As the section playoffs get started everywhere in California except two CIF sections, there are four new teams debuting in the State Top 50 for the first time this season, led by new No. 43 Rancho Cucamonga. Also going in are Carlsbad, Inderkum of Sacramento and Tulare. In this group, we also have Valley Christian...
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NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We go over why we’re moving up Corona Centennial to No. 2 this week instead of dropping previous No. 1 Mater Dei down to No. 2 behind new No. 1 St. John Bosco. This also is a good week to give JSerra a bump to No. 6 before the Lions take a crack at the...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
For the last several seasons, with Mater Dei and St. John Bosco, it’s almost like we have two major blockbuster movies with a guaranteed sequel coming out about six weeks after the initial release. Part I is this Friday in Santa Ana and also will be a matchup of No. 1 and No. 2 teams...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The game at the Santa Ana Bowl isn’t the only big one in Orange County coming up as the Sunset League title seems to be up for grabs with Los Alamitos playing Corona del Mar. Both teams moved up among this group of teams this week to No. 26 and No. 33, respectively. There also...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Corona Centennial edges in front of De La Salle for the third spot this week and it will likely stay that way until the CIF Southern Section D1 semifinals. Buchanan of Clovis, the team partly responsible for the switch, also gets a reward from No. 20 up to No. 17 in anticipation of its showdown...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
It wasn’t playing in front of us that caused Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth to be raised from the bubble to No. 37 as the highest ranked newcomer on this week’s state rankings. It was beating previously ranked Bakersfield 31-7 and doing on the same night that Grace Brethren (also going into this week’s rankings) upset...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Vista Murrieta and Narbonne move up eight and 10 positions, respectively, after posting major triumphs against San Diego Madison and Serra of Gardena. We also have five other newcomers this week in addition to new No. 24 Villa Park, including Lawndale, Helix of La Mesa, Capistrano Valley, Bishop O’Dowd and California of San Ramon. For...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Folsom’s freaky 56-point half against Chaminade forces the Bulldogs to have to move up among the top 10 of this week’s rankings and they go from No. 8 to No. 6. They now are behind only the projected top four seeds for the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs along with De La Salle. We...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Vista Murrieta of Murrieta lost to Orange Lutheran 42-17, but gets to go way up in the rankings this week because a team the Broncos beat in their first game, Los Alamitos, was the one that knocked off previous No. 17 Long Beach Poly and we didn’t want to drop both the Jackrabbits and Narbonne...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We only dropped Orange Lutheran one spot for losing to No. 4 Corona Centennial in what was a tight game until midway in the fourth quarter. Centennial also may benefit later on in CIFSS D1 playoff seedings due to No. 1 Mater Dei now having a forfeit loss. The one team getting a strong boost...
