Rivals High School Softball Top 25 Rankings – Mar. 23
The 2026 high school softball season is beginning to be underway around the country as players, coaches take to the circle. National softball rankings have started, with some new teams climbing in and out of the Top 25. For the fifth straight week in the early stages of the 2026 high school softball season, Alabama’s Orange Beach Makos remain No.
1 in the latest Rivals High School Top 25 rankings, boasting an undefeated record to start the year. Only one new program entered our sixth edition of the Rivals High School Top 25 softball rankings in Brunswick Academy (Va. ), with Orange Beach continuing to lead the way but how does the order play out this week?
We dive in to the best high school softball teams around the country and give you our take on which teams stay in the conversation as of Mar. 23. 1.
Orange Beach Makos (AL) (17-0) Holding strong in the No. 1 spot in the latest Top 25 rankings for the fifth straight week are the Orange Beach Makos (17-0) of Alabama as they’ve rushed out to an unbeaten start and have showed no signs of slowing down. Though the team graduated a few key pieces from last year’s bunch, the Makos bring back plenty of punch at the plate and to the circle as well.
On the mound Orange Beach will lean on sophomore MK McMullan , who is currently 12-0 with 80 strikeouts on the season so far. Also add the fact that the Makos bring back power hitters Teagan Revette (Mississippi State commit), Ava Hodo (Arkansas commit) and you see why this is a group certainly worth right towards the top of our latest Top 25 rankings. Orange Beach through 17 games has out-scored opponents 167-18 so far.
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