Extra Elite 100 Q&A: Everything You Wanted to Know About Player Rankings (Including Future Schedules)!

Thanks to the softball community, Extra Inning Softball has reached an all-time high in followers and traffic—one example: we’ve had 1.5 million people visit our site since we started in 2018!

We’re happy to say we’ve added people behind the scenes to help us grow even bigger and better and soon you’ll see some improvements on the site and new offerings that you’ll really be happy with.

What’s really put us on the map, of course, is our Extra Elite 100 rankings of top club players which has been done for the Classes of 2014 through 2025 (and soon 2026).

Every day we receive several inquiries on how the rankings are done, who can nominate players and when upcoming classes will be featured. This Q&A should answer most of your questions… if you have more, be sure to use our Contact Us tab on the site!

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Q: How are the Extra Elite 100, Position and other rankings (#’s 101-500) compiled by Extra Inning Softball?

A: We evaluate players as a staff in-person at events and solicit input from college scouts and club coaches. In addition, we take into consideration other information such as player stats, honors and accomplishments, especially at high-level events, other sports played, testing analytics, etc.

Q: Who can, or should, nominate a player?

A: Club and college coaches are the primary outside sources for nominations. Players and families can send emails with information that will be stored for bio compilations and potential stories. Email to: [email protected] or use our Contact Us… both will reach us equally quickly!

Q: What information should be included for a player nomination?

We ask coaches and scouts who submit recommendations to include any or all of the following:

• player name
• club team
• hometown, state
• position(s)
• suggestion where the player should be approximately slotted/ranked (examples: 20-30, 65-76, 125-150, 200-250, etc.)
• player stats & honors (as available)
• key individual and team accomplishments,
• why the player should be ranked (a “scouting report” or evaluation of strengths)
• recruiting news (commits, trips, camps, contacts, etc.)
• human interest insights (example: dad played in the NFL, player is all-state in basketball, etc.)
• head shot of each player
• optional: a good action photo

Q: How do I nominate or send info for a player to be considered for rankings?

A: Click on the “Rankings” tab found on our home page. Scroll to the bottom, select “Nomination(s)” and complete the form.

Q: How can I view the rankings? Do I have to pay to see them?

A: More than half of our content is free to the public while exclusive content, including rankings, are premium and behind our paywall. Click HERE to subscribe for full access to all our exclusive articles coverage including player and team rankings, profiles, breaking news and much more (we average 3-4 stories per day!).

Q: When is the best time to submit player nominations or player info?

A: Nominations should be submitted no later than one week before a class ranking begins (see schedule below). We can take information at any time and store it in our system, so don’t hesitate to send content to us at any time!

Q: When will my player’s graduation class be ranked?

A: Ranking schedules are listed here, but are subject to change. Also included are the previous ratings postings for each class (2020-2025):

Scheduled (chronological order)

• 2026 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning Jan. 11, 2021)
• 2025 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning Mar. 1, 2021)
• 2023 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning Apr. 26, 2021)
• 2024 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning June 21, 2021)
• 2027 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning Aug 16, 2021)
• 2022 Extra Elite 100 rankings (beginning Oct. 11, 2021)*

Previous (most recent listed first)

• 2024 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published Sept. 2020)
• 2023 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published July 2020)
• 2025 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published May 2020)
• 2022 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published Apr. 2020)
• 2021 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published Nov. 2020)
• 2020 Extra Elite 100 rankings (published Nov. 2019)*

* = final rankings for that class prior to graduation

Q: How do the position rankings work?

A: The position rankings are released as the final piece of each class evaluation so they will follow approximately three weeks after the start of each Extra Elite 100 rankings kick-off (see schedule above).

Here are the previous Position Rankings posts listed by youngest-to-oldest class (click on links to access posts):

• Class of 2025 Position Rankings (June 2020)
• Class of 2024 Position Rankings (Oct. 2020)
• Class of 2023 Position Rankings (Aug. 2020)
• Class of 2022 Position Rankings (Apr. 2020)
• Class of 2021 Position Rankings (Nov. 2020)
• Class of 2020 Position Rankings (Nov. 2019)
• Class of 2019 Position Rankings (Oct. 2018)

— Brentt Eads, Publisher & Executive Editor of Extra Inning Softball