Ventura is No. 1 among CCCSIA pollsters while coaches tab College of San Mateo in JC Athletic Bureau rankings
JC Athletic Bureau Poll (PDF format)
SAN MATEO – A battle of unbeatens - No. 3 City College of San Francisco at No. 1 College of San Mateo – is in the end of the regular season spotlight for most California Community College Athletic Association football teams Saturday. San Mateo continues to lead the poll of California Community College football coaches, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau - with six first place votes and 268 points.
Ventura remains solidly in the No. 2 spot with 262 points after winning last week’s Northern League showdown with then No. 6 College of the Canyons, 19-7, and has clinched a state playoff berth. So has No. 6 Riverside City College, the reigning state champion, which has a 2-game lead in the Central League after edging Cerritos, 40-38, on a 36-yard field goal by Jacob Marroquin as time expired. No. 4 Golden West and No. 8 Fullerton will match their unbeaten Southern League records Saturday in Huntington Beach.
No. 5 Fresno CC secured the Valley League’s region berth, beating West Hills, 63-21. The NorCal League has a virtual 3-way tie after then No. 19 Sierra’s 42-34 double overtime win over now No. 12 American River. Sierra jumped to No. 14 this week and has the best RPI, also ahead of No. 11 Butte. CSM and CCSF hold the top two NorCal RPI spots. Both, therefore, should advance to the playoffs. Riverside defeated San Mateo in the 2019 title game. “Top” teams from each of the three National Division leagues in both the north and south, along with a wild card, qualify to Nov. 27 region semifinals.
Nov. 13 National Division finales: “Title” Deciders: No. 3 CCSF at No. 1 San Mateo (Bay 6); No. 8 Fullerton at No. 4 Golden West (Southern).
Other games: No. 17 East LA at No. 2 Ventura; No. 18 Reedley at No. 5 Fresno; Chaffey at No. 6 Riverside; No. 7 Canyons at Long Beach; Sequoias at No. 9 Modesto; Cerritos at No. 10 Mt. San Antonio; No. 24 Shasta at No. 11 Butte; Siskiyous at No. 12 American River; No. 21 Palomar at No. 13 El Camino; No. 14 Sierra at Santa Rosa; No. 22 Bakersfield at No. 15 Hancock; No. 16 SD Mesa at Southwestern.
Friday, Nov. 12 games: Delta at No. 19 Diablo Valley; Chabot at No. 23 Laney. There will be some make-ups Nov. 20. Playoffs begin Nov. 27.
American Division: Pacific 7- Foothill (3-1) will try to create a 3-way logjam, visiting No. 20 Feather River (4-0; 8-0 overall).
No. 24 Contra Costa (3-1) finishes at Los Medanos (2-2). Metro - Has the same situation. Leader Santa Ana (4-0) closes at Glendale (2-1 with a make-up pending). Citrus (3-1) remains in the hunt, closing with LA Harbor. Pacific - Top spot at stake when Antelope Valley (4-0) closes at Moorpark (2-1), which also needs a makeup. Mountain - Pasadena and Mt. San Jacinto finished tied at 4-1.
(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)
| CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 8) | JC ATHLETIC BUREAU COACHES FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 8) | |||||||||
| Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | Rk. | School | Record | Points | PR | |
| 1. | Ventura (3) | 9-0 | 218 | T-2 | 1. | College of San Mateo (6) | 9-0 | 268 | 1 | |
| 2. | College of San Mateo (5) | 9-0 | 216 | 1 | 2. | Ventura (4) | 9-0 | 262 | 2 | |
| 3. | City College of San Francisco (1) | 9-0 | 213 | T-2 | 3. | City College of San Francisco (1) | 9-0 | 256 | 3 | |
| 4. | Golden West | 9-0 | 199 | 4 | 4. | Golden West | 9-0 | 248 | 4 | |
| 5. | Fresno City | 8-1 | 186 | 5 | 5. | Fresno City | 8-1 | 230 | 5 | |
| 6. | Riverside City | 7-2 | 174 | 6 | 6. | Riverside City | 7-2 | 208 | 8 | |
| 7. | Fullerton | 7-2 | 159 | 8 | 7. | College of the Canyons | 7-2 | 207 | 6 | |
| 8. | College of the Canyons | 7-2 | 151 | 7 | 8. | Fullerton | 7-2 | 199 | 7 | |
| 9. | Mt. San Antonio | 5-2 | 149 | 9 | 9. | Modesto | 6-3 | 192 | 9 | |
| 10. | Modesto | 6-3 | 141 | 11 | 10. | Mt. San Antonio | 5-2 | 165 | 12 | |
| 11. | El Camino | 5-4 | 124 | 15 | 11. | Butte | 5-4 | 142 | 15 | |
| 12. | Feather River | 8-0 | 117 | 12 | 12. | American River | 5-4 | 141 | 11 | |
| 13. | San Diego Mesa | 5-3 | 97 | 10 | 13. | El Camino | 5-4 | 133 | 16 | |
| 14. | Butte | 5-4 | 85 | T-17 | 14. | Sierra | 5-3 | 128 | 19 | |
| 15. | Reedley | 6-3 | 69 | 22 | 15. | Allan Hancock | 4-3 | 118 | 14 | |
| 16. | Contra Costa | 9-1 | 63 | 19 | 16. | San Diego Mesa | 5-3 | 111 | 10 | |
| 17. | Diablo Valley | 5-4 | 63 | 14 | 17. | East Los Angeles | 5-4 | 101 | 17 | |
| 18. | Sierra | 5-3 | 60 | 24 | 18. | Reedley | 6-3 | 92 | 21 | |
| 19. | American River | 5-4 | 60 | 13 | 19. | Diablo Valley | 5-4 | 88 | 13 | |
| 20. | Grossmont | 6-2 | 58 | T-17 | 20. | Feather River | 8-0 | 53 | 22 | |
| 21. | East Los Angeles | 5-4 | 53 | RV | 21. | Palomar | 4-5 | 43 | 20 | |
| 22. | Pasadena City | 7-2 | 47 | RV | 22. | Bakersfield | 2-7* | 40 | 18 | |
| 23. | Mt. San Jacinto | 7-2 | 46 | 16 | 23. | Laney | 4-5 | 38 | 25 | |
| 24. | Foothill | 7-1 | 42 | 23 | 24. | Contra Costa | 9-1 | 19 | RV | |
| 25. | Allan Hancock | 4-3 | 30 | T20 | 25. | Shasta | 4-4 | 19 | 23 | |
| Others: Antelope Valley 29, Santa Ana 23, Palomar 16, Bakersfield | Others: Foothill 10, College of the Sequoias 10, Antelope Valley 9, | |||||||||
| 11, Monterey Peninsula 8, Laney 7, Long Beach City 4, Saddleback | Mt. San Jacinto 9, Grossmont 8, Cerritos 8, Long Beach City 7, | |||||||||
| 3, Santa Barbara City 3, Glendale 1. | Santa Ana 5, Pasadena City 3, Santa Rosa 2, Southwestern 2, | |||||||||
| Monterey Peninsula 1. | ||||||||||