Class 3 Week 5 Rankings

We offer our preseason baseball rankings for the 2026 Missouri High School Baseball season. We will update these rankings weekly through the district playoffs, Sectionals, Quarterfinals, and to the Final Four in Springfield, MO.
Please feel free to offer your comments on our top twenty teams in the state. We look forward to the conversation.

April 20, 2026

#1 Fair Grove Eagles

Head Coach: William Reed | 2026 Record 12-2
Mid-Lakes Conference | District 11

#2 Blair Oaks Falcons

Head Coach: Chris Ebright | 2026 Record 10-6
Tri-County Conference Central | District 13

#3 Duchesne Pioneers

Head Coach: Mike Hollander | 2026 Record 15-3
Independent | District 5

#4 Licking Wildcats

Head Coach: Cole Roark | 2026 Record 16-3
Frisco Conference
 | District 9

#5 Scott City Rams

Head Coach: Skyler Hobb | 2026 Record 16-1
Scott Mississippi Conference | District 2

#6 Ash Grove Pirates

Head Coach: Berrah Brown| 2026 Record 14-2
Southwest Conference | District 12

#7 Centralia Panthers

Head Coach: Michael Rodgers | 2026 Record 14-1
Clarence Cannon Conference | District 7

#8 Carrollton Trojans

Head Coach: Mitch Hundley | 2026 Record 9-2
MO River Valley Conference | District 15

#9 North Callaway Thunderbirds

Head Coach: Kirt Kleindienst | 2026 Record 10-3
Tri-County Conference | District 7

#10 Lone Jack Mules

Head Coach: Dustin Darby | 2026 Record 11-4
I-70 Conference | District 14