Video: Top 15 football Games of the Week The Mater Dei-St.John Bosco showdown is for a trip to the CIF Open Division championship.
The California Interscholastic Federation will contest championship games in 10 sections this weekend with a total of 108 teams vying for a spot in the NorCal and SoCal regional bowl games set for Dec. 7.
According to the CIF Blue Book, regional bowl teams will be chosen based on competitive equity with win-loss record, strength of schedule and statewide rankings among seven different criteria for placing the teams in the the North, South matchups. Only section championship teams are eligible for the bowl games. Some teams from the Central or Southern Section may be placed in the North regional bowl games depending on their geographical placement and the number of teams remaining among those that do not opt out of the playoffs.
MaxPreps has put forth predictions for the 26 regional matchups and the Open Division championship game. Matchups are based on the MaxPreps computer ratings. Teams are listed with their record, their computer rating and their sectional enrollment placement. Only active teams with the highest rating in their enrollment placement are considered. It is assumed no teams will opt out of the playoffs, thus the reason why three South 7AA teams are listed.
East Nicolaus holds its Northern Section Division IV plaque after beating Pierce 61-14 to win its fifth straight section title. The Spartans await their NorCal Regional Bowl game.
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Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 12-0, 97.3, SS1
De La Salle (Concord), 11-1, 67.7, NCS1
1AA South
Corona del Mar (Newport Beach), 13-0, 69.9, SS3
Helix (La Mesa), 11-1, 62.5, SDOpen
1AA North
Central (Fresno), 12-0, 66.0, CS1
Serra (San Mateo), 11-1, 55.6, CCS1
1A South
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 12-1, 59.8, SS2
St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs), 12-1, 50.4, SS5
1A North
Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), 9-2, 51.8, SJS1
McClymonds (Oakland), 9-0, 45.1, O1
2AA South
Pacifica (Oxnard), 12-1, 50.1, SS6
Lincoln (San Diego), 10-2, 47.8, SD1
2AA North
Whitney (Rocklin), 7-6, 41.3, SJS2
Center (Antelope), 11-0, 41.0, SJS5
2A South
San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno), 11-1, 44.0, CS2
San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano), 10-3, 43.9, SS4
2A North
Manteca, 10-2, 37.5, SJS3
Clayton Valley Charter (Concord), 7-5, 37.1, NCS2
3AA South
Temecula Valley (Temecula), 11-2, 38.6, SS7
Bishop's (La Jolla), 12-0, 37.4, SD2
3AA North
Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa), 11-1, 36.1, NCS4
Los Gatos (Los Gatos), 11-1, 36.1, CCS2
3A South
Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta), 13-0, 35.4, SS10
Muir (Pasadena), 11-2, 32.1, SS11
3A North
Oakdale, 9-3, 34.5, SJS4
Escalon, 11-1, 32.0, SJS6
4AA South
Scripps Ranch (San Diego), 12-0, 31.9, SD3
Highland (Palmdale), 10-3, 30.5, SS9
4AA North
Las Lomas (Walnut Creek), 11-1, 31.9, NCS3
Chico, 10-1, 31.4, NS2
4A South
Sunny Hills (Fullerton), 11-2, 30.1, SS8
Bakersfield Christian (Bakersfield), 9-3, 29.4, CS3
4A North
Washington Union (Fresno), 11-1, 30.6, CS4
Sutter, 11-1, 31.1, NS3
5AA South
Birmingham (Lake Balboa), 7-4, 28.4, LAOpen
El Monte, 13-0, 28.1, SS12
5AA North
Encinal (Alameda), 11-1, 25.4, NCS5
King's Academy (Sunnyvale), 9-3, 19.5, CCS3
5A South
Esperanza (Anaheim), 9-4, 19.4, SS13
Santana (Santee), 11-1, 21.3, SD4
5A North
East Nicolaus (Nicolaus), 11-1, 19.0, NS4
Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond), 9-2, 17, NCS7
6AA South
Caruthers, 12-1, 16.2, CS5
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy (Downey), 12-0, 13.6, SS14
6AA North
Branham (San Jose), 11-1, 18.2 CCS4
Kennedy (Richmond), 11-1, 16.8, NCS6
6A South
Canoga Park, 11-2, 9.1, LA2
Reseda, 9-3, 11.4, LA1
6A North
Leland (San Jose), 7-5, 3.2, CCS5
Mariposa County (Mariposa), 8-4, 0.8, SJS7
7AA North
Fall River (McArthur), 8-2, -4.4, NS5
Lincoln (San Francisco), 9-1, -4.6, SF1
7AA South
Bishop Union, 11-2, 3.1, CS6
Castle Park (Chula Vista), 11-1, 0.4, SD5
Marquez (Huntington Park), 13-0, -2.2, LA3
