The Final Four for the state (and really the nation) is about to get underway in the CIF Southern Section D1 semifinals. The gap between those four and the rest of the state is likely as massive as it gets. That’s one reason why Mission Viejo is still No. 5 this week. Carlsbad also joins...
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State TOP 25 Weekend Scoreboard
St. Francis (Mountain View) victory in a Saturday game in the Bay Area is the biggest of the weekend between two top 10 teams. Friday night’s slate saw a ton of section playoff byes or top teams not playing in smaller section playoff brackets. Of those that did play, the highest ranked teams to fall […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
Due to a lot of teams on byes, the only movement in this week’s first 25 teams for these rankings relates to where previous No. 6 Norco fell after its loss to Sierra Canyon. That’s why De La Salle is back in the top 10. The big news is that this year’s first of possibly...
Girls BB: State Ranks By Divisions
We also have been doing divisional state rankings for the girls for many years as well, based on the CIF’s and our own five divisions. For this year, we are combining the teams in the SoCal regional brackets (AA & A) into one division and then injecting where the NorCal teams would fit in based […]
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
The playoffs in the CIF Southern, San Diego, Central and Central Coast Sections have concluded this past week and they have crowned their champions. Now, the Open Division teams from all but the Central Coast Section are moving on to the CIF Southern Regional Playoffs along with other teams that qualified for an expanded playoff...
NEW State TOP 25 Girls BB Rankings
The playoffs in the CIF Southern Section, Central Section, San Diego Section and Central Coast Section will all conclude this weekend with teams that qualify moving on to the Southern Regional playoffs while the CCS teams join the other sections in the CIF Northern Region whose seasons have concluded. As for movement this week, the...
Class of 22 FB: Updated Hot 100
No reason to change anything for the top few positions, but there has been one major transfer and some others who’ve had to be added and/or moved up for doing well in showcase events. Two of the top three remain Mater Dei of Santa Ana teammates Domani Jackson and Raleek Brown. RELATED: How Class of...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
The top three remain the same, but two more Orange County teams join No. 1 Mater Dei in the top five. Helix of La Mesa logically forces its way up into this first group after knocking off previous No. 5 Cathedral Catholic, but we did not push the Highlanders ahead of another San Diego team...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are five newcomers in this group, led by new No. 41 Alemany of Mission Hills under new head coach Casey Clausen. There are also solid jumps for No. 30 La Costa Canyon of Carlsbad (up 16 positions) and No. 31 Central Catholic of Modesto (up eight). For teams ranked No. 1 to No. 25...
