A lot of teams in this group have lost in very good section playoff brackets, especially from the CIF Southern Section D2 playoffs (based on competitive equity), but not all. Los Gatos and Bakersfield Christian are now in for the first time this season. Granite Hills of El Cajon leads at No. 26. Granite Bay...
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State Football Players of the Week
All of this week’s honorees are from CIF section playoff games and since we only pick players for these honors from winning teams, it gets more difficult to find those with record book type performances. We have six more very good ones, however, and two of them played in games that ended with scores of […]
NEW State TOP 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
San Clemente now leads this group after just missing out on the top 25. We also have nice jumps for Oak Ridge, St. Mary’s of Stockton, Edison of Huntington Beach, Chino Hills, and more. In addition, we have five newcomers this week: Mt. Miguel of Spring Valley, San Marcos, Rocklin, Acalanes of Lafayette and Monterey...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There was consideration for the first unbeaten team through the CIF San Diego Section playoffs in history to be moved up to No. 1 after Corona’s loss to St. John Bosco of Bellflower. But when the Braves later beat Santa Margarita to win the CIF Southern Section D1 crown, it had to be them at...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
The first big upset of the 2025 CIF section playoffs around the state sees a team that has been in the top five, La Mirada, go down in the super-loaded Southern Section D1 bracket. This week’s rankings also are impacted by Granada of Livermore beating previous No. 6 De La Salle of Concord in a...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
Corona stays on top despite league loss in a series it won two games to one. Previous No. 2 La Mirada, however, has to drop eight spots after losing in a league series two games to one. NorCal order (not counting Central Section in north) also gets shuffled as St. Mary’s of Stockton wins Boras...
FINAL Regional FB Bowl Projections
These final projections were completed on Saturday night after all CIF section championship games are in the books. It only takes one or two projections to not match what the CIF actually announces to mix up the games we’ve recommended as each choice acts like a ripple down through the rest of the lineup. Still, […]
State Football Players of the Week
Despite the fact all the remaining teams in CIF section playoffs were halved last week with one week to go, we accomplished both goals of this feature, uncovering hidden talent that might only get local recognition, and tracking entries for the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. This week we visit Madera, Oakland and Winters in […]
State Football Players of the Week
This week’s honorees include two remarkable kickers, one who kicked his second 50-yard field goal of the season and the other who’s a girl who had game-winning field goal that earned her team a league title. We also have a QB with eight TD passes in a game his team won, 90-46. The six we […]



