Baseball: Fountain Valley is new No. 1 team in top 25 rankings

Fountain Valley has taken over the No. 1 spot in this week’s top 25 baseball rankings by The Times.

It’s the fifth consecutive week in which the No. 1 team lost and gave up the No. 1 spot. Harvard-Westlake was No. 1 last week. Before that, Huntington Beach, Loyola, Temecula Valley and JSerra each spent a week at No 1 until losing.

1. FOUNTAIN VALLEY (17-6)
2. LONG BEACH WILSON (23-4)
3. JSERRA (17-5)
4. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (18-5-1)
5. HUNTINGTON BEACH (17-4)
6. HART (17-4-1)
7. CHATSWORTH (23-4-1)
8. ALEMANY (17-5-2)
9. GLENDORA (17-5)
10. VISTA MURRIETA (16-6)
11. DANA HILLS (22-5)
12. NORCO (20-2)
13. GREAT OAK (17-6)
14. TEMECULA VALLEY (17-5)
15. LOYOLA (19-4-1)
16. SOUTH HILLS (18-3-1)
17. ESPERANZA (15-7)
18. CHINO HILLS (16-5)
19. EDISON (17-6)
20. BECKMAN (20-2)
21. AGOURA (19-5)
22. WEST RANCH (14-8)
23. SANTA MONICA (21-4)
24. CYPRESS (15-9)
25. MURRIETA VALLEY (14-9)

Eric.sondheimer@latimes.com