Our first five to start the 2016 football season is hugely influenced by previous results because we simply can’t rank Mater Dei of Santa Ana (highest ranked from the state in many national polls) ahead of a St. John Bosco team it has lost to six straight times. That kind of ranking needs to be […]
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FB: What are preseason rankings?
Here is a version of a column written last week for the Stockton Record, which is a column that I do every week for that paper. This is not the edited version — which frankly was better and much tighter (thanks sports editor Bob Highfill) — but this version is easier to post on our […]
Football: Preseason Top Five
We usually release all of our preseason overall state football rankings as part of a top 40 or even top 50 package. We’re doing something similar again in August, but this year have decided it’s pointless to wait around to announce the top five. We’ll also get these five going on our ticker and besides,...
Final, Expanded Top 50 (No. 1-20)
De La Salle may have won the Open Division bowl game once again to help Foothill and Antioch, but some SoCal teams still move up in the final rankings because Bellarmine and Clayton Valley lost. Once more, we have doubled the number of teams ranked for the end of the season, but still wish more...
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
In the last set of honorees for football before this feature switches to boys and girls basketball next week, three of them are from teams ranked in the top five of the state rankings while another is from a team that has 10 straight shutout wins. The complete group is from Mission Viejo, Bellflower, San […]
NEW State Top 25 Football
While candidate for Game of the Years has materialized for this weekend between Centennial and St. John Bosco, we’re focused as well on other positions for this week’s rankings. The biggest shakeups took place in San Diego where previously unbeaten Mission Hills was blasted by St. Augustine. That pushed both the Saints and Loyola of...
NEW State Top 25 Football
While we’re one week closer to probable blockbuster matchup between Corona Centennial and St. John Bosco, other showdowns start this week with unbeatens Foothill of Pleasanton and Antioch hooking up. Since the winner of that game likely plays No. 1 De La Salle after that, Antioch was jumped to No. 13 in this week’s rankings....
NEW State Top 25 Football
It’ll be No. 8 Bishop Amat playing No. 9 Oaks Christian in this week’s CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division quarterfinals after Oaks Christian gets three-spot bump in the rankings. This week’s only new vacancy was filled by Calabasas, mostly because the 10-1 Coyotes’ only loss is by one point to No. 19 Camarillo. Note: There...
NEW State Top 25 Football
Mater Dei goes back up to No. 7 in the aftermath of Gardena Serra’s loss, right back up in front of Bishop Amat. Mission Viejo also is now in the top five while this week’s two newcomers are Chaminade of West Hills and Antioch. All playoff seeds and first-round matchups are broken down as well...
