The high school football regular season in the Bay Area ends this weekend.
Playoff brackets will be unveiled Sunday, with elimination games starting the following weekend.
In other words, the season is winding down.
De La Salle, Archbishop Riordan, Pittsburg, Acalanes and Serra held down their spots among the Top 5 in the latest Bay Area News Group rankings, with Los Gatos coming in at No. 6.
McClymonds is back at No. 7, Liberty and California entered the Top 10 and Livermore and James Logan cracked the Top 25.
El Cerrito and Wilcox leaped into the Top 15, and Valley Christian and Antioch dropped out.
On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (9-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat California 52-14
Up next: Friday vs. Clayton Valley Charter, 7 p.m.
No. 2 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (9-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Archbishop Mitty 37-7
Up next: Friday at Serra, 7 p.m.
No. 3 PITTSBURG (8-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat Freedom 42-0
Up next: Saturday vs. Antioch, 1:30 p.m.
No. 4 ACALANES (9-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Clayton Valley Charter 31-14
Up next: Friday at Las Lomas, 7 p.m.
No. 5 SERRA (6-3)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Bellarmine 39-7
Up next: Friday vs. Archbishop Riordan, 7 p.m.
No. 6 LOS GATOS (6-3)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Beat Menlo-Atherton 56-13
Up next: Thursday vs. Palo Alto, 7 p.m.
No. 7 MCCLYMONDS (7-2)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Skyline 44-0
Up next: Friday vs. Oakland, 7 p.m.
No. 8 ST. FRANCIS (4-5)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 21-20
Up next: Friday vs. Valley Christian, 7 p.m.
No. 9 LIBERTY (7-2)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Antioch, forfeit
Up next: Friday vs. Heritage, 7 p.m.
No. 10 CALIFORNIA (7-2)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Lost to De La Salle 52-14
Up next: Friday vs. Amador Valley, 7:15 p.m.
No. 11 SAN RAMON VALLEY (5-4)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday vs. Monte Vista, 7:15 p.m.
No. 12 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (5-4)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Lost to Archbishop Riordan 37-7
Up next: Friday vs. Bellarmine, 7 p.m.
No. 13 EL CERRITO (7-2)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Pinole Valley 47-0
Up next: Friday vs. De Anza, 7 p.m.
No. 14 WILCOX (6-3)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Beat Menlo School, forfeit
Up next: Friday at Menlo-Atherton, 7 p.m.
No. 15 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (5-4)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Lost to Acalanes 31-14
Up next: Friday at De La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 16 CAMPOLINDO (7-2)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Las Lomas 21-7
Up next: Friday at Miramonte, 7 p.m.
No. 17 MONTE VISTA (5-4)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost to Amador Valley 35-14
Up next: Friday at San Ramon Valley, 7:15 p.m.
No. 18 SANTA TERESA (9-0)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Beat Branham 59-49
Up next: Friday vs. Lincoln-San Jose, 7:15 p.m.
No. 19 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (4-5)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Lost to St. Francis 21-20
Up next: Friday vs. St. Ignatius at Kezar Stadium, 6 p.m.
No. 20 MENLO SCHOOL (7-2)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Lost to Wilcox, forfeit
Up next: Friday vs. Sacred Heart Prep, 7 p.m.
No. 21 SALESIAN (8-1)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Beat St. Mary’s-Berkeley 54-21
Up next: Saturday vs. Pinole Valley, 1 p.m.
No. 22 THE KING’S ACADEMY (8-1)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Beat Carlmont 42-0
Up next: Friday at Capuchino, 7 p.m.
No. 23 WOODSIDE (9-0)
Previous ranking: 24
Last week: Beat Aragon 37-0
Up next: Friday at Milpitas, 7 p.m.
No. 24 LIVERMORE (8-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Foothill 38-17
Up next: Friday vs. Granada, 7:15 p.m.
No. 25 JAMES LOGAN (6-3)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Bishop O’Dowd 17-0
Up next: Friday at Berkeley, 7 p.m.
Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The news organization’s high school staff chooses the teams.