San Mateo, Ventura, San Francisco and Canyons remain unbeaten and atop football polls
SAN MATEO – The top five teams maintain their positions for a third week in California Community College football -- in advance of upcoming league showdowns. College of San Mateo remains No. 1, with six first place votes and 246 points, in the JC Athletic Bureau poll of CCC football coaches after defeating now No. 21 Laney, 52-7. CSM has not lost to a Northern California team since 2018 -- when Laney, en route to the 2018 state championship, beat the Bulldogs in the region playoffs. San Mateo visits No. 8 Diablo Valley Friday in a battle of 2-0 Bay 6 League teams.
No. 2 Ventura turned back Bakersfield, 23-17, and visits No. 14 Allan Hancock on Saturday. No. 3 City College of San Francisco handled San Joaquin Delta, 63-0, and plays at Laney on Friday in a regional (KOFY TV20) and national cable (Next Level Sports) telecast. No. 4 College of the Canyons defeated Hancock, 34-14, and visits co-No. 24 East Los Angeles Saturday. The top four teams are the remaining unbeatens (all 7-0) in the National (state championship) Division. Golden West (6-1), solidly in the No. 5 position, beat Saddleback, 34-3. The Rustlers host San Bernardino Valley Saturday.
Upcoming showdowns between leading ranked teams in each National Division league:
Saturday
Valley—No. 6 Modesto at No. 7 Fresno; Southern—No. 9 Fullerton at No. 11 San Diego Mesa; Central—No. 15 El Camino at No. 10 Riverside (defending state champion); NorCal--No. 13 American River at No. 12 Butte.
Nov. 6
Northern—No. 2 Ventura at No. 4 Canyons; Central—Cerritos at No. 10 Riverside.
Nov. 13
Bay 6—No. 3 CCSF at No. 1 San Mateo; Southern—No. 9 Fullerton at No. 5 Golden West.
TOP NATIONAL DIVISION GAMES FRIDAY (Oct. 29)
No. 1 San Mateo at No. 8 Diablo Valley; No. 3 CCSF at No. 21 Laney.
MORE TOP SATURDAY GAMES
No. 2 Ventura at No. 14 Hancock; No. 4 Canyons at No. 24 East LA; San Bernardino at No. 5 Golden West; Chaffey at No. 16 Mt. SAC; No. 23 Long Beach at No. 17 Bakersfield; coNo. 24 Sierra at No. 19 Shasta; No. 22 Palomar at Cerritos; coNo. 24 Reedley at West Hills.
American Division: No. 18 Contra Costa just ousted one unbeaten, Foothill, 41-13, and visits the remaining perfect division team, No. 20 Feather River, Saturday. Mountain League crucials Saturday have Antelope Valley at Santa Barbara and Moorpark at LA Valley.
| CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL (Oct. 25) | JC ATHLETIC BUREA COACHES FOOTBALL POLL (Oct. 25) | |||||||||
| Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | |
| 1. | College of San Mateo (4) | 7-0 | 216 | T-1 | 1. | College of San Mateo (4) | 7-0 | 221 | 1 | |
| 2. | City College of San Francisco (2) | 7-0 | 211 | T-1 | 2. | Ventura (2) | 7-0 | 212 | 2 | |
| 3. | Ventura (2) | 7-0 | 210 | 3 | 3. | City College of San Francisco (2) | 7-0 | 208 | 3 | |
| 4. | College of the Canyons (1) | 7-0 | 208 | 4 | 4. | College of the Canyons (1) | 7-0 | 205 | 4 | |
| 5. | Golden West | 6-1 | 185 | 5 | 5. | Golden West | 6-1 | 186 | 5 | |
| 6. | Fresno City | 6-1 | 179 | 6 | 6. | Modesto | 5-2 | 165 | 10 | |
| 7. | Modesto | 5-2 | 153 | 8 | 7. | Fresno City | 6-1 | 163 | 6 | |
| 8. | Riverside City | 5-2 | 153 | 9 | 8. | Diablo Valley | 5-2 | 162 | 9 | |
| 9. | Fullerton | 5-2 | 139 | 13 | 8. | Fullerton | 5-2 | 150 | 12 | |
| 10. | Diablo Valley | 5-2 | 131 | T-11 | 9. | Riverside City | 5-2 | 144 | 14 | |
| 11. | San Diego Mesa | 5-2 | 114 | 7 | 10. | San Diego Mesa | 5-2 | 135 | 7 | |
| 12. | Contra Costa | 6-0 | 97 | 16 | 11. | Butte | 4-3 | 115 | 16 | |
| 13. | El Camino | 4-3 | 91 | 10 | 12. | American River | 4-3 | 105 | 18 | |
| T14. | Feather River | 6-0 | 84 | 17 | 13. | Allan Hancock | 4-2 | 99 | 11 | |
| T14. | Butte | 4-3 | 84 | 19 | 14. | El Camino | 4-3 | 96 | 8 | |
| T14. | Mt. San Antonio | 3-2 | 84 | T-11 | 15. | Mt. San Antonio | 3-2 | 93 | 13 | |
| 17. | Allan Hancock | 4-2 | 83 | 15 | 16. | Bakersfield | 4-3 | 74 | 15 | |
| 18. | Bakersfield | 4-3 | 77 | 14 | 17. | Contra Costa | 6-0 | 56 | 19 | |
| 19. | American River | 4-3 | 72 | T-21 | 18. | Shasta | 4-2 | 49 | 23 | |
| 20. | Mt. San Jacinto | 6-1 | 59 | 24 | 19. | Feather River | 6-0 | 41 | 24 | |
| 21. | Shasta | 4-2 | 57 | RV | 20. | Laney | 3-4 | 34 | 17 | |
| 22. | Cerritos | 3-3 | 41 | RV | 22. | Palomar | 3-4 | 30 | RV | |
| 23. | Grossmont | 5-2 | 34 | RV | 23. | Long Beach City | 3-4 | 27 | RV | |
| T24. | Foothill | 5-1 | 26 | 20 | T24. | East Los Angeles | 3-4 | 23 | 22 | |
| T24. | Reedley | 4-3 | 26 | 18 | T24. | Reedley | 4-3 | 23 | 21 | |
| Others: Sierra 22, Antelope Valley 20, Pasadena City 19, Laney 19, | T24. | Sierra | 4-3 | 23 | 20 | |||||
| Santa Barbara City 9, Palomar 8, Long Beach City 8, Glendale 4, | Other: Cerritos 22, Mt. San Jacinto 21, College of the Sequoias 14,Grossmont 12, Foothill 10, Antelope Valley 4, Chabot 1, Saddleback 1,San Bernardino Valley 1. | |||||||||
| San Bernardino Valley 1, College of the Sequoias 1. | ||||||||||