The annual game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey continues on with the release of our initial 17s Top 50 National Rankings. The first set of rankings are obviously going to change radically throughout the season. Identifying the top teams doesn’t take much, but filling out a Top 50 list certainly does. Even with identifying the top teams an easier process than completing the list is, that doesn’t always matter.

Take what already happened with our initial 18s Top 50 National Rankings. We placed Coast 18 Ozhan as the No. 1 team in the country. Coast took bronze in 17 Open and while other top 18s teams lost players, Coast actually added to its roster from last year. That made enough sense to place Coast at No. 1. Of course, Coast went 5-3 at the Windy City Qualifier this past weekend in Chicago and didn’t earn one of the three Open bids (those went to Sunshine 18 LA, Wave 18 Juliana and Mintonette Sports m.81).

That’s just something to keep in mind as you go down the 17s Top 50.

vballrecruiter.com’s 17s Top 50 National Rankings

1. Dynasty 17 Black (KS)

2. TAV 17 Black (TX)

3. A5 17 Jing (GA)

4. 1st Alliance 17 Gold (IL)

5. Co Jrs 17 Kevin (CO)

6. Triangle 17 Black (NC)

7. HJV 17 Elite (TX)

8. Wave 17 Juliana (CA)

9. Hou Skyline 17 Royal (TX)

10. Metro 17 Travel (DC)

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11. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (NE)

12. NKYVC 17 Tsunami (KY)

13. Drive Nation 17 Red (TX)

14. Vision 17 Gold (CA)

15. Coast 17 Rodrigo (CA)

16. Circle City 17 Purple (IN)

17. SG Elite 17 Rosh (CA)

18. Tri-State Elite 17 Blue (OH)

19. Madfrog 17 Green (TX)

20. OT 17 O Felix (FL)

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21. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite (MO)

22. KC Power 17-1 (KS)

23. Skyline 17 Royal (TX)

24. Arizona Storm 17 Thunder (AZ)

25. AJV 17 Adidas (TX)

26. AVC Cle Red 17 Rox (OH)

27. Club V 17 (UT)

28. OT 17 T Aaron (FL)

29. Momentous 17 Dan (CA)

30. Top Select 17 Elite (FL)

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31. Mizuno Long Beach 17 Rockstar (CA)

32. MAVS KC 17-1 (KS)

33. HPSTL 17 Royal (MO)

34. Alamo 17 Premier (TX)

35. NORCO 17 Black (CO)

36. Northern Lights 17-1 (MN)

37. Rev 17 Raptors (IN)

38. City 17 Gold (CA)

39. Shockwave 17 Black (KS)

40. MKE Sting 17 Gold (WI)

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41. Absolute 17 Black (CA)

42. Adidas KiVA 17 Red (KY)

43. Mintonette Sports m.71 (OH)

44. Miami Hype 17 Emilio (FL)

45. Team Pineapple 17 Black (IN)

46. VCNebraska 17 Elite (NE)

47. Academy 17 Tsunami (IN)

48. Pohaku 17-1 (KS)

49. Boiler Jrs 17 Gold (IN)

50. Rock City 17-1 (OH)