It’s CIF state championship week with nine teams in the State Top 25 heading to Sacramento, led by No. 1 St. John Bosco meeting No. 4 De La Salle in the Open Division. We couldn’t get all 10 going to Sac State into the rankings since we decided to leave in previous No. 10 Calabasas...
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FB: Top 10 Rankings Update
Narbonne drops from No. 5 down to No. 9 after loss to Cathedral Catholic. The biggest question was which team to list No. 10 in place of Calabasas, a team still playing or one that has lost in a higher division?
FB: Top 10 Rankings Update
As expected, St. John Bosco moves up to No. 1 after avenging one of its two losses by topping previous No. 1 Mater Dei in CIFSS D1 final. De La Salle also edges up to No. 4 with Narbonne dropping one spot to No. 5.
CIF NorCal Bowl Board Updates
Go here for team-by-team outlooks and for the matchups we’d like to see in this year’s NorCal bowl games for next weekend. Note: This post will be updated throughout the day Saturday and through Saturday night. Also note that for this run through we went with Bakersfield, Sanger and Mendota as the three CIF Central...
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 8
Big move of the week is switching Sanger and Selma from the north to the south and vice-versa and we really liked how it balanced out both boards. Both teams still have to win Central Section titles, however, and Sanger will have to battle a surging team from Ridgeview of Bakersfield. We also forecast where...
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
It wasn’t No. 1 vs. No. 2 the first time that Mater Dei faced St. John Bosco but it will be on Saturday in the CIFSS D1 final. Centennial only drops to No. 3 but Narbonne and De La Salle are up to No. 4 and No. 5. Congrats also to this week’s three newcomers...
FB: Top 10 Rankings Update
Narbonne and De La Salle are now up to No. 4 and No. 5 after the CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. There’s a good chance, though, that Rancho Cucamonga will come back up and get back into the top five for the final rankings.
FB: Top 10 Rankings Update
Mission Viejo of course stays in the top 10 after having its 39-game win streak snapped by Rancho Cucamonga in CIFSS D1 playoffs. Two-time defending CIF Open Division state champ De La Salle also creeps back up to No. 6.
CIF NorCal Bowl Board No. 6
The fun part of these boards that it’s possible to run them in different combinations to see how they shape up. This week, we went back to using Bellarmine of San Jose as one of the projected three CCS Open Division champions. Next week, maybe we’ll put Sanger in the south and Bakersfield Christian in...