Riverside City continues to dominate football polls with Mt. SAC, Golden West and San Mateo in chase
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SAN MATEO – Unbeaten Riverside City College (9-0) remains the unanimous No. 1 selection by California Community College Football Coaches Association members in this week’s poll by the JC Athletic Bureau – heading into final regular season games. Riverside survived a shootout with formerly No. 5 Cerritos last week.
The Tigers scored the winning touchdown with 27 seconds remaining on a 16-yard run by Cam Leofa to complete a 7-play 72-yard final drive to lock-up the Central League’s state playoff berth. Riverside closes at last place Chaffey on Saturday. No. 7 Cerritos (7-2) hosts No. 2 Mt. San Antonio (8-1) for second place and possibly the south’s at-large playoff berth.
Saturday’s Southern League title decider has No. 3 Golden West (8-1) at No. 5 Fullerton (8-1), with the loser also in contention for the at-large state berth. All six Northern League teams are 2-2 going into finales, with a 3-way title tie in the offing. The team earning the tiebreaker is expected to be the lone NL college advancing to the 4-team south playoffs.
In the north on Saturday, No. 4 College of San Mateo (8-1) matches 3-1 Bay 6 League records at reigning state champion City College of San Francisco (6-3) for a likely title tie with No. 6 Laney (7-2) -- which only needs to win at Chabot (2-7) to grab an expected playoff berth (to join north RPI rankings leader CSM). Laney has the tiebreaker in a title tie with CCSF. No. 9 American River is finished and will be 7-3, having already been awarded a NorCal League ending forfeit from College of the Siskiyous. Joining the Beavers in the playoffs will be Saturday’s Valley finale survivor matching second place Modesto (3-1, 4-5) at leader No. 12 ranked Fresno CC (4-0, 6-3). Modesto gets a state playoff berth with a win; is not even bowl eligible with a loss.
State regional 4-team playoffs will be conducted Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. The north winner hosts the Dec. 10 championship game.
American Division: While play in the south concludes this week, the north still has two weeks left. Unbeaten No. 17 Feather River (8-0) has a Nov. 19 Pacific 7 finale with co-league unbeaten Redwoods (6-2 overall). The Golden Coast league winds-up with current 4-0 leaders West Hills (5-3) at Merced (7-1) Saturday -- then Merced playing at 3-1 Monterey Peninsula (4-4 overall) on Nov. 19. In the south, Metro League champion No. 17 Citrus (9-0) finishes at winless LA Southwest and expects to face either American Pacific champ No. 24 Santa Barbara CC (8-1) or Mountain League winner No. 22 Mt. San Jacinto (8-1) in the south’s American Division title game on Nov. 26.
| JCAB FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 7) | CCCSIA FOOTBALL POLL (Nov. 7) | ||||||||||
| RK | School | Record | Pts | PR | RK | School | Record | Pts | PR | ||
| 1. | Riverside City (11) | 9-0 | 275 | 1 | 1. | Riverside City (9) | 9-0 | 249 | 1 | ||
| 2. | Mt. San Antonio | 8-1 | 258 | 2 | 2. | College of San Mateo | 8-1 | 230 | 3 | ||
| 3. | Golden West | 8-1 | 250 | 3 | 3. | Mt. San Antonio | 8-1 | 228 | 2 | ||
| 4. | College of San Mateo | 8-1 | 243 | 4 | 4. | Golden West | 8-1 | 217 | 4 | ||
| 5. | Fullerton | 8-1 | 234 | T-5 | 5. | Fullerton | 8-1 | 209 | 6 | ||
| 6. | Laney | 7-2 | 213 | 7 | 6. | Laney | 7-2 | 190 | 7 | ||
| 7. | Cerritos | 7-2 | 210 | T-5 | 7. | Cerritos | 7-2 | 186 | 5 | ||
| 8. | Butte | 6-3 | 187 | 8 | 8. | Butte | 6-3 | 176 | 8 | ||
| 9. | American River | 6-3 | 174 | 9 | 9. | American River | 6-3 | 157 | 9 | ||
| 10. | City College of San Francisco | 6-3 | 168 | 12 | 10. | City College of San Francisco | 6-3 | 154 | 10 | ||
| 11. | Ventura | 6-3 | 160 | 16 | 11. | Fresno City | 6-3 | 136 | 13 | ||
| 12. | Fresno City | 6-3 | 154 | 17 | 12. | Ventura | 6-3 | 134 | 14 | ||
| 13. | Sierra | 6-3 | 133 | 10 | 13. | Sierra | 6-3 | 126 | 9 | ||
| 14. | Diablo Valley | 5-4 | 116 | 13 | 14. | Citrus | 9-0 | 103 | 19 | ||
| 15. | Long Beach City | 5-4 | 113 | 11 | 15. | Diablo Valley | 5-4 | 102 | 12 | ||
| 16. | Palomar | 5-4 | 87 | 14 | 16. | Feather River | 8-0 | 99 | T-15 | ||
| 17. | Citrus | 9-0 | 86 | 19 | 17. | Palomar | 5-4 | 78 | T-15 | ||
| 18. | East Los Angeles | 5-4 | 82 | 21 | 18. | San Diego Mesa | 5-4 | 67 | T-17 | ||
| 19. | San Diego Mesa | 5-4 | 77 | 15 | 19. | Mt. San Jacinto | 8-1 | 66 | 21 | ||
| 20. | Feather River | 8-0 | 53 | 23 | 20. | Long Beach City | 5-4 | 49 | T-17 | ||
| 21. | Allan Hancock | 4-5 | 45 | 25 | 21. | College of the Sequoias | 5-4 | 47 | 25 | ||
| 22. | Mt. San Jacinto | 8-1 | 40 | 21 | 22. | East Los Angeles | 5-4 | 46 | RV | ||
| 23. | Bakersfield | 4-5 | 37 | 18 | 23. | Santa Barbara City | 8-1 | 40 | 24 | ||
| 24. | Santa Barbara City | 8-1 | 36 | NR | 24. | College of the Canyons | 4-5 | 28 | 20 | ||
| 25. | College of the Sequoias | 5-4 | 35 | NR | T25. | Merced | 7-1 | 26 | RV | ||
| Others: College of the Canyons, 27; Modesto, 17; College of the Desert, 14; Merced, 11; Glendale, 8; West Hills, 7; Pasadena City, 6; El Camino, 5; College of the Redwoods, 5; De Anza, 3; Shasta, 3; Reedley, 2; Antelope Valley, 1. | T25. | Allan Hancock | 4-5 | 26 | NR | ||||||
| Others: Modesto, 21; College of the Desert, 16; Bakersfield, 14; College of the Redwoods, 13; El Camino, 7; De Anza, 5; Foothill, 4; Shasta, 1. | |||||||||||