The Times' high school football rankings

The Times’ high school football rankings

By Ben Bolch

Oct. 10, 2010 12 AM PT

Ben Bolch’s high school football rankings:

1. Mission Viejo (6-0, SS-Pac -5) d. Redlands East Valley, 42-14; vs. Dana Hills, Friday. (1)

2. Westlake (5-0, SS-Northern) d. Simi Valley, 56-8; vs. Moorpark, Friday. (2)

3. Servite (5-0, SS-Pac-5) Idle; vs. JSerra at Saddleback College, Friday. (3)

4. Corona Centennial (5-0, SS-Inland) d. Riverside Poly, 52-8; at Riverside North, Friday. (4)

5. Gardena Serra (5-0, SS-Western) Idle; at St. Francis, Saturday. (6)

6. Alemany (6-0, SS-Pac-5) d. Beverly Hills, 53-0; Idle. (8)

7. St. Bonaventure (4-1, SS-Northern) d. Newbury Park, 42-14; at Agoura, Friday. (9)

8. Bishop Amat (6-0, SS-Pac-5) d. Venice, 42-20; vs. Crespi, Friday. (10)

9. Crenshaw (3-2, City-Division I) Idle; vs. West Adams, Friday. (11)

10. Oaks Christian (3-2, SS-Northern) d. Royal, 50-20; vs. Thousand Oaks, Friday. (12)

11. Long Beach Poly (4-2, SS-Pac -5) d. Lakewood, 27-14; Idle. (16)

12. Lakewood (5-1, SS-Pac-5) lost to Long Beach Poly, 27-14; vs. Long Beach Cabrillo, Friday. (5)

13. Norco (4-1, SS-Inland) lost to Corona Roosevelt, 24-21; at Corona Santiago, Friday. (7)

14. Vista Murrieta (4-1, SS-Inland) d. Palisades, 45-16; vs. Chaparral, Thursday. (14)

15. Dorsey (5-0, City-Division I) d. San Diego Mira Mesa, 22-21; vs. Locke, Friday. (15)

16. Thousand Oaks (4-1, SS-Northern) d. Agoura, 21-12; at Oaks Christian, Friday. (17)

17. St. John Bosco (4-1, SS-Pac-5) Idle; vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Stadium, Thursday. (18)

18. Santa Margarita (4-1, SS-Pac-5) Idle; vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College, Friday. (19)

19. San Clemente (5-1, SS-Pac-5) Idle; vs. Trabuco Hills, Friday. (20)

20. Tesoro (5-1, SS-Pac-5) d. Ridgecrest Burroughs, 49-13; Idle. (21)

21. Valencia (4-1), SS-Northern) lost to Loyola, 39-24; vs. West Ranch, Friday. (13)

22. Dominguez (4-1, SS-Western) Idle; at Warren, Friday. (22)

23. Crespi (5-1, SS-Pac-5) d. Taft, 53-47; at Bishop Amat, Friday. (23)

24. Mater Dei (3-2, SS-Pac-5) d. Gardena, 48-0; vs. St. John Bosco at Santa Ana Stadium, Thursday. (24)

25. Chino Hills (4-1, SS-Inland) Idle; at Claremont, Friday. (NR)

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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