Mississippi baseball rankings (April 18): Mooreville, Columbia make 4A top-five debut

We're almost to the finish line for the regular season, but there's still plenty of movement in the class rankings
Mississippi baseball rankings (April 18): Mooreville, Columbia make 4A top-five debut
Mississippi baseball rankings (April 18): Mooreville, Columbia make 4A top-five debut /

Each week, Scorebook Live's Tyler Cleveland will rank the top 10 teams in the state regardless of classification, and the top five teams from each of the MHSAA's six classes.

Here are the Mississippi baseball rankings for the week of Monday, April 18.

Power 10 Rankings

  1. Northwest Rankin (23-2)
  2. Sumrall (24-0)
  3. Jackson Prep (23-4)
  4. Madison Central (18-6)
  5. Madison-Ridgeland Academy (28-3)
  6. West Lauderdale (18-5)
  7. Brandon (20-6)
  8. New Hope (23-3)
  9. Lewisburg (22-3)
  10. Starkville Academy (23-5)
  • Moved in: NA
  • Dropped out: NA

Class 6A

  1. Northwest Rankin (23-2)
  2. Madison Central (18-6)
  3. Brandon (20-6)
  4. Lewisburg (22-3)
  5. Gulfport (19-7)
  • Moved in: NA
  • Dropped out: NA

Class 5A

  1. New Hope (23-3)
  2. South Jones (22-5)
  3. East Central (21-5)
  4. Saltillo (21-5)
  5. Vancleave (17-9)
  • Moved in: Vancleave (17-9)
  • Dropped out: George County (19-8)

Class 4A

  1. Sumrall (24-0)
  2. West Lauderdale (18-5)
  3. Pontotoc (21-6)
  4. Mooreville (18-5)
  5. Columbia (17-8)
  • Moved in: Mooreville (18-5), Columbia (17-8)
  • Dropped out: Poplarville (17-6), Purvis (14-5)

Class 3A

  1. Amory (18-4)
  2. Nettleton (18-7)
  3. Water Valley (19-5)
  4. Southeast Lauderdale (16-9)
  5. St. Andrew's Episcopal (16-8)
  • Moved in: NA
  • Dropped out: NA

Class 2A

  1. East Union (21-4)
  2. Pisgah (21-5)
  3. Lake (19-3)
  4. Stringer (15-6)
  5. Mize (19-6)
  • Moved in: NA
  • Dropped out: NA

Class 1A

  1. Resurrection Catholic (21-4)
  2. Taylorsville (15-6)
  3. Tupelo Christian (13-8)
  4. Biggersville (16-4)
  5. Sebastopol (16-9)
  • Moved in: NA
  • Dropped out: NA

Published
Tyler Cleveland, SBLive Sports
TYLER CLEVELAND, SBLIVE SPORTS

SBLive Mississippi reporter Tyler Cleveland has been covering sports in the Magnolia State since 2005. He attended Ole Miss and Southern Miss and worked previously at the Hattiesburg American, Clarion-Ledger and Rivals.com. You can reach him at tyler@scorebooklive.com.