CSM No. 1 After 51-6 Win at Butte
San Mateo — Notes on the official 2014 California Community College Football Coaches Association state poll, as compiled by the JC Athletic Bureau. (092214)
College of San Mateo is the state poll leader for the first time — following a 51-6 win at defending state champion Butte. CSM, with a 6-game win streak since a 28-20 loss at Butte in 2013, garnered 11 first place votes from coaches and totaled 395 points to outpace Mt. San Antonio (385).
Mt. SAC topped four ballots after beating then No. 18 Ventura, 27-3. Riverside held the No. 1 spot for just one week, falling to No. 8 after losing to Grossmont, 38-28.
Conference play gets underway on several fronts Saturday, including in the tough National Central: No. 2 Mt. SAC hosts No.16 Chaffey, No. 6 Long Beach plays at LA Harbor, and Citrus goes to No. 11 El Camino.
Other key Southland openers: National Southern: No. 15 Grossmont at No. 12 Golden West, No. 7 Fullerton at Orange Coast, Saddleback at No. 17 Palomar. National Northern: Ventura at No. 9 Cerritos. American Mountain: Victor Valley (3-0) at No. 14 Southwestern (3-0). American Pacific: No. 23 Glendale at LA Pierce.
Official CCCFCA/JCAB STATE RATINGS
The Top 25 teams in the JC Athletic Bureau’s official California Community College Football Coaches Association State Poll, with first-place votes in brackets, won-loss records, total points ( based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote), and previous ranking. (092214)
Rk College Record Pts. Prv
1. San Mateo [11] 3-0 395 2
2. Mt. San Antonio [4] 3-0 385 3
3. San Francisco [1] 3-0 371 4
4. Santa Rosa 3-0 340 5
5. American River 3-0 330 7
6. Long Beach 3-0 310 13
7. Fullerton 2-1 290 11
8. Riverside 2-1 273 1
9. Cerritos 2-1 256 6
10. Fresno 2-1 238 8
11. El Camino 2-1 155 23
12. Golden West 2-1 181 19
13. Diablo Valley 2-1 179 12
14. Southwestern 3-0 164 16
15. Grossmont 2-1 157 nr
16. Chaffey 2-1 147 10
17. Palomar 2-1 135 25
18. Butte 1-2 132 9
19. Feather River 2-1 124 22
20. Hartnell 3-0 96 24
21. Santa Ana 2-1 91 14
22. Siskiyous 1-1 76 21
23. Glendale 3-0 69 nr
24. Laney 1-2 59 15
25. West Hills 3-0 45 nr
Others included:
Chabot (1-2), Bakersfield (1-2), Ventura (1-2), Citrus (1-2), Modesto (1-2), Sierra (1-2), Sacramento (1-2), Victor Valley (3-0), Shasta (2-1), Canyons (1-2).
Prv = Previous Rank