For the seventh straight year since Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. John Bosco have gone on their current run of dominance atop California, the winning team from the season before gets to start out No. 1 for the following season. That means until they play again it will be MD at No. 1 […]
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Preseason State TOP 50 Ranks (31-50)
Nine of the teams in this group did not appear in the final State TOP 50 for the 2021 season. Those teams look good in part due to key transfer quarterbacks — such as at Rancho Cucamonga and Chaminade of West Hills. There also are those with big totals of returning starters such as JSerra […]
Preseason State TOP 50 (Part 1)
These are the ones with more than 45 years of work behind them, but it’s so different for this spring season. Factors such as which teams are playing which teams and building a consensus of those who do local rankings will be more important in compiling these rankings than when it’s known there are going […]
Preseason State TOP 50 (Part 2)
With the first 25 teams in our spring 2021 preseason state football rankings appearing in Part 1, here are the next 25 teams in order plus 20 more teams listed on the bubble. This group is led by 2019 CIF D2-A state champ Clayton Valley of Concord, includes 2019 CIF D2-AA state champ Corona del […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (1-15)
First four are the same four it’s been to start (and just about finish) the last few seasons. It’s just the order that might get juggled during the season between Mater Dei of Santa Ana, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, De La Salle of Concord and Centennial of Corona. Our preseason No. 5, Narbonne of […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (16-30)
This group begins with perennial Orange County powerhouse Mission Viejo, which has a lot of playmakers to replace but has a lot of other positives in the second year under head coach Chad Johnson. This post also has the preseason No. 1 team from the CIF Central Coast Section, the schools that won last year’s […]
Preseason FB: Top 50 Teams (31-50)
For the final 20 teams in our massive preseason state football rankings package, we start out with one of the top three teams from the CIF San Diego Section. This post also includes two more teams from the CIF Southern Section’s Mission League, a team with perhaps the top sophomore quarterback in the state and […]
Preseason State 50 Football Ranks (1)
Does it really matter whether Mater Dei or St. John Bosco is No. 1 in the state to start the 2018 season? It’s very likely the two superpowers are going to play twice once again — first in the Trinity League and later in the CIF Southern Section Division I final — with the winner […]
Preseason State 50 Football Ranks (3)
Starting at No. 35 and moving on to No. 50, these teams tend to be either those looking to step up in competition after winning at a lower level last year or teams from the very best leagues who have some question marks to overcome this season. This group includes San Clemente, Grace Brethren of […]
