No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View looks to cap perfect season with a CIF NorCal title at the end of this week. Major movers in next to last rankings include Poway (up four spots), Oak Ridge (up 12 after big win over previous No. 7 Whitney) and Clovis North (up 16). Livermore also goes...
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NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
There is one week to go in the 2024 season in California with the final No. 1 ranking now locked up by Corona. It’s still possible for changes after that, however, and we’ve made one this week with Granada of Livermore moving up to No. 2. Yes, the Matadors needed 14 innings to win their...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
With Pacifica of Garden Grove wrapping up its second straight title in perhaps the toughest playoff bracket in the nation, it’s now down to the Mariners and St. Francis of Mountain View for the final No. 1 ranking. The focus this week now shifts north to the CIF Central Coast Section where the Lancers will...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
This week’s rankings were delayed several hours to include all of the reported opt-outs from the CIF Southern Section regarding next week’s CIF Southern California regional playoffs. State No. 1 Corona is the main one, but after Saturday night’s win over Harvard-Westlake in the CIFSS D1 final there isn’t much else left that the Panthers...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
It will be No. 2 Orange Lutheran vs No. 3 Pacifica on Friday in the CIF Southern Section D1 final, but it will take a loss for unbeaten No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View for the winning team to be top-ranked in California. There also are a lot of changes this week as there...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re down to No. 1 Corona, No. 2 Orange Lutheran, No. 3 Harvard-Westlake and No. 7 Huntington Beach for the CIF Southern Section D1 title. Would any other teams have a chance to be final No. 1 if Huntington Beach is the one that wins the title? Granada of Livermore (just one loss) for sure...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
The only change this week among the top teams is giving Hollister a slight bump for avenging one of its losses and for beating a No. 1 team from another CIF section. We also have a new top team from the CIF San Diego Section and explain why the upcoming CIF North Coast Section D2...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
It’s the first week of May and already there are a few prominent teams that have lost in the CIF Southern Section playoffs and are done for the season, including two-time defending D1 champion JSerra. The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs start this week, but it’s still another week after that for the rest. Clovis West...
NEW Baseball State TOP 35 Rankings
Monday results are included this week since we also wanted to wait for the CIF Southern Section playoff pairings that also were released on Monday. We break down some of those pairings and explain why some of the rankings don’t match the seeds. The top six from last week remain the same with lots of...
NEW Softball State TOP 35 Rankings
We’re doing softball first this week since we had CIF Southern Section playoff brackets out on Saturday and we had to wait until they were put out for baseball on Monday. Top eight teams remain same, led by No. 1 St. Francis of Mountain View. Mater Dei Catholic returns to the first 25 while the...
