California Top 25 high school football rankings by SBLive/Sports Illustrated (11/06/2023)

The last rankings until the end of playoffs features new teams Servite, St. Mary's-Stockton and Pittsburg and 14 squads that had first-round postseason byes

Now, it gets very interesting. And competitive. 

Fourteen teams from last week's state Top 25 rankings were idle, given byes in the first round of section championships. 

With the top 18 teams unchanged, the rankings very much looked the same as last week. Five sections throughout the state finished up the regular season, as we will with these state rankings until the season ends on Dec. 8-9 with the state championships at three different venues: Pasadena College, El Camino College-Torrance and Saddleback College-Mission Viejo.

Three Top 25 teams which lost last week were replaced by bubble teams Servite, St. Mary's-Stockton and Pittsburg. 

All but two section playoffs are in the quarterfinal rounds with regional play set for Dec. 1-2. The North Coast, Central Coast and Northern section all announced their brackets on Sunday. 

San Francisco and Oakland Sections have one more regular season games before semifinal play between top four teams start next week.

1. St. John Bosco (9-1)

Previous rank: 1. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. San Clemente, CIF Southern Section D1 quarterfinals

2. Mater Dei (9-1)

Previous rank: 2. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. JSerra Catholic at Santa Ana Bowl, CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals

3. Serra-San Mateo (10-0)

Previous rank: 3. Last week: def. St. Ignatius, 43-10

Next game: Saturday vs. Salinas, CIF-Central Coast Section D1/Open quarterfinals

4. Corona Centennial (8-2)

Previous rank: 4. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Orange Lutheran, CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals

5. Sierra Canyon (10-0)

Previous rank: 5 Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Santa Margarita, CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals

6. Long Beach Poly (10-1)

Previous rank: 6. Last week: def. Vista Murrieta, 30-22

Next game: Friday vs. Servite at Cerritos College, CIF-SS D-2 quarterfinals 

7. Lincoln-San Diego (10-0)

Previous rank: 7. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Helix, CIF-San Diego Section Open Division semifinals

8. Carlsbad (10-0)

Previous rank: 8. Last week: idle

Next game: Thursday vs. Granite Hills, CIF-SDS Open Division semifinals

9. San Clemente (9-1)

Previous rank: 9. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday St. John Bosco, CIF-SS D1 quarterfinal

10. Clovis North (10-0)

Previous rank: 10. Last week: idle

Next game: Thursday vs. Clovis West, CIF-Central Section D1 quarterfinals

11. Serra-Gardena (8-3)

Previous rank: 11. Last week: def. Bishop Amat, 42-14

Next game: Friday vs. Los Alamitos, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

12. Orange Lutheran (5-5)

Previous rank: 12. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday at Corona Centennial

13. Rancho Cucamonga (10-1)

Previous rank: 13. Last week: def. Edison, 35-14

Next game: Friday vs. Murrieta Valley, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

14. JSerra Catholic (5-5)

Previous rank: 14. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl, CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals

15. De La Salle (8-2)

Previous rank: 15. Last week: def. Clayton Valley Charter, 48-0

Next game: Friday vs. James Logan, CIF-North Coast Section Open semifinals

16. Mission Viejo (8-3)

Previous rank: 16. Last week: def. Palos Verdes, 57-35

Next game: Friday vs. Oaks Christian, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

17. Los Alamitos (9-2)

Previous rank: 17. Last week: def. Upland, 56-34

Next game: Friday at Serra-Gardena, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

18. Oaks Christian (9-2)

Previous rank: 18. Last week: def. Roosevelt, 41-7

Next game: Friday at Mission Viejo, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

19. Folsom (9-2)

Previous rank: 21. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Cosumnes Oaks, CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section D1 quarterfinals

20. Granite Hills (10-0)

Previous rank: 22. Last week: idle

Next game: Thursday at Carlsbad, CIF-SDS Open semifinals

21. Helix (9-1)

Previous rank: 24. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday at Lincoln-San Diego, CIF-SDS Open semifinals

22. San Ramon Valley (9-1)

Previous rank: 25. Last week: def. Monte Vista, 34-0

Next game: Friday vs. Campolindo-Moraga, CIF-NCS Open/D1 quarterfinals

23. Servite (6-5) 

Previous rank: HM. Last week: def. Valencia, 48-24

Next game: Friday vs. Long Beach Poly at Cerritos College, CIF-SS D2 quarterfinals

24. St. Mary's-Stockton (9-1)

Previous rank: HM. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. Vacaville, CIF-SJS D2 quarterfinals

25. Pittsburg (10-0)

Previous rank: HM. Last week: def. Antioch, 55-6

Next game: Friday vs. Amador Valley, CIF-NCS Open/D1 quarterfinals

On the bubble: Frontier (10-0), Liberty-Bakersfield (9-1), Murrieta Valley (8-3), Oak Hills (10-1), Pacifica-Oxnard (10-0), Palos Verdes (10-1), Rocklin (9-1), San Juan Hills (10-1), San Marin (10-0), St. Bonaventure (8-3), Upland (8-2), Villa Park (10-1), Warren (9-2).