California Top 25 high school football rankings by SBLive/Sports Illustrated (10/30/2023)

Seven teams went through the regular season 10-0 and No. 3 Serra of San Mateo is 9-0 with one game to go

The postseason is here. At least for half of the CIF's 10 sections — San Diego, Southern, LA City, Central and Sac-Joaquin. 

The other half — Central Coast, North Coast, San Franicsco, Oakland and Northern — still has a week of regular-season play remaining. 

There was a lot of movement from 11 down due to number upsets in the Southern Section's Week 10. 

CIF Southern Section football playoffs brackets, pairings Division 1-14

No movement, however, in the first eight spots or at No. 10 Clovis North, which remained No. 1 firmly in the Central Section following a 27-20 win over a red-hot Central-Fresno squad to remain the No. 1 team in that second. The Broncos completed a 10-0 regular season. 

So much was made of the Southern Section's 14 brackets, and its top Division 1, lowering the number of teams to eight. That beefed up its Division 2 and 3 tournaments greatly. 

After the Southern Section, with 16 of the Top 25 ranked team in the state, San Diego Section has the mot ranked squad with four, including No. 7 Lincoln and No. 8 Carlsbad, which each went 10-0. 

CIF San Diego Section 2023 football playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Those are two of the seven Top 25 teams to finish the regular season undefeated. The others: Sierra Canyon, Clovis North, Pacifica-Oxnard, Granite Hills and Palos Verdes, Third-ranked Serra-San Mateo is 9-0 with one more game, Saturday versus St. Ignatius. 

1. St. John Bosco

1. St. John Bosco (9-1)

Previous rank: 1. Last week: def. Orange Lutheran, 44-22 

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. San Clemente

2. Mater Dei (9-1)

Previous rank: 2. Last week: def. Santa Margarita, 35-19 

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. JSerra Catholic

3. Serra-San Mateo (9-0)

Previous rank: No. 3. Last week: Def. Valley Christian, 34-13

Next game: Friday vs. St. Ignatius

4. Corona Centennial (8-2) 

Previous rank: 4. Last week: def. Norco, 55-0

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. Orange Lutheran

5. Sierra Canyon (10-0)

Previous rank: 5. Last week: def. Chaminade, 44-6

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. Santa Margarita

6. Long Beach Poly (9-1)

Previous rank: 6. Last week: def. Long Beach Jordan, 56-14

Next game: Friday vs. Vista Murrieta

7. Lincoln-San Diego (10-0)

Previous rank: 7. Last week: idle

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. Helix

8. Carlsbad (10-0)

Previous rank: 8. Last week: def. El Camino, 31-3

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. Granite Hills

9. San Clemente (9-1)

Previous rank: 11. Last week: def. Tesoro, 38-24

Next game: Nov. 10 at St. John Bosco

10. Clovis North (10-0)

Previous rank: 10. Last week: def. Central, 27-20

Next game: Nov. 10 TBD

11. Serra-Gardena (7-3)

Previous rank: 12. Last week: def. Alemany, 48-7

Next game: Friday vs. Bishop Amat

12. Orange Lutheran (5-5)

Previous rank: 13. Last week: Lost to St. John Bosco, 44-22

Next game: Nov. 10 at Corona Centennial 

13. Rancho Cucamonga (9-1)

Previous rank: 9. Last week: lost to Upland, 17-14

Next game: Friday vs. Edison

14. JSerra Catholic (5-5)

Previous rank: 15. Last week: def. Servite, 49-0

Next game: Nov. 10 at Mater Dei

15. De La Salle (7-2)

Previous rank: 18. Last week: def. Monte Vista, 31-7

Next game: Friday vs. Clayton Valley Charter

16. Mission Viejo (7-3)

Previous rank: 19. Last week: def. Capistrano Valley, 52-6

Next game: Friday vs. Palos Verdes

17. Los Alamitos (8-2)

Previous rank: 22. Last week: def. Edison, 21-10

Next game: Friday vs. Upland

18. Oaks Christian (8-2)

Previous rank: 21. Last week: def. St. Bonaventure, 13-10

Next game: Friday vs. Chaparral

19. Pacifica-Oxnard (10-0)

Previous rank: 17. Last week: def. Oxnard, 42-14

Next game: Friday vs. Cajon

20. Palos Verdes (10-0)

Previous rank: 24. Last week: def. Peninsula, 48-7

Next game: Friday at Mission Viejo

21. Folsom (8-2)

Previous rank: HM. Last week: def. Granite Bay, 28-21

Next game: Nov. 10 vs. TBA

22. Granite Hills (10-0)

Previous rank: 23. Last week: def. Grossmont, 44-42

Next game: Nov. 10 at Carlsbad

23. Upland (8-2)

Previous rank: NR. Last week: def. Rancho Cucamonga, 17-14

Next game: Friday at Los Alamitos

24. Helix (9-1)

Previous rank: 25. Last week: def. def. Steele Canyon, 51-14

Next game: Nov. 10 at Lincoln

25. San Ramon Valley (8-1)

Previous rank HM. Last week: def. Foothill, 45-14

Next game: Friday vs. Monte Vista

On the bubble: Chaparral (7-3), Etiwanda (7-3), Damien (8-2), Frontier (10-0), Loyola (5-5), Liberty-Bakersfield (8-1), Marin Catholic (9-0), Murrieta Valley (7-3), Pittsburg (9-0), Servite (5-5), St. Bonaventure (7-3), St. Mary's (9-1), Valencia (9-1), Villa Park (9-1), Warren (8-2)