Category Archives: State Top 25 Rankings
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
Many of the state’s best teams had the week off with first-round byes or open dates in CIF sectional playoffs. The major exception, of course, was in the Southern Section where even some top-seeded squads had playoff tests right out of the gate. State No. 1 St. John Bosco wasn’t one of them. The highest […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
There’s a new member of the top five as Folsom is elevated after impressive 40-0 win over previously unbeaten Del Oro. Liberty of Brentwood and Central of Fresno also switch spots in the top 10. This group also has three newcomers moving up from 26-50, led by Rancho Verde of Moreno Valley plus Central Catholic...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
As the section playoffs get started everywhere in California except two CIF sections, there are four new teams debuting in the State Top 50 for the first time this season, led by new No. 43 Rancho Cucamonga. Also going in are Carlsbad, Inderkum of Sacramento and Tulare. In this group, we also have Valley Christian...
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
League showdowns in the Inland Empire take center stage with the biggest upset of the night being No. 23 Upland losing to Rancho Cucamonga with one of the biggest wins turned in by Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley), which beat Heritage (Menifee) and is now poised to make a big move in the next rankings. Big […]
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Teams on the rise include Liberty of Brentwood joining the top 10 for the first time in school history (and that’s a school that goes back a long time), Torrey Pines up to No. 12 and Buchanan of Clovis up to No. 20. We also only dropped JSerra one position after its loss to Mater...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Both teams that were chosen as newcomers to this week’s super elite state rankings have showdown matchups on Friday. New No. 47 Camarillo will put its perfect record on the line against No. 37 Grace Brethren while new No. 50 Liberty (Bakersfield) is traveling to historic Griffith Field to play at Bakersfield. This week’s group...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
We go over why we’re moving up Corona Centennial to No. 2 this week instead of dropping previous No. 1 Mater Dei down to No. 2 behind new No. 1 St. John Bosco. This also is a good week to give JSerra a bump to No. 6 before the Lions take a crack at the...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
Four was a magic number for several teams that went up four positions in this week’s rankings, including Long Beach Poly, Monterey Trail of Elk Grove, Lawndale and Heritage of Menifee. There were two teams, however, that got seven-spot jumps — new No. 33 Wilcox of Santa Clara and new No. 43 Murrieta Valley of...
Bosco thunders past Mater Dei
There won’t be any disagreements at the top of every national ranking next week after St. John Bosco tops Mater Dei on Saturday night in one of those rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups. The Braves will now be favored to win the CIF Southern Section Division I title and CIF Open Division state […]
State Top 25 Weekend Scoreboard
After a crazy night in Southern California on Friday in which a majority of games were impacted by lightning storms, Saturday was a return to normalcy. The national No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. John Bosco of Bellflower did go off with no problem on Saturday night. […]
