Shuffling in the first in-season California Top 25

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There’s quite a bit of shuffling in the latest High School Football America California Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football.

Unranked Rancho Cucamonga started the shifting with its easy 27-7 win over preseason No. 4 Servite. The Cougars vault into the Top 25 at No. 17, while Servite falls to No. 21.

This week, Servite will square-off with No. 4 Mission Viejo. RC is on a bye week and will play No. 18 Norco next week.

The top teams in the rankings have huge interstate games this weekend.

No. 1 Mater Dei, winners of three High School Football America national titles in the last five years, travels to defending 5A state champ Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas. Mater Dei is also ranked No. 1 in our national rankings. Gorman is No. 13 in the nation.

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No. 2 St. John Bosco is in Texas for a showdown with three-time HSFA national champ Allen, No. 57 in the nation. SJB is ranked No. 2.

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Staying in the Trinity League, Orange Lutheran and JSerra make significant moves after their openers.

Orange Lutheran beat No. 13 Serra (Gardena) 27-26 to move up five spots to No. 9.

JSerra breaks into the Top 25 at No. 16 after taking-down preseason No. 17 Sierra Canyon, which drops a notch to No. 18 this week.

Aside from the Mission Viejo/Servite game, there are five other head-to-head Top 25 matchups this week:

  • No. 3 Corona Centennial at No. 8 Cathedral Catholic
  • No. 11 Serra (San Mateo) at No. 6 Folsom
  • No. 10 Long Beach Poly vs. No. 13 Serra (Gardena)
  • No. 18 Norco at No. 15 Santa Margarita
  • No. 21 Servite vs. No. 4 Mission Viejo
  • No. 22 Carlsbad vs. No. 23 Mater Dei Catholic

No. 5 Los Alamitos is in Florida to play American Heritage (Plantation), ranked No. 25 in the nation. The game will be televised on ESPN.

High School Football America California Top 25

Ranking/TeamRecordLast Week
No. 1 Mater Dei(1-0)1
No. 2 St. John BoscoĀ (0-0)2
No. 3 Corona Centennial(1-0)3
No. 4 Mission Viejo(1-0)5
No. 5 Los AlamitosĀ (1-0)6
No. 6 Folsom(1-0)7
No. 7 De La SalleĀ (0-0)8
No. 8 Cathedral Catholic (San Diego)(1-0)9
No. 9 Orange Lutheran(1-0)14
No. 10 Long Beach Poly(1-0)10
No. 11 Serra (San Mateo)(0-0)11
No. 12 Pittsburg(0-0)12
No. 13 Serra (Gardena)(0-1)13
No. 14 Bishop Amat(1-0)15
No. 15 Santa Margarita(1-0)16
No. 16 JSerra(1-0)NR
No. 17 Rancho Cucamonga(1-0)NR
No. 18 Norco(0-0)18
No. 19 Sierra Canyon(0-1)17
No. 21 Servite(0-1)4
No. 21 St. Francis (Mountain View)(0-0)19
No. 22 Carlsbad(0-0)20
No. 23 Mater Dei Catholic(0-1)23
No. 24 Buchanan (Clovis)(1-0)21
No. 25 Corona del Mar(1-0)NR

Dropped-out: No. 22 St. Bonaventure, No. 24 Alemany, No. 25 Rocklin

Editorā€™s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.