Video: CIF Southern Section record 86 points in first halfAll of the section championship games have been played. Now it's the job of the state's section commissioners to choose the matchups for the Open Division championship game and the 24 regional playoff matchups.
MaxPreps is offering its own suggestion for the 25 matchups (a NorCal regional play-in game has already been contested) based on the MaxPreps Computer Football Rankings.
The marquis matchup figures to pit De La Salle, the North Coast Section Division I champion for the 24th consecutive year, against Centennial (Corona), the 62-52 winner over St. John Bosco (Bellflower) in the Pac-5 Division championship game that was dubbed the Game of the Century. The two teams are likely to be chosen for the Open Division championship game.
Regional games will be played at host sites on Friday and Saturday. The championship games are set for Dec. 18 and 19 with the Open Division, Open Division Small School, Division I-AA, Division I-A and Division II-AA all to be played at Sacramento State. The remaining championship games will be played at home sites.
Following are the unofficial regional matchups for the 13 CIF Football Championship Games. Teams are listed by their section enrollment division along with their record and their rating based on the MaxPreps Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard. Efforts were made to avoid regional matchups between schools from the same section (except the Southern Section).
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Open Division
North
NCS D1 –
De La Salle (Concord), 12-1, 75.1
South
SS Pac-5 –
Centennial (Corona), 14-0, 85.5
1-AA Division
North
SJS D1 –
Folsom, 14-0, 65.7
CCS D1 –
Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose), 12-1, 55.6
South
SS West Valley –
Mission Viejo, 14-0, 69.9
SDS Open –
Helix (La Mesa), 11-1, 66.8
1-A Division
North
SJS D3 –
Central Catholic (Modesto), 14-0, 54.3
CCS D2 –
Oak Grove (San Jose), 11-2, 51.1
South
SS Northern –
Camarillo, 14-0, 62.9
SS Southwest –
La Habra, 13-1, 57.5
2-AA Division
North
SJS D2 –
Del Oro (Loomis), 8-6, 52.4
NCS D2 –
Clayton Valley Charter (Concord), 12-1, 48.8
South
CS D2 –
Ridgeview (Bakersfield), 13-0, 54.0
SS Western –
Calabasas, 13-1, 53.3
2-A Division
North
CCS D2 runner up –
Saint Francis (Mountain View), 11-2, 47.8
CS D1 –
Liberty (Bakersfield), 9-3, 51.5
South
LAS D1 –
Narbonne (Harbor City), 12-2, 50.2
SS Southeast –
La Mirada, 11-3, 52.2
3-AA Division
North
NS D2 –
Pleasant Valley (Chico), 12-0, 49.7
CCS D3 –
Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton), 10-3, 37.9
South
SS Inland –
Citrus Hill (Perris), 12-2, 48.1
SDS D2 –
Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 11-2, 45.8
Open Division (under 1,250)
North
NCS D4 –
Marin Catholic (Kentfield), 12-1, 40.1
OS –
McClymonds (Oakland), 12-0, 23.1
South
SS Mid-Valley –
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 14-0, 36.2
SS Northwest –
Notre Dame (Riverside), 14-0, 33.5
3-A Division
North
CCS D3 runner-up –
Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco), 9-4, 41.8
NCS D3 –
Campolindo (Moraga), 13-1, 33.1
South
SS Central –
San Marino, 14-0, 45.8
SDS D3 –
Bonita Vista (Chula Vista), 11-2, 41.4
4-AA Division
North
SJS D5 -
Sonora, 12-1, 29.1
CS D3 –
Hanford, 12-1, 32.2
South
SS Eastern –
Oak Hills (Hesperia), 9-5, 35.6
SDS D1 –
Oceanside, 9-4, 40.4
4-A Division
North
NS D3 –
Sutter, 9-4, 21.3
SJS D6 –
Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento), 12-1, 21.0
South
SDS D4 –
Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista), 12-1, 29.9
SS Southern –
Canyon (Anaheim), 9-5, 30.3
5-AA Division
North
CS D5 –
Immanuel (Reedley), 10-2, 16.9
SJS D4 –
Sierra (Manteca), 8-5, 20.8
South
LAS D2 –
Fairfax (Los Angeles), 8-6, 15.2
CS D4 –
Chowchilla, 11-2, 28.7
5-A Division
North
NCS D5 –
St. Bernard's (Eureka), 12-1, 16.9
NS D5 –
Fall River (McArthur), 12-0, 11.5
South
SS East Valley –
Saddleback Valley Christian (San Juan Capistrano), 14-0, 27.5
LAS D3 –
Belmont (Los Angeles), 14-0, 6.5
6-AA Division
North
NS D4 –
East Nicolaus (Nicolaus), 11-2, 11.3
North Play-in Game
SFS –
Mission (San Francisco) - 21
SJS D7 -
Stone Ridge Christian (Merced) - 70
South
SDS D5 –
Coronado, 9-4, -1.9
CS D6 –
Kennedy (Delano), 10-3, 2.5
Key: NCS = North Coast Section, NS = Northern Section, SJS = Sac-Joaquin Section, LAS = Los Angeles City Section, CS = Central Section, CCS = Central Coast Section, SDS = San Diego Section, OS = Oakland Section, SF = San Francisco Section, SS = Southern Section.
Notes: Teams in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I-VI are selected based on the Divisional and League alignment.
For the Central Coast Section team rankings, teams in the Central Coast Section A Leagues are divided by MaxPreps into three equal groups for the three Open Division section championship games. This is not necessarily how the CCS will select teams for their Open Division playoff format. The runner-up teams are considered to be the No. 2 ranked team in each Open Division group.
The top eight ranked teams in the San Diego Section are considered for the Open Division and the No. 9 ranked team is considered the top team in Division I for the purposes of these rankings.
