MaxPreps Northern California Top 25 football rankings

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The top three here remained steady with Saint Francis moving up to No. 4 to add a bit more luster to a showdown against No. 1 De La Salle in a battle of the Bay Area's top-ranked teams. No. 3 Folsom plays at No. 7 Oakdale in another big game of NorCal heavies.

MaxPreps Norcal Top 25 high school football teams

1. (Last week 1) De La Salle (Concord), 2-0
Section: North Coast
League: Independent
Coach: Justin Alumbaugh
Next: vs. Saint Francis, Friday
Update: Top ranked by the Bay Area News Group and the San Francisco Chronicle, the Spartans rallied from 31-14 down to beat national power St. John's of Washington, D.C. 35-31 by dominating the trenches down the stretch. Kairee Robinson rushed for 172 yards and two touchdowns, and Shamar Garrett sealed it with a knocked-down pass late. The showdown with Saint Francis will test De La Salle's unbeaten streak of 282 games against Northern California schools since 1992 (north of Fresno). The Spartans seek their 26th consecutive section championship and 12th consecutive CIF State final. De La Salle has gone 444-26-3 since 1980.

2. (2) St. Mary's (Stockton), 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Tri-County
Coach: Tony Franks
Next: vs. Central Catholic (Modesto), Friday
Update: Top ranked by the Stockton Record, the Rams beat Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) 48-34 as Dusty Frampton iced it with two rushing scores. Marcus Aponte played quarterback — he's normally a receiver — after Noah May was lost for the season with a bad shoulder. The Rams opened with a 41-13 rout of then-No. 4 Serra (San Mateo).

3. (3) Folsom, 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Coach: Kris Richardson
Next: vs. No. 6 Oakdale Friday
Update: Top ranked by The Sacramento Bee, the Bulldogs rolled Jesuit (Carmichael) 55-9 as Kaiden Bennett passed for 336 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 112 and another. Parker Clayton caught a touchdown pass and returned an interception for a score. Friday presents a showdown of SacBee No. 1 against the ModeBee No. 1. Folsom has won five section and two CIF State titles this decade with two 14-0 teams losing to De La Salle in NorCal title games.

4. (6) Saint Francis (Mountain View), 2-0
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Coach: Greg Calcagno
Next: vs. De La Salle, Friday
Update: The Lancers are top-ranked in the Central Coast Section, No. 2 in the Bay Area News Group rankings behind De La Salle and they move up two spots to spice up the meeting on Friday. Saint Francis rolled Palma (Salinas) 40-6 as Darrell Page rushed for 180 yards and three scores. The defense has allowed six points in two games. The program beat De La Salle in 1989.

5. (4) Granite Bay, 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Coach: Jeff Evans
Next: vs. Saint Mary's (Albany), Friday
Update: The Grizzlies opened with a 31-21 win over then-No. 6 Jesuit and followed with a 24-10 victory over Whitney (Rocklin) as Evan Tattersall again set a tone at running back and linebacker. Quarterback Jade Foddrill tossed a touchdown pass. Granite Bay won the 2012 CIF State Division I championship and has made the playoffs 18 consecutive times.

6. (5) Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills), 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Coach: Eric Cavaliere
Next: vs. Burbank (Sacramento), Friday
Update: The Trojans rallied from two touchdowns down in the middle of the fourth quarter to beat Vacaville 24-23 behind Marco Baldacchino and Justin Poerio. The SFL includes Folsom, Granite Bay, Del Oro and Rocklin. 7. (9) Oakdale, 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Valley Oak
Coach: Trent Merzon
Next: vs. No. 3 Folsom, Friday
Update: Top ranked by The Modesto Bee ahead of Manteca, the Mustangs beat Sonora 47-13 and then El Capitan 50-13 to set up a showdown against Folsom. Josh Jacobson rushed for four scores and Cameron Cherry two. The defending CIF State Division III-A champions have one of the great home settings — The Corral — in the state, and the Mustangs are coached by an alum in Trent Merzon.

8. (8) San Ramon Valley (Danville), 1-0
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Coach: Aaron Becker
Next: vs. Foothill (Pleasanton), Friday
Update: The Wolves were idle. They beat Tracy 27-7 in an opener as Clark Baker passed for 174 yards and two touchdowns, and Tristan Sinclair rushed for 100 yards and a score for a team expecting to win the East Bay Athletic League.

9. (7) Del Oro (Loomis), 1-1
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Coach: Jeff Walters
Next: vs. Windsor, Friday
Update: The Golden Eagles lost 30-13 to Timpview of Utah, a powerhouse from that state in a showcase game in Mission Viejo a week after beating state-ranked Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) 22-12. Del Oro's league includes Folsom, Granite Bay, Oak Ridge and Rocklin. The Golden Eagles won the 2015 CIF State Division 2-AA title.

10. (11) Manteca, 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Valley Oak
Coach: Eric Reis
Next: vs. Enochs (Modesto), Friday
Update: Ranked second by The Modesto Bee and Stockton Record, the Buffaloes went for two and the win late to beat Christian Brothers (Sacramento) 36-35 as Gino Campiotti completed his last 11 passes to rally his team from 14 down, hitting Presley Keltner for a 47-yard strike with 48 seconds to go.

11. (12) Valley Christian (San Jose), 1-1
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Coach: Mike Machado
Next: vs. Pleasant Valley (Chico), Friday
Update: The defending NorCal Regional Division 2-AA champions bounced back from a 22-20 loss to Manteca with a 48-7 rout of Wilcox (Santa Clara) as Charlie Bostic rushed for 202 yards and three long scores. Next is Pleasant Valley, the defending CIF State Division IV champion.

12. (13) Pittsburg, 0-1
Section: North Coast
League: Bay Valley
Coach: Vic Galli
Next: vs. No. 13 Serra, Saturday
Update: The Pirates were not able to play Logan (Union City) due to poor air quality and extreme heat. Pittsburg lost to national power Centennial 63-21 in an opener and will compete this season without quarterback Trey Turner (knee). This is the program that last beat De La Salle, in the 1991 North Coast Section title game.

13. (14) Serra (San Mateo), 1-1
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic Athletic
Coach: Patrick Walsh
Next: vs. No. 12 Pittsburg, Saturday
Update: The Padres opened with a 41-13 loss at No. 2 St. Mary's and recovered with a 42-21 win at Elk Grove as the running game got on track in 100-degree night-time temperatures. Slow starts are not new to this program. Serra started 0-4 last fall and reached the CIF State Division 2 -A finals.

14. (15) Freedom (Oakley), 2-0
Section: North Coast
League: Bay Valley
Coach: Kevin Hartwig
Next: Logan (Union City), Friday
Update: The Falcons beat Windsor 49-0 as Joey Aguilar passed for three touchdowns and Giles Jackson rushed for 170 yards and three scores. Freedom finished No. 3 in these rankings last season, falling in the playoffs to top-ranked De La Salle and No. 2 St. Mary's after an 11-0 start.

15. (16) Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose), 2-0
Section: Central Coast
League: West Catholic
Coach: Mike Janda
Next: vs. Gonzaga (Washington), Friday
Update: The Bells have rallied to beat Menlo-Atherton and Clovis North (Fresno), the last game finishing 16-13, which is a sign of a championship team. Bellarmine has reached the playoffs 12 consecutive seasons, going 13-2 in 2015.

16. (18) Milpitas), 1-0
Section: Central Coast
League: De Anza
Coach: Kelly King
Next: at Berkeley, Friday
Update: The Trojans had their game at Dublin canceled due to extreme heat (107 degrees). Milpitas opened with a 62-0 rout of American (Fremont) behind quarterback TyRee Bracy. Milpitas has won 11, 12, 10 and 10 games in each of the past four seasons and have made the playoffs 11 consecutive seasons.

17. (18) Inderkum (Sacramento), 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Tri-County
Coach: Terry Stark
Next: vs. American Canyon, Friday
Update: The Tigers rolled Kennedy (Sacramento) 72-0 last week, leading 38-0 after the first quarter, behind Isaah Crocker, Davion Ross and Leevi Lafaele. Inderkum beat then No. 17 Elk Grove 52-36 in an opener.

18. (21) Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland), 1-0
Section: North Coast
League: West Alameda County
Coach: Napolean Kaufman
Next: Justin-Siena (Napa), Friday
Update: The Dragons beat Kennedy (Fremont) 56-14 as Austin Jones ran for three touchdowns, and Jevon Holland caught a touchdown from Quinn Brinnon and returned a punt for a score. O'Dowd is the defending CIF State Division 5-AA champion.

19. (NR) Rocklin, 2-0
Section: Sac-Joaquin
League: Sierra Foothill
Coach: Greg Benzel
Next: vs. Whitney (Rocklin), Friday
Update: The Thunder went to a CIF State Bowl in 2009 with a 14-1 team and are again tough on defense and versatile on offense. The star so far has been Blayden Brown, who has rushed for touchdowns and made plays on defense in wins over Grant (Sacramento) and Napa.

20. (NR) Antioch, 2-0
Section: North Coast
League: Bay Valley
Coach: John Lucido
Next: vs. San Leandro, Friday
Update: The Panthers have been a factor or a force in the NCS for decades, and they have had ups and downs, too, going 0-10 in 2005, 1-9 in 2013 and 11-1 in 2015. Antioch rolled Soledad 35-14 as Willem Karnthong passed for 147 yards and a score and ran for 121 and another.

21. (21) Marin Catholic (Kentfield), 1-0
Section: North Coast
League: Marin County
Coach: Mazi Moayed
Next: St. Ignatius (San Francisco), Saturday
Update: The Wildcats did not play Saturday in Marin County as poor air quality and 105-degree heat forced the cancellation of a game against Central Catholic (Modesto). Marin Catholic won its opener 42-21 over Campolindo.

22. (24) Monte Vista (Danville), 1-0
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Coach: Matt Russi
Next: vs. Dublin, Friday
Update: The Mustangs were idle. They opened with a 13-7 win over Deer Valley (Antioch) as Jack Stewardson hit Ryan Colonna and Zane Cribb for touchdown passes, and Cribb rushed for 128 yards. The lone loss in a 12-1 run in 2016 was to De La Salle in Week 10.

23. (25) Campolindo (Moraga), 1-1
Section: North Coast
League: Diablo Valley
Coach: Kevin Macy
Next: vs. El Cerrito, Friday
Update: The Cougars beat St. Ignatius (San Francisco) 47-28 as John Torchio passed for 298 yards and a touchdown and ran for 109 and three scores. The loss was 42-21 to Marin Catholic. The defending CIF Division 4-AA champion Cougars have been to three successive state bowls, including a 16-0 season in 2014.

24. (NR) California (San Ramon), 2-0
Section: North Coast
League: East Bay
Coach: Eric Billeci
Next: vs. Livermore, Friday
Update: The Grizzlies have been in these rankings in past seasons, having won 12, 10, 11 and nine games (twice) this decade under coach Billeci. California opened with a 44-13 win over Logan (Union City) as Ryan Wright passed for 142 yards and two touchdowns and Hugh Savage ran for 68 and two.

25. (NR) Sutter, 1-1
Section: Northern
League: Butte View
Coach: Ryan Reynolds
Next: vs. Marysville, Friday
Upate: The Huskies are the top-ranked team in the Northern Section and have this decade produced teams that went 10-2, 13-1 and 13-1. They rolled Dixon 63-6 as Tyler Reynolds passed for 229 yards and two scores and ran for 95 and three.

The next 10
Sacramento — 1-0
Vacaville — 1-1
Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) — 1-1
Central Catholic (Modesto) — 1-0
Rancho Cotate (Rohnert Park) — 2-0
Jesuit (Carmichael) — 0-2
Clayton Valley Charter (Concord) — 0-2
Grant (Sacramento) — 1-1
Capital Christian (Sacramento) — 2-0
Half Moon Bay — 2-0

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