A CCS seeding analysis

[colhenrylives]

A new Prep2Prep data dive predicts the CCS Division I seedings as:

1. Serra
2. Valley Christian
3. Soquel
4. Los Gatos
5. Leigh
6. St. Ignatius
7. St. Francis
8. Menlo-Atherton

The top four in Division II are: 1. Palma; 2. Hollister; 3. Carmel; 4. Bellarmine.

 

[FBAddict]

A new Prep2Prep data dive predicts the CCS Division I seedings as:

1. Serra
2. Valley Christian
3. Soquel
4. Los Gatos
5. Leigh
6. St. Ignatius
7. St. Francis
8. Menlo-Atherton

The top four in Division II are: 1. Palma; 2. Hollister; 3. Carmel; 4. Bellarmine.

They are using some rules for placement that I don't see in the CCS Baseball Bylaws. The above seems like a better placement than the rules for seeding playoff points found in the CCS bylaws. One factor might be games against B or C teams that I did not consider since the majority of games were within the teams' own league classification. Still, the big point gainer was being league champ of their A league.

 

[colhenrylives]

The CCS baseball brackets announced Monday show five WCAL teams in Division I, with Bellarmine as the No.6 seed. So, apparently, the WCAL tourney did have a bearing on the seeding process. Here is the DI bracket:
1. Serra; 2. Valley Christian; 3. Los Gatos; 4. St. Ignatius; 5. St. Francis; 6. Bellarmine; 7. Soquel; 8. Palma.

 

[colhenrylives]

Here are the top two seeds in the other five CCS divisions:
II _ 1. Leigh; 2. Menlo-Atherton
III _ 1. Carmel; 2. Sequoia
IV _ 1. Carlmont; 2. St. Francis (Watsonville)
V _ 1. Menlo; 2. Monterey
VI _ 1. Stevenson; 2. South San Francisco

 

[colhenrylives]

From the WCAL, only Riordan was not selected to participate in baseball playoffs.

 

[Streak One]

Division I - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D1_2025.pdf

Division II - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D2_2025.pdf

Division III - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D3_2025.pdf

Division IV - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D4_2025.pdf

Division V - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D5_2025.pdf

Division VI - https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/24-25/Baseball_D6_2025.pdf

 

[FBAddict]

I did a little deeper dive into the the CCS point system for seeding. The calculations do not match the end seeding used for the brackets. I did see this note in the CCS bylaws about the point system,. "The following objective criteria [CCS Point-System] will be objectively used for At-Large team selections and as a subjective tool for seeding the tournament."

So it will be used to select the "At-Large" teams but will be just a subjective guide for seed placement.

In another place, the bylaws state : "1. All six (6) divisions shall be subjectively selected and seeded by the CCS Selection & Seeding Committee in a closed meeting. Each basic league will have one vote. Teams will be selected and seeded in a closed meeting consisting of one representative from each basic league."

So, there seems to be no objective system for seeding. I will continue to look for one.

 

[FBAddict]

The first round (quarter finals) of the CCS D1 slates 4 of the 9 teams representing the CCS Section in NorCal Regionals. They include #1 Serra, #2 Valley Christian, #3 Los Gatos and #5 St. Francis.