SAN MATEO – Unbeaten Golden West College (10-0) is a unanimous No. 1 selection in the final regular season JC Athletic Bureau ratings for the California Community College Football Coaches Association, taking all 16 first place votes to total 400 points. The Rustlers are the top SoCal region seed for the 3C2A state football playoffs.
Defending state champion College of San Mateo (9-1) is ranked No. 2 with 379 points and is the top NorCal seed. Mt. San Antonio College (9-1), the 2024 state runner-up, is ranked third.
All colleges have a bye Nov. 15, before playoffs begin on Nov. 22 -– with the top two seeds in each region having regional quarterfinal byes -- then hosting semifinal games on Nov. 29.
Golden West is the last remaining National (state championship) division unbeaten team after wrapping up the Central League title with a 33-22 win over Fullerton (7-3), which dropped a spot to No. 11 in the poll. Seventh ranked Cerritos finished second, taking a state playoff berth, ahead of Fullerton.
Formerly No. 2 Ventura (9-1) fell from the perfect ranks in the Northern League championship game with Mt. San Antonio, 55-54, sharing the title with the Mounties. Ventura dropped to No. 4 this week. Saddleback (9-1) is up a place to No. 5 after taking its Southern League title decider with El Camino, 49-7. ElCo (8-2) dropped 5th to No. 9 in the poll.
San Mateo got a share of its fourth straight Bay 6 League crown after smacking Laney, 52-20, while No. 6 Diablo Valley (9-1) gained part of a 3-way title tie by downing previous league leader No. 12 City College of San Francisco (7-3), 34-21. The trio grabbed three of the north’s top four playoff seeds.
Eighth-ranked Modesto (8-2) took the Valley League title (and No. 2 region seed) with a 33-27 victory over contender College of the Sequoias (7-3), which then just missed getting a playoff berth (that went to Fresno). Butte won a NorCal League co-title with a 24-21 win over Sierra, taking the No. 6 seed.
Opening region quarterfinals Nov. 22 in the south find #6 seed El Camino at #3 Mt. SAC (winner plays at #2 Saddleback) and #5 Cerritos at #4 Ventura (winner plays at top seed Golden West).
North openers have #6 seed Butte at #3 Diablo Valley (winner plays at #2 Modesto) and #5 Fresno at #4 CCSF (winner goes to #1 San Mateo). Region semis are Nov. 29 and finals Dec. 6.
--SoCal champion hosts the 2025 3C2A State Championship Game Dec. 13.
No. 18 De Anza College (10-0) is the only unbeaten team in the American Division, which will have regional bowl games -- including games matching the top two teams in each region.
| JCAB FOOTBALL COACHES POLL (Nov. 10) |
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| RK |
School |
Record |
Pts |
PR |
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| 1. |
Golden West (16) |
10-0 |
400 |
1 |
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| 2. |
San Mateo |
9-1 |
379 |
3 |
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| 3. |
Mt. San Antonio |
9-1 |
359 |
4 |
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| 4. |
Ventura |
9-1 |
344 |
2 |
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| 5. |
Saddleback |
9-1 |
336 |
6 |
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| 6. |
Diablo Valley |
9-1 |
325 |
7 |
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| 7. |
Cerritos |
8-2 |
292 |
8 |
|
| 8. |
Modesto |
8-2 |
279 |
12 |
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| 9. |
El Camino |
8-2 |
263 |
5 |
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| 10. |
Butte |
8-2 |
259 |
11 |
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| 11. |
Fullerton |
7-3 |
222 |
10 |
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| 12. |
San Francisco |
7-3 |
214 |
9 |
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| 13. |
Riverside City |
7-3 |
212 |
13 |
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| 14. |
Fresno City |
6-4 |
187 |
15 |
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| 15. |
Southwestern |
7-3 |
162 |
16 |
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| 16. |
Sequoias |
7-3 |
147 |
14 |
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| 17. |
Monterey Peninsula |
7-3 |
121 |
18 |
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| 18. |
De Anza |
10-0 |
106 |
17 |
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| 19. |
Moorpark |
6-4 |
105 |
19 |
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| 20. |
Citrus |
6-4 |
100 |
20 |
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| 21. |
Foothill |
5-5 |
69 |
21 |
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| 22. |
Feather River |
9-1 |
51 |
23 |
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| 23. |
Pasadena City |
5-5 |
44 |
RV |
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| 24. |
Victor Valley |
9-1 |
42 |
22 |
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| 25. |
Santa Monica |
8-2 |
30 |
25 |
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| Others: Los Medanos, American River, Sierra, Antelope Valley, |
| Coalinga, San Bernardino Valley, Canyons, Sacramento City, |
| Bakersfield, San Diego Mesa, West Los Angeles, Grossmont, |
| Palomar, Mt. San Jacinto. |
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL CONFERENCE leagues
NATIONAL BAY 6
Diablo Valley 34, San Francisco 21
Foothill 43, San Jose 7
San Mateo 52, Laney 20
NATIONAL NORCAL
American River 27, Redwoods 15
Butte 24, Sierra 21
Shasta 37, Santa Rosa 34
NATIONAL VALLEY
Fresno 77, Reedley 24
Modesto 33, Sequoias 27
Monterey Peninsula 27, Sacramento 20 (OT)
AMERICAN GOLDEN COAST
Coalinga 28, Merced 15
De Anza 99, Cabrillo 3
Hartnell 34, Gavilan 12
AMERICAN PACIFIC 7
Feather River 35, Siskiyous 14
Los Medanos 72, Contra Costa 28
San Joaquin Delta 26, Chabot 22
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION leagues
NATIONAL NORTHERN
Citrus 51, Allan Hancock 31
Mt. San Antonio 55, Ventura 54
Santa Ana 40, Santa Barbara 20
NATIONAL CENTRAL
Canyons 17, Bakersfield 10
Cerritos 48, East Los Angele 6
Golden West 33, Fullerton 22
Pasadena 60, Orange Coast 3
NATIONAL SOUTHERN
Palomar 35, Mt. San Jacinto 28
Riverside 65, San Diego Mesa 27
Saddleback 49, El Camino 7
Southwestern 27, Chaffey 20
AMERICAN PACIFIC
Grossmont 37, Glendale 17
San Bernardino Valley 66, Los Angeles Pierce 0
West Los Angeles 38, Santa Monica 24
AMERICAN METRO
Antelope Valley 1, Compton 0 (forfeit)
Desert 47, Los Angeles Valley 45
Victor Valley 39, Los Angeles Southwest 14
(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)
