Oaks Christian soars in the first in-season High School Football America Southern California Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Lions jump from No. 18 to No. 12 after a solid 55-28 over preseason No. 9 Chaminade.
OC will try to improve its ranking when it plays No. 6 Sierra Canyon. Chaminade tumbles nine spots to No. 18.
Two new teams enter the rankings this week.
Valencia enters at No. 23 after beating preseason No. 15 Bishop Amat 36-28. Amat tumbles to No. 24.
Cajon breaks into the statewide rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm, at No. 25.
As far as the week ahead, No. 2 St. John Bosco has a huge national test against four-time reigning Florida state champ St. Thomas Aquinas. Bosco is ranked No. 2 nationally in the HSFA 300. STA is ranked No. 6 in America.
Aside from the Oaks Christian/Sierra Canyon matchup, the other intra-Top25 matchup is No. 3 Corona Centennial taking-on No. 9 Santa Margarita.
High School Football America Southern California Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Preseason Ranking |
| No. 1 Mater Dei | (1-0) | 1 |
| No. 2 St. John Bosco | (1-0) | 2 |
| No. 3 Corona Centennial | (0-1) | 3 |
| No. 4 Mission Viejo | (1-0) | 4 |
| No. 5 Orange Lutheran | (1-0) | 5 |
| No. 6 Sierra Canyon | (1-0) | 6 |
| No. 7 Long Beach Poly | (1-0) | 7 |
| No. 8 JSerra | (0-1) | 8 |
| No. 9 Santa Margarita | (1-0) | 10 |
| No. 10 Los Alamitos | (1-0) | 12 |
| No. 11 Inglewood | (0-1) | 13 |
| No. 12 Oaks Christian | (1-0) | 18 |
| No. 13 Serra | (0-1) | 14 |
| No. 14 Rancho Cucamonga | (1-0) | 16 |
| No. 15 Edison | (0-1) | 11 |
| No. 16 St. Bonaventure | (1-0) | 17 |
| No. 17 Oak Hills | (1-0) | 19 |
| No. 18 Chaminade | (0-1) | 9 |
| No. 19 Corona del Mar | (1-0) | 20 |
| No. 21 San Clemente | (1-0) | 21 |
| No. 22 Upland | (1-0) | 22 |
| No. 23 Valencia | (1-0) | NR |
| No. 24 Etiwanda | (1-0) | 25 |
| No. 25 Cajon | (1-0) | NR |
Dropped-out: No. 23 Yorba Linda, No. 24 Norco
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2023 SoCal Top 25’s
