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Top three remain the same in JC Athletic Bureau and CCCSIA football polls; Playoff and bowl pairings coming Sunday

(Courtesy College of San Mateo Athletics)
(Courtesy College of San Mateo Athletics)
November 15, 2022

JC Athletic Bureau Release (PDF)

SAN MATEO – Undefeated and top ranked Riverside City College (10-0) heads into the California Community College Athletic Association football playoffs as the only National Division team to complete regular season play with a perfect record. The Tigers took all 11 first place votes this week in the JC Athletic Bureau’s final regular season  poll of California Community College Football Coaches Association members.

State regional 4-team playoffs will be conducted Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. The north winner will host the Dec. 10 championship game. 

State No. 3 College of San Mateo (9-1) defeated reigning state champion City College of San Francisco, 31-13, in the Bay 6 League title game on Saturday (Nov. 12), eliminating the now No. 11 ranked Rams (6-4) from the 2022 playoffs. The Bulldogs, with the expected No. 1 NorCal seed (according to coaches and social media posts), plan to host likely fourth seed and 19th ranked Modesto JC (5-5) of the Valley League in a Nov. 26 first round playoff. State No. 5 Laney College (8-2), Bay 6 co-champ (but loser to CSM) is the probable No. 2 seed, to host eighth ranked American River (7-3), the NorCal League winner.

In Southern California, it’s expected that 10th ranked Ventura College (7-3) will be the Northern League playoff representative and  face Riverside at the San Bernardino Valley College stadium. Ventura shared the Southern League title with Allan Hancock and Canyons at 3-2 but holds wins over both. Southern League champ (and fourth ranked) Fullerton College (9-1) expects to host at-large qualifier No. 2 ranked Mt. San Antonio (9-1) at Orange Coast College’s stadium.

The CCCAA plans to announce official pairings for playoffs and Nov. 26 bowl games on Sunday, Nov. 20.

While all National (state championship) Division league races are finished, there will be six American Division games in Northern California on Nov. 19, along with the Contra Costa at College of the Siskiyous make-up of a game postponed by the Mills wildfire.

Title deciders: College of the Redwoods and Feather River pit 4-0 Pacific 7 League marks in Quincy at 1 p.m. Merced takes a 5-0  mark to 4-1 Monterey Peninsula for the Golden Coast crown at 6 p.m. Regional American Division playoff finals are planned for Nov. 26.

Remaining Nov. 19 games: Gavilan at West Hills, San Jose at Hartnell, De Anza at Foothill, Yuba at Los Medanos (all 1 p.m.) 

JCAB FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 14)   CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 14)
RK School Record Pts PR     RK School Record Pts PR
1. Riverside City (11) 10-0 275 1     1. Riverside City (7) 10-0 199 1
2. Mt. San Antonio 9-1 258 2     2. College of San Mateo  9-1 186 2
3. College of San Mateo 9-1 254 4     3. Mt. San Antonio 9-1 183 3
4. Fullerton 9-1 243 5     4. Fullerton 9-1 175 5
5. Laney 8-2 222 6     5. Laney 8-2 160 6
6. Golden West 8-2 219 3     6. Golden West 8-2 152 4
7. Butte 7-3 208 8     7. Butte 7-3 143 8
8. American River 7-3 194 9     8. American River 7-3 133 9
9. Cerritos 7-3 192 7     9. Cerritos 7-3 131 7
10. Ventura 7-3 182 11     10. Ventura 7-3 127 12
11. City College of San Francisco 6-4 144 10     11. City College of San Francisco 6-4 104 10
12. Diablo Valley 6-4 143 14     12. Feather River 9-0 103 16
13. Fresno City 6-4 124 12     13. Citrus (1) 10-0 96 14
14. San Diego Mesa 6-4 106 19     14. Diablo Valley 6-4 91 15
15. Sierra 6-4 103 13     15. Fresno City 6-4 91 11
16. Allan Hancock 5-5 79 21     16. San Diego Mesa 6-4 70 18
17. Citrus 10-0 77 17     17. Sierra 6-4 65 13
18. Feather River 9-0 72 20     18. Mt. San Jacinto 9-1 62 19
19. Modesto  5-5 63 NR     19. Santa Barbara City 9-1 45 23
20. College of the Canyons 5-5 62 NR     20. College of the Sequoias 6-4 43 21
21. Long Beach City 5-5 61 15     21. College of the Canyons 5-5 41 24
22. College of the Sequoias 6-4 59 25     22. Modesto 5-5 33 RV
23. Mt. San Jacinto 9-1 45 21     23. Allan Hancock 5-5 30 T-25
24. East Los Angeles 5-5 43 18     24. El Camino 5-5 28 RV
25. El Camino 5-5 38 NR     25. Merced 8-1 24 T-25
Others: Palomar, 31; Santa Barbara City, 29; Merced, 15;  Reedley, 11; Bakersfield, 7; College of the Desert, 4; College of the Redwoods, 3; Moorpark, 2; Saddleback, 2; Santa Rosa 2;  

Others: College of the Redwoods, 16; College of the Desert, 15; East Los Angeles, 15; Palomar, 15; Long Beach City, 15; Foothill, 5; Moorpark, 2; Reedley, 2.