The softball program at Broomfield High School is building quite the early-season resumé of wins: beating defending champ Chatfield, 5A No. 1 Columbine and 4A power Holy Family en route to its 13-0 start.

For it, though, the Eagles are ranked just fourth in the latest CHSAA Selection and Seeding Index rankings. Not that they’re overly concerned about it.

“We can get ranked wherever,” Eagles junior Ireland Heer cracked after she pitched Broomfield past Holy Family on Thursday afternoon. “In the end, once we get to state, that’s what matters.”

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Let’s dive into the rankings anyway. In this week’s look-in on the state’s softball scene, let’s take a snapshot of the top-five teams in each classification.

Class 5A

Top five: Columbine, Valor Christian, Cherokee Trail, Broomfield and Legend.

Notables: Well,  the fourth-ranked Eagles (13-0) may have a gripe here, especially since they beat the top-ranked Rebels (6-1) by 11 runs two weeks ago.

But outside the blemish against Broomfield, Columbine has been strong, led by Nina Vargas’ three home runs and 11 RBIs.

Valor Christian (8-1), which lost to Holy Family for its lone defeat, has already gotten six home runs from junior catcher Kendall Ferguson and five from Elizabeth Canales.

Cherokee Trail (6-2), meanwhile, bounced back from a loss to Columbine on Aug. 24, winning its last three on the back of sluggers Isabelle Becker (.625 batting average) and Emma Rice (.609).

Legend’s top-two pitchers — Madeline Kessel and Charlotte Morgan — have ERAs of 2.00 and 2.14, which is fourth and fifth-best in the class.

Class 4A

Top five: Lutheran, Pueblo Central, Pueblo County, Holy Family and Windsor.

Notables: Windsor (6-1), led by Molli Magana’s class-leading 25 RBIs, cracked into the top five with six wins in its first seven games — and a loss coming out of state.

Pueblo County (7-1) has the top-two pitchers in terms of ERA in Olivia Nesbit (0.35 ERA in 20 innings pitched) and Makayla Parlett (1.00 in 14 IP). Charley Autobee is just behind that, touting a mark of 1.17 for Pueblo Central (8-1).

At Holy Family (7-1), University of Tulsa-commit Isabella Arroyo switched to hitting from her left side right before the season — to get more speed out of the box and to protect her prized left pitching arm — and is batting .700. She also has a 1.60 ERA.

Defending champ Lutheran (7-1), which graduated 4A player of the year Hailey Maestretti, its longtime ace, has gotten a nice start in the circle from junior Ella Faries (7-0 with a 2.17 ERA).

Class 3A

Top five: Eaton, Lamar, Strasburg, Forge Christian and University.

Notables: The top-ranked Reds (8-0) are averaging 13.4 runs per game, led by sophomore Johanna Galvan’s class-leading 0.75 ERA and team-best 18 RBIs and 1.074 slugging percentage. They beat No. 3 Strasburg (6-2) on Thursday, 8-0, and No. 2 Lamar (6-1) two weeks ago, 12-2.

Lamar’s Carlin Weber is second in 3A ERA at 1.12 in 18 2/3 innings. Third is Julianna Alfaro of Forge Christian (8-1). She’s at 1.67 after 42 innings, a year after finishing with a mark of 4.77.

Strasburg’s Phebe Johnson is second in 3A home runs with four, one behind Peak to Peak’s Maggie Wallis. University (5-4), meanwhile, has gotten three home runs and a 2.62 ERA in 21 1/3 innings from Sydney Goetzel.