CCCAA State Football Title Campaign Still Has 3 Unbeatens:
   San Mateo (Oct. 17, 2016) – Riverside City College increased its lead this week in the JC Athletic Bureau’s statewide poll of California Community College football coaches after 2016 state runner-up and formerly No. 2 Saddleback lost its National Southern league opener to unranked Golden West, 20-17.

Riverside won its National Central lid lifter with Chaffey, 59-0, and this week hosts Los Angeles Harbor on Saturday. Saddleback hopes to bounce back, hosting No. 3 Fullerton. Meanwhile first round Central winners No. 10 Mt. San Antonio and El Camino clash in Torrance. Now No. 6 Saddleback hopes to bounce back, hosting No. 3 Fullerton. Riverside and Fullerton are the only unbeaten National Division teams in Southern California.
Now No. 2 Santa Rosa, the last remaining unbeaten National team in Northern California, visits defending state champion No. 8 San Francisco in a Bay 6 Cal match-up of state top ten teams. No. 17 Sacramento plays at No. 4 American River in the NorCal League. The Valley has No. 12 Modesto at No. 20 Fresno and No. 5 Laney at Sequoias.
–Each region will qualify three National league champions and one at-large team to contest the state title, beginning Nov. 19.
The American Division, which has only regional bowl games, still has four unbeaten (6-0) teams: No. 16 Los Angeles Valley and No. 19 Southwestern in Southern California and No. 18 Shasta and No. 23 Monterey Peninsula in Northern California. MPC plays at West Hills in a Friday evening Golden Coast League game. Saturday’s match-ups have Allan Hancock at LA Valley in the Pacific, Mt. San Jacinto at Southwestern in the Mountain, Shasta at Yuba in the Pacific 7.
   See cccaasports.org. for scores and statistics.          
 
2016 JC Athletic Bureau 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 25^th-place vote), and previous ranking.
[Final poll is also used in the NATYCAA Cup all-sports rankings for football.]
 
Rk  College                          Record  Pts.    LR

1. Riverside              [12]      6-0       395       1
2. Santa Rosa          [2]       6-0       378     3
3. Fullerton               [2]       6-0       377       4
4. American River                5-1       347       6
5. Laney                                 5-1       320       7
6. Saddleback                       5-1       318       2
7. Butte                                  4-2       300      9
8. San Francisco                  4-2       275      14
9. Ventura                             4-2        268     12
10. Mt. San Antonio              4-2       265      13
11. Long Beach                      4-2       263       5
12. Modesto                            4-2       215      15
13. Diablo Valley                   4-2       208      8
14. Grossmont                       4-2       173       11
15. Bakersfield                       4-2       166      10
16. Los Angeles Valley          6-0       141      17
17. Sacramento                      4-2       138      21
18. Shasta                               6-0       112       19
19. Southwestern                   6-0       99       20
20. Fresno                               3-3       94       16
21. San Mateo                       3-3       92        24
22. Monterey Peninsula       6-0       74       23
23. Cerritos                            3-3       70       nr
24. Santa Barbara                 5-1       54       25
25. Moorpark                         3-3       49       nr

Next 5: Siskiyous (3-3), Los Medanos (5-1), El Camino (3-3), Golden West (4-2), Sequoias (3-3).
Others included: Palomar (3-3), Chabot (2-4), East LA (5-2), Antelope Valley (4-2), West Hills (4-2).
 
LR = Last Ranking.   [First place votes in brackets]
 Longest winning streaks: 10 games, Shasta & LA Valley.
 
CCCAA (STATE) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
RUSHING: Moorpark soph RB Isaiah Johnson (6-1, 215, Adolfo Camarillo HS): 233 yards rushing (28 carries) and a TD in 30-27 OT win over Bakersfield.
 Sacramento soph RB Tyree Hanson (5-9, 2250, Pleasant Grove HS): 213 yards (39 carries), 3 TDs in 21-20 OT win over Sierra.
 
PASSING: Antelope Valley soph QB Blake Shepherd (6-2, 215, Titusville, Fla., HS): 475 yards (23 of 38), 4 TDs (0 int.) in 38-30 win over Citrus. He became AVC’s first 4,000-yard career passer with 4,450.  
 Merced frosh QB Frank Cocio (6-1, 220, Atwater HS): 16 of 29, 335 yards, 3 TDs, 0 int. (also 18 yards rushing), in 41-10 win over Hartnell.
 
RECEIVING: Antelope Valley frosh WR Donte Ross (6-1, 180, Highland HS, Palmdale): 240 yards on 8 receptions, 3 TDs, vs. Citrus.
 West LA frosh WR Michael Evans (6-3, 180, El Camino HS): 177 yards (7 PC), 1 TD in 54-26 win over Compton.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS: LA Valley sophomore DB Michael Sewell, Jr. (6-1, 197, Highland HS, Palmdale): 2 blocked punts leading to LAV touchdowns, also 3 tackles in 64-13 win over rival LA Pierce.
 
DEFENSE: Mt. San Antonio soph DB Michael Johnson (6-2, 194, Champagnat HS, Miami, Fla.): 3 interceptions, 10 tackles (5 solo), 2 pass break-ups in 34-3 win over Long Beach.
 
 
–POW Selections from official game reports posted on cccaasports.org and nominations (including defense / special teams) by colleges to state statistician Fred Baer on Sundays:  frdbaer@aol.com