MaxPreps California high school football championship game matchups

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Ten new teams enter this week's unofficial regional matchups for the CIF Football Championship Games, while another pair switch places.

Palma (Salinas) and Valley Christian (San Jose) switched places in this week's rankings with Valley Christian taking over the top Division 3 spot in the Central Coast Section and Palma taking the runner-up position for Division 3. The Central Coast Section is the only section allowing runner-up teams to qualify and advance to the regional playoffs.

Other new teams this week include Grant (Sacramento), Oakdale, Bullard (Fresno), West Valley (Cottonwood) and Hilmar in the north. Charter Oak (Covina), La Mirada, Calabasas, Chowchilla and Canyon (Anaheim) are new teams from the south.

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.

For a breakdown of how the new system works, click here to see the intro article. New teams are noted with an *.

Open Division
North
NCS D1 – De La Salle (Concord), 3-1, 70.7

South
SS Pac-5 – Centennial (Corona), 4-0, 81.1

1-AA Division
North
SJS D1 – Folsom, 5-0, 58.5
CCS D1 – Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose), 3-0, 57.9

South
SS West Valley – Mission Viejo, 6-0, 65.0
SDS Open – Helix (La Mesa), 2-1, 60.3

1-A Division
North
NCS D2 – Clayton Valley Charter (Concord), 3-1, 50.7
SJS D2 – Grant (Sacramento), 4-0, 55.5*

South
SS Southwest – La Habra, 4-1, 56.9
SS Northern – Camarillo, 5-0, 55.5

2-AA Division
North
CCS D2 – Saint Francis (Mountain View), 3-0, 48.2
SJS D3 – Oakdale, 4-0, 46.8*

South
LAS D1 – Narbonne (Harbor City), 2-2, 53.1
SS Inland – Redlands East Valley, 3-1, 53.2

2-A Division
North
CS D1 – Bullard (Fresno), 4-1, 42.7*
CCS D3 – Valley Christian (San Jose), 3-0, 43.3*

South
CS D2 – Ridgeview (Bakersfield), 4-0, 47.8
SS Eastern – Palm Springs, 4-0, 45.9

3-AA Division
North
CCS D2 runner up – Archbishop Mitty (San Jose), 3-0, 41.5
NS D2 – Pleasant Valley (Chico), 5-0, 42.3

South
SS Central – Charter Oak (Covina), 4-1, 39.1*
SS Southeast – La Mirada, 2-3, 40.4*

Open Division (under 1,250)
North
CCS D3 runner up – Palma (Salinas), 3-1, 38.8*
NCS D3 – Marin Catholic (Kentfield), 3-1, 33.6

South
SS Mid-Valley – Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 5-0, 38.9
SS East Valley – St. Margaret's (San Juan Capistrano), 4-0, 33.4

3-A Division
North
CS D3 – Hanford, 5-0, 35.4
NCS D4 – Moreau Catholic (Hayward), 5-0, 35.0

South
SS Western – Calabasas, 5-0, 38.8*
SDS D2 – Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 4-1, 36.1

4-AA Division
North
CS D5 – Immanuel (Reedley), 5-0, 23.0
OS – McClymonds (Oakland), 4-0, 31.2

South
SDS D1 – Madison (San Diego), 2-2, 33.5
SDS D4 – Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista), 4-0, 27.7

4-A Division
North
SJS D5 - Bear River (Grass Valley), 4-0, 19.6
SJS D4 – Los Banos, 4-1, 17.8

South
SDS D3 – Bonita Vista (Chula Vista), 3-1, 26.6
SS Northwest – Linfield Christian (Temecula), 5-0, 25.6

5-AA Division
North
NS D3 – West Valley (Cottonwood), 4-1, 17.3*
NCS D5 – Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond), 2-1, 15.7

South
CS D4 – Chowchilla, 4-1, 22.0*
SS Southern – Canyon (Anaheim), 2-2, 22.5*

5-A Division
North
SJS D6 – Hilmar, 3-2, 12.9*
NS D5 – Fall River (McArthur), 3-0, 8.0

South
LAS D2 – Chatsworth, 4-0, 18.7
CS D6 – Kennedy (Delano), 5-0, 12.2

6-AA Division
North
NS D4 – Durham, 4-0, 5.8

North Play-in Game
SFS – Mission (San Francisco), 1-3, -16.2
SJS D7 - Stone Ridge Christian (Merced), 4-1, -6.3

South
SDS D5 – La Jolla Country Day, 4-1, -0.8
LAS D3 – Belmont (Los Angeles), 5-0, 1.1

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 divided into six groups. The 32 largest are Division I, the second 32 largest are Division II and the third 32 largest are Division III. The next 16 largest are Division IV and so on. This might not necessarily be how the teams qualify for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs, but for the purposes of these rankings the SJS teams are placed in these artificial groupings.

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.