(You could have saved a step and just told us what team your kid is on, and who didn’t offer them a spot.)

From an *ORG* perspective, I don’t think there has been any movement of note. Some teams in an org can have a good season or two, but that doesn’t make an org. My definition is (a) overall org success at national tournaments like IDT, T25 and PGF/Alliance Nationals and (b) kids getting P4 offers.

Bandits and Chill are the best orgs in IL that are based in IL. They also have the best teams in IL regardless of where the org is based. This has been the case, it seems, since the Carter Administration… and will probably remain the case as long as Gerry and Bill remain in charge.

After them, you have to get to definitions. TN Mojo is a great national org and they a team or two (?) in IL. IP is a great org and they have a few. IMG might have have an IL team (?), and recruit IL players. Maybe there are other national leaders (eg Athletics, Platinum Fury, Angels, etc) that have a team or two in IL? Those are great orgs, but they don’t have a substantial presence in IL.

If you’re looking only at IL-based, the next group would include NLL, Denison, Cheetahs, Sparks and Wasco - rank them however you’d like. I’d probably put Cheetahs at the top right now, with the Bo Dome and its workout facility giving them an advantage over the others.

None of this has moved much in the past 5 years. And please don’t @ me with a “But KR Fastpitch has a great 14u team that’s really tearing up the USSSA circuit”.