With the 2021 Summer travel ball season wrapped up, it’s time to reveal our 2021 Post-Summer Extra Elite 100 Club Team Rankings.
Today we kick off the first of a three-part series this week going 100 deep in each age division per this schedule:
- Monday, Aug. 16, 2021: 14U
- Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021: 16U
- Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021: 18U
We work with a panel of coaches and event producers to come up with an “RPI Index” ranking that factors in several comparables— the first is performances of teams in top national tournaments.
The ones used are the following:
- PGF Premier National Championship
- Independence Day Tournament
- Alliance National Championship
- Top Gun Invitational (Maverick)
- Top Club Invitational
- DeMarini Invite
- Atlanta Legacy
- Fireworks
- AZ Winter Invite
- TCS Nationals
- World Fastpitch Championships
- Scenic City
- USA JO Cup
The RPI Index, which calculates the overall ranking, also uses the following information:
- the round in bracket play in which the team was last played
- average run differentials
- win percentage (for each event)
- average bracket games played
- plus, a bonus for Top 3 finishes
All of these factors give credit to each team for the entire summer season’s body of work.
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2021 Post-Summer Extra Elite 100 14U Club Team Ratings
TEAM/RANK/RPI |
TOP 3 FINISHES |
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RANK | Team Name | ST | Age | RPI | PGF Prem | IDT | Alliance | Top Gun | Top Club | DeMarini Invite | Fire-Works | AZ Winter Invite | TCS Nats | JO Cup | Atlanta Legacy |
Scenic City |
WFC | |
1 | Virginia Unity 14u-Johnson | VA | 14U | 176.750 | X | X | X | |||||||||||
2 | OC Batbusters – Stith | CA | 14U | 163.200 | X | X | ||||||||||||
3 | Athletics Mercado Hovermale | CA | 14U | 152.889 | X | X | ||||||||||||
4 | Firecrackers – Weil 2024 | CA | 14U | 151.188 | X | X | ||||||||||||
5 | TX Glory – Naudin | TX | 14U | 148.200 | X | |||||||||||||
6 | Georgia Impact – Sampson | GA | 14U | 146.513 | X | X | ||||||||||||
7 | Atlanta Vipers – Tamborra | GA | 14U | 141.103 | X | |||||||||||||
8 | Tampa Mustangs Seymour | FL | 14U | 138.864 | X | |||||||||||||
9 | Birmingham Thunderbolts 2024 – Burns | GA | 14U | 136.636 | X | |||||||||||||
10 | Corona Angels Tyson | CA | 14U | 138.500 | X | |||||||||||||
11 | Aces Fastpitch | MO | 14U | 138.385 | X | |||||||||||||
12 | Impact Gold National 2024 | TX | 14U | 138.038 | X | |||||||||||||
13 | Grapettes 06 – McNair | CA | 14U | 136.500 | X | |||||||||||||
14 | Sorcerer Bigley/Everett 2024 | CA | 14U | 129.879 | ||||||||||||||
15 | Hotshots Premier – Siere | TX | 14U | 127.667 | X | |||||||||||||
16 | So Cal Athletics Terrones/Briggs | CA | 14U | 127.667 | X | |||||||||||||
17 | Select Fastpitch 14U | KS | 14U | 127.660 | X | |||||||||||||
18 | Athletics Mercado – SV | CA | 14U | 126.250 | X | |||||||||||||
19 | Beverly Bandits DeMarini Scibelli | OH | 14U | 125.500 | X | |||||||||||||
20 | I-5 Softball North | CA | 14U | 123.900 | ||||||||||||||
21 | TX Bombers Gold – Malpass | TX | 14U | 123.700 | ||||||||||||||
22 | Firecracker Brashear/Brunetti 2024 | CA | 14U | 119.722 | ||||||||||||||
23 | Beverly Bandits Premier Michalski | IL | 14U | 118.500 | ||||||||||||||
24 | Power Surge Berndes | CA | 14U | 118.143 | ||||||||||||||
25 | Iowa Premier 14U National | IA | 14U | 118.104 | X |
*** Scroll down to see the teams ranked #’s 26-100…