LOUISVILLE, Ky. — California’s Norco kept rolling as the top team in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll.
The (29-0) Cougars picked up two more wins to complete another perfect week. They defeated Santiago for the second time this season, 5-3, last Thursday, then topped Centennial, 5-1, on Tuesday.
Norco has now scored 161 more runs than it has allowed — a 201-40 margin — winning 40 of its last 41 contests. The lone loss during that stretch was an 1-0 loss to Mater Dei in their 2016 finale — the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Next up is Roosevelt (11-14), which played the Cougars tough before falling 1-0 on April 25.
The top 10 teams in the rankings remained the same for the third straight week, while No. 11 South Granville (20-0) and No. 12 Westminster Christian (45-2-1) both won twice to leapfrog new No. 13 Oak Park-River Forest (22-1), which suffered its first loss of the season and dropped two positions.
Elsewhere, Donovan Catholic (20-0) had a 4-0 week to surge four spots to 14th, while No. 15 Hendrickson (27-1) and No. 16 Oakleaf (28-2) gained one spot apiece.
Unbeaten Maryland school Leonardtown (19-0) — which has only allowed six runs all season — joined the rankings this week at No. 21.
State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.
USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – May 11, 2017
| Rank | Team | 2017 Record | Previous |
| 1 | Norco (Calif.) | 29-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pinnacle (Ariz.) | 33-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Cape Fear (N.C.) | 23-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bishop O’Connell (Va.) | 24-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Coral Springs Charter (Fla.) | 27-1 | 5 |
| 6 | Los Alamitos (Calif.) | 24-3 | 6 |
| 7 | La Cueva (N.M.) | 24-0 | 7 |
| 8 | Woodinville (Wash.) | 17-0 | 8 |
| 9 | Bentonville (Ark.) | 26-1 | 9 |
| 10 | Gahr (Calif.) | 24-0 | 10 |
| 11 | South Granville (N.C.) | 20-0 | 12 |
| 12 | Westminster Christian (Ala.) | 45-2-1 | 13 |
| 13 | Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) | 22-1 | 11 |
| 14 | Donovan Catholic (N.J.) | 20-0 | 18 |
| 15 | Hendrickson (Texas) | 27-1 | 16 |
| 16 | Oakleaf (Fla.) | 28-2 | 17 |
| 17 | Penn (Ind.) | 20-1 | 14 |
| 18 | Crown Point (Ind.) | 21-1 | 15 |
| 19 | Moniteau (Pa.) | 15-0 | 20 |
| 20 | Stockdale (Calif.) | 26-1 | 21 |
| 21 | Leonardtown (Md.) | 19-0 | NR |
| 22 | Scott County (Ky.) | 23-3 | 24 |
| 23 | Oshkosh North (Wis.) | 19-3 | 23 |
| 24 | Male (Ky.) | 17-3 | T25 |
| 25 | Londonderry (N.H.) | 8-1 | 19 |
Dropped out: Hurricane (W. Va.) and North Augusta (S.C.).
