The big four from the CIF Southern Section is down to the big three as Sierra Canyon loses to San Diego St. Augustine and drops to No. 6 in this week’s rankings. All four of the CIFSS teams in the SoCal Division 1 semifinals also are ranked, led by top seed and No. 8 Damien....
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NEW Baseball State Top 20
Buchanan stays on top following victory over another State Top 20 team earlier this week in a tournament championship. Previous No. 2 Chatsworth, however, has to drop after falling to unbeaten Harvard-Westlake in a different tourney final. New teams going in this week in rankings that are counting scores from earlier this week are Bellarmine […]
FINAL Five-Division State FB Ranks
We really did try to have CIF state champions No. 1 in all five of these divisions, but weren’t going to switch teams in divisions to do it. Once we established which teams were in which of our five divisions based on section playoff divisions it didn’t seem fair to switch them around later on....
St. John Bosco State Team of Year
It’s not the same as when there was no Open Division of the CIF state bowl games, but the Braves still officially get added to the list of all-time great teams in California that dates back more than 100 years.
Bay Area Top 25 Football – Week 12
Here are rankings done by longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend and were done for use on Antioch High football game broadcasts. Anyone wishing to see writeups and breakdowns of the top teams in the state, sign up for our Gold Club membership. For details, CLICK HERE.
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 3
New teams on the NorCal board this week are Pleasant Valley of Chico, Amador of Sutter Creek, Ripon and Fort Bragg. We will run these simulations each week through the various section playoffs. And look for video presentations soon when the section playoffs get even more in focus. To see our third CIF SoCal Bowl...
CIF NorCal Bowl Board
For the first time this season, we run our simulation of how we’d choose this year’s CIF Northern California regional bowl games based on results so far. Look for video presentations soon when the section playoffs get even more in focus. It’s shaky, but we still have De La Salle (Concord) as the NorCal Open […]
All-Time State Player Rankings (RBs)
With the NFL season in full swing, this is the second in a series of posts in which we rank the top 20 all-time players from the state from every position. These rankings will be different than others we’ve done in the past in that they’ll be based strictly on how players have done after...
State Football Record Updates
Team totals are on our minds this week, beginning with Fresno High joining the 500-club for all-time reported wins, a salute to others that have moved up on that record list, such as Loyola of Los Angeles and new 600-club member Pittsburg. We also report on schools with the most NFL alumni and one NorCal...