Football: Behind the new rankings*

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Here’s a sneak peek at the new rankings that will be published in Monday’s paper, with comments on team movement after the jump:

*Since common sense (and head-to-head matchups) should prevail, we have amended this list to correct the fact that in an earlier version we had Crespi ahead of St. Bonaventure. Imagine that.

1. Corona Centennial (5-0)

2. Long Beach Poly (5-0)

3. Mission Viejo (5-0)

4. St. Bonaventure (4-1)

5. Crespi (4-1)

6. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (5-0)

7. Edison (4-1)

8. Oaks Christian (5-0)

9. Redlands East Valley (5-0)

10. Servite (3-2)

11. Vista Murrieta (5-0)

12. Los Osos (4-1)

13. Bishop Amat (4-1)

14. Upland (5-0)

15. St. John Bosco (5-0)

16. Mater Dei (3-2)

17. Orange Lutheran (4-1)

18. Los Alamitos (5-0)

19. Rancho Verde (5-0)

20. Loyola (3-2)

21. Chaparral (4-1)

22. Tesoro (5-0)

23. Serra (5-0)

24. Lakewood (1-5)

25. Thousand Oaks (5-0)

Moving In: Nobody. Taft and Narbonne missed their opportunities.

Moving Out: Nobody.

Moving Up: Sherman Oaks Notre Dame got a two-spot nudge thanks to its victory over Servite. Mission Viejo got a one-spot bump in the wake of St. Bonaventure’s loss to Long Beach Poly. Oaks Christian and Redlands East Valley also moved up one spot.

Moving Down: Some might say St. Bonaventure shouldn’t budge after a close loss to Long Beach Poly. Well, it dropped only one spot, so I say that’s fair. Who knows what would happen if Mission Viejo got a chance to take on the Jackrabbits? Servite fell four spots in the wake of the Notre Dame loss.

On the Doorstep (in no particular order): Newport Harbor (4-1), Alemany (5-0), Valencia (4-1), Oxnard (5-0), Santa Monica (5-0), Esperanza (4-1), San Clemente (5-0), Riverside North (3-2), Moorpark (4-1), Citrus Hill (5-0), Narbonne (4-1), San Pedro (5-0), Carson (2-3), L.A. Jordan (2-3). Taft (4-1).

--Ben Bolch