Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
This week’s order for the first 14 gets mixed up after Santa Margarita’s eye-opening 44-8 win over Servite of Anaheim. That forced the Eagles to come back up into the higher reaches of the first 25. Others getting boosts include Clovis East (up two), Murrieta Valley (up three) and St. Mary’s of Stockton (up three)....
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
For this group, the two teams that had to come way up from on the bubble to now be ranked in front of teams they just beat were Simi Valley and Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills. Manteca also is a newcomer this week. Others getting bumps include San Juan Hills of SJ Capistrano, Grant...
What We Saw: Clovis East-Clovis North
Based on its 38-21 victory on Friday at Lamonica Stadium over defending CIF Central Section D1 champion Clovis North, thoughts of Clovis East doing the same for 2024 — including going 13-0 through the section playoffs — were impossible not to arise. The Timberwolves displayed a very effective short passing spread offense that could not […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Mission Viejo does indeed move to No. 2 in place of St. John Bosco after its big loss to No. 1 Mater Dei, although that isn’t going to match computer rankings that will be used for the CIF Southern Section D1 playoffs. De La Salle also joins top five for the first time this season,...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
We have four newcomers this week, led by Leuzinger of Lawndale (which has been in there before). Two of the other three are from the city of La Verne — Damien and Bonita — while the fourth is Marin Catholic of Kentfield. The team Marin Catholic is hosting on Saturday, Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa,...
What We Saw: MD Romps Past Bosco
Paced by the most disruptive front seven on defense that perhaps no high school team has ever had and an offense that has been getting more dynamic every week since the start of the season, state and national No. 1 Mater Dei of Santa Ana turned its annual regular season showdown game against No. 2 […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
We’ve arrived at that point of the season in which Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are playing in their Trinity League showdown. This time it’s MD at No. 1 and SJB at No. 2 in the state (and nation). Orange County teams are still in the 3-4-5 spots since No. 5 Servite’s losses are...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
This week there are two newcomers and they are Edison of Huntington Beach and Villa Park. Biggest movers included San Juan Hills of SJ Capistrano (up four spots) and Grant of Sacramento (also up four spots). We also have Rocklin and St. Mary’s of Stockton almost ready to go into the top 25. TO SEE...
What We Think: State Roundup 10/18
No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 2 St. John Bosco set up their annual regular season showdown with wins on Friday night in the Trinity League. Big NorCal winners on the night included state No. 6 De La Salle, No. 22 St. Francis of Mountain View and unranked but soon to be on the bubble […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Apologies for missing one week of these rankings last week, but we’re back from a trip to London and Paris and we’ll be going at full strength for the rest of the 2024 season. There was some shuffling among the top five teams since the last rankings mostly due to Servite of Anaheim getting a...
