Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (10-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Clayton Valley Charter 47-15
Up next: Friday vs. San Ramon Valley in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 2 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (10-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Serra 42-35
Up next: Saturday vs. Salinas in CCS Open/Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 3 PITTSBURG (9-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat Antioch 56-3
Up next: Friday vs. Liberty in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 4 ACALANES (10-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Las Lomas 40-28
Up next: Friday vs. Marin Catholic in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 5 SERRA (6-4)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Lost to Archbishop Riordan 42-35
Up next: Saturday vs. Archbishop Mitty in CCS Open/Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 6 LOS GATOS (7-3)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 57-7
Up next: Friday vs. St. Francis in CCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 7 MCCLYMONDS (8-2)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Beat Oakland 39-6
Up next: TBA
No. 8 ST. FRANCIS (5-5)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Beat Valley Christian 35-28
Up next: Friday at Los Gatos in CCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 9 LIBERTY (8-2)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Heritage 59-10
Up next: Friday at Pittsburg in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 10 SAN RAMON VALLEY (6-4)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Monte Vista 28-10
Up next: Friday at De La Salle in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 11 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (6-4)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Bellarmine 42-0
Up next: Saturday at Serra in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 12 CAMPOLINDO (8-2)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Miramonte 25-22
Up next: Friday at Livermore in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 13 CALIFORNIA (7-3)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost to Amador Valley 42-35
Up next: Friday at American Canyon in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 14 EL CERRITO (8-2)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat De Anza 49-0
Up next: Friday vs. Dublin in NCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 15 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (5-5)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Lost to De La Salle 47-15
Up next: Friday vs. Windsor in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 16 MONTE VISTA (5-5)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Lost to San Ramon Valley 28-10
Up next: Friday vs. Amador Valley in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 17 SANTA TERESA (10-0)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Beat Lincoln-San Jose 35-28
Up next: Friday vs. North Salinas in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 18 WILCOX (6-4)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Lost to Menlo-Atherton 14-7
Up next: Saturday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral in CCS Division II playoffs at City College of San Francisco, 1 p.m.
No. 19 MENLO SCHOOL (8-2)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 21-6
Up next: Saturday vs. The King’s Academy in CCS Division II playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 20 ST IGNATIUS (4-6)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 23-14
Up next: Friday vs. Alisal in CCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 21 SALESIAN (9-1)
Previous ranking: 21
Last week: Beat Pinole Valley 34-14
Up next: Saturday vs. Northgate in NCS Division V playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 22 THE KING’S ACADEMY (9-1)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Capuchino 37-6
Up next: Saturday at Menlo School in CCS Division II playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 23 WOODSIDE (10-0)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Beat Milpitas 42-14
Up next: Friday vs. San Mateo in CCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 24 LIVERMORE (9-1)
Previous ranking: 24
Last week: Beat Granada 15-13
Up next: Friday vs. Campolindo in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p,m.
No. 25 JAMES LOGAN (7-3)
Previous ranking: 25
Last week: Beat Berkeley 23-7
Up next: Friday vs. Rancho Cotate in NCS Division III playoffs, 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