There might be only one week left in the high school football regular season, but there is still plenty of changes in the Bay Area News Group’s rankings.
Wilcox is on the verge of entering the Top 5 after upsetting Los Gatos in the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division’s game of the year.
Capuchino enters at No. 24, having just defeated a Burlingame team that upset Wilcox earlier in the season.
In the West Catholic Athletic League, Archbishop Riordan leapfrogs Serra after defeating the Padres last week.
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On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (9-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Beat California 48-10
Up next: Friday at Clayton Valley Charter, 7 p.m.
No. 2 PITTSBURG (8-1)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat Deer Valley 76-0
Up next: Friday at Antioch, 7 p.m.
No. 3 ST. FRANCIS (8-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat Valley Christian 35-17
Up next: Saturday at Archbishop Riordan, 1:30 p.m.
No. 4 SAN RAMON VALLEY (8-1)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday at Monte Vista, 7:15 p.m.
No. 5 ST. IGNATIUS (7-2)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Cathedral 45-28
Up next: Friday vs. Archbishop Mitty at Foothill College, 7 p.m.
No. 6 WILCOX (7-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Beat Los Gatos 19-14
Up next: Friday vs. Menlo-Atherton, 7 p.m.
No. 7 LOS GATOS (7-2)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Lost to Wilcox 19-14
Up next: Friday at Palo Alto, 7 p.m.
No. 8 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (5-4)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Lost to St. Francis 35-17
Up next: Friday at Serra, 7 p.m.
No. 9 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (5-4)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Serra 27-21
Up next: Saturday vs. St. Francis, 1:30 p.m.
No. 10 SERRA (4-5)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Lost to Archbishop Riordan 27-21
Up next: Friday vs. Valley Christian, 7 p.m.
No. 11 CALIFORNIA (7-2)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Lost to De La Salle 48-10
Up next: Friday at Amador Valley, 7:15 p.m.
No. 12 ACALANES (7-2)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Campolindo 21-12
Up next: Friday vs. Las Lomas, 7 p.m.
No. 13 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (6-3)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Miramonte 35-0
Up next: Friday vs. De La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 14 BISHOP O’DOWD (7-2)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Beat James Logan 35-27
Up next: Friday at San Leandro, 7 p.m.
No. 15 LIBERTY (6-3)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Beat Freedom 42-7
Up next: Friday at Heritage, 7 p.m.
No. 16 CHRISTOPHER (8-1)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Beat Leigh 32-7
Up next: Friday at Live Oak, 7:15 p.m.
No. 17 MCCLYMONDS (5-4)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Oakland 60-6
Up next: Friday at Oakland Tech, 7 p.m.
No. 18 SALESIAN (8-1)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Beat St. Mary’s-Berkeley 42-7
Up next: Friday at Pinole Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 19 AMADOR VALLEY (5-4)
Previous ranking: 21
Last week: Beat Monte Vista 32-28
Up next: Friday vs. California, 7:15 p.m.
No. 20 SANTA TERESA (8-1)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Lincoln-San Jose 41-20
Up next: Friday vs. Oak Grove, 7:15 p.m.
No. 21 MENLO-ATHERTON (6-3)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Lost to Sacred Heart Prep 21-7
Up next: Friday at Wilcox, 7 p.m.
No. 22 MENLO SCHOOL (6-3)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 27-14
Up next: Friday at Sacred Heart Prep, 7 p.m.
No. 23 WILLOW GLEN (9-0)
Previous ranking: 24
Last week: Beat Westmont 23-7
Up next: Thursday vs. Leland, 7:15 p.m.
No. 24 CAPUCHINO (8-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Burlingame 21-7
Up next: Friday at The King’s Academy, 7 p.m.
No. 25 MONTE VISTA (5-4)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Lost to Amador Valley 30-28
Up next: Friday vs. San Ramon Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The news organization’s high school staff chooses the teams.
