A lot of the teams in this group of the rankings are done for the season, but they are moving up or down depending on how the last teams they lost to are doing. That means moving up this week are Buchanan of Clovis and Jesuit of Carmichael. There’s also one new team as Valley...
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NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
There are four newcomers this week and all four had big wins — Upland, Liberty of Bakersfield, El Camino of Oceanside and Edison of Stockton. It also was a week with some major movers with a lot of teams still sitting at 0-0. That list is led by new No. 26 Orange Lutheran and new...
2021 Spring FB Coaching Milestones
With our state coaches of the year just announced, we must have coaching on our minds as we’ve now updated the all-time state coaching leaders list to include all reported results from the 2021 spring season. Despite the low number of games and the strange nature of the spring season due to the pandemic, there […]
Counting Counties & More Updates
As of Tuesday of this week, only four counties in the state have not reached a case rate of 14 or lower per 100,000. That’s the total as announced nearly two weeks ago that would allow high school football practices to begin in those counties. Schools and school districts are now looking to get to […]
Football Blasts From The Past
For the next few weeks, we’ll go back in time to approximately the same weekend of the California high school football season from five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years ago. At the end of what would have normally been the end of each of those seasons, we may go back even […]
Friday CIF State Finals
Central of Fresno & Clayton Valley of Concord capture CIF state football titles on Friday night at Cerritos College. It’s the first title for both and the first one for a Fresno school in Division 1 or higher after the Grizzlies bounced Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth in the D1-AA final. Clayton Valley came through on […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
We tried to get all of this weekend CIF D2-AA and D2-A state finalists into these rankings, but couldn’t quite make it thanks to Oxnard (now No. 50) having a head-to-head win over Pacifica of Oxnard (which would be No. 51 if we counted it that far). In addition to Oxnard, two other newcomers this...
Medium & Small School Ranks Begin
With competitive equity taking over California sections and how they conduct playoffs, certain schools can be forgotten as they are moved up and down in divisions with no regard at all for their size. We’ll still be doing CIF bowl game projections and at the end of the season will again do state rankings according […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Being the fastest-rising member of these rankings may not be a good thing after what happened to Pittsburg in its second game. Still, we have some major movers this week, led by new No. 34 San Clemente, new No. 37 Carlsbad and new No. 40 Palos Verdes. Those getting closer to the top include Notre...