MaxPreps California high school football championship game matchups

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One of the changes in the California championship game matchups is the way MaxPreps will select teams from the Sac-Joaquin Section.

Previously, teams were placed in the various divisions based solely on enrollment. From this point forward, teams will be placed based on the enrollment division in which their league is placed by the Sac-Joaquin Section.

As a result, Folsom is no longer in the California championship game matchups, as it has been replaced by Elk Grove. Other new teams from the Sac-Joaquin Section include Antelope, Orestimba (Newman) and Patterson.

Milpitas is another new team, as it replaces Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) as a runner-up school from the Central Coast Section.

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), 7-1, 73.8

South
SS Pac-5 – St. John Bosco (Bellflower), 8-0, 78.8

1-AA Division

North
SJS D1 – Elk Grove, 8-0, 60.9*
CCS D1 – Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose), 6-1, 56.0

South
SS West Valley – Mission Viejo, 9-0, 66.5
SS Northern – Camarillo, 8-0, 60.3

1-A Division

North
CCS D3 – Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco), 6-1, 50.6
NCS D2 – Clayton Valley Charter (Concord), 7-1, 50.9

South
SDS Open – Helix (La Mesa), 6-1, 59.5
SS Southwest – La Habra, 7-1, 56.3

2-AA Division

North
SJS D3 – Central Catholic (Modesto), 8-0, 48.6
CCS D2 – Saint Francis (Mountain View), 6-1, 48.3

South
SS Inland – Redlands East Valley, 6-2, 48.1
LAS D1 – Narbonne (Harbor City), 6-2, 48.5

2-A Division

North
SJS D2 – Antelope, 8-0, 44.7*
CS D1 – Bullard (Fresno), 7-1, 46.2

South
SS Central – Charter Oak (Covina), 7-1, 43.0
CS D2 – Ridgeview (Bakersfield), 8-0, 44.0

3-AA Division

North
CCS D1 runner up – Milpitas, 6-2, 38.4*
NS D2 – Pleasant Valley (Chico), 8-0, 41.6

South
SS Western – Calabasas, 7-1, 42.4
SS Eastern – Palm Springs, 8-0, 40.0

Open Division (under 1,250)

North
CCS D3 runner up – Valley Christian (San Jose), 6-1, 50.6
NCS D4 – Marin Catholic (Kentfield), 8-1, 34.3

South
SS Mid-Valley – Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 8-0, 39.0
CS D4 – Chowchilla, 6-2, 21.7

3-A Division

North
NCS D3 – Campolindo (Moraga), 7-1, 32.8
CS D3 – Hanford, 9-0, 32.3

South
SS Southeast – La Mirada, 5-3, 35.3*
SDS D2 – Westview (San Diego), 7-1, 39.9

4-AA Division

North
SJS D4 – Patterson, 8-0, 32.1*
OS – McClymonds (Oakland), 8-0, 26.3

South
SDS D3 – Bonita Vista (Chula Vista), 6-2, 34.6
SDS D1 – Grossmont (El Cajon), 7-1, 31.2

4-A Division

North
SJS D5 - Capital Christian (Sacramento), 8-0, 24.8*
NS D3 – Orland, 7-1, 20.5

South
LAS D2 – Los Angeles, 8-0, 25.9
SS Northwest – Notre Dame (Riverside), 8-0, 28.8

5-AA Division

North
NCS D5 – Berean Christian (Walnut Creek), 7-1, 15.7
CS D5 – Immanuel (Reedley), 7-1, 16.6

South
SS Southern – Canyon (Anaheim), 4-4, 25.2
SS East Valley – Grace Brethren (Simi Valley), 8-0, 22.1

5-A Division

North
SJS D6 – Orestimba (Newman), 8-0, 12.7*
NS D4 – Durham, 7-1, 8.3

South
LAS D3 – Belmont (Los Angeles), 8-0, 3.4
SDS D4 – Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista), 8-0, 21.6

6-AA Division

North
NS D5 – Fall River (McArthur), 8-0, 4.9

North Play-in Game
SFS – Mission (San Francisco), 5-3, -12.3
SJS D7 - Stone Ridge Christian (Merced), 7-1, -7.8

South
SDS D5 – La Jolla Country Day, 7-1, -0.4
CS D6 – Kennedy (Delano), 7-2, 0.6

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.