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THE POWER RANKINGS: Dripping Springs, Round Rock turn aside challenges to lock down top two spots
Huge matchups and rivalry series closed out the 2025 regular season last week. Even after all the fireworks – and several intense games – not all that much changed at the top of this final Power Rankings of the year.
Dripping Springs swept Westlake and Round Rock swept Vandegrift in our twin “Series Spotlight” matchups. Save for one bad inning for the Vipers, both series were evenly played, which bodes well for all four teams heading into the playoffs. As for the Power Rankings, the District 26-6A co-champion (with #4 Lake Travis) and District 25-6A champion Dragons finished 1-2. Westlake dropped a spot to #4, right behind the surging Lake Tavis Cavaliers – but don’t read too much into that as they split in the regular season. Hard-hitting Cedar Ridge moved up to round out the Top 5.
Liberty Hill split their rivalry series
with Cedar Park. While the Panthers have been amongst the elite contenders all year long, rebuilding and unranked Cedar Park gets a tip of the cap as possibly the most improved team in the area. Johnson slipped a spot after falling in their district finale to #11 San Marcos and to our poll-buster team of the year, Anderson. The Trojans climbed two more spots after knocking off yet another highly ranked team in Johnson. Vandegrift flushed a lousy series opener and played Round Rock tough in their rematch to remain inside the Top 10 at #9 with fellow Leander ISD squad Rouse nipping at their heels.
San Marcos and Weiss closed out their seasons strong to stay put. A late surge by previously unranked McNeil not only propelled the Mavericks into the Power Rankings, but also over Stony Point and into the playoffs. Georgetown and Hays round out our final poll of the season; a bittersweet result for Hays who dropped a play-in game to unranked Glenn to miss out on the postseason.
So, there you have it. There was probably more movement this past week than in the previous three weeks combined. That’s what happens when really good teams go head-to-head. Thanks for perusing our poll and we hope you enjoyed it.
Now, let’s play ball and settle it on the diamond!
VYPE's Austin Baseball Rankings
1. (1) Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) 20-8 (Swept #3 Westlake)
2. (2) Round Rock Dragons (6A) 24-5-1 (Swept #8 Vandegrift)
3. (4) Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) 18-9-3 (Swept Austin High)
4. (3) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) 21-6-1 (Swept by #1 Dripping Springs)
5. (7) Cedar Ridge Raiders (6A) 20-8 (Swept Manor)
6. (5) Liberty Hill Panthers (5A) 21-7 (Split w/Cedar Park)
7. (6) Buda Johnson Jaguars (6A) 19-9 (Lost at #11 San Marcos; L vs. #10 Anderson)
8. (10) Anderson Trojans (5A) 22-6 (Swept Navarro; def. @ #6 Buda Johnson)
9. (8) Vandegrift Vipers (6A) 21-8 (Swept by #2 Round Rock)
10. (9) Rouse Raiders (5A) 21-8-2 (Swept Lockhart; L vs. Lake Belton)
11. (11) San Marcos Rattlers (6A) 21-8-1 (Def. #6 Buda Johnson; L vs. El Campo)
12. (12) Weiss Wolves (5A) 18-6-2 (Swept Pflugerville Connally)
13. (NR) McNeil Mavericks (6A) 14-10-2 (Swept Hutto)
14. (15) Georgetown (5A) 15-13-1 (L vs. #4 Lake Travis; swept Pflugerville; L vs. Waco Midway)
15. (13) Hays Hawks (5A) 17-11-1 (Split w/Lehman; L vs. Glenn)
THE POWER RANKINGS: Dripping Springs remains on top of frozen in Austin area baseball poll
Our Top 4 teams in this week’s Power Rankings are all 6A powerhouses. Too bad the new playoff format takes away the opportunity for them all to meet in the playoffs. Round Rock or Lake Travis, for instance, could win the 6A Division 1 state title while Dripping Springs or Westlake could go all the way in 6A Division 2. But they wouldn’t meet to decide who’s really king of the hill. Such a shame.
So, you’ll just have to lean on the Power Rankings to solve this little mystery for you.
That sounds silly even to us – but then again, this penultimate poll of the year shows remarkable stability. In fact, none of the top 11 teams suffered a single loss last week. Then-12th-ranked Hays were defeated twice, albeit it to powerful #5 Liberty Hill, and dropped a spot behind Weiss. Similarly, Stony Point suffered two crushing close losses to #2 Round Rock but remained in 14th as #15 Georgetown suffered two close losses to 6A powers Dripping Springs and Cedar Ridge.
In other words, the Rankings are calcifying like fossils heading into this final week of the regular season which will see Drip face Westlake and Round Rock clashing with Vandegrift with district titles on the line. We’ll be back one more time next week to see how it all sorts out.
VYPE's Austin Baseball Rankings
1. (1) Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) 18-8 (Def. #15 Georgetown; def. McCallum)
2. (2) Round Rock Dragons (6A) 22-5-1 (Swept #14 Stony Point)
3. (3) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) 21-4-1 (Swept Del Valle)
4. (4) Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) 15-9-3 (Swept Akins)
5. (5) Liberty Hill Panthers (5A) 20-6 (Swept #12 Hays)
6. (6) Buda Johnson Jaguars (6A) 19-7 (Swept Cibolo Steele)
7. (7) Cedar Ridge Raiders (6A) 18-8 (Def. McCallum; def. #15 Georgetown)
8. (8) Vandegrift Vipers (6A) 21-6 (Swept Westwood)
9. (9) Rouse Raiders (5A) 19-7-2 (Swept Lehman)
10. (10) Anderson Trojans (5A) 19-6 (Swept Bastrop)
11. (11) San Marcos Rattlers (6A) 20-7-1 (Swept New Braunfels)
12. (13) Weiss Wolves (5A) 16-6-2 (Swept Pflugerville)
13. (12) Hays Hawks (5A) 16-9-1 (Swept by #5 Liberty Hill)
14. (14) Stony Point Tigers (6A) 14-14-1 (Swept by #2 Round Rock)
15. (15) Georgetown (5A) 13-11-1 (L @ #1 Dripping Springs; L @ #7 Cedar Ridge)