NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 15

Manteca Storms Into The Top 5; McClymonds, Marin Catholic & San Ramon Valley Also Climb In Newest NorCal Football Rankings •

The No. 5 spot in these NorCal football rankings appears to be a bit of a cursed one of late. This week, Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills joined St. Mary’s-Stockton and Monterey Trail-Elk Grove as teams to lose the week after landing at No. 5.

This week, yet another Sac-Joaquin Section team will get its shot at ending the trend. Manteca rises seven spots after beating back-to-back Sierra Foothill Athletic League teams on its way to the SJS Div. II championship and a regional playoff date with No. 4 Pittsburg.

McClymonds-Oakland and Marin Catholic-Kentfield have been holding down the No. 7 and 9 spots, respectively, for more than a month now. They finally move up to Nos. 6-7 after winning their section title games with relative ease.

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San Ramon Valley-Danville was the other team to make a significant jump in the rankings. The Wolves jumped four sports to No. 12 after taking down former-No. 15 Campolindo-Moraga 35-21 in the North Coast Section Div. II final. SRV will host No. 7 Marin Catholic for the CIF 2-A regional playoff on Saturday.

Finally, a CIF 3-AA regional showdown between Grant-Sacramento and El Cerrito will certainly also be for a spot in the rankings. Bellarmine-San Jose could also potentially get back in with a win over current No. 20 Vanden-Fairfield in the 3-A regional.

Now onto this week’s NorCal football rankings.

NorCal Football Rankings

Preseason rank in parenthesis / Records are through Nov. 26
PICTURED AT TOP: Members Of No. 5 Manteca Wait Out The Junior Varsity Finish On Oct. 21, 2022 (Chace Bryson photo)

1. (1) Serra-San Mateo   13-0

LAST WEEK: d. No. 8 Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 41-14
THIS WEEK: BYE

2. (2) Folsom   12-1

LAST WEEK: d. No. 5 Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills 23-13
FRIDAY: vs. No. 3 De La Salle-Concord (9-3), 7:30 pm

3. (3) De La Salle-Concord   9-3

LAST WEEK: BYE
THIS WEEK: @ No. 2 Folsom (12-1), 7:30 pm

4. (4) Pittsburg   11-2

LAST WEEK: d. No. 6 Clayton Valley-Concord 13-3
SATURDAY: vs. No. 5 Manteca (11-1), 6 pm

5. (12) Manteca   11-1

LAST WEEK: d. No. 17 Granite Bay 51-48
SATURDAY: @ No. 4 Pittsburg (11-2), 6 pm

6. (7) McClymonds-Oakland   11-1

LAST WEEK: d. Castlemont-Oakland 45-12
FRIDAY: vs. Lemoore (12-1), 7:30 pm

7. (9) Marin Catholic-Kentfield   13-0

LAST WEEK: d. Del Norte-Crescent City 20-7
SATURDAY: vs. Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (8-4), 7 pm

8. (5) Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills   10-3

LAST WEEK: LOST to No. 2 Folsom 23-13
SEASON COMPLETE

9. (10) St. Mary’s-Stockton   10-1

SEASON COMPLETE

10. (11) Central Catholic-Modesto   8-5

SEASON COMPLETE

11. (6) Clayton Valley-Concord   8-5

LAST WEEK: LOST to No. 4 Pittsburg 13-3
SEASON COMPLETE

12. (16) San Ramon Valley-Danville   11-2

LAST WEEK: d. No. 15 Campolindo-Moraga 35-21
SATURDAY: vs. No. 7 Marin Catholic-Moraga (13-0), 6 pm

13. (8) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   9-4

LAST WEEK: LOST to No. 1 Serra-San Mateo 41-14
SEASON COMPLETE

14. (13) St. Francis-Mountain View   8-4

SEASON COMPLETE

15 (14) Salinas   10-1

SEASON COMPLETE

16. (19) Rocklin   8-4

SEASON COMPLETE

17. (17) Granite Bay   9-5

LAST WEEK: LOST to No. 12 Manteca 51-48
SEASON COMPLETE

18. (15) Campolindo-Moraga  12-1

LAST WEEK: LOST to No. 16 San Ramon Valley-Danville 35-21
SEASON COMPLETE

19. (18) Del Oro-Loomis   9-3

SEASON COMPLETE

20. (20) Vanden-Fairfield   12-1

LAST WEEK: d. Capital Christian-Sacramento 10-6
SATURDAY: @ Bellarmine-San Jose (7-6), 6 pm

DROPPED OUT:

None.

NEXT FIVE KNOCKING: 21. Monterey Trail-Elk Grove (7-3)*, 22. Grant-Sacramento (9-2), 23. El Cerrito (13-0, No. 24 Bellarmine-San Jose (7-6) and No. 25 San Marin-Novato (11-1).
* — season complete