With many top teams in NorCal on byes, first-round winners in some of the CIF Southern Section playoffs were given rankings bumps this week. The list includes new No. 28 Los Alamitos, No. 31 Corona del Mar, No. 37 Rancho Cucamonga and No. 41 Upland. This week’s only newcomer is Alemany of Mission Hills. For...
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State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
No. 1 Mater Dei wins its showdown with Florida’s IMG Academy, which sets up likely rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 national and state showdown on Oct. 12 with St. John Bosco. No. 3 De La Salle holds on, meanwhile, to win road game in Clovis. There were some shockers, though, as No. 10 Cajon […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
This week’s CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals will mark the first time since state rankings were begun in California in 1975 that the top four ranked teams are playing each other with No. 1 Mater Dei playing No. 4 Mission Viejo and No. 2 St. John Bosco playing No. 3 Corona Centennial. Go inside...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Central Catholic of Modesto is in a goofy spot in that it was last in the post last week for 1-25 but this week is first in the 26-50 post. Several teams playing each other in the CIF Southern Section Division II quarterfinals also are all up this week and in this range of the...
Stat Stars, State Records & More
For this week’s column, we present the idea of splitting away the CIF Open Division state football final from the other divisions as part of the final weekend of the season. We also have suggestions about future high school games hosted by the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium, show you where Heritage of Menifee’s...
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Of course, all eight teams in this week’s CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinals pretty much all have to be state-ranked. Both Santa Margarita and Vista Murrieta earned their way in by beating previous No. 9 Gardena Serra and previous No. 21 Bishop Amat. All four CIF North Coast Section Open Division teams also remain...
NEW State Top 25 FB Rankings
Bishop Amat earns return engagement among state’s elite after overtime win over previous No. 16 Chaminade. The Eagles don’t drop out, but both Valley Christian (San Jose) and Long Beach Poly do to make room for Bishop Amat plus unbeaten Rancho Bernardo of San Diego. Monte Vista of Danville also inches up to No. 10...
NEW State FB Rankings (Divisions)
There are two new No. 1 teams this week with Clayton Valley of Concord taking over in D2 and Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth doing the same in D4. Others still No. 1 are De La Salle of Concord (D1), Calabasas (D3) and Grace Brethren (D5). It’s a monster jump, meanwhile, for Moreau Catholic in D4...
Week 13: SoCal CIF Bowl Rankings
Redlands East Valley & Heritage move up to No. 1 and No. 2 in D2 with unbeaten Riverside Poly looming. St. John Bosco (D1), El Capitan (D3) and Christian of El Cajon (D4) all stay on top in their divisions. This is the expanded version from the list updates that were posted on Monday and...
Week 6: SoCal CIF Bowl Rankings
This is the expanded version from the list updates that were posted on Monday and is presented for Gold Club members. To join our Gold Club so you can go through these breakdowns every week, CLICK HERE....
