With the 2021 Summer travel ball season wrapped up, we present the 2021 Post-Summer Extra Elite 100 Club Team Rankings.
Today, we conclude the three-part series which went 100 teams deep each day:
- Monday, August 16, 2021: 14U
- Tuesday, August 17, 2021: 16U
- Today (August 19, 2021): 18U
We’ve worked 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
Note that ALL of these factors give credit to each team for the entire summer season’s body of work, not just one big win or one top win in a tourney.
A team that plays in three events deemed elite events (list above) will get more points than one, assuming finishes are similar. Not factored in: pool games, events NOT in the list above and game-to-game match-ups.
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2021 Post-Summer Extra Elite 100 18U Club Team Ratings
TEAM/RANK/RPI | TOP 3 FINISHES | |||||||||||||||||
| RANK | TEAM | 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 | NEBRASKA GOLD 18 NATIONAL | NE | 18u | 155.540 | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| 2 | ATHLETICS MERCADO SMITH | CA | 18u | 154.886 | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| 3 | TX BOMBERS GOLD SMITH | TX | 18u | 153.100 | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 4 | LADY DUKES LAMAR | NC | 18u | 152.623 | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 5 | OC BATBUSTERS STITH | CA | 18u | 152.119 | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 6 | TAMPA MUSTANGS TJ | FL | 18u | 147.179 | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 7 | BIRMINGHAM THUNDERBOLTS ROCKY | AL | 18u | 145.900 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | HOTSHOTS PREMIER DUMEZICH | TX | 18u | 141.800 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | CORONA ANGELS MARTY | CA | 18u | 141.087 | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 10 | BEVERLY BANIDITS SKEENS | IL | 18u | 139.667 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | ATLANTA VIPERS HOLBROOK | GA | 18u | 136.368 | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 12 | FIRECRACKERS BRASHEAR 18U | CA | 18u | 135.050 | X | |||||||||||||
| 13 | LADY MAGIC MUNOZ | CA | 18u | 134.976 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | BEVERLY BANDITS DeMARINI MORAN | OH | 18u | 134.286 | X | |||||||||||||
| 15 | ACES FASTPITCH | MO | 18u | 134.714 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | TX BOMBER GOLD BURGESS | TX | 18u | 132.490 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | LOUISVILLE LADY SLUGGERS HUECKER | MO | 18u | 130.400 | X | |||||||||||||
| 18 | GEORGIA IMPACT LEWIS | GA | 18u | 128.491 | x | |||||||||||||
| 19 | WICHITA MUSTANGS | KS | 18u | 127.528 | X | |||||||||||||
| 20 | FURY PLATINUM HIGDON | TN | 18u | 127.000 | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 21 | IA PREMIER GOLD NATIONAL | IA | 18u | 124.333 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | FIRECRACKERS RICO | CA | 18u | 120.200 | X | |||||||||||||
| 23 | CAL NUGGETS WOODS | CA | 18u | 119.513 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | SELECT FASTPITCH 18U | KS | 18u | 118.070 | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 25 | ORO VALLEY SUNCATS JUDGE 18U | AZ | 18u | 117.667 | X | |||||||||||||
<em>*** Scroll down to see the teams ranked #’s 26-100…</em>
