San Mateo still unanimous No. 1 in Coaches Football Poll; Golden West in second at midseason break
SAN MATEO – While College of San Mateo maintains its season-long lead atop the JC Athletic Bureau’s poll for the California Community College Football Coaches Association this week, another upset of the No. 2 team over the weekend, Butte, caused another upward shift throughout the remainder of the top ten at the mid-season break.
Butte (4-1) had its eight-game winning streak upended at formerly No. 16 College of the Sequoias, 42-38, and fell to No. 8 this week. Sequoias (4-1) moved up to No. 12 as Northern California Football Conference teams completed non-league play.
Defending 3C2A state champion San Mateo (5-0) defeated host Fresno City College, 23-14, extending its National Division winning streak to 15 games and again taking all 13 first-place votes from coaches reps. Fresno (2-3) dropped to No. 19 (from 17th).
Golden West (5-0) is the “new” No. 2 team this week after winning its second Central League game in the Southern California Football Association, 56-14, over East Los Angeles.
Also moving up one spot apiece this week are still perfect (5-0): No. 3 Ventura, No. 4 Diablo Valley, No. 5 Southwestern, and No. 6 Monterey Peninsula.
All 66 3C2A teams have a bye this week before resuming play Oct. 9-11. Featured kick-off in the NCFC’s Bay 6 league will be No. 4 Diablo Valley at No. 1 CSM on Oct. 11. The SCFA will get things resumed on Thursday, Oct. 9, with No. 2 Golden West at No. 17 Pasadena; also No. 5 Southwestern at Palomar, No. 9 Fullerton at Canyons, No. 10 El Camino at No. 21 San Diego Mesa, No. 11 Saddleback at Mt. San Jacinto – plus a top American Division Metro opener: Victor Valley at No. 25 Antelope Valley.
Top SCFA games Oct. 11: No. 3 Ventura at Allan Hancock, No. 7 Mt. San Antonio at Santa Ana, Long Beach at No. 13 Citrus, No. 14 Cerritos at Bakersfield, No. 16 Riverside at Chaffey.
Top NCFC games: Oct. 10 opener: No. 23 Foothill at Laney. Oct. 11: No. 4 Diablo Valley at No. 1 San Mateo, Reedley at No. 7 Monterey Peninsula, No. 20 Santa Rosa at No. 8 Butte, No. 12 Sequoias at No. 21 Sacramento, No. 19 Fresno at No. 15 Modesto, No. 18 San Francisco at San Jose.
| JCAB FOOTBALL POLL (Sept. 30) | |||||
| RK | School | Record | Pts | PR | |
| 1. | San Mateo (13) | 5-0 | 325 | 1 | |
| 2. | Golden West | 5-0 | 307 | 3 | |
| 3. | Ventura | 5-0 | 301 | 4 | |
| 4. | Diablo Valley | 5-0 | 284 | 5 | |
| 5. | Southwestern | 5-0 | 266 | 6 | |
| 6. | Monterey Peninsula | 5-0 | 255 | 7 | |
| 7. | Mt. San Antonio | 4-1 | 222 | 8 | |
| 8. | Butte | 4-1 | 218 | 2 | |
| 9. | Fullerton | 4-1 | 213 | 10 | |
| 10. | El Camino | 4-1 | 199 | 9 | |
| 11. | Saddleback | 4-1 | 194 | 11 | |
| 12. | Sequoias | 4-1 | 176 | 16 | |
| 13. | Citrus | 4-1 | 168 | 14 | |
| 14. | Cerritos | 4-1 | 163 | 15 | |
| 15. | Modesto | 3-2 | 153 | 12 | |
| 16. | Riverside City | 3-2 | 124 | 13 | |
| 17. | Pasadena City | 3-2 | 91 | 22 | |
| 18. | San Francisco | 3-2 | 81 | 24 | |
| 19. | Fresno City | 2-3 | 75 | 17 | |
| 20. | Santa Rosa | 3-2 | 69 | 21 | |
| 21. | San Diego Mesa | 2-3 | 54 | 18 | |
| 22. | Sacramento City | 3-2 | 54 | 23 | |
| 23. | Foothill | 3-2 | 45 | 20 | |
| 24. | De Anza | 5-0 | 40 | 29 | |
| 25. | Antelope Valley | 5-0 | 29 | NR | |
| Others: Bakersfield, 25; Allan Hancock, 21; Los Medanos, 18; | |||||
| Mt. San Jacinto, 13; Grossmonth, 10; West Los Angeles, 7; | |||||
| Feather River, 6; Victor Valley, 6; Santa Monica, 5; Canyons, 4; | |||||
| Reedley, 4; Sierra, 1. | |||||
(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau)