September 24, 2019

Vikings slide into Top 25 in the State Coaches Poll

New Chase Pack: San Mateo, Saddleback, Modesto, Fresno, Cerritos:

RIVERSIDE STAYS ATOP CALIF. CC FOOTBALL COACHES POLL

San Mateo (Sept. 23, 2019) – The top team, Riverside City College, remains the same for the first time this season in the weekly poll of California Community College football coaches, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau. But the chase pack gets a complete reset.

Riverside received six first place votes from coaches. College of San Mateo had four to move up to No. 2, following a 42-10 win over American River (which fell from No. 5 to 11). No. 3 Saddleback and No. 6 Cerritos each received a No. 1 nod.

Last week's top nine teams all faced unbeaten foes, including a trio of meetings in the north between squads in those ranks. Surviving in that group, in addition to CSM, were No. 7 Modesto, 23-20 over visiting No. 8 San Francisco, and No. 9 Fresno, 13-10 at No. 2 Butte. Modesto and Fresno share the No. 4 position this week. In the SoCal match-ups of National (state championship) Division vs. American Division unbeaten teams, Riverside outscored then No. 19 San Bernardino Valley, 58-37; Saddleback downed Pasadena, 53-28; No. 11 Ventura defeated co-No. 19 Allan Hancock, 35-14. No. 6 Mt. San Antonio, however, fell to No. 22 Chaffey, 24-22. Chaffey gave the American Division it's top win. This week Ventura is No. 8, Chaffey No. 20, and Mt. SAC No. 18.

LEAGUE PLAY BEGINS IN NCFC AMERICAN: League play gets underway Saturday in the Northern California Football Conference's American Division. Golden Coast openers include Cabrillo at Hartnell, Gavilan at Monterey Peninsula, and San Jose at Merced. In the Pacific League, Yuba plays at Los Medanos and Redwoods at Contra Costa. Non-league: #19 Reedley at Foothill.

TOP NCFC NON-LEAGUE CONTESTS SATURDAY (includes 6 of state's top 11 clashing): #2 San Mateo at co#4 Fresno, co#4 Modesto at #11 American River, #7 Butte at #10 San Francisco. Also: #15 Laney at West Hills, Sacramento at # 17 Shasta, Sierra at #24 Diablo Valley, Santa Rosa at #25 Sequoias.

TOP SCFA GAMES SATURDAY: #16 Long Beach at #1 Riverside, Moorpark at #3 Saddleback, #6 Cerritos at #13 Canyons, #8 Ventura at Palomar, #9 SD Mesa at Grossmont, #21 Southwestern at #12 Fullerton, Orange Coast at #14 El Camino, #18 Mt. SAC at East LA,

AMERICAN DIVISION: Pasadena at #20 Chaffey, #22 San Bernardino at LA Southwest, Santa Barbara at #23 Citrus.

2019 JC Athletic Bureau Poll of Calif. Community College Football Coaches

The Top 25 teams in the JC Athletic Bureau's Poll of California Community College Football Coaches, with first-place votes in brackets, won-loss records, total points (based upon 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25^th-place vote), and previous ranking (PR).

Rk College Record Pts. PR

1. Riverside [6] 3-0 290 1

2. San Mateo [4] 3-0 279 3

3. Saddleback [1] 3-0 250 4

4t.Modesto 3-0 242 7

4t.Fresno 3-0 242 9

6. Cerritos [1] 3-0 237 10

7. Butte 2-1 217 2

8.Ventura 2-1 208 11

9. San Diego Mesa 3-0 180 13

10. San Francisco 2-1 172 8

11. American River 2-1 171 5

12. Fullerton 2-1 166 15

13. Canyons 2-1 159 12

14. El Camino 2-1 118 18

15.Laney 1-2 113 14

16.Long Beach 2-1 112 17

17. Shasta 3-0 106 23

18. Mt. San Antonio 2-1 96 6

19. Reedley 3-0 85 16

20. Chaffey 3-0 84 22

21. Southwestern 3-0 81 21

22. San Bernardino Valley 2-1 50 19

23. Citrus 3-0 42 nr

24. Diablo Valley 2-1 33 24

25. Sequoias 2-1 29 nr

PASS RECEPTIONS: 10, Dominic Dominguez, Diablo Valley (137 yds., 13.7 avg., 39 lg., 0 TD)

PASS INTERCEPTIONS: 2, Tre'Vante Daniels, Los Medanos; Zeke Thomas, Cabrillo; Darriell Wells, Chabot; Cliff Jackson, Butte; Darryl Moody, Mt. San Jacinto; Teaun-Tre Pierce, Diablo Valley;

See cccaasports.org for scores/logs, recaps, stats, etc.

--The CCCAA, with 68 teams, has the World's largest 2-year college football program (compared to just 57 teams competing in the NJCAA).

THIS WEEK'S COMPLETE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 28

NCFC

NATIONAL DIV. NON-LEAGUE

Butte at San Francisco, 1 pm

Modesto at American River, 1 pm

Laney at West Hills, 2 pm

San Joaquin Delta at Feather River, 5 pm

Sacramento at Shasta, 6 pm

San Mateo at Fresno, 6 pm