Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Bosco retakes No. 1 ranking and makes the preseason pick of the Braves not look so bad after win vs No. 2 Mater Dei. Who else had them first at the start? Santa Margarita’s win over JSerra also causes a lot of evaluation and changes. This week’s only newcomer to this group is new No....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are three new teams called up into this week’s rankings, with Tustin being only one of the three that is featured for the first time this season. The other two are Chaparral of Temecula and Chaminade of West Hills. Teams getting upward bumps include Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), Oak Hills (Hesperia) and a...
MD-Bosco & Centennial Highlights
For perhaps the first time in our history (which goes back 45 plus years), we were able to see the top three ranked teams in the state in the regular season on the same weekend. The top two of them, of course, played each other on Friday night in Bellflower. But on Thursday night it […]
MD & Bosco Should Go National At End
CIF Open Division state championship also should match a newly devised CIF Southern Section champion – let’s call it D1A – against the No. 1 ranked section champ from the north. As the state’s top two teams for seven of the last eight years battle it out this weekend, go through this column and let […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We have arrived at the week of the likely first of two massive matchups between Mater Dei of Santa Ana (No. 1) and St. John Bosco of Bellflower (No. 2). There is another potentially even more historic game up north between state-ranked De La Salle and San Ramon Valley. The biggest mover in this week’s...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are two newcomers and one of them will be playing on Friday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The other didn’t just go into the top 50, but went in with a big jump into the top 40. We also have a big jump for Vista Murrieta after its win over Chaparral with more...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco both win easily in lead up to their game next Friday in Bellflower. All four top 25 teams from San Diego also all roll with one of them making news for its second 99-yard touchdown of the season. In the north, Folsom rocks Rocklin and […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Head-to-head results causes JSerra of San Juan Capistrano to get a solid jump in this week’s rankings after its big win over Orange Lutheran. We also have more modest gains for Helix of La Mesa and Serra of Gardena. Los Alamitos, meanwhile, goes back up into this first group of teams. FOR ARCHIVES OF OUR...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are four newcomers being called up this week, led by new No. 44 Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. The other three are Vista Murrieta, Millikan of Long Beach and California of San Ramon. The two teams getting the strongest bumps are Damien of La Verne and Edison of Huntington Beach. Oaks Christian also moves...
State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
As No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco returned to playing top teams in California with expected results, there was almost a big upset on Friday in Long Beach. No. 6 Poly, however, won in overtime over Millikan. Big winner on Saturday was No. 5 Serra (San Mateo) and another team from […]
