Undefeated football teams lead statewide polls but City College of San Francisco is close No. 1
SAN MATEO – City College of San Francisco squeezed ahead of Riverside City College in this week’s JC Athletic Bureau poll of California Community College Football Coaches Association members. It was a narrow 2-point margin, 267-265. While CCSF (6-0) is the lone remaining National (state championship) Division unbeaten in Northern California, three SoCal teams are still perfect No. 2 Riverside, No. 3 Mt. San Antonio, and No. 4 Fullerton. Those 6-0 teams continue to receive differing views from voters.
The top nine teams are in the same order in the poll of sports information directors in the CCCSIA rankings. And like the JCAB poll, the teams are bunched at the top.
Most of the top teams posted solid league wins last week: CCSF, 64-3 over San Joaquin Delta; Riverside, 63-0, over Grossmont; Mt. SAC, 29-7, over then No. 15 Cerritos; and Fullerton, 27-14, over formerly No. 20 San Diego Mesa. No. 5 Butte (5-1) defeated Santa Rosa, 52-36, and No. 7 American River (5-1) topped Shasta, 56-7, in NorCal League openers. That set-up this Saturday’s league showdown in Oroville between the two top-10 teams.
Defending state champion and now No. 6 College of San Mateo (5-1) rebounded from its narrow 30-28 non-league loss at Butte with a convincing 66-7 Bay 6 League opening win at Laney College (with which they shared the 2022 league title). It was CSM’s highest point total since 2016 -- when the Bulldogs defeated a Sierra team, 69-20, that included current SF 49ers star receiver Brandon Aiyuk. CCSF visits Laney on Friday. CSM hosts Diablo Valley (only team to defeat the Bulldogs in 2022) in a Saturday clash of early 1-0 B6 teams.
In SoCal, Riverside visits Southwestern and Fullerton entertains Palomar in the Southern League. Mt. SAC jaunts to No. 16 East LA in a key Central League contest. No. 22 Allan Hancock visits No. 12 College of the Canyons in the Northern League.
TOP GAMES THIS WEEK
(Oct. 20): No. 1 CCSF at Laney.
(Oct. 21): No. 2 Riverside at Southwestern, No. 3 Mt. San Antonio at No. 16 East LA, Palomar at No. 4 Fullerton, No. 7 American River at No. 5 Butte, Diablo Valley at No. 6 San Mateo, No. 8 Golden West at San Bernardino, No. 24 Sequoias at No. 9 Reedley, No. 10 Ventura at Antelope Valley, No. 11 Sierra at Shasta, No. 22 Hancock at No. 12 Canyons, No. 13 Contra Costa at No. 20 Modesto, No. 14 Saddleback at Grossmont, No. 15 El Camino at Santa Barbara, No. 17 Citrus at No. 19 Cerritos, No. 18 Long Beach at Orange Coast, Sacramento at No. 21 Fresno, Mt. San Jacinto at No. 22 SD Mesa, Moorpark at No. 25 Bakersfield.
AMERICAN DIV: Los Medanos at Foothill, Chaffey at Desert, San Jose at Gavilan, Pasadena at LA Pierce, Hartnell at Monterey.
(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)
| JCAB FOOTBALL POLL (Oct. 16) | CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL (Oct. 2) | ||||||||||
| RK | School | Record | Pts | PR | RK | School | Record | Pts | PR | ||
| 1. | City College of San Francisco (3) | 6-0 | 267 | 2 | 1. | City College of San Francisco (2) | 6-0 | 145 | T-2 | ||
| 2. | Riverside City (6) | 6-0 | 265 | 1 | 2. | Riverside City (3) | 6-0 | 144 | 1 | ||
| 3. | Mt. San Antonio (2) | 6-0 | 255 | 3 | 3. | Mt. San Antonio (1) | 6-0 | 141 | T-2 | ||
| 4. | Fullerton | 6-0 | 245 | 4 | 4. | Fullerton | 6-0 | 132 | 4 | ||
| 5. | Butte | 5-1 | 226 | 5 | 5. | Butte | 5-1 | 125 | 5 | ||
| 6. | College of San Mateo | 5-1 | 216 | T-6 | 6. | College of San Mateo | 5-1 | 118 | 6 | ||
| 7. | American River | 5-1 | 214 | T-6 | 7. | American River | 5-1 | 116 | 7 | ||
| 8. | Golden West | 5-1 | 203 | 8 | 8. | Golden West | 5-1 | 109 | 8 | ||
| 9. | Reedley | 5-1 | 174 | T-12 | 9. | Reedley | 5-1 | 97 | 11 | ||
| 10. | Ventura | 4-2 | 170 | T-12 | 10. | Sierra | 4-2 | 79 | 12 | ||
| 11. | Sierra | 4-2 | 158 | 14 | T11. | College of the Canyons | 4-2 | 72 | 17 | ||
| 12. | College of the Canyons | 4-2 | 146 | 17 | T11. | Ventura | 4-2 | 72 | 14 | ||
| 13. | Contra Costa | 5-1 | 122 | 9 | T11. | El Camino | 4-2 | 72 | 9 | ||
| 14. | Saddleback | 4-2 | 121 | 18 | 14. | Contra Costa | 5-1 | 69 | 10 | ||
| 15. | El Camino | 4-2 | 120 | 10 | 15. | Citrus | 4-2 | 60 | 15 | ||
| 16. | East Los Angeles | 4-2 | 115 | 21 | 16. | East Los Angeles | 4-2 | 44 | 25 | ||
| 17. | Citrus | 4-2 | 94 | 22 | 17. | Saddleback | 4-2 | 43 | 20 | ||
| 18. | Long Beach City | 3-3 | 78 | 11 | 18. | Foothill | 6-0 | 39 | 18 | ||
| 19. | Cerritos | 3-3 | 75 | 15 | 19. | Long Beach City | 3-3 | 34 | 13 | ||
| 20. | Modesto | 3-3 | 70 | 25 | 20. | Modesto | 3-3 | 33 | 22 | ||
| 21. | Fresno City | 3-3 | 54 | NR | 21. | Chaffey | 6-0 | 31 | 24 | ||
| T22. | Allan Hancock | 3-3 | 36 | NR | 22. | Cerritos | 3-3 | 27 | 16 | ||
| T22. | San Diego Mesa | 3-3 | 36 | 20 | 23. | Fresno City | 3-3 | 18 | RV | ||
| 24. | College of the Sequoias | 3-3 | 32 | 16 | 24. | Allan Hancock | 3-3 | 17 | RV | ||
| 25. | Bakersfield | 3-3 | 26 | 19 | T25. | Hartnell | 6-0 | 16 | RV | ||
| Others: Foothill, 25; Chaffey, 19; Sacramento City, 5; Santa Barbara City, 4; San Jose City, 2; Pasadena City, 1; Hartnell, 1. | T25. | San Diego Mesa | 3-3 | 16 | 19 | ||||||
| T25. | Pasadena City |
5-1 |
16 | RV | |||||||
| Others: Santa Ana, 12; Monterey Peninsual, 10; San Jose City, 9, College College of the Sequoias, 8; Bakersfield, 7; Laney, 7; College of the Desert, 6; Sacramento City, 3; Glendale, 2; Santa Barbara City, 1. | |||||||||||