Unbeatens Canyons & Riverside Lead Northerners Butte & San Mateo:
San Mateo (Nov. 5, 2018) – College of the Canyons is still the top unbeaten California Community College football team. But the Cougars have a “new perfect” 9-0 challenger in Riverside City College. The Tigers got their 34-33 early season loss to Fullerton back via forfeit Sunday night. The Southern California Football Association assessed Fullerton forfeits of all nine regular season wins this season and the ten in 2017. Canyons received seven first place votes and Riverside had four in the JC Athletic Bureau poll of California Community College football coaches this week for a 13-point lead. 294-281. No. 3 Butte and No. 4 College of San Mateo lead the north.
STATE PLAYOFFS BEGIN Nov. 17: Each region will qualify three National Division league champs and a wild card. Region finals Nov. 24 will determine finalists for the CCCAA title game, Dec. 8, at Sacramento CC (national TV on ELEVEN SPORTS USA).
NCFC: Although all three National Division leagues have clear leaders, only third ranked Butte in the NorCal and No. 8 Fresno in the Valley have clinched playoff berths. They have already beaten the respective second place teams in their leagues, American River and Modesto. Closers: Butte at Shasta and West Hills at Fresno. Reigning region champ San Mateo has clinched at least a tie for a 3-peat in the Bay 6 but still must extend its record 14-game league win streak against visiting No. 5 City College of San Francisco Saturday (TV: ELEVEN SPORTS USA) to earn a state berth. Wins by CCSF and No. 6 Laney (against No. 21 Chabot on Friday) would create a 3-way title deadlock. In that case San Francisco and Laney would likely take the two remaining playoff berths.
SCFA: No. 12 Saddleback matches 4-0 Southern League marks at No. 2 Riverside Saturday for the title. Although the other two leagues have clear leaders, 3-way title ties are very possible. Northern League: Canyons (4-0) hosts co-second and 11th-ranked Bakersfield (3-1), while No. 7 Ventura (3-1) entertains Long Beach (1-3). Central League: No. 9 El Camino leads at 4-0 after getting Saturday’s loss to Fullerton back via forfeit and closes at co-second/No. 13 Cerritos (3-1). No. 20 Palomar (3-1) visits SD Mesa (1-3).
AMERICAN DIVISION RACES: SCFA: No. 18 Chaffey, No. 17 Hancock, and No. 23 San Bernardino Valley have clinched league bowl berths — but the latter two could still share titles if they lose finales. Chaffey has completed a 9-1 regular season in the Metro. Runner-up LA Valley finishes hosting Santa Ana. Pacific: Hancock clinched with last Saturday’s win at LA Pierce and closes hosting LA Harbor, while Pierce is at Santa Monica. Mountain: SBVC hosts Desert and second place Citrus visits co-third Mt. San Jacinto.
NCFC: Golden Coast: No. 22 Reedley, lone American Division unbeaten, visits (No. 26) Hartnell for the league’s bowl berth.
Pacific 7: Co-leaders De Anza and Yuba, both 5-0, meet in Cupertino for the title and an American Division bowl berth.
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Nov. 5, 2018 JC Athletic Bureau Poll of California Community College Football Coaches
The Top 25 teams in the JC Athletic Bureau’s weekly 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.
Rk College Record Pts. PR
- Canyons [7] 9-0 294 1
- Riverside [4] 9-0* 281 2
- Butte 8-1 276 3
- San Mateo 7-2 243 5
- San Francisco 7-2 232 6
- Laney 7-2 230 7
- Ventura 8-1* 227 8
- Fresno 7-2 218 9
- El Camino 7-2* 178 10
- Modesto 6-3 155 13
- Bakersfield 6-3 146 17
- Saddleback 6-3 142 16
- Cerritos 6-3* 127 12
- Fullerton [1] 0-9* 113 4
- Santa Rosa 5-4 108 11
- Southwestern 6-3* 97 14
- Allan Hancock 8-1 96 19
- Chaffey 9-1 91 18
- American River 5-4 88 21
- Palomar 6-3* 81 23
- Chabot 5-4 74 15
- Reedley 9-0 73 22
- San Bernardino Valley 8-1 62 20
- Mt. San Antonio 5-4 41 25
- Sierra 5-4 35 24
Others included: Hartnell (8-1) 28; Mt. San Jacinto (7-2) 26; De Anza (8-1) 22; Golden West (5-4) 19; Citrus (6-3) 14; Yuba (6-2) & Long Beach (4-5) 12; Sacramento (4-5) 10; Siskiyous (3-6) 9; SD Mesa (4-5) 3; East LA (3-6) 2; LA Valley (6-3), Santa Ana (4-5) & West Hills (4-5) 1.
AMERICAN DIVISION Top 10: (from state poll): 1. Hancock; 2. Chaffey; 3. Reedley; 4. San Bernardino; 5. Hartnell; 6. Mt. San Jacinto; 7. De Anza; 8. Citrus; 9. Yuba; 10. LA Valley & Santa Ana.
*Fullerton has forfeited all 9 of its 2018 wins and all 10 regular season wins in 2017, according to the SCFA.
Longest winning streak: 14 – Canyons.
TOP WEEKEND PERFORMANCES (Nov. 2-3):
RUSHING YARDS:
249, Andrew Kannely-Robles, Siskiyous (31 tcb, 8.0 avg., lg. 36, 2 TD) +1 TDP
225, Tre Bussey, Sacramento (38 tcb, 5.9 avg., lg. 46, 1 TD)
195, Tony Williams.Jr,Desert (32 tcb, 6.1 avg., lg. 31, 1 TD)+48 yds rec.=243 APR
168, DeShawn Collins, CCSF (10 tcb, 16.8 avg., lg.55, 2 TD)
158, Ryheem Skinner, Hancock (18 tcb, 8.8 avg., lg. 29, 1 TD)
PASSING YARDS: 418, Isaiah Ariolla-Randalle, Hartnell (25-33, lg.59, 6 TD)
373, Thairen Sivongsa, Siskiyous (17-23, lg. 82, 4 TD, 0 int)
360, Connor Curry, Palomar (24-37, lg. 58, 5 T, 0 int) + 82 rush = 442 T.O, 6 TD.
PASS RECEIVING YARDS:
187, Jeff Weimer, Hartnell (7 PC, 26.7 avg., lg. 59, 2 TD)
163, Lucas Triplett, Santa Rosa (7 PC, 23.3 avg., lg. 52, 2 TD)
PASS RECEPTIONS: 10, Dejon Smith,SD Mesa (125 yds.,12.5 avg., lg.36,TD)
9, Karnell Collier, Shasta (137 yds., 15.2 avg., lg. 44, 1 TD)
PASS INTERCEPTIONS: 2, James Amara, De Anza; Xzavier Wilkins & Dylan Grant, San Jose; Michael Moore, LA Southwest; Orios Diaz, Palomar;
NOTABLE: 2 punt returns for TDs (77 & 81 yds.), Cam Roberson, Bakersfield.