HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS
Bay Area News Group Top 25 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 ST. FRANCIS (9-0)
Last ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Serra 44-21
Up next: Friday vs. Aptos in CCS Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 2 DE LA SALLE (8-2)
Last ranking: 3
Last week: Beat Clayton Valley 42-21 Up next: Friday vs. James Logan in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 3 SERRA (8-1)
Last ranking: 1
Last week: Lost to St. Francis 44-21
Up next: Saturday vs. Valley Christian in CCS Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 4 PITTSBURG (7-1)
Last ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Antioch 34-13
Up next: Friday vs. Amador Valley in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 5 LOS GATOS (10-0)
Last ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Milpitas 34-7
Up next: Friday vs. Bellarmine in CCS Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 6 MENLO-ATHERTON (8-2) Last ranking: 7
Last week: Beat The King’s Academy 35-21
Up next: Friday at Salinas in CCS Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 7 CLAYTON VALLEY (7-3)
Last ranking: 6
Last week: Lost to De La Salle 42-21
Up next: Friday vs. Antioch in NCS Open/ Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 8 SAN RAMON VALLEY (7-3) Last ranking: 8
Last week: Beat Monte Vista 30-23
Up next: Friday vs. Livermore in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 9 MCCLYMONDS (7-1)
Last ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Skyline 61-10
Up next: Friday vs. Oakland Tech, 7 p.m. No. 10 BELLARMINE (7-3)
Last ranking: 10
Last week: Beat St. Ignatius 23-10
Up next: Friday at Los Gatos in CCS Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 11 MENLO (10-0)
Last ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 18-15
Up next: Saturday vs. Half Moon Bay in CCS Division II playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 12 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (6-4) Last ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Riordan 28-22
Up next: Friday at Serra in CCS Division I playoffs, 1 p.m.
No. 13 MONTE VISTA (7-2)
Last ranking: 11
Last week: Lost to San Ramon Valley 30-23
Up next: Friday vs. California in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 14 CALIFORNIA (7-3)
Last ranking: 14
Last week: Beat Amador Valley 49-34 Up next: Friday at Monte Vista in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 15 EL CERRITO (7-2)
Last ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Pinole Valley 71-0
Up next: Friday vs. Acalanes in NCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 16 FOOTHILL (8-2)
Last ranking: 17
Last week: Bye
Up next: Saturday vs. San Leandro in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 17 WILCOX (6-4)
Last ranking: 19
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 34-16
Up next: Friday vs. Santa Cruz in CCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 18 CAMPOLINDO (7-3)
Last ranking: 18
Last week: Beat Miramonte 42-15
Up next: Friday vs. Dublin in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 19 LAS LOMAS (7-3)
Last ranking: 20
Last week: Beat Benicia 35-21
Up next: Friday vs. Montgomery in NCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 20 BENICIA (7-3)
Last ranking: 15
Last week: Lost to Las Lomas 35-21
Up next: Friday at Casa Grande in NCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 21 SAN LEANDRO (6-3)
Last ranking: 21
Last week: Beat Bishop O’Dowd 33-10 Up next: Saturday at Foothill in NCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 22 LELAND (8-2)
Last ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Lincoln-San Jose 24-8 Up next: Friday vs. Scotts Valley in CCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 23 BURLINGAME (8-2)
Last ranking: 23
Last week: Beat San Mateo 37-7
Up next: Friday at San Benito in CCS Division II playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 24 LIVE OAK (7-2)
Last ranking: 24
Last week: Beat Piedmont Hills 33-7
Up next: Friday vs. Mountain View in CCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
No. 25 ACALANES (6-4)
Last ranking: 25
Last week: Beat Alhambra 68-6
Up next: Friday at El Cerrito in NCS Division III playoffs, 7 p.m.
Also received voting consideration: James Logan, Half Moon Bay
Note: The rankings are chosen by the Bay Area News Group’s high school sports staff