City College of San Francisco is No. 1 in football polls as postseason looms

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SAN MATEO – City College of San Francisco is the new state leader but in a familiar position in

California Community College Athletic Association football, finishing regular season play with a perfect 10-0 record. The Rams took six first place votes and totaled 222 points in this week’s poll of California Community College football coaches, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau, after holding off formerly No. 1 College of San Mateo, 31-27, in Saturday’s Bay 6 League finale. CCSF DB Murvin Kenion III intercepted a host CSM pass on his own 30-yard line with 59 seconds remaining to thwart the Bulldogs’ potential game-winning drive and prevent a league 5-peat in front of an SRO crowd of 5,300 and a national cable TV audience.

Ventura College remains No. 2 with 217 points and leads SoCal teams heading into state regional play Nov. 27. Although there will be a handful of make-up  games Nov. 20, the teams in the state playoff field appears set. Northern Calif.: No. 9 American River (6-4) at CCSF (10-0) and No.7 Fresno CC (8-2) at no. 4 San Mateo (9-1), the wildcard.. SoCal:  No. 2 Ventura (10-0) and No. 3 Golden West (10-0) are 1-2 and set to host regionals against reigning state champ  No. 5 Riverside CC (8-2) and wildcard No. 6 College of the Canyons (7-2) – but pairings will not be set until final power rankings are compiled after Nov. 20 makeup  games. Playoff/bowl committees meet Nov. 21.

Each region is scheduled to have an American Division championship bowl and four other bowl games.

Golden West won its first Southern League title Saturday, defeating then co-leader Fullerton,12-7. American River grabbed the NorCal League’s playoff berth when Santa Rosa ousted Sierra, 24-21, from a pending 3-way title tie (including now co-champ Butte).

CCSF has won a record seven CCCAA football championships. Riverside defeated San Mateo in the 2019 state title game.

American Division league champions: NorCal: Golden Coast—Monterey. Peninsula. Pacific 7—Feather. River.

SoCal: Metro—Santa Ana.  Pacific--Antelope Valley. Mountain (tie)—Mt. San Jacinto, Pasadena, Grossmont.

Makeup games, Nov. 19: Orange Coast at Santa  Barbara, Glendale at Desert.

Nov. 20:  #12 Fullerton at #15 SD Mesa, #13 Hancock at Long Beach, San Bernardino at #17 Mt. San Antonio, Southwestern at #24 Cerritos, Sequoias at Shasta, West LA at Santa Monica, Moorpark at LA Pierce.  Siskiyous at #20 Sierra, cancelled.

(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)