Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW Girls BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This will be the only rankings we will do until after the Nike TOC, West Coast Jamboree and SoCal Holiday Classic are completed during the holidays, but one thing that is shaping up, and that is after the first five teams (led by Ontario Christian & Archbishop Mitty) no one seems to have what it...
CIF State FB Previews & Picks
Northern California teams will be trying to break precedent of playing poorly in games played at Saddleback College. We have two of the five coming down, however, getting a win. In games played at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach and at Fullerton UHSD Stadium, almost all of the NorCal teams once again are coming in […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
It’s the last week of the 2024 season and we have CIF state championships this weekend between No. 1 and No. 4 in the Open Division, No. 7 and No. 9 in D1-AA, No. 15 and No. 20 in D1-A and No. 21 and No. 24 in D2-AA. The likelihood is that CIF Southern Section...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This group starts out this week with St. Francis of Mountain View and continues to new No. 50 Beaumont. Clovis North gets a bump due to Central of Fresno’s success and Twelve Bridges also moves up two more spots. There are a number of CIF Southern Section D2 playoff teams that will all receive final...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
These are the first rankings for the 2024-25 regular season. The top nine remain the same from the preseason. Redondo Union moves into the Top 10 with three of the top four clubs winning games at the Take Flight Challenge that the Sea Hawks hosted over the weekend. There’s only one loss among the top...
Milestone Win, Mitty Title at Sweet 16
State preseason No. 2 Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) headed down to San Diego for the annual La Jolla Country Day Sweet 16 tourney and came back with an impressive title. The big story of the event on Friday night was the host school’s head coach becoming the winningest head coach in CIF San Diego Section […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mater Dei and De La Salle will head into the CIF Open Division state final at No. 1 and No. 4 in the state. The big news this week among these teams is Newbury Park going from No. 15 up to No. 9. Unlike top seed Murrieta Valley in the CIFSS D2 playoffs, the Panthers...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
For the first time in its young history (three years), Twelve Bridges of Lincoln cracks this group with a 13-0 record. The Raging Rhinos will be facing a Wilcox of Santa Clara squad on Saturday that also appears in these rankings. We also have moved up Narbonne of Harbor City prior to its matchup on...
Different MD win vs Bosco for title
It wasn’t close to the 59-14 triumph from earlier this season, but national/state No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana tops state No. 2 St. John Bosco of Bellflower, 31-24, to win its second straight CIF Southern Section D1 championship. They will now go into the CIF Open Division state final in two weeks to […]
SJS Football Title Game Recaps
Friday’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football championships at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento saw one team come up short in trying to get to 13-0, another team succeed in doing that quite easily and finally a thriller in which the winning team three-peated as a section champion. Note: We won’t be able to duplicate these recaps for […]