-3
16 8 Mason 2-3
17 18 University School 4-0
18 14 Saint Ignatius 1-1
19 22 Defiance 2-0
20 NR St Francis de Sales (Toledo) 3-2
21 11 Clay (Oregon) 3-2
22 9 Anthony Wayne 2-3
23 23 Wapakoneta 2-0
24 13 Archbishop Hoban 1-1
25 16 Olentangy 2-2

Division I - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Archbishop Moeller 3-0
2 3 Olentangy Liberty 4-0
3 4 Medina 3-0
4 8 Olentangy Berlin 4-0
5 5 Olentangy Orange 0-1
6 12 Springboro 4-0
7 13 St. Xavier 2-0
8 2 Massillon Jackson 1-3
9 6 Mason 2-3
10 7 Saint Ignatius 1-1

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***


Division II - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Amherst Steele 4-0
2 5 Loveland 4-0
3 6 Troy 5-0
4 9 Lakewood 3-0
5 3 Walsh Jesuit 0-1
6 7 St Francis de Sales (Toledo) 3-2
7 4 Clay (Oregon) 3-2
8 2 Anthony Wayne 2-3
9 8 Highland (Medina) 2-0
10 10 North Canton Hoover 4-1

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***


Division III - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Badin 2-1
2 2 Butler 4-0
3 4 University School 4-0
4 5 Defiance 2-0
5 6 Wapakoneta 2-0
6 3 Archbishop Hoban 1-1
7 9 Bishop Watterson 2-0
8 11 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 4-0
9 12 Gilmour Academy 1-0
10 13 Wooster 3-0

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***


The Power 25 (Lower Divisions)- Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 T1 Waynedale 4-0
2 T1 Hiland 4-0
3 3 Cardinal Mooney 3-0
4 4 Indian Hill 0-0
5 6 Jonathan Alder 2-0
6 8 Fairview (Sherwood) 2-0
7 10 Edison (Milan) 3-0
8 14 Lake Center Christian 3-0
9 15 West Jefferson 3-0
10 16 Lincolnview 1-0
11 17 Toronto 5-0
12 18 Calvert (Tiffin) 2-0
13 19 Newark Catholic 3-0
14 20 Norton 3-0
15 5 Perkins 0-2
16 24 Edison (Richmond) 3-0
17 12 Licking Valley 3-1
18 7 Coldwater 3-1
19 9 Keystone 0-1
20 NR Archbold 2-0
21 NR Minster 2-0
22 11 CHCA 2-2
23 21 Canton Central Catholic 2-1
24 22 Field 3-0
25 NR Harrison Central 3-0

Division IV - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Cardinal Mooney 3-0
2 2 Indian Hill 0-0
3 4 Jonathan Alder 2-0
4 8 Norton 3-0
5 3 Perkins 0-2
6 12 Edison (Richmond) 3-0
7 6 Licking Valley 3-1
8 5 CHCA 2-2
9 9 Canton Central Catholic 2-1
10 10 Field 3-0

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***

Division V - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Waynedale 4-0
2 3 Fairview (Sherwood) 2-0
3 5 Edison (Milan) 3-0
4 2 Coldwater 3-1
5 4 Keystone 0-1
6 7 Archbold 2-0
7 8 Harrison Central 3-0
8 N10 Minford 5-0
9 11 Summit Country Day 5-0
10 22 Lynchburg-Clay 4-0

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***


Division VI - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Hiland 4-0
2 2 Lake Center Christian 3-0
3 3 West Jefferson 3-0
4 4 Lincolnview 1-0
5 5 Toronto 5-0
6 6 Eastern (Reedsville) 3-1
7 11 Kirtland 1-0
8 17 Fort Frye 4-0
9 25 St. Henry 4-0
10 9 Fort Recovery 3-1

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***


Division VII - Update 1

Updated on 4/6/26

**If you know a team that you feel should be in consideration for the rankings, please email [email protected] ... Thanks and good luck on the Road To Canal Park!

Rank
Last Week
Team
2026 Record
1 1 Calvert (Tiffin) 2-0
2 2 Newark Catholic 3-0
3 3 Minster 2-0
4 4 Montpelier 1-0
5 16 Green (Franklin Furnace) 5-0
6 14 Lehman Catholic 2-0
7 8 Newton 2-1
8 23 Bishop Rosecrans 2-0
9 5 Russia 1-2
10 6 Miller City 0-1

*** To view the entire Top 25, along with others in consideration, please click here ***

** TEAM RANKINGS - PDF FORM **

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