The Times’ prep baseball top 25 rankings

Ranking the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland:

Rank. School (W-L) - Comment; last week’s ranking

1. JSERRA (10-2) - Faces Valencia, Los Alamitos this week; 1

2. HUNTINGTON BEACH (10-5) - Nick Pratto becomes eligible Monday; 7¿

3. MIRA COSTA (11-1) - Boras Classic South Division champion; 19¿

4. ORANGE LUTHERAN (11-2) - Chris Burica is 4-0 with a 0.97 ERA; 2

5. REDONDO (13-0) - Danny Zimmerman having a big junior season; 4¿

6. RIVERSIDE NORTH (10-5) - Shane Martinez is making impact; NR¿

7. EL CAMINO REAL (13-4) - Begins West Valley League play this week; 12¿

8. BONITA (12-2) - A.J. Woodall keeps dominating; 6¿

9. BURROUGHS (9-2) - Justin Palafox is junior shortstop to watch; 22¿

10. EL TORO (11-4) - Runner-up in National Classic; 9¿

11. BECKMAN (12-1) - Swept Corona del Mar; 14¿

12. CYPRESS (11-5) - Takes on Redondo on Tuesday; 8

13. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (11-3) - Jamie Robertson is hitting .520; 3¿

14. SERVITE (12-3) - Aaron Simpson keeps hitting; 11

15. CHATSWORTH (16-3) ; Faces Birmingham in two-game series; 16

16. CHAMINADE (7-5) - Blake Rutherford is living up to expectations; 13

17. VALENCIA (13-3) - Ben Fariss is having a huge junior season; NR¿

18. CLEVELAND (16-1) - Set to take on Chris Murphy and Granada Hills; 18

19. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (10-5) - Won tournament in Florida; 23

20. UPLAND (11-3) - Off to 3-0 start in Baseline League; NR

21. LOS ALAMITOS (10-4) - Games against Huntington Beach, JSerra; 24¿

22. OAKS CHRISTIAN (11-4) - Faces rival Westlake this week; 17¿

23. VISTA MURRIETA (10-5) - Faces Chaparral; 15¿

24. SIMI VALLEY (9-4) - Showdown with Royal on Wednesday; 10¿

25. SANTA MARGARITA (10-3) - Trinity League begins next week; NR¿