SRJC Takes firld
SRJC is still ranked in the State top 15 and returns home to play DVC on Nov. 14

   San Mateo (Nov. 2, 2015) – Golden West College (8-0), the state’s last remaining National (state championship) Division unbeaten team, is the JC Athletic Bureau’s new No. 1 football team in the California Community College Athletic Association as league races head down to the wire. Riverside, which had been top ranked much of the first half of the season, knocked off last week’s No. 1 team, Long Beach, 34-14, during a weekend which also saw No. 4 Cerritos, No.5 Canyons, and No. 6 Modesto suffer losses. Long Beach (7-1) fell to No. 3. City College of San Francisco (7-1) moved up a notch to No. 2. Completing the revised top seven are No. 4 San Mateo, No. 5 Riverside, No. 6 American River, and No. 7 Saddleback.
SHOWDOWNS FOR STATE BERTHS: With four state championship berths (three league winners and a wild card) at stake in both regions, here’s how the finalNational Division battles shape up: Southern California: National Southern has two league unbeatens. Saddleback (5-0) has only a Nov. 14 showdown with 4-0 Golden West remaining. Golden West entertains contending 16th-ranked Orange Coast (5-3, 3-1) first, on Saturday.
There’s a virtual 3-way tie of one-loss teams in the other two leagues. National Northern: Eighth-ranked Cerritos (7-2, 4-1) has just one game remaining, Nov. 14 — hosting No. 11 Canyons (6-2, 3-1). No. 13 Ventura (5-3, 3-1), which beat Canyons, 54-48, on Halloween — but has lost to Cerritos — finishes with Hancock and Bakersfield. Moorpark (3-5, 2-2) jumbled things by beating Cerritos, 41-35, Saturday and could cause more trouble at Canyons on Nov. 7. In the National Central, the three potential co-champs have already split with each other. Each faces a chase pack team that – with a sweep — could create a 5-way deadlock. Defending state champ No. 9 Mt. San Antonio (6-3, 4-1) finishes Saturday, hosting El Camino (3-5, 2-2). Long Beach (7-1, 3-1) hosts Citrus (2-6, 1-3) Nov. 7 and visits El Camino Nov. 14. Riverside (6-2, 3-1) hosts contender No. 18 Chaffey (5-3, 2-2) Nov. 7 and visits Citrus (2-6, 1-3) Nov. 14.
Northern California: The National NorCal title will be decided Saturday when defending champion American River (6-2, 3-0) visits co-leader No. 15 Butte (5-3, 3-0). Everyone else is two games back. National Bay 6 leader CCSF (7-1, 3-0) hosts De Anza (2-6, 0-3) Saturday and then closes at San Mateo (6-2, 2-1) Nov. 14. San Mateo has to first visit still contending No. 21 Diablo Valley (4-4, 2-1) Friday evening. National Valley: No. 10 Chabot (6-2, 3-0) took control with its 60-53 overtime win over now No. 12 Modesto but must finish on the road at Sequoias (4-4, 0-3) and Laney (4-4, 1-2). Modesto (5-3, 2-1) hosts Fresno (4-4, 1-2) Saturday and then closes at co-second place San Joaquin Delta (4-4, 2-1).
—State playoff quarterfinals will be played regionally on Nov. 21, with semis on Nov. 28. North champ hosts state title game Dec. 12
American Division NORTH: Golden Coast co-leader and 19th ranked Hartnell (8-0, 4-0) hosts third place Reedley (5-3, 3-1) Saturday and closes at co-leader West Hills (7-1, 4-0) Nov. 14. West Hills will be at Merced 3-5, 1-3) Saturday. The Pacific 7 has a 3-way deadlock after Shasta (6-2, 3-1) defeated visiting Contra Costa (7-1, 3-1), 34-21, Saturday. Los Medanos (4-4, 3-1) gets its say Nov. 7, hosting Shasta, while Contra Costa entertains Mendocino (2-6, 1-3). SOUTH: Pacific leader No. 20 Santa Monica (8-0, 5-0) is at fourth place Santa Barbara (4-4, 3-2) Nov. 7 and closes with visiting co-second LA Pierce (5-3, 4-1) Nov. 14. Co-second LA Valley (6-2, 4-1) bounced back from a close, 28-20, loss to Santa Monica to beat Pierce, 39-7, and finishes with Glendale (3-5, 2-3) and West LA (1-7, 3-5) — while hoping for help from Pierce. Mountain leader Desert (5-3, 5-0) hosts defending champ Victor Valley (7-1, 4-1) while Southwestern (3-5, 2-3) is a co-second San Bernardino Valley (7-1, 4-1) Saturday–with a 3-way deadlock possible.
2015 JCAB  Poll of California Community College Football Coaches
 The Top 25 teams in the JC Athletic Bureau’s State Poll of California Community College Football Coaches, with first-place votes in brackets, won-loss  records,  total points (based upon 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote), and previous ranking.
[Final poll is also used in the NATYCAA Cup all-sports rankings for football.]

Rk  College                          Record  Pts.    Prv

  1. Golden West        [11]      8-0       323      2
  2. San Francisco     [2]        7-1       310      3
  3. Long Beach                      7-1       284      1
  4. San Mateo                       6-2       274      8
  5. Riverside                          6-2       269      10
  6. American River                6-2       261      7
  7. Saddleback                      7-2       241      9
  8. Cerritos                            7-2       225      4
  9. Mt. San Antonio               6-3       219      12
  10. Chabot                               6-2       210      11
  11. Canyons                             6-2       195      5
  12. Modesto                             5-3       185      6
  13. Ventura                              5-3 179      14
  14. Santa Rosa                       5-3       153      15
  15. Butte                                    5-3       147      16
  16. Orange Coast                      5-3       118      19
  17. Fullerton                                 5-4       108      13

18   Chaffey                                     5-3       94       23

  1. Hartnell                                    8-0       62       21
  2. Santa Monica                           8-0       60       22
  3. Diablo Valley                             4-4       55       17
  4. Victor Valley                              7-1       41       25
  5. Siskiyous                                    4-4       39       nr
  6. San Bernardino Valley            7-1       36       24
  7. San Joaquin Delta                    4-4       34       nr

 
Others included: Allan Hancock (4-4), Fresno (4-4), Contra Costa (7-1), Laney (4-4), West Hills (7-1), Sequoias (4-4), LA Valley (6-2), Shasta (6-2), Palomar (3-5), Reedley (5-3), Moorpark (3-5), Desert (5-3).
 
Prv = Previous Ranking             [First place votes in brackets]       See cccaasports.org. for schedules and statistics.
 
CCCAA (STATE) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
 
PASSING: Modesto JC sophomore QB Trey Cooper (6-2, 230, Enochs HS) Total offense of 445 yards and 6 TDs in 60-53 OT loss at Chabot: completed 26 of 42 passes for 313 yards, 4 TD; rushed 23 times for 132 yards, 2 TDs.
RUSHING: Moorpark freshman QB Kado Brown (6-0, 185, Rio Mesa HS): Was the state’s top rusher on Halloween, running for 208 yards and 4 TDs, including the winning 25-yard score in the second overtime of 41-35 win over Cerritos; also completed 12 of 23 passes for 127 yards.
ALL-PURPOSE: San Mateo freshman SB Ramiah Marshall (5-7, 250, San Lorenzo HS): Had 3 TDs in first 21 minutes of 62-0 win at Foothill before retiring for the day after just 8 touches. He scored on 73-yard and 2-yard runs and a 40-yard punt return — totaling 171 all-purpose yards: 84 on 4 rushes, 13 on 2 pass receptions, and 74 on 2 punt returns;