Teams on the rise include Archbishop Mitty, James Logan and Terra Nova. De La Salle and Bellarmine stay Nos. 1 and 2 but after that the shakeup begins.
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Football’s decade dominators
There’s an obvious school at the top of the state’s list for best football win-loss records so far in the decade of the 2010s. After that, though, there are many just above or almost at 90 percent. State’s best for every decade back to 1900 and best record since every decade ended also presented in […]
Final Five-Divisional State Rankings
No. 1 teams according to the traditional way we’ve done state divisional football rankings since 1978 are De La Salle, Serra of Gardena, Madison of San Diego, Marin Catholic and Ferndale.
Final NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings
James Logan of Union City, Pittsburg and Ripon gain positions at the end. Every division features expanded pecking order plus teams to watch for the 2013 season.
CIF Bowl Game Previews & Predictions
We’ll go for it again after getting the winner correct in nine of the 10 regional championship games from last weekend. To us, it looks like the predicted winner in three of the games are fairly easy to choose. We’ll have offensive, defensive and underclass players of the game posted on this site after each […]
Week 16: NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings
With one week still to go, we start to dig even deeper to look for bubble teams with the strongest arguments to move up. Some are connected to this weekend’s CIF state bowl games. Others are not.
New State Top 25 Rankings (Part 2)
Check here for writeups and in-depth analysis of teams ranked from No. 13 to No. 25. Teams on the rise in the wake of last weekend’s regional bowl games include Mission Viejo, Marin Catholic, El Toro and Oakdale.
New State Top 25 Rankings (Part 2)
Clovis North No. 15, Granite Bay No. 16 heading into regional bowl games. Also, St. Ignatius becames first S.F. team ever to crack State Top 20/25 format. Check here for writeups and in-depth analysis of teams ranked from No. 13 to No. 25.
Week 14: NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings
Biggest change toward top of any division is Folsom firmly landing in No. 2 position behind No. 1 De La Salle in Open Division. Go inside to read analysis of every division by long-time editor Mark Tennis. Check Wednesday for two weeks worth of State Stat Stars.
Week 13: NorCal CIF Bowl Rankings
Field narrows for Division IV thanks to Willows. Highest-rising newcomers, meanwhile, are Oak Ridge, St. Ignatius, American Canyon, Escalon and St. Vincent de Paul. Go inside to read analysis of every division by long-time editor Mark Tennis. Check later this week for preseason state girls basketball rankings.
