THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

A LOOK AT THE TOP 25 FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE

SOUTHLAND AS RANKED BY TIMES STAFF WRITERS:

*--* Rk School (Rec., Sec.-Div.) Comment 1 MISSION VIEJO (1-0, SS-Div. II) Chane “the Train” Moline looks unstoppable. (1) 2 L.B. POLY (1-0, SS-Div. I) At Central Section champion Clovis East on Saturday. (2) 3 HART (1-0, SS-Div. II) Blasted Moorpark with 55 points; St. Bonny next. (5) 4 EDISON (2-0, SS-Div. I) Has yet to score fewer than four TDs in a game. (4) 5 LOS ALAMITOS (1-1, SS-Div. I) How much can you penalize a loss to Mission Viejo? (3) 6 LOYOLA (1-0, SS-Div. I) Venice should give Cubs a stiffer test this week. (6) 7 S.O. NOTRE DAME (1-0, SS-Div. III) QB Garrett Green is good as gold. (7) 8 ST. BONAV. (2-0, SS-Div. IV) Offense ready for this week’s fireworks. (10) 9 LAKEWOOD (1-0, SS-Div. I) Lancers dominant in second half against Servite. (9) 10 VALENCIA (1-0, SS-Div. II) May have (gulp) ground game with Shane Vereen. (13) 11 MATER DEI (1-0, SS-Div. I) QB Kyle Woody looks like a goody. (14) 12 ORANGE LUTH. (0-1, SS-Div. VI) Looked like small school against Mater Dei. (11) 13 CHARTER OAK (1-0, SS-Div. VI) Aaron Capers’ rushing provided balance to offense. (15) 14 CARSON (1-0, City) Defending champion gets a sure hand from Dwayne Sanders. (17) 15 BISHOP AMAT (0-2, SS-Div. I) Tough schedule reflected in record. (12) 16 NORCO (1-0, SS-Div. V) Toby Gerhart shares stage with Jordan Campbell. (16) 17 DORSEY (0-1, City) Injuries appeared to play role in loss to Narbonne. (8) 18 MIRA COSTA (1-0, SS-Div. III) Kevin Kelley catches TD pass, prevents a Hail Mary. (20) 19 KAISER (1-0, SS-Div. VIII) Cats use one of nine lives against Rancho Cucamonga. (23) 20 MOORPARK (0-1, SS-Div. IV) Hardly the performance Musketeers hoped for. (18) 21 CRENSHAW (1-0, City) Beat Taft on two-point conversion in final minute. (NR) 22 VALLEY VIEW (1-0, SS-Div. IV) Josh Miller’s 334 yards will get it done most nights. (24) 23 DOMINGUEZ (1-0, SS-Div. III) Marvin Johnson’s TD catch with 1:41 left provides victory. (25) 24 ESPERANZA (2-0, SS-Div. I) Mira Costa could be Aztecs’ second top-25 victim. (NR) 25 TAFT (0-1, City) Daniel Deutch’s game-winning FG try falls a few feet short. (22)

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