California, McClymonds and Menlo School were among the teams to move up in this week’s Bay Area News Group Top 25 football rankings.
California, fresh off winning at home over San Ramon Valley, is up to seventh. McClymonds, coming off a rout of Fremont-Oakland, checks in at No. 8.
Menlo School, which rolled over Palo Alto last week, has climbed to ninth.
The top six teams – De La Salle, Archbishop Riordan, Pittsburg, Acalanes, Serra, Los Gatos – remained the same.
El Cerrito jumped four spots to 15th after beating Tri-County Athletic League Rock Division rival Salesian on Friday. Clayton Valley moved into the Top 20 after routing Miramonte.
Lincoln-San Jose, which lost last week to Live Oak, fell out of the rankings. The King’s Academy entered them.
On to this week’s Top 25 …
Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (7-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat Amador Valley 56-13
Up next: Friday at San Ramon Valley, 7:15 p.m.
No. 2 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (7-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Valley Christian 49-10
Up next: Friday vs. Bellarmine at SJCC, 7 p.m.
No. 3 PITTSBURG (6-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat Liberty 29-12
Up next: Friday vs. Deer Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 4 ACALANES (8-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Campolindo 45-28
Up next: Oct. 31 vs. Clayton Valley Charter, 7 p.m.
No. 5 SERRA (4-3)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Beat St. Francis 41-28
Up next: Friday vs. Archbishop Mitty at Foothill College, 7 p.m.
No. 6 LOS GATOS (4-3)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Beat Wilcox 35-21
Up next: Saturday at Menlo School, 2 p.m.
No. 7 CALIFORNIA (7-0)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Beat San Ramon Valley 33-14
Up next: Friday at Monte Vista, 7:15 p.m.
No. 8 MCCLYMONDS (5-2)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Fremont-Oakland 43-0
Up next: Friday vs. Castlemont, 7 p.m.
No. 9 MENLO SCHOOL (7-0)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 49-6
Up next: Saturday vs. Los Gatos, 2 p.m.
No. 10 SAN RAMON VALLEY (5-3)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Lost to California 33-14
Up next: Friday vs. De La Salle, 7:15 p.m.
No. 11 CAMPOLINDO (6-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Lost to Acalanes 45-28
Up next: Friday vs. Clayton Valley Charter, 7 p.m.
No. 12 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (5-2)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 27-20
Up next: Friday vs. Serra at Foothill College, 7 p.m.
No. 13 ST. FRANCIS (2-5)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Lost to Serra 41-28
Up next: Friday vs. St. Ignatius, 7 p.m.
No. 14 LIBERTY (5-2)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Lost to Pittsburg 29-12
Up next: Friday at Freedom, 7 p.m.
No. 15 EL CERRITO (5-2)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Beat Salesian 40-14
Up next: Friday vs. Vallejo, 7 p.m.
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No. 16 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (3-4)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Lost to Archbishop Riordan 49-10
Up next: Saturday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral at CCSF, 1:30 p.m.
No. 17 WILCOX (4-3)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Lost to Los Gatos 35-21
Up next: Saturday at Sacred Heart Prep, 2 p.m.
No. 18 SANTA TERESA (7-0)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Beat Leigh 42-7
Up next: Thursday at Christopher, 7:15 p.m.
No. 19 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (4-3)
Previous ranking: 21
Last week: Beat Miramonte 56-14
Up next: Friday at Campolindo, 7 p.m.
No. 20 MONTE VISTA (4-3)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Lost to Oak Ridge 38-13
Up next: Friday vs. California, 7:15 p.m.
No. 21 SALESIAN (6-1)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Lost to El Cerrito 40-14
Up next: Saturday vs. De Anza, 1 p.m.
No. 22 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (3-4)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Lost to Archbishop Mitty 27-20
Up next: Saturday vs. Valley Christian at CCSF, 1:30 p.m.
No. 23 THE KING’S ACADEMY (6-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat San Mateo 28-14
Up next: Friday vs. Mountain View, 7 p.m.
No. 24 SACRED HEART PREP (4-3)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Lost to Menlo-Atherton 24-17
Up next: Saturday vs. Wilcox, 2 p.m.
No. 25 WOODSIDE (7-0)
Previous ranking: 25
Last week: Beat Half Moon Bay 28-14
Up next: Saturday at Sequoia, 2 p.m.
Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The news organization’s high school staff chooses the teams.
