The playoffs begin in the CIF Southern Section and with a couple of exceptions the seedings of the Open Division look more like these rankings than they ever did in any of the previous polls the CIFSS releases each week. With league play wrapping up and limited non-league action last week throughout the state, there...
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NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
This is a special edition of the boys basketball Top 25 state rankings not only because it includes Monday MLK results, but also includes two weeks of results. We didn’t update our rankings last week because of all the COVID-19 related postponements and cancellations and there are still a handful of ranked teams that have...
State Schools of the Century (So Far)
We came up with a points system for all of the schools that have been mentioned and honored in our annual State School of the Year selections since the 1999-2000 school year and have put together a top 10 for overall sports excellence so far for the 21st century. It is close at the top […]
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
The final eight for the CIF Open Division is set, and after the way it shook out those eight teams have risen to the final eight spots for the state rankings and will stay there, although it might not be in the same position for the final rankings as we have them in this week’s...
What If CIF State Softball Playoffs?
There’s been discussion about the future addition of CIF state playoffs in both softball and baseball. We went through all of the teams in our final divisional state softball rankings and came up with a proposed format with an Open Division and then six divisions after that. We set up brackets for each division as...
NEW S.F. Bay Area FB Ranks (Week 5)
Big win by Wilcox combined with Sacred Heart Prep allowing 55 points in crazy win over Carmel causes a shift toward the bottom of this week’s rankings. Many teams at the top had byes, but could be movement next week after Clayton Valley plays Monte Vista and WCAL games start.
Saturday CIF Boys Finals
An Ivan Rabb free throw with 0.8 seconds left helps O’Dowd get off the schneid with overtime win over Mater Dei in Open Division. In Division II, La Mirada goes two OTs to beat Archbishop Mitty. In Division IV, De’Anthony Melton makes plays in the final seconds as Crespi triumphs. Note: For next week’s final […]
NEW Boys BB Division State Ranks
For this version, after this week’s regional semis are done, we have taken all of the Open Division teams and have ranked them separately. We also have top 10 lists for all five CIF divisions plus we have predicted scores for all 12 of this Saturday’s regional championship games. To see a preview of Saturday’s...
Baseball, Softball State Rank Updates
JSerra moves up to No. 1 in baseball after College Park suffers shutout loss to San Ramon Valley. Mission Viejo, meanwhile, stays on top in softball after winning prestigious tourney for second year in a row. Highest ranked newcomers are Archbishop Mitty (baseball) & West Ranch of Valencia (softball). Check below for this week’s new […]
NEW Bay Area 25 Football Rankings
Here we go again in the wild-and-wacky WCAL as Archbishop Mitty jumbles the race and this week’s rankings with an upset of front-runner Serra. In other moves, Milpitas is now a clear-cut No. 2 while Palma of Salinas gets a jump along with Pittsburg and California of San Ramon.
