HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS
Bay Area News Group Top 25 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 SERRA (6-0)
Last ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Valley Christian 28-21
Up next: Friday vs. St. Ignatius, 7:30 p.m. No. 2 ST. FRANCIS (6-0)
Last ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Riordan 33-0
Up next: Friday vs. Bellarmine at SJCC, 7 p.m.
No. 3 DE LA SALLE (5-2)
Last ranking: 3
Last week: Beat California 52-14
Up next: Friday at San Ramon Valley, 7 p.m. No. 4 PITTSBURG (4-1)
Last ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Liberty 49-28
Up next: Friday vs. Deer Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 5 LOS GATOS (8-0)
Last ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 49-0
Up next: Oct. 28 vs. Mountain View, 7 p.m. No. 6 CLAYTON VALLEY (5-2)
Last ranking: 10
Last week: Beat San Ramon Valley 28-21 Up next: Friday vs. Amador Valley, 7 p.m. No. 7 CALIFORNIA (6-1)
Last ranking: 6
Last week: Lost to De La Salle 52-14
Up next: Friday at Monte Vista, 7 p.m.
No. 8 SAN RAMON VALLEY (5-2) Last ranking: 7
Last week: Lost to Clayton Valley 28-21 Up next: Friday vs. De La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 9 MENLO-ATHERTON (5-2)
Last ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 56-20 Up next: Thursday at Terra Nova, 7 p.m. No. 10 MONTE VISTA (6-0)
Last ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Amador Valley 10-7
Up next: Friday vs. California, 7 p.m.
No. 11 MCCLYMONDS (4-1)
Last ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Oakland 56-0
Up next: Friday vs. Fremont-Oakland at Curt Flood Field, 7 p.m. No. 12 BELLARMINE (5-2) Last ranking: 8 Last week: Lost to Sacred Heart Cathedral 20-13
Up next: Friday vs. St. Francis at SJCC, 7 p.m.
No. 13 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (4-3) Last ranking: 12
Last week: Lost to Serra 28-21
Up next: Saturday at Mitty, 1 p.m.
No. 14 MENLO (7-0)
Last ranking: 14
Last week: Beat Aragon 48-7
Up next: Friday at Capuchino, 7 p.m.
No. 15 LAS LOMAS (5-2)
Last ranking: 15
Last week: Beat Alhambra 49-3
Up next: Friday at Miramonte, 7 p.m.
No. 16 EL CERRITO (5-2)
Last ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Salesian 56-0
Up next: Friday at Kennedy-Richmond, 7:15 p.m
No. 17 BENICIA (5-2)
Last ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Miramonte 45-0
Up next: Friday at Acalanes, 7 p.m.
No. 18 BURLINGAME (7-0)
Last ranking: 19
Last week: Beat Terra Nova 35-14
Up next: Friday vs. Half Moon Bay, 7 p.m. No. 19 DUBLIN (5-2)
Last ranking: 20
Last week: Bye
Up next: Friday vs. Foothill, 7 p.m.
No. 20 FOOTHILL (6-2)
Last ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Livermore 24-0
Up next: Friday at Dublin, 7 p.m.
No. 21 CAMPOLINDO (4-3)
Last ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Acalanes 24-14
Up next: Friday at Alhambra, 7 p.m.
No. 22 SAN LEANDRO (4-3)
Last ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Hayward 49-9
Up next: Friday vs. Moreau Catholic at Burrell Field in San Leandro, 7 p.m.
No. 23 WILCOX (3-4)
Last ranking: 24
Last week: Bye
Up next: Friday vs. Santa Clara, 7 p.m. No. 24 AMADOR VALLEY (4-3) Last ranking: 25
Last week: Lost to Monte Vista 10-7
Up next: Friday at Clayton Valley, 7 p.m. No. 25 HOMESTEAD (4-3)
Last ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Mountain View 49-45 Up next: Friday at Milpitas, 7 p.m.
Also received votes: Acalanes, Live Oak, Liberty, Leland, St. Ignatius
Votes are cast by Darren Sabedra, Evan Webeck and Mike Lefkow, with first-place votes worth 25 points, second-place 24, third-place 23, and on down the line.