San Mateo, Ventura, San Francisco and Golden West remain unbeaten as polls head down home stretch
JC Athletic Bureau release (PDF format)
SAN MATEO - With just two full weeks of regular season play remaining, the top teams in California Community College football remain in place, heading into league and post-season deciding crucial contests. College of San Mateo stays atop this week’s JC Athletic Bureau poll of CCC football coaches with six first-place votes and 268 points.
CSM won a first-place Bay 6 showdown at then-No. 8 Diablo Valley, 24-7. No. 3 City College of San Francisco beat formerly No. 21 Laney, 46-7. That sets up a potential meeting of 9-0 teams in a Nov. 13 finale.
Formerly No. 4 College of the Canyons was upset by then-No. 24 East Los Angeles, 10-7, and now faces a first-place Northern Division showdown with visiting No. 2 Ventura on Saturday. Ventura, trailing 32-21, scored two fourth-quarter TDs for a 35-34 comeback win over No. 14 Allan Hancock to stay perfect. There is a “new” unbeaten in now No. 4 Golden West, which received a forfeit of its early 20-19 setback to Bakersfield. The Rustlers finish with title-determining contests against No. 10 San Diego Mesa and No. 7 Fullerton.
Fresno City College is No. 5 after taking control in the Valley with a 22-16 comeback win at Modesto, keyed by a pair of big defensive plays by two soph DBs. Trailing, 16-7, entering the final period, Caden Ochoa had a pick-six 49-yard interception return and Kiundre McDowel returned a fumble 97 yards for the winning score, turning around a potential 11-play Pirates’ clinching drive.
Upcoming showdowns among leading teams in each National Division league:
Nov. 6: Northern: No. 2 Ventura at No. 6 Canyons; also No. 14 Hancock at Long Beach; Bay 6: No. 13 Diablo Valley at No. 3 CCSF; also: No. 1 San Mateo at Chabot and No. 25 Laney at Delta. Southern: No. 4 Golden West at No. 10 San Diego Mesa; also Saddleback at No. 7 Fullerton. Central: Cerritos at No. 8 Riverside; No. 12 Mt. SAC at No. 20 Palomar; also No. 16 El Camino at Chaffey. NorCal: No. 11 American River at No. 19 Sierra; No. 15 Butte at Siskiyous. Valley: West Hills at No. 5 Fresno; No. 9 Modesto at Sacramento; No. 21 Reedley at Sequoias.
Nov. 13 “finales”: CCSF at San Mateo, East LA at Ventura, Fullerton at Golden West, Reedley at Fresno, Canyons at Long Beach, Chaffey at Riverside, Sequoias at Modesto, SD Mesa at Southwestern, Siskiyous at American River, Cerritos at Mt. SAC, Bakersfield at Hancock, Shasta at Butte, Palomar at El Camino, Sierra at Santa Rosa. There will be some make-ups Nov. 20. Playoffs start Nov. 27
American Division: Feather River survived Pacific 7 battles among 3 season unbeatens the past two weeks, edging Contra Costa 28-27. The visiting Comets scored with 3 seconds left but missed the tying PAT kick and an overtime session. Upcoming Saturday: Feather Riv. at DeAnza, Mt..S.Jacinto at Gavilan, L.Medanos at Foothill, Glendale at Citrus, Pierce at AVC, MPC at Hartnell, Merced at Gavilan.
(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)
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JC ATHLETIC BUREAU COACHES FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 1) | |||||||||
| Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | |
| 1. | College of San Mateo (6) | 8-0 | 220 | 1 | 1. | College of San Mateo (6) | 8-0 | 268 | 1 | |
| T2. | Ventura (2) | 8-0 | 213 | 3 | 2. | Ventura (3) | 8-0 | 263 | 2 | |
| T2. | City College of San Francisco (1) | 8-0 | 213 | 2 | 3. | City College of San Francisco (2) | 8-0 | 258 | 3 | |
| 4. | Golden West | 8-0 | 198 | 5 | 4. | Golden West | 8-0 | 243 | 5 | |
| 5. | Fresno City | 7-1 | 185 | 6 | 5. | Fresno City | 7-1 | 230 | 7 | |
| 6. | Riverside City | 6-2 | 163 | 8 | 6. | College of the Canyons | 7-1 | 213 | 4 | |
| 7. | College of the Canyons | 7-1 | 162 | 4 | 7. | Fullerton | 5-2 | 191 | 9 | |
| 8. | Fullerton | 5-2 | 152 | 9 | 8. | Riverside City | 6-2 | 183 | 10 | |
| 9. | Mt. San Antonio | 4-2 | 129 | T-14 | 9. | Modesto | 5-3 | 165 | 6 | |
| 10. | San Diego Mesa | 5-2 | 121 | 11 | 10. | San Diego Mesa | 5-2 | 168 | 11 | |
| 11. | Modesto | 5-3 | 118 | 7 | 11. | American River | 5-3 | 162 | 13 | |
| 12. | Feather River | 7-0 | 106 | T-14 | 12. | Mt. San Antonio | 4-2 | 136 | 16 | |
| 13. | American River | 5-3 | 103 | 19 | 13. | Diablo Valley | 5-3 | 135 | 8 | |
| 14. | Diablo Valley | 5-3 | 94 | 10 | 14. | Allan Hancock | 4-3 | 127 | 14 | |
| 15. | El Camino | 5-3 | 73 | 13 | 15. | Butte | 4-4 | 115 | 12 | |
| 16. | Mt. San Jacinto | 7-1 | 67 | 20 | 16. | El Camino | 5-3 | 90 | 15 | |
| T17. | Grossmont | 6-2 | 62 | 23 | 17. | East Los Angeles | 4-4 | 84 | T-25 | |
| T17. | Butte | 4-4 | 62 | T-14 | 18. | Bakersfield | 2-6* | 79 | 17 | |
| 19. | Contra Costa | 6-1 | 58 | 12 | 19. | Sierra | 4-3 | 71 | T-25 | |
| T20. | Bakersfield | 2-6* | 53 | 18 | 20. | Palomar | 4-4 | 57 | 22 | |
| T20. | Allan Hancock | 4-3 | 53 | 17 | 21. | Reedley | 5-3 | 52 | T-25 | |
| 22. | Reedley | 5-3 | 48 | T-24 | 22. | Feather River | 7-0 | 50 | 20 | |
| 23. | Foothill | 6-1 | 46 | T-24 | 23. | Shasta | 4-3 | 43 | 19 | |
| 24. | Sierra | 4-3 | 34 | RV | 24. | Mt. San Jacinto | 7-1 | 31 | RV | |
| 25. | Palomar | 4-4 | 33 | RV | 25. | Laney | 3-5 | 28 | 21 | |
| Others: East Los Angeles 31, Pasadena City 23, Antelope Valley 22, | Others: Contra Costa 25, College of the Sequoias 19, Long Beach | |||||||||
| Shasta 17, Laney 14, Cerritos 13, Glendale 10, Santa Barbara City 9, | City 14, Foothill 10, Antelope Valley 10, Grossmont 9, Cerritos 8, | |||||||||
| College of the Sequoias 9, Long Beach City 6, Santa Ana 3, Monterey | Saddleback 8, Santa Ana 6, Monterey Peninsula 5, Glendale 3, | |||||||||
| Peninsula 2. | Citrus 2, Pasadena City 1. | |||||||||