San Mateo, Riverside City and Mt. San Antonio are 1-2-3 in football coaches poll
SAN MATEO – California Community College Football Coaches continue to vote defending 3C2A state champion College of San Mateo No. 1 in this week’s poll, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau. The Bulldogs, who recorded a 24-9 season-opening victory over visiting Sierra College on Saturday, took 13 (of 18) first-place votes and totaled 441 points this week. Riverside City College is No. 2 with 413 points and two first-place nods, just one point ahead of Mt. San Antonio. RCC, with new head coach Kevin Craft, opened with a 53-30 win over Long Beach CC, while Mt. SAC downed Cerritos, 45-20.
Holding the 4 spot this week is Modesto, following a 40-14 opening triumph over Laney. Butte is up a notch to No. 5 after handling Reedley, 38-7, in the state season opener on Friday. Reedley doesn’t get any relief this week, hosting San Mateo on Saturday afternoon, as non-league play continues. Reedley, however, has a great quarterback heritage that includes Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen -- who began his college career with the Tigers, throwing for 24 TDs in 2014.
A pair of top clashes this Saturday feature opening game winners Riverside at No. 7 Golden West and No. 9 San Diego Mesa at Mt. SAC. Modesto visits No. 18 Santa Rosa, which had new head coach Dante De Paola debut with a 41-38 overtime win over City College of San Francisco. Butte gets the week’s proceedings underway on Friday evening at Laney.
Other top 10 games:
No. 6 El Camino hosts No. 20 College of the Canyons; No. 10 Fullerton visits at No. 8 Ventura.
| JCAB FOOTBALL POLL (Sept. 2) | ||||
| RK | School | Record | Pts | PR |
| 1. | San Mateo (13) | 1-0 | 442 | 1 |
| 2. | Riverside City (2) | 1-0 | 413 | 3 |
| 3. | Mt. San Antonio (1) | 1-0 | 412 | 2 |
| 4. | Modesto | 1-0 | 380 | 4 |
| 5. | Butte (1) | 1-0 | 367 | 6 |
| 6. | El Camino | 1-0 | 340 | 9 |
| 7. | Golden West | 1-0 | 331 | 7 |
| 8. | Ventura (1) | 1-0 | 313 | 11 |
| 9. | San Diego Mesa | 1-0 | 296 | 10 |
| 10. | Fullerton | 1-0 | 270 | 15 |
| 11. | Saddleback | 1-0 | 241 | 13 |
| 12. | Sequoias | 1-0 | 239 | 16 |
| 13. | Diablo Valley | 1-0 | 226 | 19 |
| 14. | Bakersfield | 1-0 | 179 | 17 |
| 15. | American River | 0-1 | 177 | 5 |
| 16. | Fresno City | 0-1 | 168 | 8 |
| 17. | Allan Hancock | 1-0 | 144 | 23 |
| 18. | Santa Rosa | 1-0 | 126 | NR |
| 19. | Monterey Peninsula | 1-0 | 108 | NR |
| 20. | Canyons | 0-1 | 97 | 12 |
| T21. | Sacramento City | 1-0 | 71 | NR |
| T21. | Southwestern | 1-0 | 71 | NR |
| 23. | San Jose City | 1-0 | 61 | NR |
| 24. | Citrus | 1-0 | 60 | NR |
| 25. | Sierra | 0-1 | 50 | 20 |
| Others: Cerritos, 48; De Anza, 35; Foothill, 32; Long Beach City, 31; Pasadena City, 27; San Francisco City, 27; Grossmont, 14;Mt. San Jacinto, 14; Santa Monica, 13; Palomar, 12; Moorpark, 11;Antelope Valley, 8; Desert, 8; Laney, 2; Chaffey, 1; FeatherRiver, 1; Victor Valley, 1. | ||||