Riverside City holds top spot in CCCSIA and JC Athletic Bureau football rankings

City College of San Francisco football (Courtesy CCSF Athletics)

September 22, 2021

SAN MATEO - Riverside City College is back atop the poll of California Community College football coaches, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau, this week while also maintaining hold in this week's California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA) rankings. The defending (2019) state champion Tigers defeated formerly No. 12 Saddleback College, 33-6, and gained eight-first place coaches votes this week, totaling 337 points, and now have a 15-game winning streak (including a season-opening forfeit). The Tigers matched their first-place votes from the coaches with eight from the SIDs, finishing with 270 points.

Former JCAB poll leader College of San Mateo defeated then No. 9 Butte, 21-14, and extended its regular-season winning streak to 18 games - but dropped to No. 3 in the poll with 314 points. Ventura moved up one spot to No. 2 with 319 points after outscoring then-No. 19 El Camino, 58-37. The top seven teams changed positions. San Mateo, with three first-place votes, totaled 258 points and is second among the sports information association and is followed by City College of San Francisco, Ventura and College of the Canyons in the top five.

Leading top performances: 308 yards rushing by Kenyard Edwards, Jr., of Victor Valley on 38 carries, with three touchdowns (including 90 yards for the initial lead). But Glendale scored last, on a 12-yard run by Kevin Armstead, to win, 34-30. Armstead rushed for 199 yards and two scores (507 yards by two RBs).

All teams in this week’s top 15, except Ventura, play other ranked foes Saturday. Riverside hosts No. 19 Golden West, San Mateo visits No. 6 Fresno, No. 4 San Francisco entertains No. 12 American River, and No. 5 Canyons hosts No. 22 Palomar. The schedule kicks off Friday night (Sept. 24) with Santa Rosa at #16 Diablo Valley.

CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL					JC ATHLETIC BUREA COACHES FOOTBALL POLL
(Sep. 20)					(Sep. 20)
Rk.	School	Record	Points	PR	Rk.	School	Record	Points	PR
1.	Riverside City	3-0	270	1	1.	Riverside City (8)	3-0	337	2
2.	College of San Mateo	3-0	258	2	2.	Ventura (1)	3-0	319	3
3.	City College of San Francisco	3-0	249	3	3.	College of San Mateo (4)	3-0	314	1
4.	Ventura	3-0	245	5	4.	City College of San Francisco (1)	3-0	294	5
5.	College of the Canyons	3-0	233	6	5.	College of the Canyons	3-0	286	7
6.	Fresno City	3-0	215	11	6.	Fresno City	3-0	271	11
7.	Bakersfield	3-0	192	12	7.	Bakersfield	3-0	242	15
8.	Mt. San Antonio	1-0	174	9	8.	Fullerton	2-1	218	8
9.	Allan Hancock	3-0	163	15	9.	Mt. San Antonio	1-0	199	10
10.	Reedley	3-0	157	10	10.	Butte	2-1	195	9
11.	American River	2-1	154	4	11.	Allan Hancock	3-0	193	22
12.	Fullerton	2-1	151	8	12.	American River	2-1	183	6
13.	Modesto	2-1	145	7	13.	Modesto	2-1	170	4
14.	Butte	2-1	136	10	14.	Long Beach City	2-1	146	14
15.	Diablo Valley	2-0	132	20	15.	Reedley	3-0	145	17
16.	Golden West	2-1	101	13	16.	Diablo Valley	2-0	134	20
17.	Long Beach City	2-1	91	19	17.	Saddleback	1-1	133	12
18.	San Diego Mesa	2-1	86	25	18.	San Diego Mesa	2-1	118	23
19.	Saddleback	1-1	75	14	19.	Golden West	2-1	112	13
20.	East Los Angeles	2-1	55	17	20.	East Los Angeles	2-1	98	16
21.	Palomar	2-1	49	RV	21.	Laney	1-2	84	RV
22.	Contra Costa	2-0	36	RV	22.	Palomar	2-1	63	RV
23.	Feather River	2-0	32	RV	23.	El Camino	1-2	49	19
T24.	Monterey Peninsula	2-1	29	24	24.	Shasta	1-1	41	21
T24.	Citrus	2-1	29	18	T25.	Cerritos	1-2	36	18
Others: Shasta 28, Laney 17, Grossmont 15, San Bernardino					T25.	San Bernardino Valley	1-1	36	NR
Valley 14, Cerritos 12, Merced 11, El Camino 8, Southwestern 5,					Others: Grossmont 24, Citrus 18, College of the Sequoias 15,
Foothill 4, L.A. Harbor 3, Pasadena City 1.					Moorpark 12, Mt. San Jacinto 10, Monterey Peninsula 9, Sacramento
					City 8, Sierra 8, Feather River 8, Pasadena City 7, Southwestern 4,
					Foothill 2, Santa Rosa 1.