Week 5 State Rankings Updates

Ian Fieber, the Mission Viejo QB who has committed to San Jose State, gets snapped in the registration line before the Elite 11 tryout last May in Santa Clara. Photo: Willie Eashman.

In the second straight week of three new teams cracking our elite state Top 25, Rancho Cucamonga is the highest and a team the Cougars beat, Bishop Amat, also gets in.

Check below for this week’s new list of the state Top 25 football rankings plus a list of the top few teams in this week’s CIF state bowl game divisions.

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WEEK 5 NEW STATE TOP 25 OVERALL FOOTBALL RANKINGS
(Previous ranking in parentheses; through games of Saturday, Sept. 28)

1.    (1) DE LA SALLE (CONCORD) 5-0

2.    (2) ST. JOHN BOSCO (BELLFLOWER) 4-0

3.    (3) FOLSOM 5-0

4.    (4) SERRA (GARDENA) 5-0

5.    (5) MATER DEI (SANTA ANA) 5-0

6.    (6) MISSION VIEJO 5-0

Senior receiver Marc Ellis had 11 catches for 159 yards and 2 TDs in Granite Bay’s win at Pittsburg. Photo: Mark Tennis.

7.   (8) SERVITE (ANAHEIM) 4-1

8.   (10) ALEMANY (MISSION HILLS) 5-0

9.   (9) LONG BEACH POLY (LONG BEACH) 4-1

10.   (11) BELLARMINE (SAN JOSE) 3-0

11.   (17) SERRA (SAN MATEO) 2-1

12.   (15) ELK GROVE 5-0

13.   (12) CENTENNIAL (CORONA) 3-2

14.   (16) PLEASANT GROVE (ELK GROVE) 5-0

15.   (18) HART (NEWHALL) 4-0

16.   (19) CHAMINADE (WEST HILLS) 4-1

17. (21) NOTRE DAME (SHERMAN OAKS) 4-1

18.   (20) GRANITE BAY 3-1

19. (22) MISSION HILLS (SAN MARCOS) 5-0

20. (23) OAKS CHRISTIAN (WESTLAKE VILLAGE) 4-1

21. (24) OAK RIDGE (EL DORADO HILLS) 5-0

22. (NR) RANCHO CUCAMONGA 5-0

23. (25) EDISON (FRESNO) 4-0

24. (NR) BISHOP AMAT (LA PUENTE) 3-1

25. (NR) SANTA MARGARITA (RANCHO SM) 3-2

Dropped Out:
Previous No. 7 Vista Murrieta (Murrieta); No. 13 St. Bonaventure (Ventura); No. 14 Oceanside.

CIF STATE BOWL GAME DIVISIONS RANKINGS UPDATES

DIVISION I SOUTH
1.  (1) St. John Bosco (Bellflower) 4-0
2.  (2) Mater Dei (Santa Ana) 5-0
3.  (3) Mission Viejo 5-0
4. (5) Servite (Anaheim) 4-1
5. (7) Alemany (Mission Hills) 5-0

DIVISION I NORTH
1.  (1) De La Salle (Concord) 5-0
2.  (2) Folsom 5-0
3.  (3) Bellarmine (San Jose) 3-0
4. (6) Serra (San Mateo) 2-1
5.  (4) Elk Grove 5-0

DIVISION II SOUTH
1.  (1) Serra (Gardena) 5-0
2.  (2) Hart (Newhall) 4-0
3.  (3) Chaminade (West Hills) 4-1
4.  (4) Edison (Huntington Beach) 2-2
5.  (5) La Habra 4-1

DIVISION II NORTH
1.  (1) Clayton Valley (Concord) 3-1
2.  (3) Casa Grande (Petaluma) 5-0
3. (4) Northgate (Walnut Creek) 5-0
4. (5) Enterprise (Redding) 4-0
5. (2) Inderkum (Sacramento) 3-2

DIVISION III SOUTH
1.  (1) Monrovia 4-0
2.  (2) Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) 5-0
3.  (3) Nordhoff (Ojai) 5-0
4.  (4) Wasco 3-1
5.  (5) Mission Oak (Tulare) 4-0

DIVISION III NORTH
1.  (1) Marin Catholic (Kentfield) 5-0
2. (2) Campolindo (Moraga) 5-0
3. (3) El Cerrito 3-2
4.  (4) Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) 4-1
5.  (5) Carmel 3-0

DIVISION IV SOUTH
1.  (1) Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara) 4-0
2.  (2) Christian (El Cajon) 5-0
3.  (3) St. Margaret’s (SJ Capistrano) 4-0

DIVISION IV NORTH
1.  (1) Central Catholic (Modesto) 4-1
2.  (3) McClymonds (Oakland) 4-1
3. (4) Le Grand 4-0

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