LINE DRIVE’S 18U/16U/14U CLUB NATIONAL RANKINGS

Line Drive Media has compiled the Preseason Club National Rankings.

These summer preseason rankings are a combination of previous team results, projected team strengths and the players who will take the field.

Team-wise, we look at last summer’s finishes with PGF and Alliance Nationals counting the most of last summer’s tournaments along with results at major tournaments from the fall (bracket & elimination games count the most).

On the player side, we look at key athletes returning and newly added ones to provide the most promising squads at this point… ultimately, however, the results at the end of the season will be those that count the most!

NOTE: remember that this is supposed to be a fun look at teams that are expected to be ones to beat over the next few months, but is in NO way a FINAL list… it’s organic and will be updated and modified as event results come in! 

If we are missing your team or have it too low right now in your opinion, update us regularly and we’ll adjust accordingly!   

For updates and questions, email Carlos Arias at losstuff34@gmail.com or DM @los_stuff on Instagram.

LINE DRIVE’S 18U CLUB NATIONAL RANKINGS

Line Drive Media has compiled the preseason 18U Club National Rankings.

Here are #’s 1-50 with team bios:

• Line Drive’s 18U Club National Rankings #’s 10-1 (April 24, 2026)
• Line Drive’s 18U Club National Rankings #’s 20-11 (April 23, 2026)
• Line Drive’s 18U Club National Rankings #’s 30-21 (April 22, 2026)
• Line Drive’s 18U Club National Rankings #’s 40-31 (April 21, 2026)
• Line Drive’s 18U Club National Rankings #’s 50-41 (April 20, 2026)

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Here are #’s 1-50 in the following order …congratulations to all these promising 16U teams heading into the summer. Now, go out on the field and show what you can do!

• 1. Arizona Rising-Appel
• 2. Aces Fastpitch Club
• 3. Lady Dukes-Lamar
• 4. Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier
• 5. Texas Bombers Gold-Smith
• 6. Athletics Mercado-Smith
• 7. OC Batbusters-Stith
• 8. Texas Glory
• 9. Georgia Impact-Taylor
• 10. Hotshots National-Nelson
• 11. Athletics Gold Tamborra
• 12. Impact Gold-Jackson
• 13. Unity-Johnson/VanBoxmeer
• 14. Corona Angels-Tyson
• 15. Nebraska Gold National-Singleton
• 16. Cal Nuggets-Woods
• 17. Top Gun National-Turner
• 18. Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear
• 19. Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Norwood
• 20. Iowa Premier National-Dickel/James
• 21. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey
• 22. Beverly Bandits Premier-Trackwell/Meredith
• 23. Lady Magic-Munoz
• 24. LLG DPS-Corn
• 25. Suncats Jimenez
• 26. Select Fastpitch
• 27. Unity-Torres/Slezak
• 28. Illinois Chill Gold
• 29. Team NC-Hinde
• 30. BSC Bengals-Briggs
• 31. LTG-Henderson
• 32. Warrior Academy-McDonald/Mullins
• 33. NW Bullets-Campos
• 34. Oklahoma Athletics National-Madden
• 35. Breakers Labs-Bobby
• 36. Explosion Premier
• 37. Epic National-Smith
• 38. USA Athletics Gold-Rogers
• 39. ai Bandits-Breer
• 40. Chicago Cheetahs-Connolly
• 41. Team NC-Bowman
• 42. Texas Blaze United-Robertson
• 43. Arizona Storm National-Mathis
• 44. So Cal Athletics-Richardson
• 45. Fury Platinum X-Higdon
• 46. Tampa Mustangs-Fowler
• 47. Power Surge Gold-Walling
• 48. Washington Ladyhawks-Simpson
• 49. Central Cal Dirtdogs-Vazquez
• 50. Firecrackers Premier RTY

LINE DRIVE’S 16U CLUB NATIONAL RANKINGS

Line Drive Media has compiled the preseason 16U Club National Rankings.

Here are the previous rankings released earlier this week with detailed bios on each team:

• #’s 50-41 (May 4, 2026)
• #’s 40-31 (May 5, 2026)
• #’s 30-21 (May 6, 2026)
• #’s 20-11 (May 7, 2026)
• #’s 10-1 (May 8, 2026)

Below are #’s 1-50… congratulations to all these promising 16U teams heading into the summer. Now, go out on the field and show what you can do!

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• 1. Athletics Mercado-Hovermale/Tidd
• 2. Warrior Academy-McDonald/Mullins
• 3. Impact Gold-Jazz
• 4. Tampa Mustangs-Rene
• 5. Unity-Amsler/Johnson
• 6. Top Gun National-Sciara
• 7. Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2027/2028-Alford/Rocky
• 8. Lady Magic-Munoz
• 9. Armor Elite Premier 2028/2028-O’Neal
• 10. Texas Glory
• 11. Beverly Bandits Premier-Conroy
• 12. Athletics Mercado-Walker/Hovermale
• 13. Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2028-Buzzell-Parker
• 14. Wildcats-Holcomb/Knight
• 15. Iowa Premier National-Dickel/Shannon
• 16. ai Bandits-Breer
• 17. TN Mojo 2027-Pardue
• 18. Firecrackers Select RTY 2027
• 19. Armor Elite Premier 27/28-Fox
• 20. Santa Fe Inferno-Nowling
• 21. Hotshots National-Falterman
• 22. LLG Elite
• 23. Impact Gold National-Siegel
• 24. USA Athletics-RML
• 25. Texas Bombers Gold-Serie
• 26. BSC Bengals-R. Briggs
• 27. Firecrackers Selct Brashear
• 28. LK Black Hawaii
• 29. Beverly Bandits Premier-Moran/Lewis
• 30. LTG Lions 2027-Henderson/Buck
• 31. Fury Platinum X-Pickett
• 32. Impact Gold-Vaughn/Jazz
• 33. Aces Fastpitch
• 34. Georgia Impact Premier-Crenshaw/Burrell
• 35. Select Fastpitch-Byrn
• 36. NW Vandals-Terry
• 37. The Vault-Howard
• 38. Explosion-Kim/Saunders
• 39. Wildcats Premier-Laukat
• 40. OC Batbusters-Black/Delgado
• 41. Empire State Huskies National-Porcelli
• 42. Arizona Storm-Captain
• 43. Sorcerer Gold-T/K
• 44. Arizona Rising-Garcia
• 45. AL Sparks Elite-Stewart
• 46. Nebraska Gold National-Swift
• 47. Arizona Rising-Kobasew
• 48. Midwest Speed National-Hall/Koltes
• 49. Unity 2028-Torres
• 50. Impact Caymol National-Wall

LINE DRIVE’S PRESEASON 14U CLUB RANKINGS

Line Drive Media has compiled the preseason 18U Club National Rankings.

Here are #’s 1-50 with team bios:

• #’s 50-41 (May 18, 2026)
• #’s 40-31 (May 19, 2026)
• #’s 30-21 (May 20, 2026)
• #’s 20-11 (May 21, 2026)
• #’s 10-1 (May 22, 2026)

Below are #’s 1-50 … congratulations to all these promising 16U teams heading into the summer. Now, go out on the field and show what you can do!

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• 1. Athletics Mercado 2011-Tidd
• 2. Texas Bombers Gold-Malpass
• 3. Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2029-Whitaker
• 4. Corona Angels-Tyson
• 5. OC Batbusters-Garcia
• 6. LTG Lions 2029-Henderson/Buck
• 7. Athletics Mercado-Cook/Drew
• 8. USA Prime National-Halstead
• 9. Lady Magic 2029-Allen
• 10. NW Bullets-Herman
• 11. Beverly Bandits Premier-Chow/Hardin
• 12. OC Batbusters-Maroon/Schlickenmayer
• 13. Athletics Tamborra Gold 2029-Olson
• 14. Select Fastpitch-Jones/Carr
• 15. Texas Glory Gold
• 16. Athletics Mercado 2012-Dave
• 17. Beverly Bandits Premier-Perry
• 18. Hustle Nation-Ramon
• 19. Arizona Rising 29s-Mabrey
• 20. BSC Bengals-R. Briggs
• 21. Athletics Mercado 2029-Christie/Zito
• 22. Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2030-Wilkerson
• 23. Athletics Gold Tamborra-Spencer
• 24. Top Gun National-Kim
• 25. Impact Gold National 2029-Holmes
• 26. TN Mojo 2011-Brown
• 27. BSC Bengals-Latta
• 28. Fury Premier 2029-Woodard
• 29. Team NC-Taylor
• 30. Impact Gold NTX National-Moeller
• 31. Hotshots National-Seneca/Torres
• 32. Tampa Mustangs-Ohana
• 33. AL Sparks Elite
• 34. Breakers Labs 2029-Andrade/Roberts
• 35. Arizona Storm-Pomeroy
• 36. USA Athletics 2029-Ramirez
• 37. Wildcats Premier-Laukat
• 38. Suncats Jimenez
• 39. Iowa Premier National-Dickel/Paz
• 40. Firecrackers Brashear
• 41. Warrior Academy-McDonald
• 42. Atlanta Vipers 2029-Fischer
• 43. Bombers Gold Futures-Malpass
• 44. Indiana Magic Gold-Rudd/Coffel
• 45. Arizona Rising 2029-Rodgers
• 46. Firecrackers Premier RTY Red
• 47. Buzz Gold
• 48. Arizona Rising 2030-Lopez
• 49. Cal Nuggets-Woods
• 50. Firecrackers Brashear-Bauer

— Carlos Arias, Line Drive Media (Follow Carlos on Instragram @los_stuff)