THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

A LOOK AT THE TOP 25 FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE SOUTHLAND AS RANKED BY TIMES SPORTSWRITERS:

*--* Rk School (Rec., Div.) Comment and last ranking 1 MISSION VIEJO (9-0, Div. II) Team effort leads to fifth consecutive South Coast title. (1) 2 NOTRE DAME (9-0, Div. III) Tailback Rodney Glass is like fine crystal. (2) 3 LOS ALAMITOS (8-1, Div. I) Won fourth straight league title for first time. (3) 4 L.B. POLY (8-1, Div. I) Defense and special teams lock up 13th straight Moore title. (4) 5 VALENCIA (8-1, Div. II) Undefeated Canyon is latest victim of Vikings. (6) 6 LOYOLA (8-1, Div. I) Cubs use nine running backs as Trason Bragg nurses sore hip. (7) 7 MATER DEI (7-2, Div. I) Overcome 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat St. John Bosco. (8) 8 LAKEWOOD (8-1, Div. I) Six punts all season, then eight punts against L.B. Poly. (5) 9 ST. BONAV. (8-1, Div. IV) Seraphs unbeaten for three seasons in Channel League. (10) 10 ORANGE LUTH. (8-1, Div. VI) Did all the scoring in the first half of 42-6 win over Cypress. (11) 11 DORSEY (8-1, City) The Dons lock up share of Coliseum title. (12) 12 COR. CENT. (8-1, Div. V) Chris Scott passes for 280 yards to clinch Mountain View title. (13) 13 HART (6-3, Div. II) Must beat Canyon to avoid third-place finish. (14) 14 TAFT (8-1, City) Josh Portis completed first 14 passes in rout of Chatsworth. (15) 15 PALMDALE (7-2, Div. III) Falcons make it three Golden League titles in a row. (16) 16 EDISON (6-3, Div. I) High snap on PAT costly in 21-20 loss to rival Fountain Valley. (9) 17 NORCO (8-1, Div. V) Kirk Philbrook’s two TD passes help beat Valley View, 38-31. (17) 18 PLAC. VALENCIA (9-0, Div. VI) Orange Lutheran the last hurdle in undefeated regular season. (18) 19 CRENSHAW (7-2, City) Cougars have two shutouts in last three weeks. (19) 20 TEMESCAL CYN. (9-0, Div. V) Injured Jared Zinda rallies team in Southwestern title clincher. (24) 21 BIRMINGHAM (5-4, City) Compiled 580 yards of offense against Cleveland. (25) 22 BISHOP AMAT (5-4, Div. I) Missed FG in regulation, then lost in OT to Mater Dei. (21) 23 SAN CLEMENTE (7-2, Div. II) No match for Mission Viejo, not unlike other ranked teams. (22) 24 NWPT. HARBOR (8-0-1, Div. VI) Sailors are 4-0 against teams from Div. I, II, III. (NR) 25 OAKS CHRISTIAN (9-0, Div. XI) Offense has averaged 56 points per game. (NR)

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